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Toward the end of 2019, the Arrowverse was firing on all cylinders. Much like the Marvel Cinematic Universe but on a microscopic scale, Greg Berlanti and the CW television network had assembled a surprisingly huge cast of superheroes into a shared universe that began with one unexpectedly successful project. A year later, though, the project was on life support. In 2023, we're just trying to enjoy the time we can as The Flash--and the Arrowverse along with it--comes to an end.
It wasn't the Anti-Monitor and his Crisis on Infinite Earths. It wasn't money, the pandemic, superhero exhaustion, or actor trouble, either--but rather a combination of all these factors hamstringing one of the weirdest and coolest projects we've ever seen on broadcast television.
Money was always going to be a problem. Despite 35+ seasons of Arrowverse shows--and successful series like Supernatural, Riverdale, and Walker--the CW
<p dir="ltr">Toward the end of 2019, the Arrowverse was firing on all cylinders. Much like the Marvel Cinematic Universe but on a microscopic scale, Greg Berlanti and the CW television network had assembled a surprisingly huge cast of superheroes into a shared universe that began with one unexpectedly successful project. A year later, though, the project was on life support. In 2023, we're just trying to enjoy the time we can as The Flash--and the Arrowverse along with it--comes to an end.</p><p dir="ltr">It wasn't the Anti-Monitor and his Crisis on Infinite Earths. It wasn't money, the pandemic, superhero exhaustion, or actor trouble, either--but rather a combination of all these factors hamstringing one of the weirdest and coolest projects we've ever seen on broadcast television.</p><figure data-align="center" data-size="large" data-img-src="
It wasn't the Anti-Monitor and his Crisis on Infinite Earths. It wasn't money, the pandemic, superhero exhaustion, or actor trouble, either--but rather a combination of all these factors hamstringing one of the weirdest and coolest projects we've ever seen on broadcast television.
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Money was always going to be a problem. Despite 35+ seasons of Arrowverse shows--and successful series like Supernatural, Riverdale, and Walker--the CW
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. Instead, the network made money by selling its shows to streaming services like Netflix, which would then give the network a bump at the beginning of their series' next season. However, you can only spend money for so long before you have to make it--and it's a miracle that the Arrowverse got as far as it did within this environment.
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<p dir="ltr">Toward the end of 2019, the Arrowverse was firing on all cylinders. Much like the Marvel Cinematic Universe but on a microscopic scale, Greg Berlanti and the CW television network had assembled a surprisingly huge cast of superheroes into a shared universe that began with one unexpectedly successful project. A year later, though, the project was on life support. In 2023, we're just trying to enjoy the time we can as The Flash--and the Arrowverse along with it--comes to an end.</p><p dir="ltr">It wasn't the Anti-Monitor and his Crisis on Infinite Earths. It wasn't money, the pandemic, superhero exhaustion, or actor trouble, either--but rather a combination of all these factors hamstringing one of the weirdest and coolest projects we've ever seen on broadcast television.</p><figure data-align="center" data-size="large" data-img-src="
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