Ahead, here are our favorite shows to air on the CW.
Supernatural(20052020)
There’s a reasonSupernaturalis the longest-running show in CW and WB history.
(It’s best if we ignore the series-ending Gossip Girl reveal).
Jared Padalecki on ‘Supernatural’; Nina Dobrev on ‘The Vampire Diaries’; Blake Lively on ‘Gossip Girl’.Credit:Colin Bentley/The CW; Bob Mahoney/The CW; Giovanni Rufino/The CW
(Also, it doesn’t hurt that it has an awesome narrator in Anthony Mendez).C.A.
), the bad (Nathan’s accident!
), and the ugly (basically everything relating to Dan).
Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles on ‘Supernatural’.Katie Yu/The CW
By cycle 7, when it moved to the CW, the show was already a household name.
Although Banks' multiple inventions sometimes dominated remember Pot Ledom?
(From left to right) Francis Capra, Julie Gonzalo, Percy Daggs III, Chris Lowell, Kristen Bell, Enrico Colantoni, Jason Dohring, Ryan Hansen, Tina Majorino, and Michael Muhney on ‘Veronica Mars’.Patrick Ecclesine/The CW
Rachel Bloom on ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’.Greg Gayne/The CW
(From left to right) Lauren Graham, Alexis Bledel, Kelly Bishop, and Edward Herrmann on ‘Gilmore Girls’.Greg Gayne/The CW
Erica Durance and Tom Welling on ‘Smallville’.Jack Rowand/Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection
Paul Wesley, Nina Dobrev, and Ian Somerhalder on ‘The Vampire Diaries’.Art Streiber/The CW
Joseph Morgan and Charles Michael Davis on ‘The Originals’.Annette Brown/The CW
(From left to right) Chace Crawford, Blake Lively, Ed Westwick, Leighton Meester, Penn Badgley, and Taylor Momsen on ‘Gossip Girl’.Andrew Eccles/The CW
Grant Gustin on ‘The Flash’.Katie Yu/The CW
Tyler Hoechlin on ‘Superman & Lois’.Katie Yu/The CW
(From left to right) Brett Dier, Gina Rodriguez, Alba Villanueva, Andrea Navedo, and Jaime Camil on ‘Jane the Virgin’.Greg Gayne/The CW
(From left to right) Lee Norris, Antwon Tanner, Sophia Bush, Chad Michael Murray, Hilarie Burton, James Lafferty, and Bethany Joy Lenz on ‘One Tree Hill’.CW Network/Courtesy Everett Collection
(From left to right) Kelly Cutrone, Tyra Banks, Nigel Barker, and a special guest judge on ‘America’s Next Top Model’.Chris Frawley/The CW
