I admit, I never expected CBS to actually pull the trigger on Supergirl. It doesn’t really jibe with their various franchises. But not only are they shaking things up, they’re giving Supergirl every shot at success… and also putting two DC shows against each other.
According to Comic Book Resources, Supergirl is taking over for The Big Bang Theory on Monday nights at 8, as that show is moving to Thursdays. This puts it directly against Gotham, Fox’s increasingly and gloriously unhinged take on the origin of every Batman character who isn’t actually Batman. Oh, and also we have a full plot summary:
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.
First of all… “Danvers”? Marvel’s gonna sue.
As for which I’m going to watch… Well, on the one hand, Supergirl has Greg Berlanti, who’s given us The Flash and Arrow. On the other hand, Gotham, whenever it remembers it’s a darkly funny drama about an insanely corrupt city or just straight up decides to go crazy, can be absolutely great. We’re not going to see Supergirl run away from shotgun-waving old people, although we also (probably) won’t see Jimmy Olsen abducted by pirates and sent to an organ-farming prison either.
So it’s a tough call. We’ll have to see a trailer before we decide, but considering the show’s now only six months or so from air, that will likely be coming soon enough.
(Via Comic Book Resources)
