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'Arrow' (The CW)

Drama

Premise: After a violent shipwreck, billionaire playboy Oliver Queen was missing and presumed dead for five years before being discovered alive on a remote island in the Pacific. When he returns home to Starling City, his devoted mother Moira, much-beloved sister Thea, and best friend Tommy welcome him home, but they sense Oliver has been changed by his ordeal on the island. While Oliver hides the truth about the man he’s become, he desperately wants to make amends for the actions he took as the boy he was.

Stars: Stephen Amell ("Private Practice"), Colin Donnell ("Pan Am"), Katie Cassidy ("Harper's Island"), David Ramsey ("Blue Bloods"), Willa Holland ("Gossip Girl"), with Susanna Thompson ("Kings") and Paul Blackthorne ("The River").

Production team: Rob Doherty ("Headcases"), Sarah Timberman ("Justified"), Carl Beverly ("Unforgettable") and Michael Cuesta ("Homeland"), who directed the pilot, are executive producers.
May. 13, 2012