The fall broadcast-network premieres wrap up with a pair of dramas featuring pop-culture heroines with some years on them: Batwoman dates to 1956 and Nancy Drew to 1930. These thoroughly updated versions (“Batwoman” premieres Sunday, “Nancy Drew” Wednesday) continue a CW trend toward female protagonists — about 80 percent of the dramas it’s introduced the last two years have centered on women. But it’s also lost “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” and “Jane the Virgin,” so maybe the more significant trend is toward well-known franchises. She’s an action star in a show that doesn’t emphasize action, giving more space, as is common on CW, to dysfunctional-family soap opera. About that former lover: She’s a woman, and Rose’s Batwoman is being called the first openly lesbian leading character on a TV superhero show.

Source: New York Times October 03, 2019 17:15 UTC