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Supergirl wraps up “Elseworlds” by teasing an even bigger crossover event
In our current “everything is a franchise!” world, it can sometimes feel like you’re watching a…
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Everything goes to hell in the Arrow chapter of “Elseworlds,” but hey, it sure looks fun
The CW’s annual Arrowverse crossover episodes are always a bit of a tough needle to thread. The show’s writers need to…
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The Flash swaps bodies with Green Arrow as the "Elseworlds" crossover begins
The annual crossover event is fun for what it is and also for what it isn’t—namely another chapter in the overlong arc…
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Arrow confidently enters a new era, though it seems a little Lost
A great deal can happen in seven years. In its seven seasons on The CW, Arrow has seen a lot of villains, storylines,…
Oliver Queen’s in the slammer, so tonight’s Arrow premiere should be cheery
Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Monday, October 15. All times are Eastern.
DC is bringing back the "Elseworlds" name for The CW's annual crossover event
We’ve already heard that The CW is bringing in some big-name characters for the annual crossover of its DC superhero…
Lois Lane is coming to The CW's superhero shows
Ruby Rose’s Batwoman isn’t the only big-name crashing the party at The CW’s big superhero crossover this year, as Deadli…
TV writers team up to help keep immigrant families together
Donald Trump is still trying to figure out how he wants to structure his concentration camps, since that’ll be an…
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Arrow ends a frustrating season with a frustrating, but affecting, finale
On the whole, this isn’t a great season of Arrow. There are too many detours, too many balls dropped, more than the…
Batwoman to make her live-action debut in The CW's next superhero crossover
At a recent convention in Nashville, Arrow star Stephen Amell teased that he’d be making a “really fun announcement” at…
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Attention, Arrow villains: Find a new angle, you're embarrassing yourselves
An Arrow villain has had it, well and truly had it. He is done. He loathes Oliver Queen and wants to scorch the earth…
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Arrow tries to bounce back from a pretty bad storyline in a pretty solid episode
Let us say this of “Docket No. 11-19-41-73”: the people in it behave like people, the story has an arc, and I mostly und…
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Arrow hides one decent story underneath a pile of, well, other stories
Early in “Shifting Allegiances,” there’s a sequence that works. It feels self-assured, carefully planned, and like the…
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Arrow continues to course-correct with some Diaz dragon drama
The 20th episode of Arrow’s fifth season, “Underneath,” did something a little unusual. Adrian Chase detonated an EMP,…
Raise your oversized wine goblets one final time for Scandal
Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Thursday, April 19. All times are Eastern.
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Arrow confronts Oliver Queen with the ghosts of baggage past
There’s no shortage of things to appreciate about “Fundamentals.” Like last week’s Diggle/Queen showdown, this is an Arr…
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Diggle goes out to get some air, and with it, some clarity for Arrow
The “why does everyone around you die” trope, which sometimes takes the form of “why does everyone I love die,” is…
The CW renews all your favorites, like Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Jane The Virgin, and Riverdale
The CW is a network that gives fans exactly what they want, which is why The Flash and Supergirl had a musical…
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Roy Harper returns in a perfectly acceptable Arrow
On a show with a life this long you’re sometimes going to lose track of things. Who’s mad at who now, and why, and…