It's a pretty exciting time for our Girl of Steel! Melissa Benoist (Supergirl, Best Actress on TV), Tyler Hoechlin (Superman, Best Guest Performance on TV), Mehcad Brooks (James Olsen, Best Supporting Actor) and the whole show (Best Superhero Adaptation on Television) were up for honors at the Saturn Awards tonight! Congratulations are in order for both the show and Melissa as both took home wins in Best Superhero Adaptation on Television and Best Actress on TV respectively. This was Supergirl and Melissa's first win at the awards for their categories. Supergirl beat out The Flash for the first time as the Flash has held the title for the last two years! Also, Melissa joins previous winners in her category like Mary Mcdonnel (Battlestar Galactica), Kristen Bell (Veronica Mars) and Jessica Alba (Dark Angel).
Pretty impressive win! We send our congratulations to Melissa and the show as well! Andrew Krieberg was on site with Jessica Queller, Robert Rovner (the new showrunners) to accept the award! Let us know what you think in the comments below and in the forum! Keep us rolling this summer and visit the support page!
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Well deserved and hopefully a sign of better things to come like the Emmys. As far as I'm concerned Melissa is in the same class as an Emmy winner.
Like you, Jtardy, SG is the only one I watch on a regular basis. The users of this site are very passionate about the show (not a bad thing, usually) so some of the comments expressed here, seen through that lens, might exaggerate some of the issues you mention. An outside observer may see them too, but not give them as much weight.
It is perhaps a little more surprising that the show itself won. I wonder if that is because the judges didn't see some of the shortcomings mentioned here quite frequently (not enough Supergirl/Kara, uneven writing and development of some characters, etc.), or is it because they thought the competitors were even more flawed? (I don't watch the other shows so am in no position to offer an opinion).
Supergirl is the only series on TV that I have to watch, so I need no convincing.
Melissa more than deserved that award! I hope that if Supergirl wins again next year, it's cleaned up the mess it made.
Well said! Melissa inhabits the character as no one else could, and is a great role model as well.