(Photo: Justine Yeung/The CW)
Superman & Lois will have a much smaller regular cast when The CW series returns for its shortened fourth season. Seven series regulars have been cut from the superhero show. These cast members are Dylan Walsh, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Erik Valdez, Inde Navarrette, Wolé Parks, Tayler Buck, and Sofia Hasmik. Five of the axed cast members have been with the drama series since its premiere.
The actors playing the core Kent family — Tyler Hoechlin, Elizabeth Tulloch, Michael Bishop, and Alex Garfin — are the only ones who will be seen in every episode.
It is possible the seven departed cast members could be seen as guest stars or in recurring roles, but that is only if they are available to appear. and as the budget allows The cuts were made as part of cost-cutting measures and the fourth season will have just 10 episodes next season.
One cast member has seen their role increase for season four. Per Deadline, Michael Cudlitz has been promoted to series regular. Cudlitz joined The CW series this season as the new face of villainous Lex Luthor.
A premiere date for Superman & Lois season four will be announced later.
What do you think? Are you surprised by these cuts to the cast? Do you plan to watch season four of the series when it arrives?
I’m glad they’re bringing it back for another season even if it is with a reduced cast, it’s better than canceling it with a cliffhanger. At least we still get episodes with the main characters in the family. I’m sure most of those actors will still be brought back as guest stars on a few episodes apiece.
The CW is a joke now. Superman & Lois as well as Walker are the only truly good shows picked up for the 2024 season. Once those shows are finished, the CW is finished in my opinion. Nexstar really destroyed the CW.
may as well axe the show now
The CW is cutting their own throat. They are abandoning their core audience.
There has been a lot of this behavior lately from networks. Putting politics aside, it is baffling how — for example — CNN thought it could draw a conservative audience while not pushing away its liberal core. We’ve seen similar attempts to find a wider audience with Syfy that ended up pushing away sci-fi fans. This move by the CW feels the most extreme — they are banking on essentially building a new network since virtually all of their recent moves will alienate the traditional CW audience.
Well, the common denominator there is that CW & CNN were destroyed by the same “parent company”. Though they sold CW off, after they destroyed it.
SyFy is owned by Comcast, and they’re notorious for not caring what their customer base thinks about any of their products and/or services, so no big shock there either.
Root cause of both is the wave of massive media consolidations & mergers that were enabled by the “Telecommunications Act of 1996”.
First of all, I’m actually shocked that any DC show got a renewal on this new gutted joke of a network that is the “new” CW.
I am surprised they’re writing off General Grandpa, since he’s been a fairly significant part of the show so far. At least he’s still got the recurring gig on Blue Bloods, so it’s not like he’ll be unable to pay his bills.