Tag: Supergirl

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What does DC need to do to change its fortunes in the year to come?

Kara will continue to fly high on CBS deeper into 2016

In this week’s podcast, the More to Come Crew - The Beat's own Heidi MacDonald, Calvin Reid and Kate Fitzsimons - discuss the new Supergirl tv show and writing to appeal to female audiences,...

What to expect in the upcoming season of CBS' SUPERGIRL.

The Supergirl pilot that debuted last night on CBS a lot of weight on its shoulders. The show tells the story of Kara Zor-El, played by Melissa Benoist, as she escapes Superman's shadow and comes into her own as National City's first superhero. It is the network's first major superhero endeavor, the first superhero show led be a solo female in more than 40 years and the pilot had a lot of ground to cover, attempting to endear characters to new viewers while also trying to re-envision elements of the mythos without alienating established comics fans. Does it succeed? The Beat is here to tell you with a hard hitting roundtable. We've always wanted to have one of those.

As you may have heard, Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush -- who has been criticized for not being as sharp as he should be at this point in the election out on the campaign...

Captain UN-America? Some think so. Also: go see Harvey Kurtzman and don't touch your cel phone because it's dirty. Plus Brian K Vaughan reveals something awesome. And is manga really a cat?

Last Thursday, early afternoon, I perused the lower level halls of New York Comic Con. Autographings and photo ops were running nicely, and the Queue Hall (aka "the stockyards") was mostly empty, as the...

Excited about CBS' Supergirl? The first episode is right around the corner, on Monday, October 26th at 8:30 pm Eastern, to be exact. To mark the almost one month countdown, CBS has released a...

Wonder Woman: Earth One! Absolute Matrix Helix! Absolute Vertigo! Elseworlds! Batman cosplaying as Superman!  (Is that a SPOILER?) Plus lots of the DC You titles! Will they sell well in trade? Or will they die in the cradle, and never...

Folks, we have a Livewire.  As reported by Variety, Brit Morgan will guest star as Leslie Willis during an episode of CBS' new television adaptation of Supergirl, which debuts this fall. Cast in the show as a shock-jock (think...