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CW's SUPERMAN AND LOIS show (TBD)
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On 2/5/2021 at 12:33 AM, ninanina said:

If you get to see Batwoman, Supergirl, Flash and Legends in Canada (I do), it will be on the same station. 

Found it.

Batwoman and Supergirl are on Showcase.

Legends of Tommorow & Superman & Lois are on SCI Fi Channel in Canada

 

Flash and Black Lightning no TV Carrier in Canada unless you have a subscription to US superstations

 

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Shows such as these are as popular as ever, but at the risk of oversaturating that market, each show needs to do something to make itself stand out from the rest of the crop. Luckily this was something that they had at the front of their mind when developing the spin-off of Supergirl and the other shows.

 

“Whenever you do any of these shows, you want to make them slightly different,” showrunner Todd Helbing said in a TCA panel (via Deadline). “We just approached this as much as we could like a feature — from the aspect ratio to the cinematography to the look to the design of the house and farm. We are competing with shows on cable and streamers…we wanted to be able to do that and offer audiences something of equal quality.”


Series co-star Elizabeth Tulloch, reprising her part of Lois Lane from the Elseworlds and Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover alongside Tyler Hoechlin's Man of Steel, also opened up about the differences in the series and other shows, noting that being told the writers were comparing it Friday Night Lights was what sold her on the series.

 

“It was really grounded and really real,” she added. “Part of what I am hoping audiences respond to in our show is that this couple — even though she’s this dynamic journalist and even though he is Superman — are incredibly relatable and they are dealing with the same issues that normal people deal with.”

 

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Early screening feedback.

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Jesse Schedeen, IGN

Superman & Lois is far more entertaining than its fairly generic title might suggest. The series makes the most of Tyler Hoechlin and Elizabeth Tulloch's chemistry, utilizing the two characters and their romance in a way Supergirl never could.

 

Sam Stone, CBR

There's plenty of promise here and lots of nods and crowd-pleasing moments that really remind audiences why Superman is such an iconic character that has thrilled millions for generations. Led by an appealing cast and balancing high-flying superhero action with family drama, Superman & Lois is off to a solid start if it can drop its more self-serious trappings and tighten its narrative focus on the Kent family.

 

Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine

Well, here is today’s headline from the Smallville Gazette: Superman & Lois works. And oftentimes it is quite wonderful.

 

Russ Burlingame, ComicBook

With a beautifully filmed premiere episode from Riverdale and The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina veteran Lee Toland Krieger, The CW's Superman & Lois has set a very high standard for itself -- and for superhero shows to follow in the Arrowverse.

 

David Opie, Digital Spy

Despite being one of the most popular heroes ever created, Superman is a hard one to pin down. Make him too heroic and he comes across as goofy. Make him too dark and you risk betraying the character at his core. Superman & Lois commendably tries to navigate that balance, but the lighter aspects of this story are smothered by clunky scripting and a distinct lack of charm.

 

Paul Dailly, TV Fanatic

Being a superhero is hard, but trying to save the world while simultaneously raising two children appears to be a recipe for disaster. Superman & Lois is The CW's latest foray into the superhero genre, and it presents a nice change of pace.

 

Jay Snow, Hypable

All in all, so far, I’m impressed with what Superman and Lois has managed to do. It’s not the strongest pilot by any means, though it has quite a bit of potential for the future of the show.

 

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Arrowverse star Tyler Hoechlin explains why Superman is and always will be relevant, regardless of the time period he's being depicted in.

 

Arrowverse star Tyler Hoechlin explains why Superman is always relevant, regardless of the time period. Hoechlin first slipped on the Man of Steel's cape in the second season of Supergirl and over the years has returned to the role for various Arrowverse crossovers. With Superman & Lois, the CW's latest DC offering, Hoechlin will finally lead his own show as the iconic hero. He'll be joined by Elizabeth Tulloch, who plays intrepid reporter Lois Lane. Superman & Lois follows the two as they move their family from Metropolis to Smallville and learn to balance their world famous personas with the struggles of parenthood.

 

As a character, Superman is someone who has seemingly always been around. At the very least, he's been portrayed onscreen numerous times both in film and on television; in fact, not long after Superman & Lois premieres next week, Henry Cavill's Superman will get new life with Zack Snyder's Justice League. It's easy, then, to wonder how on earth Superman can stick around in pop culture for so long and still remain fresh. Superman & Lois is taking some steps to make this iteration of the hero unique, but the question still remains.

 

Hoechlin has an answer for that: Superman is always relevant. While talking to EW about Superman & Lois, Hoechlin was asked about how one makes the DC hero stay relevant after several years and numerous adaptations. He countered by wondering, when is it not important to have a character who stands for good? Hoechlin remarked:

 

"As far as being relevant, the one thing I always look at is, 'When is it irrelevant that you need someone who is always there to do good?' I hope to God we don't have a time where we don't think it's important to have people around who just stand up for what's right and help those who can't help themselves kind of thing. For me, that relevant question always come back to that. I don't know a time that we're ever not going to need people who step in to do good and do the right thing."

 

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On 2/8/2021 at 7:50 PM, Ares said:

Found it.

Batwoman and Supergirl are on Showcase.

Legends of Tommorow & Superman & Lois are on SCI Fi Channel in Canada

 

Flash and Black Lightning no TV Carrier in Canada unless you have a subscription to US superstations

 

Pilot is on this Tuesday (in Winnipeg anyway) on PIX at 7:00 and at 8:00 it's on CTV Sci Fi. If you're using your PVR the pilot is only 1 1/2 hours but there's a 1/2 hour show following the pilot you'll need to tape as well. And if that's not enough, it's also showing on KTLA.:wishluck:

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Made for young teens and tweeners.  And of course fanboys and fangirls who will like any superhero movie or 
TV show.  For adults it's garbage with dialouge that only 10-year-olds will like.  All the network cares is that it is a ratings bonanza.     We're talking GARBAGE.

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An analyst made a really good point about Superman.

Forcing a 'MY SUPERMAN only does things one way' limits the character to either being only a certain way. Either more serious, more lighthearted or somewhere in the middle where he's so generalized for mass-appeal he is irrelevant. Having options opens doors.

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Review: New ‘Superman & Lois’ series is the CW’s most confident ‘Arrowverse’ debut yet

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“Must there be a Superman?”

 

The question — rife with opportunities for meta-textual deconstruction — was first proffered by author Elliot S. Maggin in a 1972 comic book story (and echoed by news anchor Charlie Rose in the 2016 feature film “Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice”), but if we take the Man of Steel’s continued ubiquity on television as any indication, then the answer is a resounding yes.


The CW’s new series, “Superman & Lois,” premiering with a two-hour event on Tuesday, Feb. 23, is a fresh take on the classic story that not only demonstrates the continued resiliency of the Last Son of Krypton’s myth, but also makes a strong case for why Superman still matters to audiences new and old.

 

Starring Tyler Hoechlin and Elizabeth Tulloch as the title twosome, “Superman & Lois” is a spin-off of CW stablemate “Supergirl” (now entering its sixth and final season). It’s also the latest entry in a remarkable DC Comics-based television franchise, known to fans as the “Arrowverse,” that’s proliferated on the network since the 2012 debut of “Arrow.”

 

While “Superman & Lois” isn’t a continuation of “Smallville” or “Lois & Clark,” in many ways its setting and mission statement make it feel like one of those reboots that have become commonplace in recent years; catching viewers up with beloved characters, decades later, as they navigate a new stage of their lives. It says something about how much the keystones of the Superman story have been subsumed into the cultural bloodstream that a show like this can pick up with this status quo so easily.

 

At once spin-off, sequel and reinvention, “Superman & Lois” offers a loving synthesis of elements from the Superman mythos, spanning everything from the iconic films by Richard Donner and Zack Snyder to the various TV incarnations. This is the CW’s most confident DC debut and a new, exciting chapter for the “world’s greatest hero.”

 

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In the latest TV show ratings, Superman & Lois‘ 90-minute premiere event averaged 1.71 million total viewers and a 0.4 demo rating — with its first hour delivering The CW’s largest audience in that time slot (1.71 mil) in two years, since The Flash 5×12. And while it was not quite a Walker, which debuted last month to 2.44 mil and nearly a 0.4, it did deliver The CW’s second-largest season or series premiere audience since Batwoman circa Fall 2019.


TVLine readers gave Superman & Lois‘ launch an average grade of “A-,” with 93 percent planning to stay tuned when it lands in its regular Tuesdays-at-9 slot next week; read our post mortem.

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On 2/18/2021 at 12:08 AM, ninanina said:

Pilot is on this Tuesday (in Winnipeg anyway) on PIX at 7:00 and at 8:00 it's on CTV Sci Fi. If you're using your PVR the pilot is only 1 1/2 hours but there's a 1/2 hour show following the pilot you'll need to tape as well. And if that's not enough, it's also showing on KTLA.:wishluck:

To get pix 11 or the US supersations I have to subscribe them so I wont do it until  Flash starts.  or go to Piracy

Sci Fi will do for now

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