2015 TV News Archives

November 9, 2015: Will National City (and TV Audiences) Embrace Supergirl?

Supergirl Ahead of tonight's third episode of "Supergirl", Executive Producer Andrew Kreisberg spoke with EW.com about how Kara is trying to win over people both within the fictional world of National City, as well as audiences watching the show on CBS.

    "Her reputation on the show mirrors her reputation to the audience," executive producer Andrew Kreisberg tells EW. "There's some people who came to the show with a little bit of [apprehension]. 'What's this going to be about? Can she do it? Is she going to be as strong as Superman? Can she do all the things he can do?' As the audience falls ever more in love with Melissa, Melissa's portrayal, and the show itself, so too does National City fall in love with its hero. She really becomes a symbol of hope and justice just as her cousin has."

    With that said, Supergirl's meteoric rise will be a departure from what fans of the Berlanti-verse have seen with Arrow and The Flash. "It's interesting for us because it's the first time we've really had such a real public superhero right from the get-go, and dealing with that instant fame and the impact on the city is part of the series," Kreisberg says.

Read the entire article at EW.com.

The fact is, according to an article published by USA Today, "Supergirl" is indeed winning over audiences... and it's an even split between males and females.

    The latest comics-inspired TV series has an audience that's nearly evenly split between men and women. That's a rarity in the male-dominated superhero genre. By contrast, 60% of the adult TV audience for CW's The Flash is male, as are 57% of viewers for Fox's Gotham, which airs opposite Supergirl (Mondays, 8 p.m. ET/PT).

    Supergirl herself may be 24, but Supergirl also attracts the oldest audience among costumed crime-fighters, with a median age of 56, compared with 41.9 for The Flash and about 47 for Gotham and ABC's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. That's likely a function of the show's home on senior-friendly CBS, where it's the youngest-skewing and most evenly gender-split drama. (About 54% of prime-time TV watchers are women.)

While viewership did drop by nearly 30% between the pilot episode and the show's second outing, "Supergirl" was still the No. 1 ranked superhero series on TV.



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