Cast Changes For Superman And Lois Announced - Majority of cast move from 'Regular' to 'Recurring' - No one fired

Several articles came out this morning about the cast changes to Superman and Lois in light of the shows renewal and budget reductions to get that renewal.

Deadline posted an article that seemed to imply they were firing the majority of the cast and numerous other sites have picked it up as such.

This is NOT THE CASE.

As reported Tyler Hoechlin and Elizabeth Tulloch will return as the title characters and Michael Bishop and Alex Garfin will be back as Jonathan and Jordan as "series regulars".

Also signed as a Regular will be Michael Cudlitz who portrays Lex Luthor (appearing the first time in the upcoming episode).

The rest of the regular cast, Dylan Walsh (General Lane), Emmanuelle Chriqui (Lana Lang), Erik Valdez (Kyle Cortez), Wole Parks (John Henry Irons), Inde Navarrette (Sarah Cortez), Tayler Buck (Natalie Irons) and Sofia Hasmik (Chrissy Bepo) have been moved down to 'Recurring Characters'. THEY HAVE NOT BEEN FIRED.

If you are a regular character that means your name appears in the main credits because you are contracted to appear in a majority of the episodes and are paid accordingly.

If you are a recurring character you appear in multiple episodes, not the majority, but probably don't have a guarantee and do not appear in the main credits and likewise are paid accordingly.

What does this mean? It means that we will get less of the Cushing family storyline, probably less Chrissy and less Sam Lane.

Behind the scenes I'm also guessing that some cast members and crew have taken a pay cut.

Unfortunately, this is what had to happen to make the fourth season happen at all. This is not that much different than what happened when SUPERGIRL moved from CBS to the CW and to Canada.

Bottom line, we're lucky we got S4 and changes had to be made to get it.