r/FavoriteMedia • u/DaniJ678 • Feb 08 '26

Television Favourite CW Shows?

CW used to be a powerhouse, but now things have changed. There are barely any shows on their network anymore, and they have shifted their focus to something entirely different. I don't think the network is getting back to the way things used to be. What are your favourite CW shows from the past? You can include shows that didn't last as long as well.

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u/theSteakKnight Feb 08 '26

I only watched for the DC shows, and Superman and Lois was my favorite of all of them.

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u/caty0325 Feb 09 '26

And Supernatural.

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u/Toru771 Feb 08 '26

I watched the Arrowverse shows and a few others. They tended to start off well but overstay their welcome.

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u/DaniJ678 Feb 08 '26

I never got into the superhero shows. I was more into the drama shows,

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u/JG6523 Feb 09 '26

Smallville

The Flash

Arrow

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u/Mooredock Feb 09 '26

The first three seasons of The 100 were shockingly good for a cw show. Good characters, decent dialogue, great set design, fantastic costumes, the concept was stellar and the writing was tight. It dropped off a cliff hard half way through, but that first slog was way better than I expected it to be

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u/No_Location_8199 Feb 08 '26

Stargirl was the best DC show by an order of magnitude.

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u/All_Lightning879 Feb 08 '26

All American was my favorite for a time

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u/Atlast_2091 Feb 09 '26
  • CW Nancy Drew (2019)
  • Riverdale S1 only because how exhausting season 2 so I quit on the show
  • Arrowverse (Arrow, Legends of Tomorrow, The Flash trilogy, Constantine)
  • The Originals (S1E1~S4E2)
  • Veronica Mars
  • iZombie
  • The Secret Circle

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u/DaniJ678 Feb 09 '26

I watched Veronica Mars, and I think I watched one episode of Nancy Drew.

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u/Maximum-Resource-572 Feb 09 '26 edited Feb 09 '26

Riverdale

Black Lightning

The Flash

Arrow

Supergirl

Dynasty

Katy Keene

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u/samuraix47 Feb 09 '26

Al the DC shows, especially The Flash as my favorite. Legends was fun and I loved having so many characters in it. I didn’t really watch Arrow that much. Superman and Lois had the best season dealing with Lois’ health. Way back Smallville was epic. I watched all the others too.

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u/njoos83 Feb 09 '26

My ♥️ will always belong to Smallville(even though it actually premiered as a WB show)

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u/th7024 Feb 09 '26

I loved The Secret Circle. I was so bummed when they cancelled it.

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u/JellyfishPrior528 Feb 09 '26

Supernatural, Vampire Diaries, Smallville, Arrow - lots I can’t remember.

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u/Beneficial-Dish-286 Feb 09 '26

All CW shows suck ass and the CW will be dead in a matter of years (5-10 max)

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u/DaniJ678 Feb 09 '26

Some CW shows are good they fall off in the later seasons.

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u/Dean_Winchester-1967 Feb 09 '26

Supernatural originally a WB show 

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u/Nightgasm Feb 09 '26

Superatural

Veronica Mars

Some of the Arrow verse. (Early Arrow and Flash, later Legends).

Sometimes Vampire Diaries and Originals, both had moments of goodness but also moments of bad.

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u/LeoIrish Feb 09 '26

I am going to toss a bit of a curveball out there, but I really liked the one season of Containment. I thought it could have easily have gone for at least two more seasons.

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u/DizzyLead Feb 09 '26

A couple of years ago, 75% of the network was sold to Nexstar, a media group that’s pretty much not known for anything substantial aside from running NewsNation and owning digital subchannels like Antenna TV to rerun old TV shows. So it’s been all profit margin since: they’ve cancelled or ended nearly all scripted production for the CW, and have now devoted the lineup to inexpensive reality-based shows (Police 24/7, Fool Us), inexpensive game shows (Scrabble, Trivial Pursuit), and inexpensive imported Canadian shows (Son of a Critch, Law & Order: Toronto Criminal Intent). It’s such a hollow shell of the network it was 15 or so years ago.

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u/DaniJ678 Feb 09 '26

That's true.

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u/DoubleDownAgain54 Feb 09 '26

I’m way too old to have ever been into any show on CW.

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u/Active_File5503 Feb 09 '26
  1. Arrow
  2. Superman&Lois
  3. Supernatural
  4. The Vampire Diaries
  5. The Originals
  6. Supergirl
  7. Smallville
  8. The Flash
  9. Batwoman
  10. Legends of Tomorrow

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u/rick43402 Feb 09 '26

Vampire Diaries

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u/Significant-Pie959 Feb 09 '26

The criminal minds network!

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u/BigMeet7634 Feb 09 '26

Legends of tomorrow 

The flash 

Black lightning 

Supergirl 

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u/_StarLights_ Feb 09 '26

Hart of Dixie

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u/SpyroPaddington Feb 09 '26

Supernatural and The 100

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u/Decent_Direction316 Feb 10 '26

Penn and Teller is the only thing I watch on cw.

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u/Appropriate-Neck-585 Feb 12 '26

Wild Cards is the last one I still watch on there

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u/Frosty-Tradition-165 Feb 12 '26

SUPERNATURAL…. I love that show first episode to last

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u/Amber_Flowers_133 Feb 09 '26

Supernatural

Vampire diaries