Status: Cancelled
Aired: 2021-24, 4 Seasons Totaling 53 Episodes
Series Premiere: February 23, 2021
Network: The CW
Starring: Tyler Hoechlin, Elizabeth Tulloch, Jordan Elsass, Alexander Garfin, Dylan Walsh
Streaming: Max.com
Description: After years of facing supervillains, monsters and alien invaders, the world’s most famous superhero, The Man of Steel aka Clark Kent and comic books’ famed journalist Lois Lane come face to face with one of their greatest challenges ever — dealing with being working parents in today’s society. Complicating the already daunting job of raising two boys, Clark and Lois worry about whether their sons, Jonathan and Jordan, could inherit their father’s Kryptonian superpowers as they grow older. Returning to Smallville to handle some Kent family business, Clark and Lois are reacquainted with Lana Lang and her Fire Chief husband, Kyle Cushing. The adults aren’t the only ones rediscovering old friendships in Smallville as the Kent sons are reacquainted with Lana and Kyle’s rebellious daughter, Sarah. Of course, there’s never a dull moment in the life of a superhero, especially with Lois’ father, Gen. Samuel Lane looking for Superman to vanquish a villain or save the day at a moment’s notice. CWTV.com
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Why Was It Cancelled? This was one of the highest-rated scripted shows on The CW throughout its run, even out-pacing The Flash at times. But the network came under new ownership, and they decided to go a different direction with scripted programming, focusing on inexpensive acquisitions. Superman & Lois could have moved to Max and continued for several more seasons, but James Gunn and Peter Safran were in the process of rebooting the DC Universe and they did not want a competing Superman series on that platform. So S&L was given a final, budget-slashed, ten-episode season to wrap up its storylines, causing it to go out with a whimper. More on that at this link.
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