6) Arrow
The now-thriving stable of DC heroes over at The CW owe their very existence to this series, which really kicked off the modern age of live-action superhero television. Yet, though Arrow has led to two spinoffs in The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow, the series itself has struggled creatively over the years.
Season 4’s focus on the more mystical side of things muddled the street-level crime-fighting that made Arrow so appealing in the first place, but season 5 has largely course-corrected this. Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell), now serving as mayor of Star City, has already begun training a new team of heroes, as they band together to face the mysterious Prometheus (whose reveal should shake things up even further, if rumors prove true).
Moreover, the fact that season 5 will (finally!) mark the end of the show’s reliance on flashbacks should have fans excited about better days to come.