Black Lightning/Season 1

Season One of the superhero fantasy series Black Lightning aired on the CW Network on Tuesday evenings at 9:00 pm beginning on January 16th, 2018. The show 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.

Production

 * Greg Berlanti - Executive producer
 * Salim Akil - Executive producer
 * Mara Brock Akil - Executive producer
 * Sarah Schechter - Executive producer
 * Jan Nash - Co-executive producer
 * Oz Scott - Co-executive producer
 * Charles Holland - Co-executive producer
 * Pat Charles - Co-executive producer


 * Robert West - Producer
 * Joanie L. Woehler - Co-producer
 * Adam Giaudrone - Co-producer
 * Jennifer Lence - Co-producer
 * Carl Ogawa - Co-producer
 * Melora Rivera - Co-producer
 * Joanie L. Woehler - Co-producer
 * Elvis Mitchell - Consulting producer

Directors

 * Benny Boom
 * Mark Tonderai
 * Michael Schultz
 * Oz Scott
 * Rose Troche
 * Salim Akil

Writers

 * Adam Giaudrone
 * Charles D. Holland
 * Jan Nash
 * Pat Charles
 * Salim Akil

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.