Super-Sized ‘Supergirl’ Trailer is Here

The first trailer for CBS’s Supergirl sets up the series and shows Kara Zor-El’s first rescue as well as the creation of the Supergirl costume. Debuting on Monday nights at 8pm ET/PT in November, Supergirl stars Melissa Benoist in the title role, Mehcad Brooks as James Olsen, Calista Flockhart as Cat Grant, Chyler Leigh as Alex, and David Harewood as Hank Henshaw.

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Melissa Benoist and Mehcad Brooks in ‘Supergirl’ (Photo © 2015 CBS Broadcasting, Inc)

The Plot:

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, who just hired the Daily Planet’s former photographer, James Olsen, 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.