This week on CBS, freshman DC Comic’s series Supergirl premiered with having the highest ratings seen by any television program this fall. The success of Supergirl’s premier hour was unsurprising considering Hollywood’s persistent obsession with superheroes, and the public’s unwavering appetite for hero-based media.

Produced by Greg Berlanti (Executive producer of other DC projects Arrow and The Flash) Supergirl mostly follows the familiar superhero beat that viewers have become accustomed to. That is not to say that it is a bad show. Familiar, yes, but it is crafted around a clearly successful, hit-producing formula with decent acting and fun characters. Viewers may have grown accustomed to superhero shows on TV, but they certainly aren’t tired of them.

Unusually, Supergirl premiered in a timeslot directly competing with fellow DC production, Fox’s Gotham. Typically programs produced by the same studio are staggered over multiple days so as to avoid directly competing with one another. This could be the first hint that primetime TV is getting too crowded with superhero based programs, which is probably just fine with the many DC and Marvel Comics fans out there.

While television has been the hotspot for the most recent superhero craze, the real action has been taking place at the summer box office for years on end. Recent installments to the Batman, Iron Man, and Spider-Man film franchises (among many, many more) have become instant classics. Hollywood is, of course, taking every chance to capitalize on this momentum, slating several Marvel and DC films for release in the coming years.

Supergirl is just the latest to take the spotlight in Hollywood’s never-ending love affair with superhero media, however, it is definitely refreshing to see a female face standing out in a male-dominated field.