--- ---  # MSNBC Anchor Rachel Maddow Takes Recurring Role in the CW's 'Batwoman' Show  by [Madeleine Carlisle](/author/madeleine-carlisle/)  ## Madeleine Carlisle Oct 5, 2019 3:11 PM CUT  Rachel Maddow on Tuesday, October 2, 2019 Rachel Maddow on Tuesday, October 2, 2019NBC—NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images  by [Madeleine Carlisle](/author/madeleine-carlisle/)  ## Madeleine Carlisle Oct 5, 2019 3:11 PM CUT MSNBC political commentator Rachel Maddow will appear in upcoming episodes of the CW’s new show _Batwoman._ As first reported [by The Hollywood _Reporter,_](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/rachel-maddow-joins-cws-batwoman-1245404 "undefined") Maddow will play a character from the _Batman_ comics: Vesper Fairchild, a television and radio personality who once had a romantic relationship with Bruce Wayne. But don’t get too excited. Per _The Reporter_, Maddow won’t actually appear on screen; at least for now, she’ll play a solely vocal role. The MSNBC anchor tweeted the news Friday. > [](https://twitter.com/maddow/status/1180230161041690634) “We consider Vesper Fairchild to be the sardonic Voice of Gotham,” Batwoman showrunner Caroline Dries told _The Hollywood Reporter_ in a statement. “In addition to Rachel’s interest in _Batwoman_, we thought she’d be the perfect casting choice because her own hard-hitting journalism wildly contrasts Vesper’s penchant for snark, gossip and criticism of female superheroes.” Maddow is a vocal fan of _Batwoman_, the DC comic series about a lesbian superhero. She previously wrote an introduction for the 2010 _Batwoman_ graphic novel _Elegy_ by Greg Rucka. _Batwoman_‘s first season premieres Sunday at 8 p.m on the CW. Actress Ruby Rose stars as Kate Kane, or Batwoman, the first out lesbian superhero lead on primetime television. MSNBC's Rachel Maddow to appear in the CW's 'Batwoman' ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5693514/rachel-maddow-batwoman/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5693514/rachel-maddow-batwoman/"},"headline":"MSNBC Anchor Rachel Maddow Takes Recurring Role in the CW's 'Batwoman' Show","datePublished":"2019-10-05T15:11:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-24T07:29:57.347Z","description":"Maddow will play Vesper Fairchild","url":"https://time.com/5693514/rachel-maddow-batwoman/","keywords":["Television","Comics","Batman","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc6709193fe4e8d30/698a03dd09208fc3da415a28/rachel-maddow-batwoman.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Madeleine Carlisle","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/madeleine-carlisle/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc6709193fe4e8d30/698a03dd09208fc3da415a28/rachel-maddow-batwoman.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"rachel maddow batwoman","caption":"rachel maddow batwoman","creditText":"NBC—NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images","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":"/tag/television/","name":"Television"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5693514/rachel-maddow-batwoman/","name":"MSNBC Anchor Rachel Maddow Takes Recurring Role in the CW's 'Batwoman' Show"}}]}] ```