The series aired on ABC from September 12, 1993, to June 14, 1997. It stars Dean Cain as Clark Kent / Superman and Teri Hatcher as Lois Lane. The series loosely followed the modern origin of Superman, in which Clark is the true personality and Superman a disguise.
On May 17, 1966, Jonathan and Martha Kent witness the crash-landing of a small spaceship in Shuster's Field outside of Smallville, Kansas. They discover the baby Kal-El inside and raise him as their own, naming him Clark Jerome Kent. Clark becomes concerned at the difficulty of using his superhuman powers to help people without exposing his extraterrestrial nature and therefore ruining all chance for a normal life.