Throughout the first seven seasons of the series he has a complicated relationship with Lana Lang, as well as his self-perceived guilt over the fact that the meteor shower that killed Lana's parents and created most of the superhumans he fought in the show's first few years was caused by his rocket coming to Earth and dragging pieces of Krypton with it.

Like Brooke, he is uncritical of the show's journalistic tactics ( although in the episode Judge and Jury, he has reservations about their persecution of a priest accused of rape, mainly because he is a lapsed Catholic ); in fact he is usually the confidante of the executive producers, and the one they can trust to do what is needed to get a good story, or to persuade Mike to present a story.

In fact, the only character to appear as a regular during all five seasons was FBI Agent Ronald Sandoval ( Von Flores ), the show's main antagonist.

The show's name refers to the fact that the Backstep Project can only backstep seven days because of limitations imposed by the fuel source and its reactor.

In the show's final season, NBC doubled the number of episodes ordered, despite the fact that they would have to re-sign the entire cast to new contracts in order to film them.

Radio historian Jim Harmon attributes the show's popularity in The Great Radio Heroes to the fact that it was the only radio show to deal with and appeal to young children.

Annie Potts announced in 1993 that she would leave the show after the seventh season, due to the fact that the producers dropped her character's proposed pregnancy storyline at the last minute ; however, this turned out to be the show's last season, so there was no need for her character to be replaced.

A unique feature of the show's syndication was the fact that it was available to stations in both an hour-and half-hour-long format.

Alongside Yasmin's minimarket and the newly opened internet café, The Black Swan would become one of the show's primary meeting places: despite the fact that Pete was openly hated by most of the show's characters, they still all followed him to become regulars at his new pub.

It also refers to the fact that most of the show's cast was African-American, unlike other sketch comedy shows like Saturday Night Live whose casts are usually mostly Caucasian.

On the show's premiere, in fact, Allen – with a little prodding from head writer Goodman Ace – could not resist one more play on the old Allen-Benny " feud ," a riotous parody of Benny's show called " The Pinch Penny Program.

ABC has vehemently denied that thesis, but fans were not convinced, and were particularly irritated by the fact that the creators and writers of the show were fired from ABC following the show's cancellation.

The programme also parodies the daytime Channel 4 game show Deal or No Deal, with Culshaw impersonating Noel Edmonds and frequently mocking both the repetitive nature of the programme and fact that the show's excitement is derived entirely from the opening of boxes.

The satirical edge was equally significant, both the references within news programmes to the fact that they are reporting the news and repeating the show's title as well as such aspects as newsspeak, media-manipulation, exploitation of tragedies, patronising mistreatment of the general public, lack of fact-checking-personified by Marber's Peter O ' Hanraha-hanrahan-and the general assumption that the programme itself is infallible (" On the Hour — Towards a New Eden ").

A similar acknowledgement had appeared in the show's original run: in " The Powerful Enemy ", the first episode of the 1965 story The Rescue, in order to hide the fact that one character is actually another character in disguise, the role is credited to the non-existent actor " Sydney Wilson ", an amalgam of the names of Sydney Newman and Donald Wilson.

The cubicle was a source of much of the show's humour ; it was remarked that it was, in fact, invented by the store's founder after discovering it " only took three walls to make a man feel trapped ".

" In fact, Crawford had had his fill of the show's hectic TV schedule ( two shows per week ), which had caused him to drink more heavily than ever, and he had decided to leave Highway Patrol to make films in Europe.

In fact, it was Moreno who screamed the show's opening line, " HEY, YOU GUYS!

The show's success was largely due to the fact that it embodied many aspects of Latin and Mexican culture, while making a critique on the unrealistic image of superheroes.

The show's overall weekly average throughout its run was only 71, 600 viewers, a very disappointing number, especially considering the fact that Bullard averaged 129, 000 viewers back when he hosted Open Mike and that The Daily Show on CTV had consistently beaten Bullard in the ratings since the show's debut.

It was virtually identical to He-Man and the Masters of the Universe in structure, even down to the show's opening introduction, some of the theme music, and the fact that Adora's secret identity is shared by three other characters.

The show's editors corroborated this fact later in an interview for Radar magazine.

On the British automotive show Top Gear the DB9 is thought of highly, notably on the show's " Cool Wall " segment, where the presenters considered it to be " too cool " for the wall and it received its own category, dubbed the " DB9 Sub Zero Fridge " which was in fact a mini-refrigerator with the car's card within it.

The events of September 11, 2001 were featured heavily on The Daily Rotten pages, a fact that the creators acknowledge as contributing to the popularity of the site.

This, coupled with the fact that organizational culture does not change overnight, means creators can expect slow progress at first with a new virtual community.

and in fact supersedes the RFC2811 + r ( lower-case r ) channel mode, available only on !- channels and settable ( not resettable ) only by their creators.

In May 1993, after travelling around the Australian Outback searching for appropriate sites to film in, Priscillas creators attended the Cannes Film Festival to advertise their project despite the fact that they had not yet confirmed any actors for the roles.

" This free culture has historically been deliberate, and widely appreciated. In fact, " creators here and everywhere are always and at all times building upon the creativity that went before and that surrounds them now.

* The LabyrinthLike eight other worlds, Hyperion contains a labyrinthine structure built directly below the surface, its creators truly TechnoCore AIs, though this fact is unknown to the Hegemony or to the Ousters.

In fact Dennis Ritchie, one of the creators of the original versions of Unix, acknowledged that either he or Ken Thompson wrote the original code from which the UNIX System V code is derived:

The Sci-Fi Channel original series Farscape ( which is in fact not American, but actually Australian, and premiered on the Nine Network ), while never garnering a widespread audience, was heralded by critics and gained a dedicated fanbase, which helped the creators wrap up several story lines in the miniseries event Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars after the show's cancellation.

However, the fact that the story was not more expansive or creative was due largely to the fact that the publisher and developer, EA Games, owned the rights to the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy and not the book of the same name-thus the only devices available to the creators were what could be found in the movies, or something in neither book nor movie.

To make the three newer jets distinctive, the character model creators illustrated them with the nosecones pointing up in robot mode-despite the fact that this is not how their toy instructions or box art depict them.

The team was in fact the original proposal by Zoo Crew creators Roy Thomas and Scott Shaw for a funny animal superhero series for DC, but DC's editor Dick Giordano asked them to create original characters instead.

Destine continues to draw on the power of the Crown throughout the story though he is never shown to fall under the overt influence of Set, perhaps due to the protective encasement under which the Ancients had placed the Crown centuries before and ( more probably ) the fact that the concept of the Crown had not been fully developed by the creators yet.

The fact that the Americans who upheld the sovereignty of their states did this in order to keep many of their people more securely in slavery -- the antithesis of individual liberty -- made the conflict grimmer, and the greater.

Faulkner's total works today, and in fact those of his works which existed in 1946 when Mr. Cowley made his comment, or in 1939, when Mr. O'Donnell wrote his essay, reveal no such simple attitude toward the South.

This, conjoined with the considerations above, made the circular motions of heavenly bodies appear an almost directly observed fact.

But more than one conscientious researcher has been inhibited from completely frank discussion of the available evidence by the less excusable fact that fallout has been made a political issue as well as a scientific problem.

This third choice was in fact made.

It seems that Khrushchev himself took a very special pride in having made a world-shaking contribution to Marxist doctrine with his Draft Program ( a large part of his twelve-hour speech at the recent Congress was, in fact, very largely a rehash of that interminable document ).

What made these new location figures particularly impressive was the fact that although 1960 was a year of mild business recession throughout the nation, Rhode Island scored marked progress in new industry, new plants, and new jobs.

The fact that even the larger letters weighed only 5 lb. each made it possible to secure the letters to the building through clear acrylic angle brackets cemented to the letters.

The fact of Indian ancestry and `` free '' status during the days of slavery, are important distinctions made by members of the group.

In general, it appears that trustees and board members attempt to represent the public interest in their administration of educational policy, and this is made easier by the fact that the dominant values of the society are middle-class values, which are generally thought to be valid for the entire society.

Pip imagines how Estella would look down upon Joe's hands, roughened by work in the smithy, and the deliberate contrast between her white hands and his blackened ones is made to symbolize the opposition of values between which Pip struggles -- idleness and work, artificiality and naturalness, gentility and commonness, coldness and affection -- in fact, between Satis House and the forge.

He can take security from the fact that the progress he has made by his gentle approach will not be lost.

A trial of strength, however, is made quite inevitable by virtue of the fact that anyone engaging in non-violent resistance will be convinced that his action is based on sounder values than those of his opponent ; ;

Premier Khrushchev has made propaganda capital out of that fact and in the end got his summit meeting anyway.

Much has been made of the fact that major Catholic institutions now guarantee firm tenure.

In the Notre Dame report, reference was made to the fact that faculty members were reduced to `` luncheon-table communication ''.

An affidavit ( ) is a written sworn statement of fact voluntarily made by an affiant or deponent under an oath or affirmation administered by a person authorized to do so by law.

The Irish were gay but made trouble in the house ; the English were of all kinds " She proposes this, after the fact, knowing the chosen Charlotte lasts decades.

It is in fact a private memento, and for this reason it is never awarded to either England or Australia, but is kept permanently in the MCC Cricket Museum where it can be seen together with the specially made red and gold velvet bag and the scorecard of the 1882 match.

For example, automobile wheels made of an aluminium alloy are commonly referred to as simply " alloy wheels ", although in point of fact steels and most other metals in practical use are also alloys.

However, Robert Rines, who previously made two underwater photographs allegedly showing the monster, countered with the fact that they can also be arranged into " Yes, both pix are monsters, R ."

Perhaps the most unusual thing about the privately operated buses is the fact that they are all highly decorated and personalized, with decaling and home made interior designs that range from comic book scenes, to erotic themes, and even to " Hello Kitty " themes.

In fact, WWI interrupted the construction and some conflicts after the war made it a difficult process for the Griffins.

Of all the causes of defection, that connected with arrears of tribute and vessels, and with failure of service, was the chief ; for the Athenians were very severe and exacting, and made themselves offensive by applying the screw of necessity to men who were not used to and in fact not disposed for any continuous labor.

Practical applications are made impossible due to the no-cloning theorem, and the fact that quantum field theories preserve causality, so that quantum correlations cannot be used to transfer information.