Supergirl Producer Reveals How Often Superman Will Appear

Kara Zor-El's cousin is Kal-El, better known as Superman. The CBS show could of ignored him entirely, but instead they chose to introduce him in the pilot. He makes a brief cameo, but they use sunlight to obscure his appearance.

How often will we see him? Supergirl executive producer Ali Adler says Superman will be an unseen character going forward like how HBO's Veep dealt with President of the United States.

"Our prototype is the way the president is seen on Veep," executive producer Ali Adler told Entertainment Weekly. "It's certainly [inspired by] so much of what Julia-Louis Dreyfus' character goes through. Ultimately, this is a show about Supergirl and we really want to see it through her lens."

In the vast DC Comics Universe of super heroes, the rich mythology of Superman, the planet Krypton and the House of El is perhaps the most famous and instantly recognizable. Enter Supergirl (Melissa Benoist). Born Kara Zor-El on the doomed planet Krypton, the preteen Kara escaped at the same time as the infant Kal-El, but didn't arrive on Earth until many years later after being lost in the Phantom Zone. Protected and raised by her adopted family, the Danvers, Kara grew up in the shadow of her foster sister, Alex, and learned to hide the phenomenal powers she shares with her famous cousin. Years later, at age 24, living in National City and working as an assistant for Catco Worldwide Media mogul Cat Grant (Calista Flockhart), Kara has spent so many years trying to fit in that she forgot to ever stand out. All that changes when she decides to embrace her superhuman abilities and become the hero she was always destined to be.

Supergirl will premiere October 26 at 8:30 p.m. on CBS in the USA.