SUPERGIRL: Carl Lumbly on playing Martian Manhunter’s father and Season 3 – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 06/05/2018
Carl Lumbly as Myr'nn J'onzz aka Martian Manhunter in SUPERGIRL - Season 3 - "Far From The Tree" |© 2018 The CW Network, LLC./Dean Buscher

The CW’s SUPERGIRL, in its third season on Monday nights and renewed for a fourth, is part of the network’s DC-verse, a slate that also includes ARROW, THE FLASH, LEGENDS OF TOMORROW, and BLACK LIGHTNING. The headline extraterrestrials in SUPERGIRL are obviously Kryptonians – Supergirl, aka Kara Danvers (Melissa Benoist), Kara’s slightly less-famous cousin Mon-El (Chris Wood) and Kara’s slightly more famous cousin, recurring guest character Kal-El, aka Superman (Tyler Hoechlin), to say nothing of their sometimes adversarial relatives. However, SUPERGIRL also has Martians. First, there was the Department of Extraterrestrial Affairs director Hank Henshaw (David Harewood), who turned out […]Read On »


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MADIBA: Orlando Jones on the Mandela miniseries – exclusive interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 02/03/2017
Orlando Jones as Oliver Tambo in MADIBA | © 2017 Marcos Cruz/BET

Orlando Jones has had a long and extremely varied career, encompassing film, TV and stage, drama, comedy and stand-up. He’s even played a few real people before, including Bobby Seale in the 2011 film THE CHICAGO 8. Now the actor from Alabama has tackled playing the late former African National Congress (ANC) president Oliver Tambo in MADIBA, the BET miniseries that rolls out in three two-hour blocks on successive Wednesdays, starting February 1. “Madiba” is the Xhosa clan name often still used to refer to the late Nelson Mandela, the first post-apartheid President of South Africa, who had a law […]Read On »


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SUPERGIRL: David Harewood on playing a Martian superhero – exclusive interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 03/25/2016
David Harewood stars as Hank Henshaw/J'onn J'onzz in SUPERGIRL | © 2016 Matthias Clamer/Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc

In SUPERGIRL, on CBS Mondays at 8 PM, our heroine in her alter ego of newspaper executive assistant Kara Danvers, played by Melissa Benoist, works in a pretty swanky-looking high-rise. However, Kara’s adoptive sister Alex Danvers, played by Chyler Leigh, has a much cooler workplace, the literally underground headquarters of the Department of Extranormal Operations, aka D.E.O. When CBS allows the Television Critics Association press tour to visit the SUPERGIRL sets, the huge soundstage, with faux cave walls and intricate technology stations, is thrilling to see. It may be make-believe, but it still looks pretty impressive. In the SUPERGIRL universe, […]Read On »


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Exclusive Photos of SUPERGIRL at 33rd Annual PaleyFest Event

By SUE SCHNEIDER 03/12/2016
Chyler Leigh, Melissa Benoist and Jeremy Jordan at the 33rd Annual PaleyFest presents SUPERGIRL | ©VF_Schneider

The Paley Center for Media celebrated the 33rd Annual PaleyFest at The Dolby Theatre in Hollywood from March 11th to March 20th. Each year the Paley Center for Media highlights special Television shows for the fans with the showing of an episode and a Q&A with stars and creators. Before going into the auditorium the stars and creators walk the red carpet for the press. AssignmentX was there to cover SUPERGIRL, the hit CBS Show on March 13th. Walking the carpet were the stars of series, along with a few Executive Producers, which included: Melissa Benoist (Kara Danvers/SUPERGIRL), Calista Flockhart […]Read On »


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SUPERGIRL: Chyler Leigh talks playing the step sister to a hero – exclusive interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 02/08/2016
Chyler Leigh stars as Alex Danvers in SUPERGIRL | © 2016 Robert Voets/CBS

In CBS’ DC Comics TV adaptation SUPERGIRL, now in its first season Mondays at 8 PM, Chyler Leigh plays Alex Danvers. Alex’s parents adopted Supergirl, aka Kara Danvers (Melissa Benoist), when she was newly arrived from Krypton. This means that Alex and Kara have grown up as sisters, with all the loyalty and over-sensitivity that often accompanies a sibling relationship. Alex at first didn’t want Kara to reveal her powers to the world. For her part, Kara was furious when she learned that Alex was an operative for the Department of Extranormal Operations, or DEO, a secret government agency that […]Read On »


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SUPERGIRL: Co-creator Greg Berlanti on Season 1 – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 10/28/2015
Melissa Benoist in SUPERGIRL - Season 1 | ©2015 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc/Cliff Lipson

Greg Berlanti is one very busy writer/executive producer these days. He’s got the new thriller BLINDSPOT in its first year on NBC, the police drama/comedy THE MYSTERIES OF LAURA in its second year on NBC and three D.C. Comics-derived series on The CW. ARROW is starting its fourth season, its spinoff THE FLASH is on Season 2 and LEGENDS OF TOMORROW, a spinoff of the other two, will premiere midseason. Besides all that, Berlanti is part of the creative team, with Ali Adler and Andrew Kreisberg, on SUPERGIRL, the new CBS series that premieres on Monday, October 26. Melissa Benoist […]Read On »


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David Harewood on SHAKESPEARE UNCOVERED – exclusive interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 02/06/2015
SHAKESPEARE UNCOVERED | © 2015 PBS

In 2012, England’s BBC4 and America’s PBS, via member station WNET New York Public Media, joined together to bring forth SHAKESPEARE UNCOVERED, a series of documentaries about Shakespeare’s plays, which aired on PBS in 2013. Each segment, hosted by someone famed for their connection to the Bard’s work, was full of insights into the source and inspiration of the plays and interviews with actors, directors and other experts who had insights into the material. This year, a second season of SHAKESPEARE UNCOVERED is airing on PBS. The first two segments, with Hugh Bonneville on A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM and Christopher […]Read On »


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TV Review: HOMELAND – Season 2 – “The Smile” – Season Premiere

By RACHEL REITSLEFF 10/04/2012
Claire Danes and Damian Lewis in HOMELAND - Season 2 | ©2012 Showtime/Nadav Kander

Stars: Claire Danes, Damian Lewis, Mandy Patinkin, Morena Baccarin, David Harewood, Jackson Pace, Morgan Saylor Writers: Howard Gordon & Alex Ganza, developed for American television by Howard Gordon & Alex Ganza, based on the series HATUFIM created by Gideon Raff Director: Michael Cuesta Network: Showtime, Sundays @ 10 PM Original Telecast: September 30, 2012 HOMELAND enters its second season with the high-class problem of having to live up the shadow cast by all the Emmy statuettes it picked up a week earlier for Best Drama, Best Actress in a Drama, Best Actor in a Drama, etc. Fortunately and unsurprisingly, Season […]Read On »


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