NerdLush

The early 90s attempted to reignite the love for genre TV. Two shows were already presented in this column- SeaQuest DSV & The Flash– but the primary networks had several other shows on air that they used to try to bring in the genre crowd. NBC ran a pair of dramas on Saturday night- The Pretender and Profiler– that they used to dominate the thrill/suspense group. CBS was king of the mysteries. And ABC had a tight grip on the “family” audience with their Friday night line-up of sitcoms. So they tried their darnedest to transfer that audience to a genre with the family friendly Superman series, Lois & Clark.

And it sort of worked. Continue reading →

Tags: Clark Kent, Dean Cain, Lois & Clark, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Lois Lane, Primetime, Profiler, SeaQuest DSV, Smallville, Superman, Television, Television Graveyard, Teri Hatcher, The Flash, The Pretender