CBS Issue Full Season Order For 'Supergirl'

CBS Issue Full Season Order For 'Supergirl' 

DC Comics Success on TV Continues

By Alex Burns

CBS have announce that the new 'Supergirl' series has received a full season order from the powerhouse network. After a strong season premier there was some uncertainty after the ratings dipped for the following episodes on Monday nights but after boasting a pretty impressive 11.24 million in average viewership the DC Comics adaptation has made the grade for a full season. 

Twenty-four-year-old Kara Zor-El (Melissa Benoist), who was taken in by the Danvers family when she was 13 after being sent away from Krypton, must learn to embrace her powers after previously hiding them.The Danvers family teaches Kara to be careful with her powers, until she has to reveal them during an unexpected disaster, setting her on her journey of heroism even when it comes to protecting National City. Kara discovers that hundreds of the criminals her mother Alura Zor-El (Laura Benanti) prosecuted on Krypton are hiding on Earth, including her mother's twin sister Astra (also played by Benanti), who seeks to rule the world. In addition, Kara learns that her new ally, Hank Henshaw (David Harewood), may have secret agendas of his own. She is also being targeted by Earth's criminals as the result of her relation to another Kryptonian survivor: Superman. She is aided by a few close friends and family who guard her secrets, which also serves as a major plot in high tech mogul Maxwell Lord's (Peter Facinelli) scheme to expose Kara's identity.

'Supergirl' airs Monday nights at 8Pm ET/PT on CBS and Thursday evenings at 8PM on Sky 1 here in the UK. Stay tuned for episode previews right here at Cape and Cowl.