... man, I'm darn well excited about this idea. The first superhero, voluntarily leaving his 'paradise' in a time of widespread death, destruction and distrust to set the heroes of the DCU on the right track? Could turn out fantastic...
Me too. It's hard to mess up with using a guy like Kal-L, provided that you write him correctly.
This brings up an interesting point: Kal-L is visibly responding to the innappropriately dismal trends that have made the DCU very different in recent times; the rift between Batman and Superman, the JLA brainwashing people Doc Savage-style, the united villains, and so on. If they're bringing him back in a big way so he can fix things, there's no way the outcome of this will be something untrue to the spirit of DC and superhero comics.
Eh... think kids might like some educational-ish stuff on TV, but only if it's done well. Or entertainment shows with semi-educational tidbits thrown in (such as some of the songs on "Animaniacs")...
Hey, I'm not saying that - I used to be a big fan of 3-2-1 CONTACT and MYTHQUEST, but where CBS made their mistake is turning their lineup over to educational programming that didn't have the sugar of funny stuff or cartoon animals to make the medicine go down. Though, hey: I can never bring myself to say anything bad about PEE WEE'S PLAYHOUSE. We only get a genius like Ruebens once a generation.