Calista Flockhart, the star of "Ally McBeal" and "Brothers & Sisters," will soon be back on television screens as the 50-year-old actress is set to appear in the CBS pilot "Supergirl," whose characters are based on their famous DC Comics counterparts.

Deadline Hollywood reported Flockhart will play Cat Grant, the media mogul boss of Kara Zor-El, a 24-year-old alien from the planet Krypton. After initially hiding the powers she shares with her famous cousin, Cal-El (Superman), Kara eventually embraces her abilities to become "the hero she always was meant to be," Deadline Hollywood added. Still, the heroine, played by Melissa Benoist, reports to Grant, a self-made media magnate and founder of "CatCo" who has worked her way up from a reporter to head a global-powerhouse company.

Still, the heroine, played by Melissa Benoist, reports to Grant, a self-made media magnate and founder of "CatCo" who has worked her way up from a reporter to head a global-powerhouse company.

"Supergirl" will reunite Flockhart with writer and executive producer Greg Berlanti, who also worked on "Brothers & Sisters," TIME reported. The ABC series, which centered on the lives of the numerous members of the Pasadena, California-based Walker family, ran for five seasons from 2006 to 2011.

Flockhart is mainly known, however, for her starring role as the quirky lawyer Ally McBeal in the eponymous Fox series created by David E. Kelley. McBeal inspired a 1998 cover story by TIME, which juxtaposed the fictional attorney with feminists Susan B. Anthony, Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem. In 2010, Entertainment Weekly crowned her as one of its 100 greatest characters of the last 20 years.

The actress and her husband, Hollywood great Harrison Ford, were seen at a Los Angeles Lakers game on Sunday night as they decided to skip the annual Oscar ceremony, the Daily Mail reported. The couple saw the Lakers end their seven-game losing streak and beat the Boston Celtics in overtime.

Ford, for his part, is rumored to have expressed interest in reviving his legendary role as Indiana Jones, which Steven Spielberg is reportedly hoping to direct. Given that no script has been written and no contracts have been signed for the project, however, the 72-year-old seems to be a few steps behind his wife, whose "Supergirl" pilot is in early pre-production, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

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