ABC | Release Date: September 12, 1993
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Generally favorable reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
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USA TodayMatt RoushJun 10, 2015
Season 1 Review: A lavish romp of campy romance and corny adventure that absolutely must not be taken seriously. If the plot's full of holes, they're plugged with a heedless style that makes this the season's most purely entertaining new show. [10 Sept 1993, p.3D]
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Washington PostTom ShalesJun 10, 2015
Season 1 Review: Essentially, Lois & Clark amounts to a de-tooning of the Superman story, changing it from kids' stuff to more sophisticated fare, yet retaining the beguiling sense of wonder it would be lost without. Superman, contrary to published reports, is not dead. In fact, it could be argued he has never looked better. [11 Sept 1993, p.D1]
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Dallas Morning NewsEd BarkJun 10, 2015
Season 1 Review: Fun without being campy, poignant without being syrupy and probably too heavy on interpersonal situations to suit most of today's young male comic readers. [12 Sept 1993, p.10C]
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Chicago Sun-TimesLon GrahnkeJun 10, 2015
Season 1 Review: Teri Hatcher is an irresistible dynamo as Lane, a reckless, career-driven loner. [9 Sept 1993, p.49]
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VarietyBrian LowryJun 10, 2015
Season 1 Review: For the most part, exec producer David Jacobs, director Robert Butler and writer/co-exec producer Deborah Joy LeVine succeed, bringing a fresh cleverness to the well-worn Superman mythos without trampling on its tradition. [10 Sept 1993]
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The Hollywood ReporterMiles BellerJun 10, 2015
Season 1 Review: Good-looking, comely and honestly camp, Lois & Clark is an engagingly stylized interpretation of the Ben-Day dotted citizens of the D.C. comic, a snappy, revisionist revisit to the boldly colored cartoon world that Superman and company originally called home. [10 Sept 1993]
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San Diego Union-TribuneJohn FreemanJun 10, 2015
Season 1 Review: A fluffy, lighthearted little romp that brings to mind "Moonlighting" in its early days. [12 Sept 1993, p.TV Week-17]
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Miami HeraldHal BoedekerJun 10, 2015
Season 1 Review: Given the gamut of Lois' emotions, it's no wonder Teri Hatcher can't get a handle on her character. For his part, the handsome but wooden Dean Cain won't make anyone forget Christopher Reeve as the Man of Steel -- not even the scene in which the hunky former pro football player wears only a towel. He's just So-So-Man. [12 Sept 1993, p.1]