Supergirl Meets Wonder Woman!

Two generations of TV superheroes unite when Lynda Carter visits The CW’s caper in a presidential role.

- Damian Holbrook

Supergirl sure is keeping good company these days. After opening her sophomore season with a two-episode arc starring famous cousin Superman (Tyler Hoechlin), Melissa Benoist’s caped charmer, Kara Zor-El, will rub elbows with Wonder Woman herself in the October 24 episode when Lynda Carter guest stars as the president of the United States.

“It’s beyond iconic,” exec producer Ali Adler says of the clever casting, which sprouted in part from her own hero worship of Carter’s star-making 1975–79 stint in the satin tights of DC Comics’ legendary Amazon. “Growing up, Wonder Woman was the paradigm of strength and intelligence. She was the female anchor of an [action series] at a time when just some sitcoms had female leads—Maude and stuff like that. She was a strong, intelligent female with a heart, so it wasn’t a question or debate as to who would play the president…it was always Lynda Carter.”