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Birds of Prey

Name: Birds of Prey
Released: 2002
Rating: 58

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58 Metascore
2002-2003
1 Season
The WB Television Network
Action & Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction
TV-14

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New Gotham's undercover superhero Batman has disappeared, leaving behind a daughter from his long-time love Catwoman. Her name is Helena, the mysterious superhero known as "The Huntress". She has teamed up with the paralyzed hero "Batgirl," and together they meet up with their next teammate Dinah Lance. Dinah is a telepath and psychic who had terrifying dreams about Batgirl's brutal accident. They must learn how to work together and become not only a team of superheroes... but also a family.

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Cast & Crew See All

Ashley Scott

Helena Kyle

Dina Meyer

Barbara Gordon

Rachel Skarsten

Dinah Lance

Season 1 Episode Guide See All

Episode 0

Unaired Pilot

50 mins

A duo of female crime fighters, protégés of Batman, gets a new member while investigating a strange series of deaths caused by fear. This unaired pilot was reedited and the role of Dr. Harleen Quinzel recast to create the new pilot.

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Awards

2003 - ASC Award - Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Movies of the Week/Pilot (Network) - nominated

Latest News See All

The Birds of Prey Swoop Into Arrow

As if Arrow wasn't flying high enough already, the superhero hit is aiming for new heights with this week's episode, inspired by the popular DC Comics title Birds of Prey (which was also the basis for a short-lived 2002-03 WB series). "It's beloved," says executive producer Marc Guggenheim of the comic book, whose menagerie has showcased the Huntress, Black Canary and Barbara Gordon's tech-savvy Oracle. "We're excited to be doing our version of it."

Tue, Mar 25, 2014

Ian Abercrombie, Elaine's Boss on Seinfeld, Dies at 77

Ian Abercrombie, the British stage actor best known as Elaine's boss Mr. Pitt on Seinfeld, has died. He was 77.Abercrombie died Thursday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles from complications of kidney failure, according to the Los Angeles Times. He had recently been diagnosed with lymphoma.See other stars we've lostBorn in England, Abercrombie started out as a stage dancer and made his American stage debut in 1955 in a production of Stalag 17 with Jason Robards. After serving in the Army as part of Special Services in Germany, he returned to acting, appearing in numerous plays, TV shows and films before a seven-episode arc on Seinfeld changed his life."Incredibly so," he told CNN in 1998. "I mean, I have been ...

Mon, Jan 30, 2012

Ian Abercrombie, Elaine's Boss on Seinfeld, Dies at 77

Justice for TV's Wonder Women

Female comic-book characters have taken a beating on screen in recent years — and not just in the course of battling the bad guys. Despite big budgets and big stars, the dreary Elektra and the unintentionally campy Catwoman both failed creatively and at the box office. Television hasn't done much better (at least not since the '70s when Lynda Carter's Wonder Woman was fighting for our rights in her satin tights). Birds of Prey, WB's mangled 2002 adaptation of a DC Comics series about a group of vigilantes, was plagued by cringe-inducing dialogue — "We ruled Gotham's nights and answered to no one but ourselves" — and cheesy special effects. But on Saturday, June 4, two Birds of Prey characters, Huntress and Black Canary, get another chance on TV, headlining "Double Date," an exceptional episode of Cartoon Network's superhero cavalcade Justice League Unlimited. The script is by Gail Simone, who writes th

Fri, Jun 3, 2005