2013 TV News Archives
June 9, 2013: Why Seinfeld Loved Superman
Former Seinfeld writer Peter Mehlman has published an article at Parade.com that discusses how and why Superman became such a common feature on the much-beloved sitcom:
- Much like the infant who fell from the sky into small-town America, Superman simply dropped into the orbit of Seinfeld. Contrary to rumor, it was never planned to make the Man of Steel a recurring theme, and the writing staff, on which I worked for six seasons, never got an edict dictating regular mentions of him. He just magically appeared early in the series and evolved into a go-to guy for humor-another superpower for a being faster than a speeding bullet.
That happy accident made it doubly amazing that, in the hopelessly earthbound, self-absorbed, conniving world of Seinfeld, Superman was not merely a comic-book hero-he was a role model. Great Caesar's Ghost ... so much comedy gold arose from that berserk dynamic. Just consider: Superman was devoted to "truth, justice, and the American way"; the Seinfeld characters were devoted to lying, cheating, and getting their own way. For his all-too-human problems, Jerry looked to someone from Krypton. In his puny narcissism, George sought inspiration from the paragon of selflessness.
2013 Television News
Listed below are all the Television News items archived for 2013 organized into various categories:“Young Justice” Animated Series News:
- January 2, 2013: “Young Justice” Season 2, Episode 10 - “Before the Dawn”
- January 4, 2013: Weisman & Vietti Talk “Young Justice”
- January 10, 2013: “Young Justice” Season 2, Episode 11 - “Cornered”
- January 18, 2013: “Young Justice” Season 2, Episode 12 - “True Colors”
- January 22, 2013: “Young Justice: Invasion - Destiny Calling” DVD Review
- January 24, 2013: “Young Justice” Season 2, Episode 13 - “Fix”
- January 28, 2013: Cartoon Network Cancels “Young Justice”
- January 29, 2013: Fan Petition to Save “Young Justice”
- January 30, 2013: “Young Justice” Season 2, Episode 14 - “Runaways”
- February 5, 2013: “Young Justice” Cancellation - Poll Position
- February 7, 2013: “Young Justice” Season 2, Episode 15 - “War”
- February 14, 2013: “Young Justice” Season 2, Episode 16 - “Complications”
- February 20, 2013: “Young Justice” Season 2, Episode 17 - “The Hunt”
- February 28, 2013: “Young Justice” Season 2, Episode 18 - “Intervention”
- March 6, 2013: “Young Justice” Season 2, Episode 19 - “Summit”
- March 14, 2013: “Young Justice” Series Finale - “Endgame”
- March 18, 2013: Young Justice Fan Survey
- May 8, 2013: Young Justice: Game of Illusions - Season 2, Part 2 DVD
- May 15, 2013: Crowdfunding Campaign for “Young Justice” Season 3
- July 15, 2013: “Young Justice: Game of Illusions - Season 2, Part 2” DVD
- January 24, 2013: DC Nation “Farm League” Preview Clip and Images
- February 20, 2013: “DC Nation's Farm League” Episode 2 Preview
- March 14, 2013: DC Nation “Farm League” Episode 3 Preview
- April 13, 2013: Full DC Nation Farm League Animated Shorts at DC Website
- June 28, 2013: DC Nation Animated Short “Tales of Metropolis”
- July 30, 2013: Tales of Metropolis: Lois Lane - Preview Clip
- August 13, 2013: DC Super Pets - Krypto vs. Streaky
- August 15, 2013: “Super Pets Ð World's Finest Bark” - Preview Clip
- August 21, 2013: DC Nation - World's Funnest
- November 5, 2013: Full Lois Lane “Tales of Metropolis” Episode Online
- January 4, 2013: $100 Million “Smallville” Legal Battle Partly Settled
- January 22, 2013: A Look Back at the DC Universe of “Smallville”
- May 20, 2013: “Smallville” Lawsuit Settles Out of Court
- July 15, 2013: Erica Durance Talks About Playing Lois Lane
- August 19, 2013: Lee Thompson Young Dies at 29
- January 9, 2013: The Making of the “Justice League” Animated Series
- January 16, 2013: A Look Back at Superman in “Justice League” Animated Series
- January 30, 2013: “Pioneers of Television - Superheroes” Full Episode
- January 31, 2013: Best of Warner Bros. - Superman TV Collection
- February 12, 2013: “Superman TV Collection” - Poll Position
- February 28, 2013: Pre-Order “Best of Warner Bros. - Superman TV Collection”
- March 4, 2013: Superboy and Lana Lang 20 Year Reunion
- March 6, 2013: “Reel Tears: The Beverly Washburn Story, Take Two”
- March 8, 2013: Superman Super-Villains DVDs
- March 9, 2013: “The Best of Superman” DVD Collection
- March 17, 2013: Justice League Coming to Netflix
- March 18, 2013: “The Best of Superman” DVD Collection Packaging
- March 20, 2013: MegaCon Report - Dean Cain Panel
- March 25, 2013: “Robot Chicken: DC Special” on DVD and Blu-ray
- March 27, 2013: Shopping - Upcoming Blu-ray and DVD Releases
- April 2, 2013: “Adventures of Superman” Lands on Warner Archive Instant
- April 2, 2013: John Shea and Dean Cain Panel at St. Louis Wizard World
- April 16, 2013: Superman Animated Collections Coming for UK
- April 29, 2013: Teri Hatcher Sells Her Superman Collectibles
- May 5, 2013: “Super Friends” Season 5 Coming to DVD
- May 6, 2013: “The World's Greatest Super Friends!” DVD
- May 11, 2013: “Best of Superman TV Collection” Now Available
- May 13, 2013: Robot Chicken Announces DC Comics Special Sequel
- June 9, 2013: Why Seinfeld Loved Superman
- June 11, 2013: The Animated Series “Man of Steel”
- June 11, 2013: The Man of Steel on the Small Screen
- July 2, 2013: All Superboy TV Episodes Now Online
- July 10, 2013: “The Adventures of Superboy” Season 3 DVD Coming Soon
- July 13, 2013: Super Friends Season 6 Coming to DVD
- July 13, 2013: “DC Super Villains Superman: Worlds At War!” DVD
- July 15, 2013: “The Adventures of Superboy: The Complete Third Season” DVD
- August 11, 2013: Warner Home Video Superman Releases
- August 18, 2013: FanAddicts on Reelz
- August 21, 2013: The Never-Made “Superman vs. Batman” Animated Series
- September 4, 2013: LoveFilm to Stream Superman Animated Shows
- September 13, 2013: PBS Announces “Superheroes Night” on October 15
- September 17, 2013: Henry Cavill Teaches Respect on Sesame Street
- October 20, 2013: Filmation Co-Founder Lou Scheimer Dies
- October 25, 2013: Superboy Season 4 Available on DVD Now!
- November 13, 2013: Dean Cain Appearing at Niagara Falls Comic Con
- November 25, 2013: Happy Birthday Noel Neill! 93 Years Young!
- November 28, 2013: Jack Larson's 1990 Superman Festival TV Special
- December 2, 2013: Live-Action “Young Justice” TV Series in 2015?
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