Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A “romantasy,” Powerless is being adapted for TV by Daphne Ferraro who served as head writer on the breakout first season of ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. That’s the basic premise behind Powerless, NBC’s new comedy set in a world where Superman crashing through ...

Tonight’s series premiere of Powerless was chock full of Easter eggs to various elements of the DC Comics universe. One recurring reference, however, is sure to excite even the most casual of DC fans.

Of the more than 400 TV shows currently vying for your attention, approximately half are based on existing comic book properties. Well, that's what it feels like anyway. Following the success of The ...

There is little question that networks and studios are trying to capitalize on the popularity of superheroes and comic books. In 2016, six of the top 15 highest grossing films all featured comic book ...

There is a tradition of depicting the lives of ordinary humans in the DC Comics universe. For example, Gotham Central, a short series about the lives of Gotham City police officers, is beloved by ...

While Powerless might no longer revolve around an insurance company that strives to make people whole after superhero battles have shattered their lives, the high concept — a group of everyday heroes ...

Today’s popular image of Batman and his alter-ego Bruce Wayne paint the Dark Knight as, well, dark. Orphaned and raised by his butler, it’s hard to imagine a loner like Bruce having a large extended ...

There were high hopes for Powerless when it first premiered to a warm reception at San Diego Comic-Con last summer, but everything pretty much went downhill from there as it lost its showrunner a ...

Although their treatment of Constantine didn’t exactly take off, DC and NBC are teaming yet again to produce a superhero television series. But this time it’s a sitcom in the style of The Office.