Congrats to Elizabeth Tulloch and Superman & Lois for winning the 2023 Sentinel Award for the Season 3 storyline involving breast cancer.
The Sentinel Awards are an initiative by the Hollywood Health & Society (HH&S) program to recognize and honor television shows and films that address critical health and social issues in an accurate and impactful manner. These awards aim to acknowledge the media’s power to shape perceptions, behaviors, and attitudes towards various health and social topics. The recognition encourages the inclusion of accurate and responsible portrayals of health and societal issues in entertainment media, ultimately promoting awareness and education among viewers.
“It was such an honor for Superman & Lois to accept a Hollywood Sentinel Award for Lois’s breast cancer storyline at the WGA Sentinel Awards. The EPs, writers & I worked very closely this season with oncologists, surgeons, survivors, & the families who love them,” said Tulloch.
In the second episode of Season 3, Lois reveals to Clark that she has Stage 3 breast cancer which plays out in the rest of the season. This leads to her getting treatment as a chemo patient at a hospital in Hob’s Bay, an area run by the bad guy in the series, Bruno, whose wife is also undergoing treatments. Clark also joins a support group for chemo patients’ spouses. Lois undergoes a double mastectomy.
It was such an honor for Superman & Lois to accept a Hollywood Sentinel Award for Lois’s breast cancer storyline at the WGA Sentinel Awards. The EPs, writers & I worked very closely this season with oncologists, surgeons, survivors, & the families who love them. #SupermanAndLois pic.twitter.com/UkSMvUgGGY
— Elizabeth Tulloch (@BitsieTulloch) December 13, 2023
Season 4 is goodbye
DC and The CW have confirmed Superman & Lois Season 4 will be the last for the series, which is premiering later in 2024.
“The CW Network today announced the hit series Superman & Lois starring Tyler Hoechlin and Elizabeth Tulloch will conclude with its upcoming fourth season. The 10-episode final season is slated to air on The CW in 2024,” announced the network in November.
“Over the last three seasons, Superman & Lois redefined both the superhero genre and family drama as Tyler, Elizabeth and the entire cast effortlessly portrayed these classic characters with new layers of depth and complexity that had never before been explored in the Superman universe,” said Brad Schwartz, President of Entertainment, The CW Network. “We are grateful for the years of hard work and graceful storytelling from the show’s writers, producers, actors and crew, as well as our terrific partners at Warner Bros. Television and Berlanti Productions. As Superman embarks on his final flight, the team is leaving us with an absolutely epic 10-episode must-watch-every-minute farewell to one of the most legendary CW families ever.”
“While we’re sad to say goodbye to Superman & Lois at the end of Season Four, we’re grateful for the time we’ve had with our amazing cast, crew, vfx teams, editors, musical geniuses, and writers. Since the day this show was first discussed, it was about family. And that’s what was created—on and off screen,” said executive producers and co-showrunners Todd Helbing and Brent Fletcher. “We’d like to thank our partners at Berlanti Productions, DC, WB and The CW for their endless support and enthusiasm during this journey…and give a very special thank you to all the fans for tuning in. We’re thrilled about what we have in store in our final season, and can’t wait for everyone to watch as Superman, Lois and all our heroes face off against the biggest threat in the show’s history—Lex Luthor.”
