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''Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman'' is an American
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television series based on the DC Comics character
Superman Superman is a superhero created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, which first appeared in the comic book ''Action Comics'' Action Comics 1, #1, published in the United States on April 18, 1938.The copyright date of ''Action Comics ...
created by
Jerry Siegel Jerome "Jerry" Siegel ( ; October 17, 1914 – January 28, 1996) Roger Stern. ''Superman: Sunday Classics: 1939–1943'' DC Comics/ Kitchen Sink Press, Inc./ Sterling Publishing; 2006 was an American comic book writer. He was the co-creator of ...
and
Joe Shuster Joseph Shuster ( ; July 10, 1914 – July 30, 1992) was a Canadian-American comic book artist best known for co-creating the DC Comics character Superman, with Jerry Siegel, in ''Action Comics'' #1 ( cover-dated June 1938). Shuster was involv ...
. It stars
Dean Cain Dean George Cain ( né Tanaka; born July 31, 1966) is an American actor. From 1993 to 1997, he played Clark Kent / Superman in the TV series '' Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman''. Cain was the host of '' Ripley's Believe It or Not! ...
as
Clark Kent Superman is a superhero created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, which first appeared in the comic book ''Action Comics'' Action Comics 1, #1, published in the United States on April 18, 1938.The copyright date of ''Action Comics ...
/ Superman and
Teri Hatcher Teri Lynn Hatcher (born December 8, 1964) is an American actress best known for her portrayals of Lois Lane on the television series ''Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman'' (1993–1997). She also played Paris Carver in the ''Production ...
as
Lois Lane Lois Lane is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, she first appeared in ''Action Comics'' Action Comics 1, #1 (June 1938). Lois is an award-winning ...
. The series aired on
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from September 12, 1993, to June 14, 1997. Developed for television by
Deborah Joy LeVine Deborah Joy LeVine is an American television writer and producer who wrote the TV series, '' Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman'', which ran from 1993 to 1997. Filmography * ' (associate producer) (1985) * '' Samaritan: The Mitch Snyd ...
, the series loosely followed the modern origin of Superman, established by writer John Byrne, in which Clark Kent is the true personality and Superman a disguise. The series focuses on the relationship and romance between Lois and Clark as much as the adventures of Clark's alter ego, Superman.


Premise

On May 17, 1966,
Jonathan and Martha Kent Jonathan Kent and Martha Kent (often referred to as "Pa" and "Ma" Kent, respectively) are fictional characters in American comic books published by DC Comics. They are the adoptive parents of Superman, and live in the rural town of Smallville (co ...
witness the crash-landing of a small spaceship in Shuster's Field outside of
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,
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. They discover the baby Kal-El inside and raise him as their own, naming him Clark Jerome Kent. The series opens in 1993, on the day that the 27-year-old Clark moves to
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after leaving his position as a newspaper editor of ''Smallville Press'' and interviews for a job at the ''
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'' under editor
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. Clark becomes acquainted with photographer
Jimmy Olsen Jimmy Olsen is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Olsen is most often portrayed as a young photojournalist working for the ''Daily Planet''. He is close friends with Lois Lane and Superman, Clark Kent ...
and gossip columnist
Cat Grant Cat Grant is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. In live-action television, the character has been played by Tracy Scoggins in '' Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman'', Keri Lynn Pratt in ''S ...
. Metropolis is a much more vibrant place than Smallville, but also more dangerous, and Clark becomes concerned at the difficulty of using his superhuman powers to help people without exposing his extraterrestrial nature and therefore ruining all chance for a normal life. His solution is to wear a costume, enabling him to freely use his powers in an alternate identity. He also frequently has to find a way to use his powers in secret, without the opportunity to discreetly change into costume. Soon after being hired at ''The Daily Planet'', Clark is partnered with star reporter
Lois Lane Lois Lane is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, she first appeared in ''Action Comics'' Action Comics 1, #1 (June 1938). Lois is an award-winning ...
. Clark falls in love with Lois, but she instead becomes infatuated with Clark's alter ego, naming him
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, while initially dismissing Clark as a dimwitted and sentimental hick. Where Clark excels at reporting human interest stories, Lois specializes in exposing political scandals and criminal operations, leading to her frequently ending up in perilous situations from which Superman must rescue her. In time, Clark earns Lois's respects after she sees his intelligence and competency as a reporter along his morality and kindness to others, and they become friends. A hologram-projecting globe later reveals to Clark that he was not abandoned by his biological parents, but that they sent him to Earth in order to save him from the destruction of his home planet, which his parents were unable to escape. Superman's mission interferes with the illegal dealings of
Lex Luthor Alexander "Lex" Joseph Luthor () is a supervillain in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, the character first appeared in ''Action Comics'' #23 (published on February 22, 1940, with a cover d ...
, a Metropolis business giant and philanthropist. Superman alone knows of Lex's evil nature, and Luthor perceives Superman as a worthy opponent and a relief from his ennui.


Series history


Season 1 (1993–1994)

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and
Dean Cain Dean George Cain ( né Tanaka; born July 31, 1966) is an American actor. From 1993 to 1997, he played Clark Kent / Superman in the TV series '' Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman''. Cain was the host of '' Ripley's Believe It or Not! ...
received critical praise for their performances. The scene in the
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in which Clark walks up a wall was accomplished with a special rotating room, which required Cain to time his approach to the wall to coincide with the room rotating to leave the wall on the bottom. Lex develops an interest in Lois Lane and through most of the season tries to woo her. Although Lois is receptive to his romantic advances, she remains infatuated with Superman. Lois also develops feelings for Clark, but represses or denies them. Lex orchestrates multiple illegal schemes to acquire profit and power, in most cases with even Superman never realizing his involvement, and unable to prove that involvement in those cases where he is aware of it. In the episode "The Green, Green Glow of Home", the Kents' neighbor Wayne Irig unearths a large chunk of
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near the landing site of Clark's spaceship and sends a small sample of it to a lab for analysis. Clark destroys the large chunk in the same episode, but this exposes Superman's critical weakness, and the small sample is stolen and would pass from one set of wrong hands to another throughout the series. The season concludes with a two-part story in which Lex's criminal activities are publicly exposed and he commits suicide to escape justice. ''Lois & Clark'' was second in its time slot during the fall (behind ''
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'') and scored high with adults ages 18 to 49, a key demograph for which advertisers pay a premium, but finished at No. 65 out of 132 prime-time programs. ABC considered this an overall disappointing performance, though they approved a full second season in hopes that the changes being made to the production staff would yield an increase in ratings.


Season 2 (1994–1995)

In season two, the character of Cat Grant was dropped, Lex Luthor was eliminated from the main cast and became an occasional guest character, and Michael Landes was replaced with Justin Whalin as Jimmy Olsen. The Olsen role was recast because the show's new producers felt that Landes was too similar to Dean Cain in age and type. Series creator
Deborah Joy LeVine Deborah Joy LeVine is an American television writer and producer who wrote the TV series, '' Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman'', which ran from 1993 to 1997. Filmography * ' (associate producer) (1985) * '' Samaritan: The Mitch Snyd ...
wanted Lex Luthor to remain a regular cast member, but the network felt that having Superman fight the same villain every week without ever defeating him ultimately made Superman seem inept, and preferred a rotating cast of villains which would give the characters a variety of threats to overcome. LeVine, the visual effects supervisor, and the entire first-season writing team were also dismissed. Robert Singer, who took over from the original executive producer just six episodes into the first season, planned a stronger focus on action; the show also shifted its focus onto the budding romance between Lois and Clark. With the show's budget increased and new visual effects supervisor Mark Zarate on board, the second season used more elaborate and convincing special effects than those seen in the first season. Zarate filmed lasers and composited them into shots to create more realistic visuals of Superman's heat vision and X-ray vision. The destruction and rebuilding of the ''Daily Planet'' building at the end of season one also gave Singer an excuse to build a new ''Daily Planet'' set, one more suited to the production demands of a weekly television show. Though there was no central villain this season, the criminal organization
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served as an overarching menace; nearly half of the villains this season were directly or indirectly affiliated with Intergang. The removal of Lex Luthor as the main villain also allowed other villains from the comics to appear (such as The Prankster,
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, and the Toyman, though they generally went by their civilian names rather than their supervillain codenames). This season also featured the debut of fan-favorite villain Tempus and
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appeared as a time-traveler. The new writing staff all enjoyed coming up with excuses for Clark to use to terminate conversations so that he could run off and change to Superman, so these excuses and Lois's increasing hurt and frustration at them were made both an ongoing subplot and
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throughout the season. To further increase the romantic drama, the writers introduced recurring characters to serve as romantic rivals: Mayson Drake, a
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who takes a romantic interest in Clark but has a total lack of regard for Superman, and Dan Scardino, a
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agent who is a self-professed "loose cannon" in the tradition of
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. In the season finale, Clark proposes to Lois but Lois' response is not shown as a cliffhanger for the next season. Season two became a success and garnered higher ratings in its initial airings, ending the season in 58th place.


Season 3 (1995–1996)

Season three averaged more than 18 million viewers per episode and ranked 44th for the season. Due to this strong performance, ABC renewed the series contract for an additional two seasons instead of just one. In the premiere episode, Lois responds to Clark's marriage proposal by revealing that she figured out Clark's secret identity during the events of the season 2 finale, and she expresses concern about how she can trust him when he has kept that secret from her for so long. After they separate for a time, she and Clark carry out assignments where they either pose as a married couple or are alone together for an entire weekend, and they resolve their disagreements. Lois finally accepts Clark's engagement ring in the seventh episode, "Ultra Woman". ABC announced that the wedding would occur on Valentine's Day weekend, with ABC sending heart-shaped "wedding invitations" to ABC News staff. A controversy erupted when ABC presented the viewers with a bogus wedding, with Clark unwittingly married to a clone of Lois. This was the start of a three-part story in which Lois is kidnapped by Lex Luthor and replaced by a clone. Once the real Lois is recovered, Lois and Clark's wedding plans are again interrupted when two other Kryptonians come to Earth, one of whom claims to be Clark's wife. Clark leaves Earth forever to become ruler of Kryptonian's world, New Krypton, in order to preempt the ascension of the evil Lord Nor to the throne and avert a civil war. Lois cannot accompany him because humans could never survive the conditions on New Krypton.


Season 4 (1996–1997)

The final season began with the resolution of the story involving a previously unknown colony of
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. Lois and Clark finally wed in the episode "Swear To God, This Time We're Not Kidding". The same week,
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released '' Superman: The Wedding Album'', featuring the marriage of Lois and Clark. The series ended on a cliffhanger in which Lois and Clark find an infant in Clark's old bassinet, along with a note that claimed the child belonged to them. Brad Buckner, executive producer, and writer for the third and fourth seasons, later revealed the planned story was that the child "was Kryptonian royalty, stashed by his mother to keep him safe from assassins". The series weakened in its Sunday 8:00 pm timeslot and was shifted to 7:00 pm in January, and was moved to Saturdays in the spring. The ratings dropped even further, and the show finished its last season in 104th place, averaging less than 10 million viewers per episode. It was removed from the schedule in May 1997. When the network canceled plans for season five, the producers and writers of the show were unprepared. ABC paid an undisclosed sum to
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in order to get out of the second half of the two-season commitment they signed at the end of season three.


Cast


Main


Recurring


Production

DC Comics president
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had been working for several years to sell the concept of a Superman television series, with the title "Lois Lane's Daily Planet". In 1991
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and
Deborah Joy LeVine Deborah Joy LeVine is an American television writer and producer who wrote the TV series, '' Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman'', which ran from 1993 to 1997. Filmography * ' (associate producer) (1985) * '' Samaritan: The Mitch Snyd ...
helped sell the series to
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television network with a new title, ''Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman''. LeVine had never read a comic book before and was more interested in pursuing a romantic comedy angle than the superhero themes. A few episodes directly emphasized that Clark was the dominant personality, not Superman. Unique to the series was the depiction of Clark Kent and Superman's traditional hairstyles being reversed—in this series, it is Superman whose hair is slicked back and Clark whose fringe falls more naturally. An additional element that reflected the post-Byrne comics was the portrayal of
Lex Luthor Alexander "Lex" Joseph Luthor () is a supervillain in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, the character first appeared in ''Action Comics'' #23 (published on February 22, 1940, with a cover d ...
as a corrupt corporate tycoon rather than the traditional mad scientist. The illusion of Superman flying was accomplished by suspending actor
Dean Cain Dean George Cain ( né Tanaka; born July 31, 1966) is an American actor. From 1993 to 1997, he played Clark Kent / Superman in the TV series '' Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman''. Cain was the host of '' Ripley's Believe It or Not! ...
with a flight harness and wires which were erased from the shots in
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; anyone Cain was carrying was independently wired. The sets were designed to have a timeless appearance, such that the show could seem to be taking place in the 1950s or the near future and not become dated in later years.


Casting

Initially, LeVine so strongly felt that Dean Cain was too young for the part of Clark Kent/Superman that after Cain finished his audition and left the room, she snapped at the casting director, "We're casting Superman, not Superboy!" However, after auditioning over a hundred prospects with none of them standing out as perfect for the role, Cain was included among the handful who got a callback for the part.
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was the runner up for the part and was nearly cast in the role until the producers changed their minds and went with Cain. Levine said what ultimately won Cain the role was his reading for the scene where Clark talks with Jonathan Kent about feeling he does not fit in. After
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was cast for the part of
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, LeVine decided to replace the character's
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from the comics with "Great shades of Elvis!", since she thought it implausible that a Southerner would ever say "Great Caesar’s ghost!". This led to Perry being portrayed as a consummate
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fan.
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was chosen for the part of Lex Luthor because he had the looks and charm of a romantic
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; LeVine wanted a Lex Luthor who could serve as a romantic rival for Superman.
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distinguished herself from the other actresses auditioning to play Martha Kent by wearing a pink track suit. Whereas the other actresses presented themselves as stereotypical farmers, Callan understood that the show's producers were looking for a modernized Martha Kent.


Broadcast


United States

From September 1997 to August 2003 all four seasons of the show were aired on
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television network. The entire series became available on
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in August 2021.


United Kingdom

The series premiered on
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on Saturday, January 8, 1994, retitled as "''The New Adventures of Superman''". The BBC held the rights to premiere the first three seasons. It also aired on CBBC's Saturday Aardvark strand (later known as Planet Saturday) at 8:30 am.
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has also repeated the series at tea times alongside ''
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'', ''
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'' and many others.
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held the premiere rights to the fourth season in 1997 and broadcast the show under the original full title. The BBC broadcast the episodes a few weeks later. Sky One broadcast seasons one, two and three just before the premiere of season four in early 1997.
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,
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,
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, Channel One and
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have also repeated the series. BBC2 last repeated season one in late 2005. Satellite channel Syfy repeated the first two seasons and the first half of season three in 2012, before replacing it with ''
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''.


Ireland

The series aired on
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from 1995 to 1998 and regularly rerun on
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from 2000 to 2002.


Home media

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has released all four seasons of ''Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman'' on DVD in Regions 1, 2, and 4.


Awards and nominations


Soundtrack

* Mastered at Capitol Records, Hollywood * Digital editing, pre-mastering: Bruno Coon * Engineers: ** Greg Townley (all orchestral recording) ** Michael Eric Hutchinson ** Bobby Fernandez ("Main Title Theme" – recording & mixing) ** Ray Pyle ("Main Title Theme extended mix" – recording & mixing) * Art direction: Doerte Lau * Design: Andreas Adamec


Novels, collected editions and related merchandise

'' Lois & Clark: A Superman Novel'' by author
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, based on the television series, was released in 1996. The novel was published in a
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hardcover edition and a paperback edition by
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. Other novels based on the series include: * ''Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman: Heat Wave'' * ''Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman: Exile'' * ''Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman: Deadly Games'' DC Comics published a comic book trade paperback collected edition ''Lois & Clark, The New Adventures of Superman'', in 1994, which featured a selection of modern era stories by John Byrne and other writers and artists. The collection includes an introduction by Byrne, with the show's stars Dean Cain and Teri Hatcher as Lois and Clark on the cover: * ''Lois & Clark, The New Adventures of Superman'' – collects ''The Man of Steel'' #2, ''Superman Annual'' vol. 2 #1, ''Superman'' vol. 2 #9 and 11, ''Action Comics'' #600 and 655, ''Adventures of Superman'' #445, 462, and 466. (, 192 pages) Skybox released in 1995 a series of trading cards based on the first season of the show. 90 trading cards were issued alongside 9 special cards, a series of temporary tattoos and two illustrated cards by well known artists Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell.


References


External links


Official Warner Bros. site

Official DC Comics site


*
''Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman'' on SupermanHomepage.com
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