Adrianne Palicki – best known for her appearances in Supernatural, Smallville, Aquaman and Friday Night Lights – is to wear the satin tights in the new version of Wonder Woman.

Don't expect to hear anything as camp as the 70s TV show theme tune in David E Kelley's more serious NBC series. But you will see CW regular Adrianne Palicki lassoing the truth from bad guys after deflecting their bullets with her bracelets.

How, we wonder, can Kelley make these elements work in a more po-faced execution?

Here's the party line: "The series pilot is a reinvention of the iconic DC Comics title in which Wonder Woman — a.k.a. Diana Prince — is a vigilante crime fighter in Los Angeles but also a successful corporate executive and a modern woman trying to balance all of the elements of her extraordinary life."

So, Ally McBeal meets Heroes? Hmm.

Palicki has done solid work but never really stood out as a potential star of a show, so will this be her moment to shine?