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Title: | Black Lightning |
Format: | Live-action |
Running time: | 60 min. |
country: | USA |
Network: | CW Network |
Seasons: | 1+ |
Episodes: | 13+ |
Production | |
Production company: | DC Entertainment Berlanti Productions Warner Bros. Television |
Executive producers: | Greg Berlanti; Salim Akil; Mara Brock Akil; Pat Charles; Sarah Schechter; Oz Scott; Jan Nash; Charles D. Holland |
Producers: | Adam Giaudrone; Jennifer Lence; Carl Ogawa; Melora Rivera; Robert West; Joanie L. Woehler; Elvis Mitchell |
Principal cast: | Cress Williams; China Anne McClain; Nafessa Williams; Christine Adams; Marvin "Krondon" Jones, III; Damon Gupton; James Remar |
Air dates | |
First aired: | January 16th, 2018 |
Black Lightning is an American television program of the superhero fantasy genre. It is based on the character of Jefferson Pierce, aka Black Lightning, as seen in comic book titles published by DC Comics. The series was produced by DC Entertainment, Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros. Television. It began airing on the CW Network on January 16th, 2018. A total of thirteen episodes was ordered for season one. The series stars Cress Williams as the main character, Jefferson Pierce. Co-starring in the show is China Anne McClain & Nafessa Williams as his daughters, Jennifer and Anissa Pierce, Christine Adams as his ex-wife, Lynn Pierce, Marvin "Krondon" Jones, III as the show's main antagonist, Tobias Whale, Damon Gupton as Inspector Henderson, and James Remar as tailor Peter Gambi.
Episodes[]
Season One[]
Episode | Title | Airdate |
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1x01 | The Resurrection | January 16th, 2018 |
1x02 | LaWanda: The Book of Hope | January 23rd, 2018 |
1x03 | LaWanda: The Book of Burial | January 30th, 2018 |
1x04 | Black Jesus | February 6th, 2018 |
1x05 | And Then the Devil Brought the Plague: The Book of Green Light | February 13th, 2018 |
1x06 | Three Sevens: The Book of Thunder | February 27th, 2018 |
1x07 | Equinox: The Book of Fate | March 6th, 2018 |
1x08 | The Book of Revelations | March 13th, 2018 |
1x09 | The Book of Little Black Lies | March 20th, 2018 |
1x10 | Sins of the Father: The Book of Redemption | March 27th, 2018 |
1x11 | Black Jesus: The Book of Redemption | April 3rd, 2018 |
1x12 | The Resurrection and the Light: The Book of Pain | April 10th, 2018 |
1x13 | Shadow of Death: The Book of War | April 17th, 2018 |
Season Two[]
Episode | Title | Airdate |
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2x1 | "The Book of Consequences: Chapter One: Rise of the Green Light Babies" | October 9th, 2018 |
2x2 | "The Book of Consequences: Chapter Two: Black Jesus Blues" | October 16th, 2018 |
2x3 | "The Book of Consequences: Chapter Three: Master Lowry" | October 23rd, 2018 |
2x4 | The Book of Consequences: Chapter Four: Translucent Freak" | October 30th, 2018 |
2x5 | "The Book of Blood: Chapter One: Requiem" | November 13th, 2018 |
2x6 | "The Book of the Blood: Chapter Two: The Perdi" | November 20th, 2018 |
2x7 | "The Book of Blood: Chapter Three: The Sange" | November 27th, 2018 |
2x8 | "The Book of Rebellion: Chapter One: Exodus" | December 4th, 2018 |
2x9 | "The Book of Rebellion: Chapter Two: Gift of Magi" | December 11th, 2018 |
2x10 | "The Book of Rebellion: Chapter Three: Angelitos Negros | January 21st, 2019 |
2x11 | "The Book of Secrets: Chapter One: Prodigal Son" | January 28th, 2019 |
2x12 | "The Book of Secrets: Chapter Two: Just and Unjust" | February 4th, 2019 |
2x13 | "The Book of Secrets: Chapter Three: Pillar of Fire|"The Book of Secrets: Pillar of Fire" | February 11th, 2019 |
2x14 | "The Book of Secrets: Chapter Four: Original Sin" | March 4th, 2019 |
2x15 | "The Book of the Apocalypse: Chapter One: The Alpha" | March 11th, 2019 |
2x16 | "The Book of the Apocalypse: Chapter Two: The Omega" | March 18th, 2019 |
Notes & Trivia[]
- Black Lightning was created by writer Tony Isabella and artist Trevor von Eeden.
- Black Lightning began airing on Tuesday evenings on the CW Network at 9:00 pm.
- Music for the series was composed by Kurt Farquhar.
- Black Lightning does not take place in the same continuity as the DC Television Universe, which includes shows such as Arrow, The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow and Supergirl.
- Jefferson Pierce made his comic book introduction in the first issue of his own Black Lightning ongoing comic book series, which ran for eleven issues from 1977 to 1978. A second Black Lightning volume was produced in 1995 and only ran thirteen issues.
- Black Lightning is the second DC Comics super-hero to receive his own television series, and the first to receive his own live-action series. The first was Static Shock, which aired on Cartoon Network from 2000 to 2004.
- Co-executive producer Charles Holland is credited as Charles D. Holland in this series.
- The main setting for this series is the neighborhood of Freeland. In the comics, Black Lightning was based out of Suicide Slum in Metropolis.
- The central antagonists from season one are a criminal organization known as The One-Hundred.