During the Television Critics Association tour, we had a chance to attend a Q&A with the producers of Supergirl, Sarah Schechter and Ali Adler. For its new season on The CW, Supergirl has added Tyler Hoechlin to the cast as Superman/Clark Kent, Katie McGrath as Lena Luthor, and Floriana Lima as Maggie Sawyer, in addition to Lynda Carter as The President and Andrea Brooks as Eve Tessmacher.

Here’s what they told us…

You’ve talked about why you waited to introduce Superman, to give Kara the focus in the first season. Now that you’re bringing Superman in, what does it allow you to do narratively and thematically?

Ali Adler: I think we got to introduce her as her and it’s her show and it’s her point of view. We just really wanted it to be through that lens. I think we talked about that before. Honestly, I don’t think DC was ready to make him available to us until the time.