Superboy (TV series): Difference between revisions

The ''Superboy'' series was brought to the screen by executive producers [[Ilya Salkind|Ilya]] and [[Alexander Salkind]], the producers of the first three ''[[Superman in film|Superman]]'' films and the [[1984 in film|1984]] ''[[Supergirl (1984 film)|Supergirl]]'' film.<ref>{{cite news|title= Salkind The Third Generation Of A Filmmaking Family Comes To Florida In Ilya Salkind, A True Man Of Steel In The Industry.|work= Sun Sentinel|url= http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1990-04-08/features/9001010880_1_films-ilya-salkind-quixote|access-date= October 9, 2010|archive-date= 2012-05-16|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120516191455/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1990-04-08/features/9001010880_1_films-ilya-salkind-quixote|url-status= dead}}</ref> This series and the release of the 1988 ''[[Superman (1988 TV series)|Superman]]'' animated series on [[CBS]] coincided with the 50th anniversary celebrations of the [[Superman]] character that year. Ironically, the series came about a year after DC Comics had [[retcon|"erased"]] the character of [[Superboy (Kal-El)|Superboy]] from their continuity in the [[The Man of Steel (comic book)|''Man of Steel'']] [[Reboot (continuity)|reboot]] by [[John Byrne (comics)|John Byrne]]. Nevertheless, the show went on in October 1988 with [[John Haymes Newton]] playing the lead role of [[Clark Kent]] / [[Superboy]], along with [[Stacy Haiduk]] as love interest [[Lana Lang]] and Jim Calvert as Clark's college roommate T.J. White. In the Philippines, the series premiered on [[People's Television Network]] on September 4, 1989.<ref>{{cite news|title=The man of strength lives on|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=8cBNEdFwSQkC&dat=19890903&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|access-date=January 6, 2021|work=[[Manila Standard]]|publisher=Kagitingan Publications, Inc.|date=September 2, 1989|page=26}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=What's in store over PTV-4?|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=8cBNEdFwSQkC&dat=19890814&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|access-date=January 6, 2021|work=[[Manila Standard]]|publisher=Kagitingan Publications, Inc.|date=August 14, 1989|page=17}}</ref>