Arrowverse

The "Arrowverse", also known as the CW Multiverse or simply CWverse, is a television franchise that is based on characters that appear in publications by DC Comics. The shared multiverse is akin to the DC universe in their comic books, which has had crossover plot elements, settings, and characters.

History

The CW began airing Arrow in fall 2012. Due to its success, the network began production for a The Flash spin-off the following year. Barry Allen was planned to be introduced in the eighth and ninth episodes of the show's second season, followed by the twentieth episode acting as a backdoor pilot. However, after executives saw the initial episodes, they decided to order the series straight to pilot. In early 2015, the CW announced a web-series for Vixen to air on the CW Seed. Two months later, The CW announced an additional series, DC's Legends of Tomorrow to air early 2016. On August 12, 2015, Wendy Mericle confirmed their version of John Constantine follows the same continuity as NBC's Constantine. On December 12, 2018, Marc Guggenheim confirmed their version of Barry Allen follows the same continuity as CBS's The Flash.

Media

Series Season Episodes Originally aired Showrunner(s)
First aired Last aired
Arrow 1 23 October 10, 2012 May 15, 2013 Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg and Marc Guggenheim
2 23 October 9, 2013 May 14, 2014
3 23 October 8, 2014 May 13, 2015 Marc Guggenheim
4 23 October 7, 2015 May 25, 2016 Wendy Mericle and Marc Guggenheim
5 23 October 5, 2016 May 24, 2017
6 23 October 12, 2017 May 17, 2018
7 22 October 15, 2018 May 13, 2019 Beth Schwartz
8 10 October 15, 2019 January 28, 2020 Marc Guggenheim and Beth Schwartz
The Flash 1 23 October 7, 2014 May 19, 2015 Andrew Kreisberg
2 23 October 6, 2015 May 24, 2016 Andrew Kreisberg, Gabrielle Stanton, and Aaron and Todd Helbing
3 23 October 4, 2016 May 23, 2017 Andrew Kreisberg, and Aaron and Todd Helbing
4 23 October 10, 2017 May 22, 2018 Andrew Kreisberg and Todd Helbing
5 22 October 9, 2018 May 14, 2019 Todd Helbing
6 19 October 8, 2019 May 12, 2020 Eric Wallace
7 18 March 2, 2021 July 20, 2021
8 20 November 16, 2021 June 29, 2022
9 13 February 8, 2023 May 24, 2023