{"id":87184,"date":"2016-05-13T16:55:24","date_gmt":"2016-05-13T15:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/?p=87184"},"modified":"2016-05-13T16:55:24","modified_gmt":"2016-05-13T15:55:24","slug":"powerless-anti-superhow-show-gets-full-tv-series-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/news\/powerless-anti-superhow-show-gets-full-tv-series-order\/","title":{"rendered":"Powerless anti-superhow show gets full TV series order"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p3\">Remember <em><strong>Powerless<\/strong><\/em>, NBC&#8217;s proposed series following the lives of those who are caught up in the destruction caused by big superhero battles? Well it looks like we&#8217;ll be seeing a lot more of it, as it&#8217;s been officially given the green light for a full series order.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Brought to us by writer Ben Queen and executive producer\u00a0 Michael Patrick Jann, the synopsis for the show is as follows:<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><em><span class=\"s1\">\u201c<\/span><span class=\"s2\">In the first comedy series set in the universe of DC Comics, Vanessa Hudgens (<strong>Grease Live<\/strong><\/span><\/em><span class=\"s2\">,<\/span><em><span class=\"s2\"><strong> High School Musical<\/strong>) plays Emily, a spunky young insurance adjuster specialising in regular-people coverage against damage caused by the crime-fighting superheroes. It\u2019s when she stands up to one of these larger-than-life figures (after an epic battle messes with her commute) that she accidentally becomes a cult &#8216;hero&#8217; in her own right \u2026 even if it\u2019s just to her group of lovably quirky co-workers. Now, while she navigates her normal, everyday life against an explosive backdrop, Emily might just discover that being a hero doesn\u2019t always require superpowers. The cast includes Alan Tudyk, Danny Pudi and Christina Kirk.<\/span><span class=\"size-full wp-image-87228\">\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">While it&#8217;s yet another superhero-themed show, it follows the recurring theme of the genre at least trying to do something a bit different. Coupled with the forward progression of the likes of <em><strong>Legion<\/strong><\/em>, <em><strong>Damage Control<\/strong><\/em> and <em><strong>Hellfire<\/strong><\/em>, along with the canning of the more traditional <em><strong>Agent Carter<\/strong> <\/em>and <em><strong>Marvel&#8217;s Most Wanted<\/strong><\/em>, and it seems like a new era may well be dawning for the superhero genre, which <em><strong>Powerless<\/strong><\/em> looks to be at the forefront of.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><strong><em>Powerless<\/em> will air on NBC in the US later in the year, with a UK channel and air date to be announced. You can download <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/news\/download-the-25-greatest-dc-comics-ever-now\/\">The 25 Greatest DC Comics Ever<\/a> digital edition from GreatDigitalMags.com now. For more news about the biggest TV shows, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imagineshop.co.uk\/magazines\/scifinow-issue-119.html\">pick up the new issue of SciFiNow.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Vaness Hudgens-starring series is sticking around courtesy of NBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":87228,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"MSN_Categories":"Uncategorized","MSN_Publish_Option":false,"MSN_Is_Local_News":false,"MSN_Is_AIAC_Included":"Empty","MSN_Location":"[]","MSN_Add_Feature_Img_On_Top_Of_Post":false,"MSN_Has_Custom_Author":false,"MSN_Custom_Author":"","MSN_Has_Custom_Canonical_Url":false,"MSN_Custom_Canonical_Url":""},"categories":[3,207],"tags":[5004],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/powerless-image-vanessa-hudgens-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87184"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87184\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}