DC's Stargirl is the 2020 DC Universe/CW TV series based on the DC Comics of the same name.
The show stars Brec Bassinger as Courtney Whitmore, a high school student whose stepfather, Pat Dugan (Luke Wilson) is the grown, former sidekick of a lost hero called Starman (in the comics it was the Star Spangled Kid). Courtney finds that she can wield Starman's staff and adopts a star spangled costume. To assist her, Pat develops a robotic suit of armor and becomes her sidekick called S.T.R.I.P.E. Starman's dying wish was for the Justice Society to live on, and Courtney takes on assembling a team of next-generation superheroes into an all new Justice Society of America.
Along with Bassinger and Wilson, Stargirl features Amy Smart, Trae Romano, Cameron Gellman, Yvette Monreal, Anjelika Washington, Meg DeLacy, Neil Jackson, Jake Austin Walker, Christopher James Baker and Hunter Sansone.
The character Courtney Whitmore and the concept of Stargirl was developed by writer Geoff Johns and artist Lee Moder. She initially appeared in the 1999 comic series Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E., and called herself the Star Spangled Kid. Her abilities were derived from her Cosmic Converter Belt, which was part of the original Kid's arsenal. Later she meets a retiring Starman and is given his cosmic staff. At that point she adopts the name Stargirl.
Season one episodes of DC's Stargirl steamed on DC Universe on Mondays and then aired on The CW the next day.
On July 6, 2020, The CW announced the renewal of the show for a second season, adding that it would be dropping the DC Universe preview, and airing the show exclusively on the network.
