Season 3 - AV Club Article

Good article. I know for a fact Supergirl writers have talent and imagination, but if you watched the recent episodes you'd be hard pressed to identify it. I imagine being a writer on Supergirl is like trying to write a good story with a group of 5 people. You need a place to write it and you need funding to get it to the world. Thankfully your Grandma has offered you all those things.

Problem is - One of your writers is a complete idiot. And your Grandma insists that you should focus on butterflies as some of the plot points and Implies you'll lose her funding if you don't comply. One of the writers thinks this ridiculous....but the one Idiot loves the idea. So the consensus becomes 'Umm I suppose we could try that?"

End result.....SUPERGIRL!

The decline in writing could be from Andrew Kriesberg and Greg Berlanti serving a temp co-showrunner.

andyf wrote:    Berlanti is involved with so many shows that maybe he can't give Supergirl  his undivided attention and it harms the shows writing.   What's even worse about his season is the lack of Supergurl using her powers. She hardly even flux anymore.  It seems like all the Arrowverse shows had their production budgets cut and Supwrgirl was the hardest hit.  Why would the CD cut the budgets of its most popular and profitable shows?