--- description: After 24 years hiding her identity, Superman's cousin Kara Zor-El is ready to put her superpowers to use for the greater good. title: The 'Supergirl' Trailer Has Landed image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta515bf95c160d74e/6987efab35ba6f4609c0b594/supergirl.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # The _Supergirl_ Trailer Has Landed  by [Eliza Berman](/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Berman is a senior editor at TIME. May 13, 2015 11:07 PM CUT  Warner Bros.  by [Eliza Berman](/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Berman is a senior editor at TIME. May 13, 2015 11:07 PM CUT The highly-anticipated trailer for CBS’ [forthcoming](http://time.com/3849516/supergirl-cbs-series-order/ "undefined") _Supergirl_ series has arrived, and television has a new superhero in Kara Zor-El, played by _Glee_ alumna Melissa Benoist. Superman’s Kryptonian cousin Kara, who goes by the name Kara Danvers on Earth, has hidden her powers for decades, choosing instead to blend in as an assistant to a high-powered business executive played by Calista Flockhart. When a crisis strikes her city, Kara must decide whether to brush off the old cape and embrace her true identity. Which, of course, she does—and in Clark Kent glasses, to boot. _Supergirl_ is set to debut in November. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3858054/supergirl-trailer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3858054/supergirl-trailer/"},"headline":"The Supergirl Trailer Has Landed","datePublished":"2015-05-13T23:07:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:19:46.529Z","description":"\"It's not a man. It's Supergirl.\"","url":"https://time.com/3858054/supergirl-trailer/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","Trailers","Superheroes","Supergirl"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta515bf95c160d74e/6987efab35ba6f4609c0b594/supergirl.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliza Berman","jobTitle":"Berman is a senior editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta515bf95c160d74e/6987efab35ba6f4609c0b594/supergirl.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"supergirl","caption":"","creditText":"Warner Bros.","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3858054/supergirl-trailer/","name":"The Supergirl Trailer Has Landed"}}]}] ```