August 2015

SUPERGIRL

 

SUPERGIRL is an action-adventure drama based on the DC Comics character Kara Zor-El, 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, 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.  She works alongside her friend and IT technician Winn Schott and famous photographer James Olsen, who Grant just hired away from the Daily Planet to serve as her new art director. However, Kara’s days of keeping her talents a secret are over when Hank Henshaw, 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.

 

Premieres Monday, Oct. 26 (8:30-9:30 PM, ET/PT), and moves to its regular time period (8:00-9:00 PM) on Monday, Nov. 2 on the CBS Television Network.

 

ON AIR: Monday (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT)

ORIGINATION:   Los Angeles

FORMAT:    Drama (Filmed in HD)

STARRING:    Melissa Benoist (Kara Danvers/Supergirl)

                       Calista Flockhart (Cat Grant)

                       Chyler Leigh  (Alex Danvers)

                       Mehcad Brooks (James Olsen)

                       David Harewood (Hank Henshaw)

                       Jeremy Jordan  (Winslow "Winn" Schott)

 

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Greg Berlanti, Ali Adler, Andrew Kreisberg, Sarah Schechter

PRODUCED BY: Berlanti Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television

BASED ON: The characters by DC Comics

 

Photos now available at http://cbspressexpress.com

Official CBS Website:  http://www.cbs.com/shows/supergirl/

Facebook: www.facebook.com/SupergirlCBS

Twitter: https://twitter.com/supergirlcbs

Instagram: https://instagram.com/supergirlofficial

 

Cast and Crew on Social Media:

Melissa Benoist

Twitter: @MelissaBenoist

Instagram: @MelissaBenoist

 

Chyler Leigh

Twitter: @chy_leigh

Instagram: @chy_leigh

 

Mehcad Brooks:

Twitter: @MehcadBrooks

Instagram: @Mehcadbrooks

 

David Harewood

Twitter: @DavidHarewood

Instagram: @DavidHarewood

 

Jeremy Jordan

Twitter: @JeremyMJordan

Instagram: @JeremyMJordan

 

EP Greg Berlanti

Twitter: @GBerlanti

Instagram: @GBerlanti

 

EP Ali Adler

Twitter: @AliAdler

Instagram: @AliAdler

 

EP Andrew Kreisberg

Twitter: @AJKreisberg

Instagram: @AndrewKreisberg

 

EP Sarah Schechter

Twitter: @Sarahsowitty

 

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Press Contacts:

Beth Haiken                  818-655-1583            beth.haiken@cbs.com

Steven Feldman           212-975-7931            steven.feldman2@cbs.com

 

Photo Contacts:

Tim Kuratek                212-975-7068             tim.kuratek@cbs.com

Amanda Beane             818-755-1545            amanda.beane@cbs.com

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