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The CW is doing their presentation at the Television Critics Associations winter press tour today and among the guests was Salim Akil, one of the co-creators and producers on the new CW series Black Lightning Akil is producing with the godfather of superhero television, Greg Berlanti, as well as Mara Brock Akil and Sarah Schechter. During[...]

We knew they were going to showcase the powers of Jefferson Pierce's daughters Anissa (Nafessa Williams) and Jennifer (China Anne McClain), but it seems like we'll be seeing Thunder sooner than later when Black Lightning debuts later this month The series focuses on former superhero turned high school principal Pierce (Cress Williams) who gets back[...]

As we get closer to the series premiere of Black Lightning, the CW is upping the promotion and today we get a new video featuring actress China Anne McClain who will be playing Jennifer Pierce The 19-year-old actress is playing the 16-year-old daughter of Jefferson Pierce (Cress Williams), the former superhero Black Lightning In the[...]

The CW has released a new trailer for their upcoming series Black Lightning The new teaser focuses on the reason Jefferson Pierce (Cress Williams) first went into retirement and the reason he will come out It also shows us a bit of the power that his daughters Anissa and Jennifer have. The official synopsis says: Jefferson Pierce[...]

The CW has released a new teaser trailer for the upcoming DCTV drama series Black Lightning It's a quick succession of clips showing Black Lightning in action This show is starting to feel like the middle ground between The Flash and Arrow It's Metahuman vs the street level thugs giving more practical fight scenes with added special[...]

I'm moving on here to a series that hasn't even started yet, the new Black Lightning series that will debut January 16th Where the lead hero has powers, the villains talked about are more gang related and at some point, he's going to need to have a throwdown I think it would be fitting if[...]

The CW has released a new trailer for their upcoming new DCTV series, Black Lightning This series comes from from executive producers Greg Berlanti, Salim Akil, Mara Brock Akil, and Sarah Schechter, based on the DC Comic character created by artist Trevor Von Eeden and writer Tony Isabella in the pages of Black Lightning #1 (1977)[...]

The CW continues to promote their new DCTV series Black Lightning In this new seven second teaser we see Jefferson Pierce standing in the rain with lightning in his eyes There is a voice over that says, "People out there need me Black Lightning is back." This is a pretty intense-looking scene with Pierce in[...]

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It brings together the producers and stars from shows including Arrow, The Flash, Gotham, DC's Legends of Tomorrow, Supergirl, Black Lightning and Freedom Force: The Ray, writers and artists from DC Comics and invited guests from politics, government and business. DC in DC takes place Friday, January 12th and Saturday, January 13th and will feature a[...]

The CW has released a new trailer for their upcoming Black Lightning series, which debuts next month We get some new footage below, including Tobias Whale talking about the resurrection and how it's bad for his business We also learn that the world thought Black Lightning was dead And from the scenes, it looks like[...]

The CW has released a new key art for the upcoming DCTV drama series Black Lightning The series comes from producers Salim Akil, Mara Brock Akil, and Greg Berlanti It is based on the DC Comics character created in 1977 by Tony Isabella and Trevor Von Eeden. Black Lightning tells the story of former hero now[...]

The CW is doing the full-court press for their new series Black Lightning The short clip below shows lightning racing through the character's veins — which looks very painful and not something I'd recommend This teaser was just released They also ran a longer spot during Supergirl last night that you can see here. I expect[...]

Finally, the CW has dropped the first official trailer for their latest addition to their superhero lineup, Black Lightning As we've previously reported, the series will premiere on January 16th, at the same time that the Flash returns from their own midseason break. The series stars Cress Williams as former hero turned high school principal, Jefferson Pierce, who gets[...]

It was recently revealed that on January 16th, when the Flash returns from their midseason break, instead of being followed by DC's Legends of Tomorrow, the 9 PM slot will be filled by Black Lightning. The show from executive producers Greg Berlanti, Salim Akil & Mara Brock Akil and Sarah Schechter is based on the DC Comic character created by artist Trevor Von[...]