Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Tuesday, June 1. All times are Eastern.
Top pick
Superman & Lois (The CW, 9 p.m.): The CW’s Arrowverse shows have a knack for season-one surprises. Last week, Superman & Lois unveiled its first big unexpected character reveal. Before we check in with Caroline Siede’s thoughts on the matter, we’ll mention that The CW is very courteously replaying “Man Of Steel,” last week’s episode, at 8 p.m., so if you missed it, you can catch up just in time for the new episode. You’ll also want to stop reading now, before we jump into this excerpt from Caroline’s recap of the episode:
The CW’s Supes shows love a big seventh episode reveal. It was in Supergirl’s seventh episode that Hank Henshaw admitted he was actually J’onn J’onzz the Martian Manhunter. And now Superman & Lois’ seventh episode delivers an equally big twist. It turns out Wolé Parks’ Captain Luthor isn’t a Luthor at all. He’s actually John Henry Irons—a DC Comics character otherwise known as Steel. In the comics, Irons is an engineering genius with a suit of steel who stepped into Superman’s role when Clark was killed by Doomsday in a ’90s crossover event. Steel was also rather, er, memorably brought to life by Shaquille O’Neal in a 1997 film. And now he makes his small screen live-action debut in a newly reimagined form.
Yes, please! Watch for Caroline’s recap of “Holding The Wrench” after the episode airs.
Regular coverage
Lucifer (Netflix, streaming now): Binge coverage continues
Wild cards
Changing The Game (Hulu, 12:01 a.m., premiere): This timely (Happy Pride!) sports documentary from Michael Barnett “takes us into the lives of three high school athletes—all at different stages of their athletic seasons, personal lives, and unique paths as transgender teens.”
Roh (Netflix, 3:01 a.m., premiere): Terrifying child holds pointy dagger and says ominous things alert!
Chopped (Food Network, 9 p.m., 50th-season premiere): Jump in the Food Network time machine for this milestone season premiere, in which the chefs have to revisit dishes from the swinging ’60s. No trailer, so we’re just picturing a lot of aspic.
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In a vacuum, Superman and Lois is a great show (outside of Jordan, who is an insufferable twit), but man, I wish the lead duo were played by other people. Don’t get me wrong, Hoechlin and Tulloch are great, but they’re supposed to be the same characters as Supergirl, but it doesn’t feel that way. I get that the writers didn’t want to get bogged down and do something different, but refusing to acknowledge that Superman has a famous cousin or that he works with other heroes is frustrating me too much right now. It was bad enough that they have basically made half of its parent show non-canon, as well as change how the Kent farm and Fortress of Solitude look, but the extreme lengths the show is going to make Clark the only hero in the world keeps me from fully enjoying the show.It’s not helping when they do stuff like name Jonathan’s ex-girlfriend Eliza, which is the same name as Kara’s mom, yet the latter gets no mention, despite the fact that she likely still lives in Smallville, or not have any of the Danvers attend Ma Kent’s funeral.
Most likely its set in a different universe a new Superverse because we all know that the Arrowverse is dying and supergirl is about to finish and even the flash is on it’s last legs with Cisco and wells leaving
Bitsie Tulloch as Lois Lane just keeps reminding me of the Prime Minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern.