Last fall was rough for fans of Henry Cavill’s Superman, because after his cameo in Black Adam and a tease we’d be seeing more of him in the DC Extended Universe, it was announced that the actor’s time as the Man of Steel was coming to an end in favor of James Gunn rebooting the character with 2025’s Superman: Legacy. Still, with four full film appearances under his belt (counting both versions of Justice League), Cavill had a solid run as Superman and built up an appropriately-sized fanbase. However, lately I’ve been thinking about how another live-action take on the Superman mythology that doesn’t get nearly as much love as it deserves.
In 2021, five years after Tyler Hoechlin made his first appearance as Superman on Supergirl, and three years after Elizabeth Tulloch debuted as Lois Lane during the “Elseworlds” crossover, Superman & Lois premiered on The CW, and it recently began its third season. And yet, even with so much positive reception surrounding the series two years later, I’m dismayed by the amount of chatter I see for it; there should be a lot more! So if you’ll sit with me a bit, here are a few reasons why Superman & Lois should be talked about more as one of the best DC TV shows out there.
