Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman 

In addition to fighting evil, Superman has a burning romance with Lois Lane in both his identities.

Creators:

Deborah Joy LeVine, Joe Shuster, Jerry Siegel

Stars:

Dean Cain, Teri Hatcher, Lane Smith

Nominated for 5 Primetime Emmys. Another 2 wins & 8 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Dean Cain	...	Clark Kent / ... 87 episodes, 1993-1997
Teri Hatcher	...	Lois Lane / ... 87 episodes, 1993-1997
Lane Smith	...	Perry White / ... 87 episodes, 1993-1997
K Callan	...	Martha Kent 87 episodes, 1993-1997
Eddie Jones	...	Jonathan Kent 87 episodes, 1993-1997
Justin Whalin	...	Jimmy Olsen 66 episodes, 1994-1997

Storyline

Lois and Clark is based on Superman being a Generation X man. In his twenties somewhere Clark must experience life as a pre-thirties pupil. Lois, as always, is by his side at the Daily Planet, adding that oh-so-ever romantic side to his life. The relationship between Lois and Clark, is as always, a platonic but on the edge of mad love, type of experience.

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Plot Keywords:

superhero | flying man | flying superhero | man wears eyeglasses | clark kent character | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Romance | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Official Sites:

WB Home Entertainment - DVD site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 September 1993 (USA)

Also Known As:

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

Filming Locations:

New York Street, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

December 3rd Productions, Gangbuster Films Inc., Lorimar Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

46 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

4:3

Did You Know?

Trivia

Deborah Joy LeVine and her writing team were dismissed after the first season. New Producer Robert Singer, was brought in, with the task of focusing the show more on action, and the romance between Lois and Clark.

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Quotes

Superman: I really do believe that we're all put here on this earth, or whatever planet we're put on, to do better than we think we can. To be kind, helpful, generous, and forgiving.

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Connections

Referenced in Supernatural: The French Mistake (2011)

User Reviews

SUPERMAN + a series like MOONLIGHTING=LOIS & CLARK

An adaptation of a feature character like SUPERMAN will have a great deal of variance, not only in the era that it is in, but also the audience (demographics) that is desired to r-r-r-r-reach. This was a point always taken into consideration by National Comics Publications( AKA DC Comics), the Copywright owner of Superman and his friends. Therefore in the 1950's, National/DC published comic magazines such as SUPERBOY and JIMMY OLSEN to appeal to the younger kids,especially boys.And alas, they did the girl's Superman magazine, LOIS LANE.All featured Superman, but with a little different spin or, point of view, if you will.

With the appearance of LOIS & CLARK, they were sort of giving us a girl's version of the Super saga,much like the comic book LOIS LANE.But this telling was a program designed to get the female audience, without alienating the guys.

Much like the BATMAN TV of 1966-68, there was a large cross section of the viewing public who grew up with and were quite familiar with the storyline. The answer to the problem was to add plenty of humor, not of the "Camp" type of the Batman show, but some sort of resembling what has come to be known as "Screwball" comedy. The adventure story line is still there, but the humor allows a wider group of people to view the episodes.

The result was a Superman series with wide appeal that fit very well in with its time slot in history as well as ABC's programing schedule.