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

8 wins & 33 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Melissa Benoist	...	Kara Danvers / ... 92 episodes, 2015-2020
Mehcad Brooks	...	James Olsen / ... 89 episodes, 2015-2019
Chyler Leigh	...	Alex Danvers 89 episodes, 2015-2019
David Harewood	...	J'onn J'onzz / ... 89 episodes, 2015-2019
Jeremy Jordan	...	Winn Schott 65 episodes, 2015-2018
Katie McGrath	...	Lena Luthor 59 episodes, 2016-2019
Chris Wood	...	Mon-El 45 episodes, 2016-2018

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 | based on comic book | dc comics | female superhero | 

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Taglines:

It couldn't be more personal

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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:

Supergirl

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

David Harewood has stated that he was initially cast to play a straightforward version of Hank Henshaw for the pilot, with the possibility of the character turning into his villainous alter ego, Cyborg Superman at some point. However, while watching the completed pilot, one of the producers said that it was a shame that Harewood was already playing Henshaw, because he'd make a great J'onn J'onzz/Martian Manhunter. This is what lead to the decision to make Henshaw really J'onzz in disguise, with the real Henshaw/Cyborg Superman appearing further down the track, also played by Harewood.

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Goofs

Sometimes a green light can be seen in the reflection of Kara's glasses. This is due to the anti-reflective coating on the glasses and it's not a reflection of a green screen.

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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 DC Comics logo (2015) features a comic-book image of Supergirl.

An updated DC Comics logo was introduced in 2016 that was colored red and blue.

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Connections

Featured in MsMojo: Top 10 Best TV Sisters (2019)

User Reviews

Lazy Politically Biased Writers Continuously Fail A Brilliant Cast Of Heroes

Having been a huge fan of the first season, I was increasingly disappointed by the continuous decline of the quality of story telling and lack of originality in Supergirl. In fact a great deal of the Villains and plot lines in the show are poorly plagiarized from the 1996 DC animated series the Adventures of Superman. Except remove Superman and insert Supergirl. Now there is a fine line between an adaptation and blatant plagiarism but it says a lot that the writers of this show did not bother to look in to the myriad of sourced material available to them for Supergirl. For a show that expresses itself as a feminist platform slapping Supergirls face over classic Superman plot lines is beyond lazy and insecure.

Perhaps the most original part of the show has to be the adventures of Alex and her lesbian exploits. Imagine Supergirl and Martian Manhunter are off fighting a powerful villain, the suspense and drama is finally kicking in. Now fade to the next scene, Alex and her relationship problems. Alex is a good character. However the writers continue to focus on her homosexuality as the most interesting/important thing about her, to the point its almost comedic.

The universe of Supergirl mirrors real life political agendas and opinions of our real world. The writers dont give their viewers any sort of credit to be able to figure out whats being said before they blurt out "HEY THIS IS WHAT WERE SAYING" even though it is painfully obvious. The writing for every DC show begins to tank after the 2nd season its a running joke with in the community of DCU lovers but no one is laughing. Supergirl is no different and its a shame because the lead casts of the show are absolutely brilliant in their roles. In fact not only did the show manage to cast in my opinion the best on screen Superman, they managed to cast the best on screen Clark Kent.

So if you're a dedicated DC fan and want to enjoy the show its simple have the fast forward button handy after season one. Skip through the boring scenes. Because buried underneath all of the political agendas is a decent show with some powerful moments but you'll have to dig through the mud to find it.