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The CW debuted on September 18, 2006, as the successor to UPN and the WB, which had respectively shut down on September 15 and 17 of that year. The CW's first two nights of programming – on September 18 and 19, 2006 – consisted of reruns and launch-related specials.
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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.
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,...
•As a further tie-in, DC Universe Online has a character skin for the Kara Danvers/Supergirl from the television series Supergirl.
•As of Crisis on Infinite Earths, the following universes are also tied-into the Arrowverse:
•The Batman TV series universe (set on Earth-66 in the original and new multiverses)
•The Batman Anthology universe (set on Earth-89 in the original and new multiverses)
•The Superman Anthology universe (set on Earth-96 in the original and new multiverses)
•The Smallville universe (set on Earth-167 in the original and new multiverses)
- Start with Arrow. The best place to start your journey into the Arrowverse is with Arrow. We only have the Arrowverse because of this show, hence the name the ARROWverse.
- Next, Watch The Flash. By October of 2014, The CW now had two superhero shows on air: Arrow and The Flash. While Arrow was heading into its third season, The Flash was heading into its first.
- Then Watch Legends of Tomorrow. Here’s where the timeline gets a little crazy. In the Spring of 2015, while Arrow and The Flash were wrapping up their current seasons, The CW ordered a third show, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow.
- Keeping Up with the Crossovers. As I mentioned above, the plan was to give Legends of Tomorrow a backdoor pilot during the annual Flash/Arrow crossover.
It launched at the beginning of the 2006–2007 television season and is a joint venture between Paramount Global 's CBS Entertainment Group, the former owner of United Paramount Network (UPN), Warner Bros. Discovery 's Warner Bros., former majority owner of The WB Television Network and Nexstar Media Group, the largest affiliation of the network.
Oct 3, 2022 · As Time Warner launched the CW, it joined with CBS to shut down the United Paramount Network, which ran from 1995 to 2006.
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The CW Television Network, simply referred to as The CW, is an American television network. The network was launched on September 18, 2006, following the merger between The WB and UPN. The network's president is Dennis Miller, succeeding Mark Pedowitz (who served as chairman and CEO from April...
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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 ...
