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Kara Danvers/Supergirl, Season Four — , Season Four — Opening Narration "My name is Kara Zor-El. I'm from Krypton. I'm a refugee on this planet. I was sent to Earth to protect my cousin. But my pod got knocked off-course, and by the time I got here, my cousin had already grown up and become... Superman. I hid who I really was until one day when an accident forced me to reveal myself to the world. To most people, I'm a reporter at CatCo Worldwide Media. But in secret, I work with my adoptive sister for the D.E.O. to protect this planet I call my home from anyone that means to cause it harm. I am Supergirl."

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Supergirl is a television series based on the DC Comics character of the same name. Originally aired on CBS, it has been airing on sister network The CW since 2016, where it forms a part of the Arrowverse.

The series focuses on Kara Zor-El (Melissa Benoist), a Kryptonian who escaped from her dying planet as a teen, sent after her infant cousin Kal-El (Tyler Hoechlin) to take care of him. However, her ship was knocked off-course into The Phantom Zone, where Time Stands Still, and by the time she made it to Earth, Kal-El was already a famous superhero, operating under the moniker "Superman" and the civilian name Clark Kent. Kal-El sent Kara to live with the Danvers family, where she grew to adulthood alongside their daughter Alex (Chyler Leigh). Twelve years after coming to Earth, Kara decides to use her powers to become a hero like her cousin.

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Other characters include Cat Grant (Calista Flockhart), the head of media conglomerate CatCo, whom Kara works for in her civilian guise; James Olsen (Mehcad Brooks), an art director for CatCo; Winn Schott (Jeremy Jordan), a programmer for CatCo and Kara's neighbor; and J'onn J'onzz (David Harewood), a benevolent Martian and director of the Department of Extra-Normal Operations, a secret government agency where Alex also works. Main characters introduced in the following seasons include Mon-El (Chris Wood), a Daxamite prince who crash-lands on Earth and develops a romance with Kara; Lena Luthor (Katie McGrath), CEO of L-Corp and half-sister of Lex Luthor; Querl Dox (Jesse Rath), a Coluan and member of The Legion of Super-Heroes who eventually joins the D.E.O. as a strategist; and Nia Nal (Nicole Maines), a CatCo reporter who assists the Superfriends after discovering her prophetic powers.

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Originally conceived as separate from the Arrowverse, the two realities were confirmed as existing concurrently within a shared multiverse, and Grant Gustin guest-starred as The Flash on an episode of Supergirl. The first season was a ratings success, however the series moved to The CW for its second season, following budgetary issues pertaining to filming in Los Angeles; the series was filmed in Vancouver from then on. After the Channel Hop, the show's setting was designated as Earth-38, as a Mythology Gag about the year Superman was created. The series has been participating in the franchise's annual crossover event since 2016, first as a Red Skies Crossover (Invasion!) and then as a full-fledged Crisis Crossover from the third season onward (Crisis on Earth-X, Elseworlds, and Crisis on Infinite Earths). This Earth was destroyed then merged with Earth-1 and what the Arrowverse Wiki dubbed Earth-BL into an "Earth-Prime" in Crisis on Infinite Earths, meaning the series is now a part of the Arrowverse proper.

In 2019, it was announced that a spin-off focusing on the lives of Superman and his wife, Lois Lane, is in the works. Hoechlin and Elizabeth Tulloch are set to return as Superman and Lois, respectively. Titled Superman And Lois, it was picked to order on January 14, 2020. Though originally expected to air in October 2020, the spin-off's premiere has been postponed to January 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, which delayed production of most shows from The CW. Supergirl itself saw its sixth season being postponed all the way to mid-2021, thanks to a combination of the pandemic and Melissa Benoist's pregnancy.

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