Arrow (TV series)

Arrow
Title card for the first season
Genre	Superhero Drama Action Crime Mystery
Based on	Characters by DC Comics
Developed by	Greg Berlanti Marc Guggenheim Andrew Kreisberg
Showrunners	Marc Guggenheim (seasons 1–8) Andrew Kreisberg (seasons 1–3) Greg Berlanti (season 3) Wendy Mericle (seasons 4–6) Beth Schwartz (seasons 7–8)
Starring	Stephen Amell Katie Cassidy Colin Donnell David Ramsey Willa Holland Susanna Thompson Paul Blackthorne Emily Bett Rickards Colton Haynes Manu Bennett John Barrowman Echo Kellum Josh Segarra Rick Gonzalez Juliana Harkavy Kirk Acevedo Sea Shimooka Katherine McNamara Ben Lewis Joseph David-Jones LaMonica Garrett
Composer	Blake Neely
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	8
No. of episodes	170 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	David Nutter (pilot) Sarah Schechter Wendy Mericle Andrew Kreisberg Marc Guggenheim Greg Berlanti Beth Schwartz Jill Blankenship
Producers	J. P. Finn Wendy Mericle Todd Pittson Ben Sokolowski Keto Shimizu Glen Winter James Bamford Jon Wallace Jennifer Lence Oscar Balderrama Carl Ogawa
Production locations	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Cinematography	Glen Winter Gordon Verheul Gregory Middleton C. Kim Miles Corey Robson Bruce Worrall Chris Banting Neil Cervin
Editors	Kristin Windell Andi Armaganian Patrick Brian Paul Karasik Jessie Murray Thomas Wallerstein Carol Slutz David Holland
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	40–43 minutes
Production companies	Berlanti Productions DC Entertainment Bonanza Productions Warner Bros. Television
Original release
Network	The CW
Release	October 10, 2012 (2012-10-10) – January 28, 2020 (2020-01-28)
Related
Arrowverse
Infobox instructions (only shown in preview)

Arrow is an American superhero television series developed by Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, and Andrew Kreisberg based on the DC Comics character Green Arrow, a costumed crime-fighter created by Mort Weisinger and George Papp, and is the first series of the Arrowverse, sharing continuity with other related television series. The series premiered in the United States on The CW on October 10, 2012, and ran for eight seasons until January 28, 2020. Arrow was primarily filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Arrow follows billionaire playboy Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell), Robert and Moira Queen's oldest son, who claimed to have spent five years shipwrecked on Lian Yu, a mysterious island in the North China Sea, before returning home to Starling City (later renamed "Star City") to fight crime and corruption as a secret vigilante whose weapon of choice is a bow and arrow. Throughout the series, Oliver is joined by others, among them former soldier John Diggle (David Ramsey), I.T. expert and skilled hacker Felicity Smoak (Emily Bett Rickards), former assassin Sara Lance (Caity Lotz), aspiring vigilante Roy Harper (Colton Haynes), Oliver's sister Thea (Willa Holland), and attorney-turned-vigilante Laurel Lance (Katie Cassidy). During the first five seasons of the show, characters from Oliver's past appear in a separate story arc based on Oliver's flashbacks. Starting with season seven, a series of flash-forwards focus on Oliver's children William (Ben Lewis) and Mia (Katherine McNamara), exploring how present events would affect their future and Green Arrow's legacy.

The series takes a new look at the Green Arrow character, as well as other characters from the DC Comics universe. Although Oliver Queen / Green Arrow had been featured in the television series Smallville from 2006 to 2011, also on The CW, the producers decided to start clean and find a new actor to portray the character. Arrow has received generally positive reviews from critics, and has earned multiple awards and nominations. In October 2014, a spin-off TV series titled The Flash premiered, which was later followed by other spin-off series and media, forming a shared universe.^[1]