Extended Trailer For SUPERGIRL TV Series

CBS has released an extended trailer for their new Supergirl TV show, and it's a six and a half minute first look at what we can expect from the series. As someone who watched the entire run of Smallville, I have to admit that the prospect of a network series that shares a lot of similar elements isn't super appealing (get it?) because of how that show dropped so drastically in quality as the years went on, but everything deserves the benefit of the doubt, so we'll see how Greg Berlanti and the producers choose to start this series and judge it from there. Take a look at the trailer and synopsis below, and let us know what you think in the comments!

SUPERGIRL is an action-adventure drama based on the DC Comics character Kara Zor-El (Melissa Benoist), 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 (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. 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.