2015 TV News Archives

May 13, 2015: CBS Gives Supergirl a Monday Night Timeslot - Watch the Trailer

Supergirl

CBS has officially announced that the "Supergirl" TV series will land on Monday nights starting this Fall in the USA. "Supergirl" will air at 8.00pm ET/PT beginning in early November, after CBS' "Thursday Night Football" ends, and when "The Big Bang Theory" relocates to Thursday. It will go up against Fox's "Gotham", "Dancing With the Stars" on ABC, and "The Voice" on NBC.

    It's not a bird. It's not a plane. It's not a man. It's Supergirl. In the new drama from the world of DC Comics, Superman's cousin, Kara Zor-El, embraces her superhuman abilities and becomes the hero she was always meant to be. This Fall on CBS.

Variety reports that CBS Primetime senior VP Kelly Kahl said, "We see this as a much broader show then just a genre show or just a comic book show," adding that the show should bring together generations. "I think we are often criticized for clinging to the past. We're moving forward. We put the best shows on the schedule."

CBS has also launched its official Supergirl Twitter account @supergirlcbs.

    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").

CBS also released a number of cast photos, showing Calista Flockhart as media mogul Cat Grant and Mehcad Brooks as Jimmy Olsen alongside Melissa Benoist as Kara Zor-El.

Calista Flockhart as Cat Grant
Kara and James Olsen

A number of photos from the Upfronts were posted on Instagram and Twitter by Mehcad Brooks (James Olsen), Melissa Benoist (Supergirl) and Chyler Leigh (Alexandra Danvers).

Cast at the CBS Upfronts
Cast at the CBS Upfronts
Cast at the CBS Upfronts
Cast at the CBS Upfronts



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