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When The CW's Black Lightning returns Monday night, we're hoping things start to get better for the Pierces- and fast Anissa (Nafessa Williams) aka Thunder has a new suit and new powers to adjust to, while Jefferson (Cress Williams) aka Black Lightning and Jennifer (Laura Kariuki) aka Lightning are dealing with some serious "power outage"[...]

With only hours to go until The CW's Black Lightning returns to our screens for the next chapter in the Arrowverse series' fourth and final season, the network has (finally!) released a small set of preview images for "The Book of Ruin: Chapter Four: Lyding." Now, if we had a dollar for every time Gambi (James[...]

Holland is a writer and producer on TV shows Black Lightning and The Quad He is also an attorney And his new project in comic book form, courtesy of Ted Adams' Clover Press, will combine the two Cassidy's Secret is a new superhero comic book written by Holland and drawn by Wynd co-creator Antonio Fuso. About the[...]

After a break last week to give Jordan Calloway's Khalil Payne aka Painkiller the opportunity to take the stage in a backdoor pilot for a potential Arrowverse spinoff series, The CW's Black Lightning returns this Monday- and if you thought Laura Kariuki taking on the role of "new" Jennifer Pierce aka Lightning was a bit[...]

Black Lightning viewers may be saying goodbye to the series after four seasons, but they're also getting a chance to check out the show's future with Monday night's episode "Painkiller"- a backdoor spinoff pilot for Jordan Calloway's Khalil Payne aka Painkiller In the episode, Khalil attempts to start a new life and to keep his[...]

While the story of Jefferson Pierce (Cress Williams) looks to be ending (for now) with the current fourth and final season of The CW's Black Lightning, its legacy could live on in Jordan Calloway's Khalil Payne aka Painkiller So when the series returns on Monday, April 12, viewers will find Khalil attempting to start a[...]

On Monday, The CW's Supergirl released an overview for the Season 6 opener with Team Kara taking on Lex Luthor's global cult following.

So we're back once again with a preview for the next episode of The CW's Black Lightning– or at least as much of a preview for "The Book of Ruin: Chapter Two" as we can pull together What follows are two preview images of Jefferson (Cress Williams) in action and a generic-sounding episode overview- and that's[...]

Heading into this Monday's episode of The CW's Black Lightning, any misconceptions anyone had about Tobias (Marvin Jones III) being a "changed, philanthropic man" are as dead as Mayor Billy Black (Reggie Hayes)- making it pretty clear that our series' biggest big bad is willing to tear Freeland apart to get what he wants[...]

Well, that's definitely one way to end an episode of The CW's Black Lightning With everything else that Jefferson (Cress Williams) is dealing with on a number of levels, finding Tobias (Marvin Jones III) and Lynn (Christine Adams) having dinner together is probably the worst cherry on top of a really crappy sundae that he[...]

Heading into this week's episode of The CW's Black Lightning, two things are pretty clear First, this is definitely not how Jefferson Pierce (Cress Williams) imagined his life would be While everyone else around him appears to be moving on and in new directions, Jefferson is close to his breaking point with tonight's "The Book[...]

With a description that has Garrick appearing in "a pivotal flashback episode" that will reveal "the Golden Age Flash as a member of Earth-2's Justice Society of America." So while it's not a mega-crossover event like "Crisis," it does further establish Stargirl's place in the Arrowverse alongside The Flash, Superman & Lois, Batwoman, Black Lightning,[...]

In the official trailer for Superman & Lois: Legacy of Hope, Grant Gustin, Javicia Leslie, and more celebrate The Man of Steel and Lois Lane.

In the following preview for the seventh season return of The CW's The Flash... just how far will Nash Wells go to save Barry Allen?

By now, Black Lightning fans know to expect a backdoor spinoff pilot taking place during the seventh episode of the current fourth and final season On Tuesday, they also learned who would be joining Jordan Calloway's Painkiller during the episode (and onto the series if it gets a go-ahead)- with Sibongile Mlambo (Roswell, New Mexico), Alexander[...]

Heading into tonight's episode of The CW's Black Lightning, things aren't getting any easier for Jefferson Pierce (Cress Williams)- unleashing some pent-up rage on some White police officers who were harassing a Black teenager For Lynn (Christine Adams), it's about her and Jefferson working through everything they've been through- which isn't easy when Tobias Whale[...]

Setting aside the real-world tragedies of the COVID pandemic that ravaged most of last year, viewers learned that they would be saying goodbye to Supergirl and Black Lightning and hello to Superman & Lois Speaking of goodbyes and hellos, Arrow fans saw their hopes for a Green Arrow and the Canaries series crash and burn[...]

After a rollout that's included episode/season overviews, poster key art, and the official season trailer, The CW is offering viewers of The CW's Black Lightning the first set of preview images for the series' fourth and final season run As we've seen already, Jefferson (Cress Williams) is still in mourning, at odds with Lynn (Christine[...]

With only two weeks to go until its fourth and final season premiere, The CW's Black Lightning appears to be at a crossroads when the series returns on Monday, February 8 In mourning and still at odds with Lynn (Christine Adams), Jefferson (Cress Williams) is left wondering if three seasons' worth of fighting the good[...]

Following up on our earlier post offering the title and overview for the fourth and final season of The CW's Black Lightning, we now have a new trailer for the series' Monday, February 8, return And if you think the season premiere's title and overview had that feeling of "moving on" to it, then just[...]

Unfortunately, those changes also mean saying goodbye to the possibility of a "Green Arrow and the Canaries" series as well as to the long-running series Supergirl and Black Lightning When it comes to the latter, viewers were given the heads-up before the new year that a backdoor pilot for Painkiller was set up for the[...]

Though Supergirl and Black Lightning are already set to end their runs with their upcoming respective seasons, Pedowitz believes that most of the series currently airing will receive new season orders to maintain content continuity Over the next six weeks, eight returning series and two new series will debut: Batwoman, All American, Nancy Drew, Walker, Legacies,[...]

But I'm afraid that at least this year, we're not going to be able to tap into that dynamic." "That news is a big disappointment to Leslie, who would've loved to visit Freeland before Black Lightning also ends its run "I'm so heartbroken about the COVID situation because I know that it's 'Black Lightning's' last season,[...]

Green Arrow and the Canaries' Katherine McNamara, Beth Schwartz, and Marc Guggenheim responded to The CW not moving forward with the series.

Much like the worry faced by Luke Skywalker in The Last Jedi, this issue posits the idea that the legacy of the Batman is hubris and failure. Much like

In the official trailer for The CW's Superman & Lois "Family Crest," the super couple juggle parenting and saving the multiverse.

The fourth season of The CW's Black Lightning is one that will be about endings and beginnings on a whole number of levels On one hand, the series is set to end with its upcoming season, and China Anne McClain aka Jennifer Pierce aka Lightning is set to be phased out of the series before[...]

The new key art released for The CW's upcoming Superman & Lois highlights Lois Lane and Clark Kent's return to Smallville.

Filmmaker Ava DuVernay and Arrow writer and co-EP Jill Blankenship are teaming up to bring the DC Comics character Naomi to series at The CW.

More like an illustrated novel, carefully typeset text (it's a little teensy, honestly, but shout out to the publication design of Kenny Lopez) and still shots from pivotal moments (check the end of the Outsiders for an iconic shot, or Superman hovering over Suicide Slum) let Giuseppi Camumcoli, Andrea Cucchi, Jose Villarrubia, and Steve Wands[...]