Series like The Flash

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   Superman & Lois

   Same creator

   2021 · 44 min · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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   After years of facing megalomaniacal supervillains, monsters wreaking havoc on Metropolis, and alien invaders intent on wiping out the human race, The Man of Steel aka Clark Kent and Lois Lane come face to face with one of their greatest challenges ever: dealing with all the stress, pressures and complexities that come with being working parents in today's society.

   Why it connects

   • the same creator
   • strong shared themes: based on comic and super power
   • similar audience response

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   Titans

   Same creator

   2018 · Action & Adventure · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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   A team of young superheroes led by Nightwing (formerly Batman's first Robin) form to combat evil and other perils.

   Why it connects

   • the same creator
   • strong genre and series-style overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   DC's Stargirl

   Same creator

   2020 · 43 min · Action & Adventure · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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   Courtney Whitmore, a smart, athletic and above all else kind girl, discovers her step-father has a secret: he used to be the sidekick to a superhero. "Borrowing" the long-lost hero’s cosmic staff, she becomes the unlikely inspiration for an entirely new generation of superheroes.

   Why it connects

   • the same creator
   • strong genre and series-style overlap
   • similar audience response

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   Naomi

   Similar atmosphere

   2022 · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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   Follow a teen girl’s journey from her small northwestern town to the heights of the multiverse. When a supernatural event shakes her hometown to the core, Naomi sets out to uncover its origins, and what she discovers will challenge everything we believe about our heroes

   Why it connects

   • strong genre and series-style overlap
   • shared themes: based on comic and superhero
   • shared network: Warner Bros. Television, DC Entertainment

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   The Gifted

   Similar atmosphere

   2017 · 45 min · Action & Adventure · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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   A suburban couple's ordinary lives are rocked by the sudden discovery that their children possess mutant powers. Forced to go on the run from a hostile government, the family joins up with an underground network of mutants and must fight to survive.

   Why it connects

   • strong shared themes: based on comic and super power
   • strong genre and series-style overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   Doom Patrol

   Similar atmosphere

   2019 · 49 min · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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   The Doom Patrol’s members each suffered horrible accidents that gave them superhuman abilities — but also left them scarred and disfigured. Traumatized and downtrodden, the team found purpose through The Chief, who brought them together to investigate the weirdest phenomena in existence — and to protect Earth from what they find.

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   • strong genre and series-style overlap
   • shared themes: based on comic and superhero

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   Black Lightning

   Similar atmosphere

   2018 · 45 min · Action & Adventure · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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   Jefferson Pierce is a man wrestling with a secret. As the father of two daughters and principal of a charter high school that also serves as a safe haven for young people in a New Orleans neighborhood overrun by gang violence, he is a hero to his community.

   Why it connects

   • strong genre and series-style overlap
   • shared themes: based on comic and superhero
   • a closely matched era

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   Supergirl

   Same creator

   2015 · 42 min · Action & Adventure · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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   Twenty-four-year-old Kara Zor-El, who was taken in by the Danvers family when she was 13 after being sent away from Krypton, must learn to embrace her powers after previously hiding them. The Danvers teach her to be careful with her powers, until she has to reveal them during an unexpected disaster, setting her on her journey of heroism.

   Why it connects

   • the same creator
   • strong genre and series-style overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   Batwoman

   Similar atmosphere

   2019 · Action & Adventure · Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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   Kate Kane, armed with a passion for social justice and a flair for speaking her mind, soars onto the streets of Gotham as Batwoman, an out lesbian and highly trained street fighter primed to snuff out the failing city's criminal resurgence. But don't call her a hero yet. In a city desperate for a savior, Kate must overcome her own demons before embracing the call to be Gotham's symbol of hope

   Why it connects

   • shared themes: based on comic and superhero
   • shared superhero series style
   • shared network: Warner Bros. Television, DC Entertainment, Berlanti Productions

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    Young Justice

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    2010 · 22 min · Action & Adventure · Animation · Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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    Teenage superheroes strive to prove themselves as members of the Justice League.

    Why it connects

    • shared themes: based on comic and superhero
    • shared superhero series style
    • a closely matched era

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