
Shows that feel likeSupergirl (2015–2021)
If you loved Supergirl, the closest series we have are Superman & Lois (2021), Smallville (2001) and 3 Body Problem (2024). All three share Supergirl's hopeful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Tracker (2024).
If Supergirl hit the spot, these will too

Kryptonian duty weighed against ordinary family life, sincerely done
The difference: Family drama first — quieter, more grown-up, fewer alien crises

A Kryptonian teenager learning what those powers oblige them to do
The difference: Early-2000s and slower — secret-keeping angst, monster of the week

A threat far larger than any one person, met head-on anyway
The difference: Hard science fiction, bleak and adult

The same preoccupation in both: inspirational
The difference: Easier on the ideas than Supergirl

Both keep coming back to the same thing: inspirational
The difference: Takes it somewhere less cerebral than Supergirl does


Berlanti's house style: powered misfits, banter, no shame about feeling
The difference: Deliberately silly — time-travel farce instead of earnest heroism

Both lean on stillness more than on drama
The difference: Leans harder into crime than Supergirl does

A displaced royal from a lost world adjusting to Earth
The difference: Inert and cheap-looking, with none of the warmth

A government team and a powered lead learning to trust each other
The difference: Marvel, spy-shaped and much less optimistic

Young people discovering what their families really did
The difference: Teen Marvel, serialised and much smaller

Common ground: superhero
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