Supergirl is CBS’s Answer to Gotham, Apparently

<p>She&&num;8217&semi;s fast&comma; she&&num;8217&semi;s super&comma; and she&&num;8217&semi;s hiding in plain sight – yes&comma; she&&num;8217&semi;s CBS&&num;8217&semi;s Supergirl&excl; Not be left out of TV&&num;8217&semi;s superhero race&comma; CBS is launching its very own super heroine series starring Krypton&&num;8217&semi;s other all-American speeding bullet&colon; Kara Zor-El&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>For those of you who don&&num;8217&semi;t know&comma; she&&num;8217&semi;s the cousin of Earth&&num;8217&semi;s Kal-El &lpar;i&period;e&period; Superman&rpar; and she&&num;8217&semi;s been in more than a few series already&period; <em>Superman&colon; The Animated Series&comma; Justive League&colon; Unlimited&comma; Smallville<&sol;em>&comma; and even a few games here and there have featured Superman&&num;8217&semi;s kick-ass kin in some form or another&period; This time&comma; Kara Danvers &lpar;Melissa Benoist&rpar; is the underpaid and overlooked intern at a news station owned by Cat Grant &lpar;Calista Flockart&rpar; and the world&&num;8217&semi;s most unsuspecting  super heroine after a downed plane and a lot of cameras call her into action&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Joining her are her adopted sister&comma; Alexandra Danvers &lpar;Chyler Leigh&rpar;&comma; the Daily Planet&&num;8217&semi;s own Jimmy &&num;8220&semi;James&&num;8221&semi; Olsen &lpar;Mehcad Brooks&rpar;&comma; and CIA agent Hank Henshaw &lpar;David Harewood&rpar; who&&num;8217&semi;s more than a little interested in what could be earth&&num;8217&semi;s newest threat&period; Helen Slater of 1984&&num;8217&semi;s <em>Supergirl<&sol;em> film and Dean Cain of <em>Lois and Clark<&sol;em> fame are also attached to appear in undisclosed roles&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;Lm46-envrHo<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>CBS&&num;8217&semi;s released a full six-minute preview of the series&comma; due out this November for a full season&comma; for a rather lengthy look at just what it&&num;8217&semi;s like filling Superman&&num;8217&semi;s shoes &lpar;We still don&&num;8217&semi;t know what the story is about him yet&rpar;&period; Needless to say&comma; capes&comma; skirts&comma; and Taylor Swift tunes all go together swimmingly&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>And if you thought the footage above seemed pretty familiar&comma; you might want to compare and contrast <em>The Avengers<&sol;em>&&num;8216&semi; own Scarlet Johansson in her Saturday Night Live skit just weeks ago&period; We&&num;8217&semi;ll let you decide which studio&&num;8217&semi;s getting girls right&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"500" height&equals;"281" data-videoid&equals;"j&lowbar;5KgpN38hM" title&equals;"Black Widow Trailer - SNL"><a placeholder href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;j&lowbar;5KgpN38hM"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;j&lowbar;5KgpN38hM&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover" alt&equals;"Black Widow Trailer - SNL"><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>CBS&&num;8217&semi;s<em> Supergirl<&sol;em> will also be debuting against <em>Gotham<&sol;em>&&num;8216&semi;s second season on FOX&comma; Monday nights at 8&sol;7 Central&period; Which will you be tuning into&comma; if either&quest; Let us know in the comments below&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Via<&sol;strong> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;channel&sol;UClzCn8DxRSCuMFv&lowbar;WfzkcrQ">CBS on YouTube<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;