DC Comics' 'Supergirl' headed to CBS

Corrections and clarifications: An earlier version of this post listed the wrong studio for ABC's upcoming Agent Carter.

The only major network without a comics-inspired drama now has one.

CBS has closed a deal for Supergirl, a series adaptation the superhuman DC Comics character, cousin of Superman, at age 24. Greg Berlanti (Arrow, The Flash) is producing for Warner Bros. Television with Ali Adler, who worked on Glee, The New Normal and Berlant's short-lived 2010 ABC superhero series, No Ordinary Family.

The network will produce a pilot for the series, which has not yet been cast, and is very likely--though not guaranteed--to order additional episodes. If it does, the show is expected to join the lineup next season. If not, CBS will pay a significant penalty.

DC has been particularly aggressive about developing TV projects off its characters. Aside from Smallville, the Superman origin story that ran for 10 seasons on WB and CW, and Arrow, beginning its third season next month, this season brings three newcomers: The Flash, also on CW; Fox's Gotham (due Monday); and NBC's Constantine (arriving Oct. 24). Marvel also will add ABC's Agent Carter, due early next year, as a fill-in for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., which begins its second season next week. (Disney owns both Marvel and ABC).