List of television series based on DC Comics

Below is a list of television series based on properties of DC Comics. This list includes live-action and animated series.

Live-action

Title	Aired	Seasons	Network	Notes	Ref
Adventures of Superman	1952–1958	6 seasons	Syndication	104 episodes
Batman	1966–1968	3 seasons	ABC	120 episodes
Shazam!	1974–1976		CBS	28 episodes
Wonder Woman	1975–1979		ABC (season 1) CBS (season 2-3)	60 total episodes
Superboy	1988–1992	4 seasons	Syndication	100 episodes
Swamp Thing: The Series	1990–1993	3 seasons	USA Network	72 episodes
The Flash	1990–1991	1 season	CBS	22 episodes; Retroactively made to exist on an alternate Earth of the Arrowverse.
Human Target	1992		ABC	7 episodes
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman	1993–1997	4 seasons		88 episodes
Smallville	2001–2011	10 seasons	The WB (seasons 1-5) The CW (seasons 6-10)	218 episodes
Birds of Prey	2002–2003	1 season	The WB	13 episodes
Human Target	2010–2011	2 seasons	Fox and CTV	25 episodes
Constantine	2014–2015	1 season	NBC	13 episodes
Ongoing
Arrow	2012–present	4 seasons	The CW	Part of the Arrowverse; Renewed for Season 5	[1]
Gotham	2014–present	2 seasons	Fox	Renewed for Season 3	[2]
The Flash			The CW	Part of the Arrowverse; Renewed for Season 3	[1]
iZombie	2015–present			Renewed for Season 3	[1]
Supergirl		1 season	CBS	Exists on an alternate Earth of the Arrowverse.
Legends of Tomorrow	2016–present		The CW	Part of the Arrowverse; Renewed for Season 2	[1]
Lucifer			Fox	Renewed for Season 2	[3]
Ordered
Preacher	2016	1 season	AMC	Series order. Premieres in May 22, 2016.	[4]
Powerless	TBA	Pilot	NBC	Pilot order	[5]
Scalped			WGN America		[6]
In development
Krypton	TBA		Syfy		[7]
DMZ					[8]
Ronin					[9]
Amped			USA Network		[10]
#4Hero			Machinima	Developed by Blue Ribbon Content	[11]
DC's Hero Project					[11]
Static Shock					[12]
Red			NBC		[13]
Y: The Last Man			FX		[14]
Unfollow			ABC		[15]

Pilots Title Year Network Notes The Adventures of Superpup 1958 Unaired The Adventures of Superboy 1961 Who's Afraid of Diana Prince? 1967 ABC Batgirl 1968 Wonder Woman 1974 Not ordered to series Justice League of America 1997 CBS Unaired in US Global Frequency 2005 The WB Not ordered to series Aquaman 2006 Wonder Woman 2011 NBC Unaired TV Specials Title Year Network Notes It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman 1975 ABC Legends of the Superheroes 1979 NBC 2 TV specials

Unproduced series Title Planned release Wonder Woman 1990 1999 Bruce Wayne 1999 Deadman 2000 The Graysons 2008 Raven 2010 Blue Beetle 2011 Hourman The Spectre 2012 Amazon 2013 Young Justice Booster Gold 2014 Global Frequency 2015 Titans/Blackbirds 2016[16][17]

Television commercials

Year	Commercial	Company	Notes
1952	Superman Kellogg's	Kellogg's	Eight "integrated commercials" starring George Reeves.
1974	Batgirl Equal Pay Public Service Announcement	Public Service Announcement	Put out by the U.S. Department of Labor.
1989	Batman Diet Coke	Diet Coke
1992	Catwoman Diet Coke	Diet Coke
1997	Hawkman Baby Ruth	Baby Ruth	A tongue in cheek commercial.
2001	Batman OnStar commercials	OnStar	A series of six television commercials.
2004	The Adventures of Seinfeld & Superman	American Express	Two short film commercials promoting American Express.
2006	El Palacio de Hierro	El Palacio de Hierro	A Mexican commercial starring Wonder Woman, Catwoman, and Batgirl.
2014	Vai que... Batman	Bradesco Seguros	A Brazilian commercial starring Batman and The Joker.

Animated series

Title	Original running	Production company(s)	Notes
The New Adventures of Superman	1966–1970	Filmation	Part of the The New Adventures of Superman franchise
The Adventures of Superboy	1966–1969
The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure	1967–1968
Aquaman	1968–1970
The Batman/Superman Hour	1968–1969
The Adventures of Batman
Super Friends	1973	Hanna-Barbera	Part of the Super Friends franchise
The New Adventures of Batman	1977	Filmation	Part of the The New Adventures of Batman franchise
The All-New Super Friends Hour		Hanna-Barbera	Part of the Super Friends franchise
The Batman/Tarzan Adventure Hour	1977–1978	Filmation	Part of the The New Adventures of Batman franchise
Challenge of the Super Friends	1978	Hanna-Barbera	Part of the Super Friends franchise
Batman and the Super 7	1978–1980	Filmation	Part of the The New Adventures of Batman franchise
The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show	1979–1981	Ruby-Spears
The World's Greatest Super Friends	1979	Hanna-Barbera	Part of the Super Friends franchise
Super Friends	1980–1983
The Kid Super Power Hour with Shazam!	1981–1982	Filmation
Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show	1984	Hanna-Barbera	Part of the Super Friends franchise
The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians	1985
Superman	1988	Ruby-Spears
Swamp Thing	1991	DIC Entertainment
Batman: The Animated Series	1992–1995	Warner Bros. Animation	Part of the DC animated universe
Wild C.A.T.s	1994–1995	WildStorm	Published at a time by Image Comics.
The Superman/Batman Adventures	1995–1997	Filmation Hanna-Barbera	Part of the The New Adventures of Superman franchise Part of the Super Friends franchise
Superman: The Animated Series	1996–2000	Warner Bros. Animation	Part of the DC animated universe
The New Batman Adventures	1997–1999		Sequel to Batman: The Animated Series, part of the DC animated universe
The New Batman/Superman Adventures	1997–2000		Part of the DC animated universe
Batman Beyond	1999–2002
Lobo	2000		Web series, part of the DC animated universe
Gotham Girls	2000-2002	Noodle Soup Productions Warner Bros. Animation	Web series, part of the DC animated universe.
Static Shock	2000–2004	Warner Bros. Animation	Part of the DC animated universe
The Zeta Project	2001–2002		Spin-off of Batman Beyond, part of the DC animated universe
Justice League	2001–2004		Part of the DC animated universe
Teen Titans	2003–2006
The Aquaman & Friends Action Hour	2003	Wild Hare Studios	Spoof continuation of Super Friends, unaired in US
Zatanna			Web series
Justice League Unlimited	2004–2006	Warner Bros. Animation	Sequel to Justice League, part of the DC animated universe
The Batman	2004–2008
Krypto the Superdog	2005–2006
Legion of Super Heroes	2006–2008
Plastic Man	2006		Pilot episode, unaired
Watchmen: Motion Comic	2008–2009	Cruel and Unusual Films	Motion Comic
Batman: The Brave and the Bold	2008–2011	Warner Bros. Animation
Young Justice	2010–2013		Netflix is currently reviewing the stats for a potential season three [18]
Green Lantern: The Animated Series	2011–2013
DC Nation Shorts	2011–2014		Animated shorts aired during the DC Nation television block on Cartoon Network
Beware the Batman	2013–2014
Batman Unlimited	2014–2015		Animated shorts aired on YouTube
DC Super Friends	2015		Animated shorts aired on YouTube
Ongoing
Teen Titans Go!	2013–ongoing	Warner Bros. Animation	A light comedy version of the original series that aired in 2003
Justice League: Gods and Monsters Chronicles	2015–ongoing	Warner Bros. Animation Blue Ribbon Content	Related to the film. Web series. Renewed for season 2
Vixen			Web series airing on The CW Seed. Part of the Arrowverse. Renewed for Season 2[19]
DC Super Hero Girls		Warner Bros. Animation	Animated shorts airing on YouTube
In development
Justice League Action	2016	Warner Bros. Animation	Set to premiere on Cartoon Network[20]

See also

• List of films based on DC Comics
• DC animated universe
• List of television series based on Marvel Comics
• List of television programs based on comics

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