The Flash (1990 TV series)

The Flash
Genre	Action Drama Superhero
Based on	Barry Allen by Robert Kanigher Carmine Infantino
Developed by	Danny Bilson Paul De Meo
Starring	John Wesley Shipp Amanda Pays Alex Désert
Theme music composer	Danny Elfman
Composer	Shirley Walker
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	22
Production
Executive producers	Danny Bilson Paul De Meo
Producers	Don Kurt Gail Morgan Hickman
Cinematography	Sandi Sissel John Newby Francis Kenny Greg Gardiner
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	93 minutes (pilot) 44–48 minutes
Production companies	Pet Fly Productions Warner Bros. Television
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	September 20, 1990 (1990-09-20) – May 18, 1991 (1991-05-18)
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The Flash is an American television series developed by the writing team of Danny Bilson and Paul De Meo that aired on CBS from September 20, 1990 to May 18, 1991. It is based on the DC Comics character Barry Allen / Flash, a costumed superhero crime-fighter with the power to move at superhuman speeds. The Flash starred John Wesley Shipp as Allen, along with Amanda Pays, and Alex Désert.

Multiple references to the series have been made on the 2014 Flash television series, including Shipp portraying multiple characters. Shipp also reprised his role as Barry Allen from this series in the crossovers "Elseworlds" and "Crisis on Infinite Earths", which established The Flash as existing on a parallel Earth to the Arrowverse series called Earth-90, while Pays, Désert, and Mark Hamill reprised their roles as alternate versions of Tina McGee, Julio Mendez and the Trickster in the main Arrowverse.