Arrow celebrates 10 year anniversary
10 years ago today, the first episode of ARROW aired on The CW, and the rest is history. #Arrow pic.twitter.com/vNthOzcK13
- The CW news (@CWshows) October 10, 2022
-The show that spawned what is known as the "Arrowverse" (which comes to an end next year) and brought costumed heroes back to the little screen has tuned the big ol'10 years old.
-Arrow was heavily inspired by Batman Begins and was meant to to be a gritty realistic take on Green Arrow before throwing that away when Greg Berlanti was handed the keys to The Flash, who he had wanted to adapt from the start.
-The show also birthed the never ending Olicity vs. Laurel stan-dom that would seep into the show (the writers claim they were never influenced but....the writing says otherwise)
-The final season wrapped just 1 month before COVID hit and shut down production on shows for what seemed like a year and with its end also came the end of the annual big crossover that would eventually be 4 shows crossing over within 1 week.
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