CBS has announced their 2015-2016 schedule, and we now know when the Supergirl series starring Melissa Benoist will be airing.
But wait… Mondays at 8pm… isn’t that when Gotham is on? Are we going to have a Supe/Bats fight BEFORE the new movie?
Here’s how CBS describes the show:
SUPERGIRL is an action-adventure drama based on the DC Comics character Kara Zor-El (Melissa Benoist), Superman’s (Kal-El) cousin who, after 12 years of keeping her powers a secret on Earth, decides to finally embrace her superhuman abilities and be the hero she was always meant to be. Twelve-year-old Kara escaped the doomed planet Krypton with her parents’ help at the same time as the infant Kal-El. Protected and raised on Earth by her foster family, the Danvers, Kara grew up in the shadow of her foster sister, Alex (Chyler Leigh), and learned to conceal the phenomenal powers she shares with her famous cousin in order to keep her identity a secret. Years later at 24, Kara lives in National City assisting media mogul and fierce taskmaster Cat Grant (Golden Globe Award winner Calista Flockhart), who just hired the Daily Planet’s former photographer, James Olsen (Mehcad Brooks), as her new art director. However, Kara’s days of keeping her talents a secret are over when Hank Henshaw (David Harewood), head of a super-secret agency where her sister also works, enlists her to help them protect the citizens of National City from sinister threats. Though Kara will need to find a way to manage her newfound empowerment with her very human relationships, her heart soars as she takes to the skies as Supergirl to fight crime. Greg Berlanti (“The Flash,” “Arrow”), Ali Adler, Sarah Schecter and Andrew Kreisberg are executive producers for Berlanti Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television. The pilot was directed by Glen Winter (“Arrow”).
A new Supergirl series has given us an excuse to revive KryptonSite, so be sure to check it out for more on the show… and of course, we’ve got a Twitter feed set up, so follow that too.
Hopefully a trailer will be available soon. More photos from the pilot can be found here… and if a trailer is what you’re looking for, you can find that here.
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If Hank Henshaw is the head of an organization that she works for, it’s already sounding like The Flash. Especially knowing who he will become.