CBS Orders Greg Berlanti's SUPERGIRL Straight to Series

The roster of DC Comics' superheroes on television continues to grow.

With his series ARROW and THE FLASH on The CW, Greg Berlanti has just sold his latest project, SUPERGIRL, to CBS. Today, the network has confirmed it's ordered the project straight to series, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

SUPERGIRL "centers on Kara Zor-El, Superman's cousin, who was born on the planet Krypton and escaped amid its destruction years ago. Since arriving on Earth, she has been hiding the powers she shares with her famous cousin. But now at age 24, she decides to embrace her superhuman abilities and be the hero she was always meant to be."

Berlanti and Ali Adler will write the script for the pilot, as well as executive produce.

With CBS enlisiting SUPERGIRL, all five major networks can now claim their own heroic series. The CW carries Berlanti's other two, with NBC premiering CONSTANTINE and Fox GOTHAM this fall. ABC's MARVEL'S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. will return for its second season this month, with the CAPTAIN AMERICAN small screen spin-off AGENT CARTER debuting at midseason.