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After a very well-received series premiere, tonight we get the second episode of Black Lightning, called LaWanda: The Book of Hope With the rumor of Black Lightning's return, hope starts to build again in the city of Freeland, but it's not Jefferson's (Cress Williams) plan to return to the suit again He just wanted to[...]

After the premiere of Black Lightning this week on the CW, fans were left with some interesting questions Why didn't his daughters Anissa (Nafessa Williams) and Jennifer (China Ann McClain) recognize Jefferson (Cress Williams) when he rescued them? Does Tobias Whale (Marvin 'Krondon' Jones III) think that Black Lightning is dead? And what was the[...]

They didn't want to run Arrow, Flash, Supergirl, Legends of Tomorrow and Black Lightning all at the same time. I can understand the thought there — they don't want to alienate their other viewers But, other than Supernatural, their comic related adaptations are what do best for them Throw in Riverdale and iZombie and it's pretty[...]

After the Tuesday's premiere of Black Lightning, there is a lot of buzz for the new CW series The ratings were strong, and both the critic and fan reactions were positive The CW seems to have a hit on their hands Some of the questions people are already asking are: How long before Anissa (Nafessa[...]

We've only seen a bit of it, but one of the things I am interested in with the new Black Lightning series is going to be the relationship between Black Lightning/Jefferson Pierce (Cress Williams) and Inspector Henderson (Damon Gupton) These two are friends in civilian life, but Henderson does not seems to like Black Lightning[...]

In the pilot episode of Black Lightning, we met Jefferson Pierce (Cress Williams) and his daughters Anissa (Nafessa Williams) and Jennifer (China Ann McClain) Pierce retired from being a costumed vigilante in an effort to save his family, and it's his daughters being at risk that got him to put the suit (or the new[...]

The show was up 13% in overall viewers, having a total audience of 2.47 million and was steady in its demo from the fall finale. After that came the premiere of Black Lightning, starring Cress Williams as a retired hero forced to suit up again when his daughters lives are threatened by a local gang The[...]

This article contains spoilers for the Black Lightning series premiere – The Resurrection. . . . . . Tonight the CW unveiled their new series, Black Lightning I've heard some people saying that there are too many superhero shows on the air, this show is proof that their wrong The idea comes from the misconception that superheroes are a genre[...]

EST, Black Lightning premieres on the CW Thanks to the fine folks at CW and WB, I was able to attend the world premiere in Washington D.C. I was on the red carpet and able to get some comments from the stars and creative forces responsible for this welcome addition to the CW lineup. Cress Williams (Jefferson[...]

We are a day away from the premiere of Black Lightning, and actor Cress Williams is in a new video released by the CW, talking about his character of Jefferson Pierce. Unlike the other members of the CW hero club, Black Lightning has been there, done that and has the scars to prove it He's fought[...]

As Black Lightning got its premiere in Washington DC this weekend and will make its television debut on Tuesday, the CW has released a new interview/character introduction video featuring actress Christine Adams telling us about her character of Lynn Pierce Lynn is the ex-wife of Jefferson (Cress Williams) and the most of Anissa (Nafessa Williams)[...]

The CW has released a second scene from the series premiere of Black Lightning One of the elements that the Greg Berlanti superhero series have in common is the casting of a more mature, familiar face to offset some of the younger actors A character without powers, but that can help guide the hero along[...]

A week ago we got to see China Anne McClain talk about playing Jennifer Pierce in the new CW series Black Lightning Now we have Nafessa Williams talking about playing the older sister, Anissa Pierce. Both of them are the daughters of Jefferson Pierce (Cress Williams), the former costumed vigilante named Black Lightning Now he is[...]

The CW has released the first scene from the upcoming new series Black Lightning The scene takes place on a rainy night as Jefferson Pierce (Cress Williams) is pulled over by the police With him in the car are his daughters Anissa (Nafessa Williams) and Jennifer (China Anne McClain) There seems to be no reason[...]

Now the CW has released an extended two-minute version that includes more shots, more jokes, and they add in Black Lightning As much as the network and producers have been saying that it's not connected to the rest of the shows… it's suddenly connected in a the promo. They work in another super-speed type joke with[...]