Supergirl 

The adventures of Superman's cousin in her own superhero career.

Creators:

Ali Adler, Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg

Stars:

Melissa Benoist, Mehcad Brooks, Chyler Leigh

4 wins & 9 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Melissa Benoist	...	Kara Danvers / ... (43 episodes, 2015-2017)
Mehcad Brooks	...	James Olsen / ... (43 episodes, 2015-2017)
Chyler Leigh	...	Alex Danvers (43 episodes, 2015-2017)
Jeremy Jordan	...	Winn Schott (43 episodes, 2015-2017)
David Harewood	...	J'onn J'onzz / ... (43 episodes, 2015-2017)
Calista Flockhart	...	Cat Grant (24 episodes, 2015-2017)
Chris Wood	...	Mon-El (23 episodes, 2016-2017)
Floriana Lima	...	Maggie Sawyer (20 episodes, 2016-2017)

Storyline

Years ago, Krypton was about to explode and Kal-El was sent to Earth to escape that fate. However, his older cousin, Kara, was also intended to accompany the infant as his protector. Unfortunately, Kara was accidentally diverted into the timeless Phantom Zone for years before finally arriving on Earth decades later and found by her cousin who had grown into Superman. Years later, Kara Danvers is a young professional adrift in a thankless job until a fateful crisis ignites a sense of purpose using Kryptonian powers she had long hidden. Inspired, Kara decides to emulate her cousin's superheroic ways, only to find her foster sister introducing her to the secret Department of Extra-Normal Operations, dedicated to fighting alien menaces including those Kara inadvertently led to Earth. Now with such help, the Maid of Might takes her place as Earth's newest champion with new friends and enemies challenging her world.

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Plot Keywords:

superhero | female hero | female superhero | supergirl | based on comic book | 

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Taglines:

A fight to the finish

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official Website

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 October 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

Супергърл

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Berlanti Productions, Warner Bros. Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

43 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital (5.1 surround)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

Plastino Chemicals and the Otto Binder Bridge in National City are, or course, references to Otto Binder and Al Plastino, co-creators of Kara Zor-El/Supergirl. However, only Superman creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster are credited.

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Goofs

Multiple references are made by the Kryptonians to Earth's "Yellow" sun. The sun is very close to being white, but the term "yellow" does not refer to the color but rather to the photosphere temperature, which is between 4,500 and 6,000 K. Cooler stars are redder, and hotter stars are bluer.

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Quotes

Kara Danvers: [Season 1 Opening] When I was a child, my planet Krypton was dying. I was sent to Earth to protect my cousin. But my pod got knocked off-course and by time I got here, my cousin had already grown up and become Superman. And so I hid my powers until recently when an accident forced me to reveal myself to the world. To most people I'm assistant at Catco Worldwide Media. But in secret, I work with my adoptive sister for the DEO to protect my city from alien life and anyone else that means to cause ...

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Crazy Credits

The Warner Bros shield is colored red and blue; it is also set against the sky and a red cape brushes by it.

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Connections

Version of Supergirl: Endurance (2013)

User Reviews

Supergirl has a lot of potential and a lot of promise, but that's all it has.

For what it's trying to be, Supergirl is a great show. It's family-friendly and PC in every possible way (to the point of shoving it down our throats) and it's actually a lot of fun... sometimes. In between the cheesy dialogue and grating pop singles, there are some very cool moments in Supergirl. There's a potentially great antihero in Maxwell Lord, a promising cast altogether, oh, and J'onn freakin' J'onzz - far and away the best thing about the show. There is clever dialogue sprinkled around and a few character beats do pay off in the finale, but the best episodes are the oddballs. The White Martian versus The Green Martian, The Flash crossover (I do hope they do more because their chemistry was phenomenal), creepy freak-of-the-weeks like Toyman, threatening villains like Non - that's the kind of badass comic book hero stuff I want to see. Not awkward banter between a love triangle (or rectangle) or them degrading Superman in every possible respect (it's funny when they instant message but literally every other reference to Clark puts him in a negative light).

It's a show with potential, and if it is to continue, some things need to go. Tone down the overtly PC writing, get rid of the pop songs, give the effects department a bigger budget, overall more action, less talking, and this could be a winner. But as of right now, Supergirl has all the potential in the world. And that's all it has.