The Flash couldn't compete, and CBS put the brakes on the too-expensive and little-seen Flash after just one season. As a kid back in 79, I was so excited to see a few of my favorite heroes. Then, in a scheduling move both bizarre and foolhardy, CBS put the 60-minute Flash in an hour-straddling time slot: Thursday nights from 8:30 PM to 9:30 PM, opposite NBC's ultra-popular A Different World and Cheers, and Fox's hot drama Beverly Hills, 90210. : Legends Of The Super Heroes : Adam West, Burt Ward, Frank Gorshin. CBS, certain The Flash would be a runaway success, spent money lavishly, dropping a stunning $6 million on the pilot episode alone.
Like the era's standard of superhero entertainment, 1989's Batman, The Flash is dark, gritty, and full of crime. In a two-part all-action, all adventure and part-time comedy special, many of the greatest superheroes of the DC Comics pantheon team up to take down some of their long-running enemies, then stop for a celebrity roast held in honor of Batman. In the fall of 1990, CBS launched The Flash starring John Wesley Shipp as the crimson-clad sprinter. which stands in sharp contrast to an earlier attempt to bring the Flash to the small screen. After posting some of the network's best-ever debut numbers, the show remains popular. The Challenge: Batman and Robin (Adam West and Burt Ward of the live-action Batman TV series) lead The Flash, Green Lantern and more JLA members against The Riddler (Frank Gorshin reprising his. The CW added The Flash to its lineup in 2014, starring Grant Gustin as Barry Allen, the titular speedster in the bright red suit. Heroes and villains of DC Comics square off in the two-part, live-action, made-for-TV (with a laugh track) smack-downs of Legends of the Super Heroes.