List of television series based on DC Comics

Below is a list of television series based on properties of DC Comics. This list includes live action and animated series.

Live action

Title	Original running	Notes
Adventures of Superman	1952–1958	6 Seasons
Batman	1966–1968	3 Seasons
Shazam!	1974–1976	3 Seasons
The Secrets of Isis	1975–1976	1 Season
Wonder Woman	1975–1979	3 Seasons
Legends of the Superheroes	1979	2 TV Specials
Superboy	1988–1992	4 Seasons
Swamp Thing: The Series	1990–1993	3 Seasons
The Flash	1990–1991	1 Season
Human Target	1992	1 Season
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman	1993–1997	4 Seasons
Smallville	2001–2011	10 Seasons
Birds of Prey	2002–2003	1 Season
Human Target	2010–2011	2 Seasons
Ongoing
Arrow	2012–present	2 Seasons; Renewed for Season 3
Picked for series
Gotham	2014	Fall 2014
The Flash	2014	Fall 2014
Constantine	2014	Fall 2014
iZombie	2014	Fall 2014
Preacher	2014	Fall 2014/Beginning 2015

Pilots

Title	Year	Notes
The Adventures of Superpup	1958	Unaired
The Adventures of Superboy	1961
Batgirl	1968
Who's Afraid of Diana Prince?	1967
Wonder Woman	1974
Justice League of America	1997	Unaired in US
Global Frequency	2005
Aquaman	2006
Wonder Woman	2011	Unaired
Hourman	2014	In development
DMZ	TBA	In development

Planned but unproduced

Title	Planned release
Wonder Woman	1990
	1999
Bruce Wayne	1999
Deadman	2000
The Graysons	2008
Raven	2010
Amazon	2013

Television commercials

Year	Commercial	Company	Notes
1952	Superman Kellogg's	Kellogg's	Eight "integrated commercials" starring George Reeves.
1974	Batgirl Equal Pay Public Service Announcement	Public Service Announcement	Put out by the U.S. Department of Labor.
1989	Batman Diet Coke	Diet Coke
1997	Hawkman Baby Ruth	Baby Ruth	A tongue in cheek commercial.
2001	Batman OnStar commercials	OnStar	A series of six television commercials.
2004	The Adventures of Seinfeld & Superman	American Express	Two short film commercials promoting American Express.
2006	El Palacio de Hierro	El Palacio de Hierro	A Mexican commercial starring Wonder Woman, Catwoman, and Batgirl.

Animated series

Title	Original running	Production company(s)	Notes
The New Adventures of Superman	1966–1970	Filmation	Part of the The New Adventures of Superman franchise
The Adventures of Superboy	1966–1969
The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure	1967–1968
Aquaman	1968–1970
The Batman/Superman Hour	1968–1969
The Adventures of Batman
Super Friends	1973	Hanna-Barbera	Part of the Super Friends franchise
The New Adventures of Batman	1977	Filmation	Part of the The New Adventures of Batman franchise
The All-New Super Friends Hour		Hanna-Barbera	Part of the Super Friends franchise
The Batman/Tarzan Adventure Hour	1977–1978	Filmation	Part of the The New Adventures of Batman franchise
Challenge of the Super Friends	1978	Hanna-Barbera	Part of the Super Friends franchise
Batman and the Super 7	1978–1980	Filmation	Part of the The New Adventures of Batman franchise
The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show	1979–1981	Ruby-Spears
The World's Greatest Super Friends	1979	Hanna-Barbera	Part of the Super Friends franchise
Super Friends	1980–1983
The Kid Super Power Hour with Shazam!	1981–1982	Filmation
Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show	1984	Hanna-Barbera	Part of the Super Friends franchise
The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians	1985
Superman	1988	Ruby-Spears
Swamp Thing	1991	DIC Entertainment
Batman: The Animated Series	1992–1995	Warner Bros. Animation	Part of the DC animated universe
Wild C.A.T.s	1994–1995	WildStorm
The Superman/Batman Adventures	1995–1997	Filmation Hanna-Barbera	Part of the The New Adventures of Superman franchise Part of the Super Friends franchise
Superman: The Animated Series	1996–2000	Warner Bros. Animation	Part of the DC animated universe
The New Batman Adventures	1997–1999		Sequel to Batman: The Animated Series, part of the DC animated universe
The New Batman/Superman Adventures	1997–2000		Part of the DC animated universe
Batman Beyond	1999–2002
Gotham Girls	2000–2002	Noodle Soup Productions	Web series, part of the DC animated universe
Lobo	2000
Static Shock	2000–2004	Warner Bros. Animation	Part of the DC animated universe
The Zeta Project	2001–2002		Spin-off of Batman Beyond, part of the DC animated universe
Justice League	2001–2004		Part of the DC animated universe
Teen Titans	2003–2006
The Aquaman & Friends Action Hour	2003	Wild Hare Studios	Spoof continuation of Super Friends, unaired in US
Zatanna			Web series
Justice League Unlimited	2004–2006	Warner Bros. Animation	Sequel to Justice League, part of the DC animated universe
The Batman	2004–2008
Krypto the Superdog	2005–2006
Legion of Super Heroes	2006–2008
Plastic Man	2006		Only pilot episode, unaired
Watchmen: Motion Comic	2008–2009	Cruel and Unusual Films
Batman: The Brave and the Bold	2008–2011	Warner Bros. Animation
Young Justice	2010–2013
Green Lantern: The Animated Series	2011–2013
Ongoing
DC Nation Shorts	2011–ongoing	Warner Bros. Animation	Animated shorts aired during the DC Nation television block on Cartoon Network.
Teen Titans Go!	2013–ongoing		A light comedy of the original series in 2003.
Beware the Batman	2013-ongoing		Computer-animated TV series that airs on Cartoon Network

See also

• List of films based on DC Comics
• DC animated universe
• List of television series based on Marvel Comics
• List of television programs based on comics

References

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