Scripted series · The WB
The Batman
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Rino Romano
The Batman (voice)
65 eps
Ming-Na Wen
Detective Ellen Yin (voice)
26 eps
Evan Sabara
Robin (voice)
26 eps
Danielle Judovits
Batgirl (voice)
39 eps
Alastair Duncan
Alfred Pennyworth
65 eps
Steve Harris
Detective Ethan Bennett (voice)
16 eps
Edward James Olmos
Chief Rojas (voice)
1 eps
John DiMaggio
Rhino / Mugsy (voice)
2 eps
Udo Kier
Bert (voice)
1 eps
Charles Napier
Kilgore Steed (voice)
1 eps
Michael Reisz
Donnie / Prank (voice)
1 eps
Jill Talley
Doctor / Socialite (voice)
1 eps
Hynden Walch
Harley Quinn (voice)
2 eps
David Faustino
David (voice)
1 eps
Robert Englund
The Riddler (voice)
3 eps
Charlie Schlatter
Flash (voice)
3 eps
Peter Jessop
Curator (voice)
1 eps
Kevin Conroy
John Grayson (voice)
1 eps
Brandon Routh
Everywhere Man (voice)
1 eps
Dave Foley
Francis (voice)
1 eps
Joaquim de Almeida
Bane (voice)
1 eps
Neil Ross
Sprang (voice)
1 eps
Glenn Shadix
Cluemaster (voice)
1 eps
Jesse Corti
Chief Rojas (voice)
6 eps
Gwendoline Yeo
Mercy (voice)
2 eps
John Larroquette
Mirror Master (voice)
2 eps
Gina Gershon
Catwoman (voice)
5 eps
Piera Coppola
Poison Ivy (voice)
3 eps
Dana Delany
Lois Lane (voice)
2 eps
Dan Castellaneta
Wesker / Scarface (voice)
3 eps
Dorian Harewood
Martian Manhunter (voice)
4 eps
Michael Bell
Crime Boss #2 (voice)
2 eps
Chris Hardwick
Green Arrow (voice)
3 eps
Ron Perlman
Killer Croc (voice)
4 eps
Louis Gossett Jr.
Lucius Fox (voice)
3 eps
Dermot Mulroney
Green Lantern (voice)
3 eps
Richard Green
Hugo Strange (voice)
5 eps
Daryl Sabara
Harris (voice)
2 eps
James Remar
Black Mask (voice)
3 eps
George Newbern
Superman (voice)
4 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Batman actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Batman reads strongest on Spectacle, World Building and Bingeability.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The story
What it's about
A young billionaire Bruce Wayne fights crime and evil as the mysterious vigilante, The Batman.
The run
Seasons
5 seasons · 65 episodes.
Season 0 · Complete
Specials
200513 episodes
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
200413 episodes
7.2IMDbBest episode · S01E03 Traction
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
200513 episodes
6.7IMDbBest episode · S02E11 Grundy's Night
Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
200513 episodes
6.7IMDbBest episode · S03E03 A Dark Knight to Remember
Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
200613 episodes
7.2IMDb
Season 5 · Complete
Season 5
200713 episodes
7.1IMDbBest episode · S05E07 Ring Toss
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E03 · Signature episode
Traction
Batman battles the masked criminal Bane, but once Bane activates his chemical-steroid-infusion, Batman finds himself outmatched by brute strength.
- Directed by Sam Liu
- Written by Adam Beechen
S01E02 · Signature episode
Call of the Cobblepot
Oswald Cobblepot, the Penguin, has delusions of rebuilding the lost Cobblepot fortune with his birds that perform robberies.
- Directed by Brandon Vietti
- Written by Steven Melching
S01E01 · Signature episode
The Bat in the Belfry
Batman finds himself dealing with a new breed of criminal when Joker takes over Arkham Asylum, then plans to release a poisonous gas over Gotham City.
- Directed by Seung Eun Kim
- Written by Duane Capizzi
S03E01 · Signature episode
Batgirl Begins (1)
Barbara Gordon and her friend Pamela Isley lead protests against corporations for environmental damage they caused, much to Barbara's father's displeasure. But secretly, Pam is also the brains behind a string of attacks against these corporations with a powerful new super-villain named Temblor.
- Directed by Brandon Vietti
- Written by Michael Jelenic
S01E05 · Signature episode
The Man Who Would Be Bat
When Dr Langstrom, a scientist in Wayne's genome division, tests the experimental serum he's been devising on himself, he transforms into the hideous Man-Bat.
- Directed by Seung Eun Kim
- Written by Greg Klein, Tom Pugsley
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
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Duane Capizzi
Showrunner
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J.D. Murray
Writer
Alan Burnett
Writer
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Greg Klein
Writer
Paul Dini
Writer
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Bob Goodman
Writer
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Steve Cuden
Writer
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Joseph Kuhr
Writer
Jane Espenson
Writer
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Alexx Van Dyne
Writer
Christopher L. Yost
Writer
David Slack
Writer
Michael Jelenic
Writer
Douglas Petrie
Writer
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Steven Melching
Writer
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Greg Weisman
Writer
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Stan Berkowitz
Writer
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Adam Beechen
Writer
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Paul Giacoppo
Writer
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Tom Pugsley
Writer
Brian Swenlin
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Glen MurakamiProducer
- Duane CapizziProducer
- Michael GoguenProducer
Writing
- J.D. MurrayWriter
- Alan BurnettWriter
- Greg KleinWriter
- Duane CapizziWriter
- Paul DiniWriter
- Bob GoodmanWriter
Direction
- Anthony ChunDirector
- Seung Eun KimDirector
- Christopher BerkeleyDirector
- Sam LiuDirector
- Matt YoungbergDirector
- Brandon ViettiDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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- HBO MaxStreaming
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