Labby, one has to realize how different the landscape of television is these days vs. the early to mid 90's when Lois and Clark was on.
First, being on the CW network means theres very little pressure of Smallville to produce huge numbers to survive. Smallville has been one of the CW's most successful shows yet it pulls numbers that wouldn't allow it to survive on any other broadcast network, even now.
The other ironic thing is, with the dilution of the viewing audience with the preponderance of cable networks, if a show had the viewing numbers today that Lois and Clark used to have they'd be a top ten show every week.
Timing is everything.
Tank (who finds that he needs Erica's Lois to help ease the depression caused by Teri's choice of playing a character who is the antithesis of Lois Lane)
