"Pilot, Part 1" was revealed in May 2015 to premiere in January 2016. The title of the episode, along with its writing credits of Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, Andrew Kreisberg, and Phil Klemmer, and the directing credit for Glen Winter was revealed on Twitter by Guggenheim. The credits and title for "Pilot, Part 2" was announced in September 2015.
