History Creator / TheCW

* ''Wrestling/WWENXT'' (2024) [[note]]Originally aired on Creator/USANetwork[[/note]]

* ''Series/SixtyFirstStreet (2024) [[note]]Originally aired on Creator/{{AMC}}, season 2 was produced but the series was canceled by AMC, which also didn't air the second season. The CW acquired both seasons for air.[[/note]]

* ''Wrestling/WWESmackdown'' (2006-2008) [[note]]Originally UPN; now Fox[[/note]]

* ''Series/{{Barons}}'' (2023) [[note]]Originally aired on Creator/TheABC. Aired for four episodes before being pulled from its slot. The series is now only available on the CW app.[[/note]]

* '''''Series/SightUnseen2024''''' (2024) [[note]]Originally broadcast on Creator/{{CTV}}.[[/note]]

* ''Series/OneHundredDaysToIndy'' (2023-)

** Before ''Supernatural'' ended its final season, Creator/JaredPadalecki was already tapped to star in ''Series/{{Walker}}'', whose cast includes many of the same actors who had starred in ''Supernatural'', including Padalecki's wife [[Creator/GenevievePadalecki Genevieve]] and Creator/MitchPileggi, and other The CW shows such as Creator/LindseyMorgan (''Series/The100''), Creator/MollyHagan (''Series/JaneTheVirgin'' and ''Series/IZombie''), and Creator/OdetteAnnable (''Supergirl'').

* '''''Series/{{Walker}}''''' (2021-present)

* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' (2006-2011) [[note]]Originally The WB[[/note]
* '''''Series/SonOfACritch''''' (2023-present) [[note]]Originally aired on Creator/{{CBC}}, co-produced by The CW starting with season 3[[/note]]]

* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' (2006-2011) [[note]]Originally The WB[[/note]]

* ''Series/EveryoneElseBurns'' (2023) [[note]]Originally aired on Creator/{{Channel 4}}, was renewed for a second season by The CW, but was pulled from the schedule in November 2023 after three episodes from season 1 aired.[[/note]]

* ''Series/RunTheBurbs'' (2023) [[note]]Originally aired on Creator/{{CBC}}. Was pulled from the schedule in November 2023.[[/note]]

* '''''Series/SonOfACritch''''' (2023-present) [[note]]Originally aired on Creator/{{CBC}}, co-produced by The CW starting in season 3[[/note]]
* '''''Series/SullivansCrossing''''' (2023-present) [[note]]Originally broadcast on Creator/{{CTV}}, co-produced by The CW starting in season 2[[/note]]

[[https://www.cwtv.com The CW]], majority owned by station megagroup Nexstar Media Group and minority-owned by [[Creator/{{ParamountGlobal}} Paramount]] (formerly [=ViacomCBS=]) and Creator/WarnerBrosDiscovery through Creator/WarnerBros (hence the initials, as the C is for Creator/{{CBS}} and the W is for Warner), is the result of the 2006 merger of Warner Bros.'s Creator/TheWB and CBS's Creator/{{UPN}}. This is a network that is ''utterly'' about demographics. Specifically, that demographic which spends more time online than it does watching the tube. A pretty smooth move, since reaching young adults means giving them something to talk about on the Internet (hence their 2009–12 slogan "TV To Talk About", and their previous "TV Now" slogan, which is the network's admission they don't care if you watch on TV or online).

Finally, The CW is also notable for boasting Creator/SabanBrands' Creator/{{Vortexx}}, the last SaturdayMorningCartoon block to air new shows. In May 2014, they announced its airtime was being sold to Litton Entertainment for yet ''another'' one of their EdutainmentShow blocks, similar to the blocks they've programmed for Creator/{{ABC}} and sister network Creator/{{CBS}}. That block premiered in October 2014, marking the {{end of an era}}.

* ''Series/TheSpencerSisters'' (2023) [[note]]Originally broadcast on Creator/{{CTV}}.[[/note]]

* ''Series/{{Wild Cards|2024}}'' (2024) [[note]]Co-production between the CW and Creator/{{CBC}}[[/note]]

* ''Series/{{Wild Cards|2024}}'' (2024)

* ''Series/EighteenToLife'' (2010) [[note]]Originally aired on Creator/{{CBC}}. Only the first six episodes were broadcast on The CW.[[/note]]

* '''''Series/SullivansCrossing''''' (2023-present) [[note]]Originally broadcast on Creator/{{CTV}}, co-produced by The CW[[/note]]

[[https://www.cwtv.com The CW]], majority owned by station megagroup Nexstar Media Group and minority-owned by [[Creator/{{ParamountGlobal}} Paramount]] (formerly [=ViacomCBS=]) and Creator/WarnerBrosDiscovery through Creator/WarnerBros (hence the initials, as the C is for Creator/{{CBS}} and the W is for Warner), is the result of the 2006 merger of Warner Bros.' Creator/TheWB and CBS' Creator/{{UPN}}. This is a network that is ''utterly'' about demographics. Specifically, that demographic which spends more time online than it does watching the tube. A pretty smooth move, since reaching young adults means giving them something to talk about on the Internet (hence their 2009–12 slogan "TV To Talk About", and their previous "TV Now" slogan, which is the network's admission they don't care if you watch on TV or online).

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** '''''Series/SupermanAndLois''''' (2021-present)

Nontheless, in May 2023, CBS, despite maintaining a minority stake in the network, [[https://deadline.com/2023/05/cbs-stations-eight-drop-cw-go-independent-this-fall-1235357388/ announced its intention to drop The CW from its stations that had been affiliated with the network]][[note]]of those markets, only Philadelphia, San Francisco, Tampa-St. Petersburg, and Sacramento currently have Nexstar-owned stations, though later that month, Nexstar would announce its intentions to acquire the operations of [=MyNetworkTV=] affiliate WADL in Detroit, another CBS-owned CW market, while Mission buys the license[[/note]] that September and revert those stations back to being independent stations (it had done a similar move with the removal of [=MyNetworkTV=] from WSBK and WBFS in September 2022), largely stemming from those stations' refusals to clear LIV Golf broadcasts[[note]]Tegna-owned CW affiliates, including WCCT and the second subchannel of KFMB; as well as WCIU, also refused to clear LIV Golf[[/note]], forcing Nexstar to arrange with other stations in those markets to air the broadcasts. Shortly after, The CW renewed their affiliation deals with Hearst Television which added KQCA (channel 58) in Sacramento, yet another market affected by the aforementioned CBS deal, to switch to that network alongside new carriage deals with Sinclair and Gray Television. However, Detroit was severely impacted when WADL TV-38 dropped the affiliation after three months because TV-38's sale to Nexstar affiliate Mission Broadcasting wasn't completed by that time and Adell threatened legal action when Scripps signed a deal with the CW to be affiliated with WMYD (channel 20).

* ''Series/The100'' (2014-20)
* ''Series/FortyFourHundred'' (2021-22)
* ''Series/SeventhHeaven'' (2006-07) [[note]]Originally The WB.[[/note]]
* ''[[Series/BeverlyHills90210 90210]]'' (2008-13)
** ''Series/MelrosePlace'' (2009-10)

* ''Series/AmericasNextTopModel'' (2006-15) [[note]]Originally UPN; moved to Creator/VH1. This was the first show to air new episodes on the network; it and ''WWE Smackdown'' (which aired later in the week) were the only ones not to air repeats during The CW's launch week of September 17-23, 2006.[[/note]]

** ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' (2012-20)
** ''Series/{{The Flash|2014}}'' (2014-23) [[note]]Currently the longest-running original show on the network (i.e., not inherited from The WB/UPN or saved from other networks).[[/note]]
** ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'' (2016-22)
** ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'' (2016-21) [[note]]Originally CBS[[/note]]
** ''Series/{{Black Lightning|2018}}'' (2018-21) [[note]]Originally unrelated to the setting, the titular character made his debut on the 'verse during ''Series/{{Crisis on Infinite Earths|2019}}''[[/note]]
** ''Series/{{Batwoman|2019}}'' (2019-22)

* ''[[Series/BeautyAndTheBeast2012 Beauty & the Beast]]'' (2012-16)
* ''Series/BeautyAndTheGeek'' (2006-08) [[note]]Originally The WB[[/note]]

* ''Series/TheCarrieDiaries'' (2013-14)
* ''Series/{{Charmed|2018}}'' (2018-22)

* ''Series/CrazyExGirlfriend'' (2015-19)

* ''Series/{{Dynasty|2017}}'' (2017-22)
* ''Series/EmilyOwensMD'' (2012-13)
* ''Series/EverybodyHatesChris'' (2006-09) [[note]]Originally UPN[[/note]]
* ''Series/{{Frequency|2016}}'' (2016-17)
* ''Series/GilmoreGirls'' (2006-07) [[note]]Originally The WB. It was followed by a Netflix miniseries in 2016, which was later broadcast on The CW in 2020 to fill its fall programming.[[/note]]
* ''Series/{{Girlfriends|2000}}'' (2006-08) [[note]]originally UPN[[/note]]
** ''Series/{{The Game|2006}}'' (2006-09) [[note]]moved to BET[[/note]]
* ''Series/{{Gossip Girl|2007}}'' (2007-12) [[note]]The network also broadcast the pilot of the [[Series/GossipGirl2021 2021 revival]] a day after it debuted on Creator/HBOMax.[[/note]]

* ''Series/HartOfDixie'' (2011-15)
* ''Series/{{Hellcats}}'' (2010-11)

* ''Series/InTheDark'' (2019-22)

* ''Series/IZombie'' (2015-19)
* ''Series/JaneTheVirgin'' (2014-19)
* ''Series/{{Kung Fu|2021}}'' (2021-23)
* ''Series/LegendsOfTheHiddenTemple'' (2021-22)

* ''Series/{{Nancy Drew|2019}}'' (2019-23)

* ''Series/{{Nikita}}'' (2010-13)
* ''Series/NoTomorrow'' (2016-17)
* ''Series/OhSit'' (2012-13)
* ''Series/OneTreeHill'' (2006-12) [[note]]Originally The WB[[/note]]
* ''Series/TheOutpost'' (2018-21)
* ''Series/{{Pandora}}'' (2019-20)

* ''Series/{{Privileged}}'' (2008-09)
* ''Series/{{Reaper}}'' (2007-09)
* ''Series/{{Reba}}'' (2006-07) [[note]]Originally The WB[[/note]]
* ''Series/{{Reign}}'' (2013-17)

* ''Series/{{Ringer}}'' (2011-12)
* ''Series/{{Riverdale}}'' (2017-23)

* ''Series/RoswellNewMexico'' (2019-22)
* ''Series/SaveToWin'' (2016-17)
* ''Series/TheSecretCircle'' (2011-12)
* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' (2006-11) [[note]]Originally The WB[[/note]]

* ''Series/{{Stargirl|2020}}'' (2020-22) [[note]]For the first season, the episodes aired a day after each new ones debuted on the Creator/DCUniverse streaming service. In July 2020, it was announced that the show would move to The CW starting with its second season.[[/note]]
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' (2006-20) [[note]]Originally The WB. Currently the longest-running show on the network. Until its end, it was also [[LastOfHisKind the last remnant of anything carried over from The WB or UPN]].[[/note]]
** ''Series/TheWinchesters'' (2022-23)
* ''Series/{{The Tomorrow People|2013}}'' (2013-14)
* ''Series/TwoSentenceHorrorStories'' (2019, 2021-22)
* ''Series/{{Valor}}'' (2017-18)

** ''Series/TheVampireDiaries'' (2009-17)
** ''Series/TheOriginals'' (2013-18)
** ''Series/{{Legacies}}'' (2018-22)
* ''Series/VeronicaMars'' (2006-07) [[note]]Originally UPN; later moved to Hulu[[/note]]

** ''Series/WalkerIndependence'' (2022-23)

* ''Wrestling/WWESmackdown'' (2006-08) [[note]]Originally UPN; now Fox[[/note]]

* ''Series/{{Barons}}'' (2023) [[note]]Originally aired on Creator/TheABC. Aired for four episodes before being pulled from its slot and the series is only available on the CW app.[[/note]]
* ''Series/{{Bump}}'' (2021-2022) [[note]]Originally available on Australian streaming service Stan. The CW aired the first season in 2021 but pulled the second season from the air after five episodes and it is only available on the CW app.[[/note]]
* ''Series/BurdenOfTruth'' (2018-21) [[note]]Originally aired on CBC.[[/note]]
* '''''Series/ChildrenRuinEverything''''' (2022-) [[note]]Originally aired on Creator/{{CTV}}; originally streamed in the U.S. on The Roku Channel[[/note]]
* ''Series/{{Coroner}}'' (2020-22) [[note]]Originally aired on CBC.[[/note]]
* '''''Series/{{The Chosen|TVSeries}}''''' (2023-) [[note]]Angel Studios, also syndicated internationally[[/note]]

* ''Series/DeadPixels'' (2020-21) [[note]]Originally aired on [[Creator/Channel4 E4]][[/note]]

* '''''Series/{{Moonshine}}''''' (2023) [[note]]Originally aired on CBC.[[/note]]

* '''''Series/SonOfACritch''''' (2023) [[note]]Originally aired on Creator/{{CBC}}, co-produced by The CW starting in season 3[[/note]]
* '''''Series/SullivansCrossing''''' (2023) [[note]]Originally broadcast on Creator/{{CTV}}, co-produced by The CW[[/note]]
* '''''Series/TheSpencerSisters''''' (2023) [[note]]Originally broadcast on Creator/{{CTV}}.[[/note]]

* '''''Series/{{The Swarm|2023}}''''' (2023) [[note]]Originally aired on [[UsefulNotes/GermanTVStations ZDF]].[[/note]]

* ''Series/WellingtonParanormal'' (2021-22) [[note]]Originally aired on [=TVNZ=]. Joint US distribution with Creator/HBOMax; episodes premiere first on the network, then on the streaming service a day later.[[/note]]

Nontheless, in May 2023, CBS, despite maintaining a minority stake in the network, [[https://deadline.com/2023/05/cbs-stations-eight-drop-cw-go-independent-this-fall-1235357388/ announced its intention to drop The CW from its stations that had been affiliated with the network]][[note]]of those markets, only Philadelphia, San Francisco, Tampa-St. Petersburg, and Sacramento currently have Nexstar-owned stations, though later that month, Nexstar would announce its intentions to acquire the operations of [=MyNetworkTV=] affiliate WADL in Detroit, another CBS-owned CW market, while Mission buys the license[[/note]] that September and revert those stations back to being independent stations (it had done a similar move with the removal of [=MyNetworkTV=] from WSBK and WBFS in September 2022), largely stemming from those stations' refusals to clear LIV Golf broadcasts[[note]]Tegna-owned CW affiliates, including WCCT and the second subchannel of KFMB; as well as WCIU, also refused to clear LIV Golf[[/note]], forcing Nexstar to arrange with other stations in those markets to air the broadcasts. Shortly after, The CW renewed their affiliation deals with Hearst Television which added KQCA (channel 58) in Sacramento, yet another market affected by the aforementioned CBS deal, to switch to that network alongside new carriage deals with Sinclair and Gray Television. However, Detroit was severely impacted when WADL TV-38 dropped the affiliation after three months because their sale to Nexstar affiliate Mission Broadcasting wasn't completed by that time and Adell threatened legal action when Scripps signed a deal with the CW to be affiliated with WMYD (channel 20).

Nontheless, in May 2023, CBS, despite maintaining a minority stake in the network, [[https://deadline.com/2023/05/cbs-stations-eight-drop-cw-go-independent-this-fall-1235357388/ announced its intention to drop The CW from its stations that had been affiliated with the network]][[note]]of those markets, only Philadelphia, San Francisco, Tampa-St. Petersburg, and Sacramento currently have Nexstar-owned stations, though later that month, Nexstar would announce its intentions to acquire the operations of [=MyNetworkTV=] affiliate WADL in Detroit, another CBS-owned CW market, while Mission buys the license[[/note]] that September and revert those stations back to being independent stations (it had done a similar move with the removal of [=MyNetworkTV=] from WSBK and WBFS in September 2022), largely stemming from those stations' refusals to clear LIV Golf broadcasts[[note]]Tegna-owned CW affiliates, including WCCT and the second subchannel of KFMB; as well as WCIU, also refused to clear LIV Golf[[/note]], forcing Nexstar to arrange with other stations in those markets to air the broadcasts. Shortly after, The CW renewed their affiliation deals with Hearst Television which added KQCA (channel 58) in Sacramento, yet another market affected by the aforementioned CBS deal, to switch to that network alongside new carriage deals with Sinclair and Gray Television.

* '''''Series/RunTheBurbs''''' (2023) [[note]]Originally aired on Creator/{{CBC}}. Was pulled from the schedule in November 2023.[[/note]]

* ''Series/EveryoneElseBurns'' (2023) [[note]]Originally aired on Creator/{{Channel 4}}[[/note]]

* '''''Series/RunTheBurbs''''' (2023) [[note]]Originally aired on Creator/{{CBC}}.[[/note]]

* ''Series/{{Bump}}'' (2021-2022) [[note]]Originally available on Austrailian streaming service Stan, The CW aired the first season, but pulled the second season from the air after five episodes and it is only available on the CW app.[[/note]]

* ''Series/EighteenToLife'' (2010) [[note]]Originally aired on Creator/{{CBC}}. Only the first six episodes were broadcast on The CW.[[/note]]

* '''''[[UsefulNotes/CollegiateAmericanFootballPower5Conferences ACC]] on The CW''''' (2023-present)