All caped up and no place to go

Supergirl now has a home. That's right, people of Earth - CBS has landed the high-profile DC Comics adaptation, handing out a hefty series commitment. The hourlong drama, taken out last week, 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. The Supergirl pickup also means all five of the broadcast networks could have superhero-themed series on the air next season, with DC properties on four of the five. Fox on Monday launches its highly anticipated Batman prequel Gotham — which like Supergirl started with a series commitment; NBC has Hellblazer and Constantine due in October; CW has Flash and Arrow; and ABC, via Disney's deal with Marvel, has Agents of SHIELD and bridge series Agent Carter. For its part, Netflix also has four Marvel series and a mini, starting with Daredevil, but for Americans stuck with the Big Five, assuming at least one superhero show per network is renewed for 2015-16, there will no escaping the capes come next fall no matter which network your TV is tuned into (unless, of course, you plan your viewing in such a way that not one second of the superhero goodness pollutes your screen). And for you guys living elsewhere, you will have to either wait for them to air in your country (case in point: the episode of The Crazy Ones which guest-starred Pam Dawber still hasn't aired in New Zealand yet and isn't scheduled to do so until the 10th of November, which is exactly seven months after its original air date in the States) or download them off The Pirate Bay minutes after original broadcast like I'm going to do with Gotham and Agents of SHIELD this season.