DC Based Shows
All Shows directly based on a DC Comic/Character (no Imprints like Vertigo a.s.o.) which I'm aware of. (This list is in no particular order, I just add Shows when I notice them.)
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- CreatorBruno HellerStarsBen McKenzieJada Pinkett SmithDonal LogueThe story behind Detective James Gordon's rise to prominence in Gotham City in the years before Batman's arrival.Fox show.
- CreatorGreg BerlantiGeoff JohnsAndrew KreisbergStarsGrant GustinCandice PattonDanielle PanabakerAfter being struck by lightning, Barry Allen wakes up from his coma to discover he's been given the power of super speed, becoming the Flash, and fighting crime in Central City.CW "Arrowverse" show.
- CreatorGreg BerlantiMarc GuggenheimAndrew KreisbergStarsStephen AmellKatie CassidyDavid RamseySpoiled billionaire playboy Oliver Queen is missing and presumed dead when his yacht is lost at sea. He returns five years later a changed man, determined to clean up the city as a hooded vigilante armed with a bow.CW "Arrowverse" show.
- CreatorAli AdlerGreg BerlantiAndrew KreisbergStarsMelissa BenoistChyler LeighDavid HarewoodThe adventures of Superman's cousin and her own superhero career.CW "Arrowverse" show since Season 2. Started at CBS.
- StarsKatie YoungRaj BhavsarStephen McCainNightwing/ Richard Grayson is in a new continuity on a new Earth.
- CreatorGreg BerlantiAkiva GoldsmanGeoff JohnsStarsBrenton ThwaitesAnna DiopRyan PotterDick and Rachel, a girl possessed by a strange darkness, get embroiled in a conspiracy that could bring Hell on Earth. Joining them along the way are the hot-headed Starfire and lovable Beast Boy. Together they become a team of heroes.DC Universe show.
- CreatorJeremy CarverStarsDiane GuerreroApril BowlbyMatt BomerThe adventures of an idealistic mad scientist and his field team of superpowered outcasts.DC Universe show.
- CreatorGary DaubermanMark VerheidenStarsCrystal ReedVirginia MadsenAndy BeanAbby Arcane returns home to Marais, Louisiana to investigate a deadly swamp-borne virus, only to discover the dark, terrifying mysteries of the swamp.DC Universe show.
- CreatorDavid S. GoyerDamian KindlerStarsCameron CuffeGeorgina CampbellShaun SiposThe untold story of Superman's grandfather as he fights for justice on his home planet.Syfy show.
- CreatorTom KapinosStarsTom EllisLauren GermanKevin AlejandroLucifer Morningstar has decided he's had enough of being the dutiful servant in Hell and decides to spend some time on Earth to better understand humanity. He settles in Los Angeles - the City of Angels.Fox show. Moved after Season 3 to Netflix. Based on the Character Lucifer from the comic The Sandman stared in 1989 at DC. The comic moved to Vertigo in its foundation year 1993.
- CreatorDaniel CeroneDavid S. GoyerStarsMatt RyanHarold PerrineauCharles HalfordA man struggling with his faith who is haunted by the sins of his past is suddenly thrust into the role of defending humanity from the gathering forces of darkness.NBC show. Sort off Soft-Arrowverse.
- CreatorGreg BerlantiMarc GuggenheimPhil KlemmerStarsCaity LotzAmy Louise PembertonDominic PurcellTime-traveling rogue Rip Hunter must recruit a ragtag team of heroes and villains to help prevent an apocalypse that could impact not only Earth, but all of time.CW "Arrowverse" show.
- CreatorDeborah Joy LeVineJoe ShusterJerry SiegelStarsDean CainTeri HatcherLane SmithIn addition to fighting evil, Superman has a burning romance with Lois Lane in both of his identities.
- CreatorLorenzo Semple Jr.William DozierStarsAdam WestBurt WardAlan NapierThe Caped Crusader and his young ward battle evildoers in Gotham City.ABC show.
- CreatorLaeta KalogridisStarsAshley ScottDina MeyerRachel SkarstenIn the future, long after the Batman has driven himself into exile, his legacy lives on in the form of the Birds of Prey--Black Canary, Oracle, and the Huntress.WB show.
- CreatorDanny BilsonPaul De MeoStarsJohn Wesley ShippAmanda PaysAlex DésertA police forensic scientist, Barry Allen, battles crimes as the super-fast superhero "The Flash."CBS show. Because of his reprised role it's now a sort off Soft-Arrowverse show in the multiverse context.
- CreatorBruno HellerStarsJack BannonRyan FletcherDorothy AtkinsonThe origin story of Alfred Pennyworth, a former special-forces soldier living in London and how he came to work for Bruce Wayne's father.Epix show.
- CreatorDamon LindelofStarsRegina KingYahya Abdul-Mateen IITom MisonSet in an alternate history where masked vigilantes are treated as outlaws, Watchmen embraces the nostalgia of the original groundbreaking graphic novel of the same name, while attempting to break new ground of its own.HBO show.
- CreatorCaroline DriesStarsCamrus JohnsonRachel SkarstenMeagan TandyBatwoman seeks justice for Gotham City.CW "Arrowverse" show.
- StarsRussell ToveyJason MitchellMelissa BenoistReporter Raymond "Ray" Terrill is investigating a group of government scientists who are developing a weapon using light, when he is attacked with a "genetic light bomb" that ends up bestowing him with light-based super powers.It's a cartoon but it's although a real CW "Arrowverse" web show.
- CreatorMarc GuggenheimStarsMegalyn EchikunwokeAnika Noni RoseEmily Bett RickardsVixen is based on the DC Character Mari McCabe / Vixen, a costumed superhero crime-fighter with the power to mimic the abilities of any animal that has ever lived on Earth.It's a cartoon but it's although a real CW "Arrowverse" web show.
- CreatorNeil GaimanDavid S. GoyerAllan HeinbergStarsTom SturridgeBoyd HolbrookPatton OswaltUpon escaping after decades of imprisonment by a mortal wizard, Dream, the personification of dreams, sets about to reclaim his lost equipment.Netflix show.
- CreatorJustin HalpernDean LoreyPatrick SchumackerStarsKaley CuocoLake BellAlan TudykThe series focuses on a single Harley Quinn, who sets off to make it on her own in Gotham City.
- StarsColin FarrellCristin MiliotiRhenzy FelizFollowing the events of "The Batman," Oswald Cobblepot, a.k.a. The Penguin, makes a play to seize the reins of the crime world in Gotham.