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Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

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TV Series

The Resume

    (September 12, 1993-June 14, 1997)
    Aired on ABC
    Dean Cain as Clark Kent/Superman
    Teri Hatcher as Lois Lane
    Michael Landes as Jimmy Olsen (1993-94)
    Justin Whalin as Jimmy Olsen (1994-97)
    Lane Smith as Perry White
    John Shea as Lex Luthor
    Premise: 'a Superman for the 90s'

Why Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman might be annoying:

    In its most successful season, it ranked only #44 in the ratings.
    Lex Luthor was killed off at the end of the first season, and later villains were an uneven bunch.
    The comic book's marriage of Clark Kent and Lois Lane was postponed so it could coincide with the TV series; in its place came the (in)famous 'Death of Superman' story arc.
    The series had so many teases about Clark and Lois' wedding that the episode where they got hitched was titled 'Swear To God, This Time We're Not Kidding.'
    ABC announced plans for a fifth season, then abruptly cancelled the show after all, leaving the series ending with an unresolved cliffhanger.

Why Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman might not be annoying:

    Hatcher and Cain had good chemistry together.
    It made Clark less of a wimp than most earlier incarnations of 'Superman.'
    Lex Luthor, speculating about Superman's abilities in an early episode, muses that he could be 'faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a speeding locomotive, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound,' as a tip of the hat to the earlier George Reeves Superman series.
    In perhaps the best-ever comment on Clark Kent's 'disguise,' the villain Tempus confronts Lois and, putting on and removing a pair of glasses, says 'Look! I'm Clark Kent! No, I'm Superman! Mild-mannered reporter! Superhero! Hello!'

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 16 Votes: 87.50% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 10 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 15 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 18 Votes: 38.89% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 18 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 82 Votes: 56.10% Annoying