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Supergirl actor David Harewood criticises the show’s portrayal of Cyborg Superman

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It seems that Supergirl star David Harewood wasn’t a fan of the show’s portrayal of Cyborg Superman in its second season, with the Martian Manhunter actor revealing at Supernova Comic Convention in Australia that he wasn’t thrilled about his second role in the DC Comics series. “I don’t like playing Cyborg Superman,” said Harewood (via CBM). “It’s […]

Supergirl and Gotham return to series low ratings

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Coming off extended winter breaks, The DC shows Supergirl and Gotham returned to The CW and Fox respectively this past Monday, and the irregular scheduling certainly didn’t help with the ratings, as both shows suffered series lows. Supergirl’s episode ‘Ace Reporter’ [read our review here] pulled in 1.8 million viewers for a 0.5 rating in its […]

DC’s Geoff Johns hints at Legion of Super-Heroes TV appearance

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Back in September of 2014 there was a rumour that Warner Bros. was eyeing Legion of Super-Heroes for a potential big screen outing in the DC Extended Universe. The report came from Latino-Review, so it’s not too surprising that there’s been no follow through, but DC Entertainment CCO Geoff Johns has now hinted that the future team […]

White Martians to appear in Supergirl

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Now that Hank Henshaw has been revealed as J’onn J’onzz – a.k.a. Martian Manhunter – in Supergirl, it seems we’ll soon be seeing more of his race with the introduction of the White Martians, according to TV Line. We have a visitor from another planet who’s a White Martian. There are two Martian species — a Green […]

SPOILER: Hank Henshaw’s true identity revealed on Supergirl

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During last night’s episode of Supergirl, entitled ‘Human for a Day’, Hank Henshaw (David Harewood) revealed his true identity, and no – it isn’t Cyborg Superman. Naturally spoilers for the episode follow… So, as speculated by some, Henshaw is actually J’onn J’onzz a.k.a. the Martian Manhunter. Here’s the scene in question… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOLlGN0OtoE&feature=youtu.be “It’s the secret of […]

Game of Thrones is the most pirated TV show of 2015

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With 2015 drawing to a close, the tracking site TorrentFreak has been analysing the most pirated TV shows of the past twelve months, with HBO’s epic fantasy series Game of Thrones claiming the dubious honour for the fourth consecutive year. The season 5 finale of Game of Thrones was illegally downloaded 14.4 million times – more […]

Andrew Kriesberg plays down talk of a crossover between The Flash and Supergirl

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Last month, Bleeding Cool posted a rumour claiming that should Supergirl get a full season order from CBS, the latter half of the season would see a crossover with The CW’s DC series The Flash in an effort to boost ratings. Well, the renewal came, the rumour remained unconfirmed, and now executive producer Andrew Kriesberg […]

Greg Berlanti says deadline is looming for Supergirl / The Flash crossover this year

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From the moment that it was announced Arrow and The Flash producer Greg Berlanti was tackling Supergirl, there’s been speculation that the CBS series could cross over with one of the two Arrowverse shows on The CW. However, if the big DC crossover is going to happen this year, then the two networks are going […]