The Arrowverse is a media franchise and shared fictional universe that is the setting of superhero television series airing on The CW, produced by DC Entertainment and based on characters that appear in DC Comics publications.
The shared universe includes seven live-action television series, Arrow, Batwoman, Black Lightning, The Flash, Supergirl, DC's Legends of Tomorrow, and two animated web series, Vixen, and Freedom Fighters: The Ray.
Each series has its own lead actors: Stephen Amell stars as Oliver Queen / Green Arrow on Arrow; Grant Gustin stars as Barry Allen / Flash on The Flash; Megalyn Echikunwoke stars as Mari McCabe / Vixen in Vixen; Melissa Benoist stars as Kara Danvers / Supergirl on Supergirl; Legends of Tomorrow features an ensemble cast including original headliner Arthur Darvill as Rip Hunter, subsequent headliner Caity Lotz as Sara Lance / White Canary, alongside Victor Garber as Martin Stein / Firestorm, Brandon Routh as Ray Palmer / The Atom, Ciara Renée as Kendra Saunders / Hawkgirl, Franz Drameh as Jefferson Jackson / Firestorm, Dominic Purcell as Mick Rory / Heat Wave, Wentworth Miller as Leonard Snart / Captain Cold, Falk Hentschel as Carter Hall / Hawkman, Amy Pemberton as the voice of Gideon, Nick Zano as Nate Heywood / Steel, Maisie Richardson-Sellers as Amaya Jiwe / Vixen, Matt Letscher as Eobard Thawne / Reverse-Flash, and Tala Ashe as Zari Tomaz; Cress Williams stars as Jefferson Pierce / Black Lightning on Black Lightning; Russell Tovey stars as Ray Terrill / The Ray in Freedom Fighters: The Ray; Batwoman stars original headliner Ruby Rose as Kate Kane / Batwoman in season 1 and subsequent headliner Javicia Leslie as Ryan Wilder / Batwoman in season 2.