Supergirl Hangs Up The Cape!

Supergirl comes to an end.

Melissa Benoist is expecting her first child in the coming months.

It was announced also that Supergirl, the DC Comics series on The CW is coming to an end in late 2021. I was starting to wonder why they pushed back Supergirl to late Spring. It's usually a sign of burnoff.

The CW and producers of Warner Bros TV and Berlanti Productions announced the series will coming to an end by August 2021. It will be the second series in the DC Arrowverse coming to an end.

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To say it has been an honor portraying this iconic character would be a massive understatement. Seeing the incredible impact the show has had on young girls around the world has always left me humbled and speechless. She’s had that impact on me, too. She’s taught me strength I didn’t know I had, to find hope in the darkest of places, and that we are stronger when we’re united. What she stands for pushes all of us to be better. She has changed my life for the better, and I’m forever grateful. I’m so excited that we get to plan our conclusion to this amazing journey, and I cannot wait for you to see what we have in store. I promise we’re going to make it one helluva final season. ♥️ el mayarah 💪 @supergirlcw

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Production on all 2020-21 broadcast was delayed by the coronavirus pandemic.

Also they were going to accommodate Benoist's pregnancy.

With ratings sliding down thanks to Batwoman, the show's producers, the studio, the network and Benoist and the cast agreed they'll host a longer final season.

The Supergirl cast will wrap up their final season in 2021.

Deadline said that Supergirl debuted in 2015 on CBS before joining The CW in 2016. It was starring Benoist, Chyler Leigh, Katie McGrath, Jesse Rath, Nicole Maines, Azie Tesfai, Andrea Brooks, Julie Gonzalo, Staz Nair, David Harewood and Jon Cryer.

David Harewood, plays the Martian Manhunter and formerly Hank Henshaw.

Mechad Brooks, left the show in the fifth season. He was James Olsen and The Guardian.

Nicole Maines, who plays The Dreamer, the first superheroine who is transgender.

Chyler Leigh, who came from Grey's Anatomy fame also came out as a bisexual woman in 2019.

Jon Cryer plays archvillain Lex Luthor and will likely make an appearance in Superman and Lois which is slated to premiere in Winter 2021.

Supergirl wasn't conceived as part of the Arrowverse, but that changed toward the end of season 1 when The Flash's Grant Gustin crossed over for one episode, which established that both shows took place on separate Earths within a multiverse. Of course, that connection to the Arrowverse deepened when Supergirl changed networks and became part of the annual Arrowverse crossovers. The most recent crossover, "Crisis on Infinite Earths," ended with all the Arrowverse shows — Supergirl, The Flash, DC's Legends of Tomorrow, Black Lightning, and Batwoman — being merged onto one Earth.

With this news, Supergirl will become the second Arrowverse series to end. Arrow, the show that started it all in 2012, concluded its eight-season run in January. However, this doesn't mean the CW is saying goodbye to the House of El completely, because Superman & Lois, starring Tyler Hoechlin and Elizabeth Tulloch as the titular couple, is joining the network's lineup this winter.

Batwoman is on the bubble as well. When Ruby Rose abruptly quit the series midway through its first season, the show had to recast Javicia Leslie to take the mantle. With COVID-19 affecting television and movie productions, it's going to be very difficult for scripted shows to film.