Arrowverse

The Arrowverse is a group of  television programs that take place in a shared universe. It is based on characters that appear in publications by DC Comics. The shared multiverse is like the DC Universe in these comic books. The programs have had crossover stories, settings and characters from other series in the group. The group began with the series Arrow in 2012. Over time, it added The Flash, Supergirl, Legends of Tomorrow, Batwoman and others.  

 History 
The CW began airing Arrow in fall 2012. The program was very successful. This caused the network to make a The Flash spin-off the next year. Barry Allen was planned to be in the eighth and ninth episodes of the second season of the series. The twentieth episode of that season was to be used as a backdoor pilot for the new series. After the people in charge saw the first episodes, they decided to order a pilot episode for the series rather than waiting until the end of the season. In early 2015, the CW announced a web-series for Vixen to air on the CW Seed. Two months later, The CW said an additional series, DC's Legends of Tomorrow was to be broadcast in early 2016. On August 12, 2015, Wendy Mericle said their version of John Constantine would follows the same continuity as NBC's Constantine. On December 12, 2018, Marc Guggenheim said their version of Barry Allen follows the same continuity as CBS's The Flash.

 Television series 
Six television series make up the Arrowverse franchise: Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, Legends of Tomorrow, Black Lightning and Batwoman. All series in total amount to 699 episodes across 37 seasons of television.
+SeriesSeasonEpisodesOriginally airedShowrunner(s)First airedLast airedArrow123October 10, 2012May 15, 2013Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg and Marc Guggenheim223October 9, 2013May 14, 2014323October 8, 2014May 13, 2015Marc Guggenheim423October 7, 2015May 25, 2016Wendy Mericle and Marc Guggenheim523October 5, 2016May 24, 2017623October 12, 2017May 17, 2018722October 15, 2018May 13, 2019Beth Schwartz810October 15, 2019January 28, 2020Marc Guggenheim and Beth SchwartzThe Flash123October 7, 2014May 19, 2015Andrew Kreisberg223October 6, 2015May 24, 2016Andrew Kreisberg, Gabrielle Stanton, and Aaron and Todd Helbing323October 4, 2016May 23, 2017Andrew Kreisberg, and Aaron and Todd Helbing423October 10, 2017May 22, 2018Andrew Kreisberg and Todd Helbing522October 9, 2018May 14, 2019Todd Helbing619October 8, 2019May 12, 2020Eric Wallace718March 2, 2021July 20, 2021820November 16, 2021June 29, 2022913February 8, 2023May 24, 2023Supergirl120October 26, 2015April 18, 2016Greg Berlanti, Ali Adler, Sarah Schechter and Andrew Kreisberg222October 10, 2016May 22, 2017323October 9, 2017June 18, 2018Andrew Kreisberg, Jessica Queller and Robert Rovner422October 14, 2018May 19, 2019Jessica Queller and Robert Rovner519October 6, 2019May 17, 2020620March 30, 2021November 9, 2021Legends of Tomorrow116January 21, 2016May 19, 2016Phil Klemmer and Chris Fedak217October 13, 2016April 4, 2017318October 10, 2017April 9, 2018Phil Klemmer and Marc Guggenheim416October 22, 2018May 20, 2019Phil Klemmer and Keto Shimizu514 (+1)January 21, 2020June 2, 2020615May 2, 2021September 5, 2021713October 13, 2021March 2, 2022Black Lightning113January 16, 2018April 17, 2018Salim Akil216October 9, 2018March 18, 2019316October 7, 2019March 9, 2020413February 8, 2021May 24, 2021Batwoman120October 6, 2019May 17, 2020Caroline Dries218January 17, 2021June 27, 2021313October 13, 2021March 2, 2022

 Arrow (2012–2020) 
Billionaire playboy Oliver Queen returns home after being stranded on a deserted island for five years. Upon his return to Starling City, Oliver rekindles his relationships and spends his nights hunting down wealthy criminals as a hooded vigilante known as the Green Arrow.

 The Flash (2014–2023) 

Crime-scene investigator Barry Allen awakens from a nine-month coma after being struck by lightning due to the S.T.A.R. Labs' particle accelerator explosion and finds himself with superhuman speed. Barry vows to use his new powers to protect Central City as the Flash, a masked superhero, while he pursues his mother's murderer, the Reverse-Flash.

 Supergirl (2015–2021) 

Kara Zor-El, who was sent to Earth from Krypton as a 13-year-old and taken in by the Danvers family, must learn to embrace her powers after previously hiding them. After an unexpected disaster, Kara is forced to reveal her powers, and becomes National City's protector.

 Legends of Tomorrow (2016–2022) 
Rip Hunter travels back in time to the present day where he brings together a team of heroes and villains in an attempt to prevent Vandal Savage from destroying the world and time itself.

 Black Lightning (2018–2021) 
High school principal Jefferson Pierce, who retired from his superhero persona Black Lightning nine years ago after seeing the effects it had on his family, is forced to become a vigilante again when the rise of the local gang called The 100 led by Tobias Whale leads to increased crime and corruption in his community of Freeland.

 Batwoman (2019–2022) 
After the disappearance of Batman, Kate Kane must overcome her own demons before being able to protect the streets of Gotham as Batwoman and becoming their symbol of hope. From the second season onward, after Kate's plane mysteriously crashes and she is believed to be dead, Ryan Wilder takes up the mantle of Batwoman.

 Web series 
Two television series make up the Arrowverse web series franchise: Vixen, and Freedom Fighters: The Ray. All series in total amount to 24 episodes across four seasons of television.
+SeriesSeasonEpisodesOriginally releasedShowrunner(s)Vixen16August 25 – September 29, 2015Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim and Andrew Kreisberg26October 13 – November 18, 2016Freedom Fighters: The Ray16December 8, 2017Greg Berlanti and Marc Guggenheim26July 18, 2018

 Vixen (2015–2016) 
After her parents were killed in Africa by local corruption, Mari McCabe inherits her family's Tantu Totem, gaining the powers of animals, using them to fight as Vixen to stop threats like those that claimed her family.

 Freedom Fighters: The Ray (2017–2018) 
Raymond "Ray" Terrill is a reporter who gains light-based powers after being exposed to a genetic light bomb. Ray discovers the bomb in his investigation of a secret government project attempting to harness the power of light and weaponize it. The Ray is a member of the Freedom Fighters on Earth-X, a world in the multiverse where the Nazis won World War II.

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