After a fun-filled midseason finale, DC's Legends of Tomorrow will be taking an extended hiatus until Spring and to make sure the beginning of your week is still filled to the brim with DC content, The CW is moving Black Lightning to Monday nights at 9 p.m. EST.
The midseason premiere, which will air January 21, will see Jefferson (Cress Williams) and Lynn (Christine Adams) continue their search for Jennifer (China Anna McClain), who's becoming more and more self-sufficient. Meanwhile, Tobias Whale (Marvin Jones III) will make his next move and a teleporting hitman makes his way to Freeland, which can't be good news for anyone.
"The Book Of Rebellion: Chapter Three: Angelitos Negros" - (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET) (TV-14, LV) (HDTV)
Program information TBA. Original airdate 1/21/19.
Jefferson Pierce (Cress Williams) is a man wrestling with a secret. As the father of two daughters and principal of a charter high school that also serves as a safe haven for young people in a New Orleans neighborhood overrun by gang violence, he is a hero to his community. Nine years ago, Pierce was a hero of a different sort. Gifted with the superhuman power to harness and control electricity, he used those powers to keep his hometown streets safe as the masked vigilante Black Lightning. However, after too many nights with his life on the line, and seeing the effects of the damage and loss that his alter ego was inflicting on his family, he left his Super Hero days behind and settled into being a principal and a dad. Choosing to help his city without using his superpowers, he watched his daughters Anissa (Nafessa Williams) and Jennifer (China Anne McClain) grow into strong young women, even though his marriage to their mother, Lynn (Christine Adams), suffered. Almost a decade later, Pierce’s crime-fighting days are long behind him…or so he thought. But with crime and corruption spreading like wildfire, and those he cares about in the crosshairs of the menacing local gang The One Hundred, Black Lightning returns — to save not only his family, but also the soul of his community.
Black Lightning features:
Cress Williams as Jefferson Pierce/Black Lightning
China Anne McClain as Jennifer Pierce
Nafessa Williams as Anissa Pierce/Thunder
Christine Adams as Lynn Pierce
Marvin "Krondon" Jones III as Tobias Whale
Damon Gupton as Inspector William Henderson
James Remar as Peter Gambi
Jordan Calloway as Khalil Payne/Painkiller
Black Lightning returns with an all-new episode January 17