Ratings Win For "Smallville: Absolute Justice"

7 February 2010 8:24 AM, PST | SneakPeek | See recent SneakPeek news »

"Smallville: Absolute Justice", the 2-hour, Vancouver-lensed CW special broadcast, combining two previously unaired "Smallville" episodes, attracted more than 2.8 million viewers, for the largest audience of the show's season.

The feature-length episode, showcasing 1940's superhero comic book team, "The Justice Society" earned good numbers in all categories, including adults 18-49, men 18-49, and adults 18-34.

Glen Winters directed the first hour and actor Tom Welling directed the second hour, connecting the unaired TV episodes "Society" and "Legends".

Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Dennis Neville, the original 'Hawkman' debuted in 1940's Flash Comics #1, followed by several incarnations in DC Comics.

As a crime-fighter, Hawkman "fights the evils of the present with weapons of the past", while wearing large, artificial wings, attached to a harness made from the rare 'Nth' metal, enabling him to fly like an eagle.

In "Absolute Justice", "...A man named 'Sylvester Pemberton' tracks down 'Chloe' (Allison Mack »

- Michael Stevens

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