My 15-year-old watches Smallville and really enjoys it. I've seen bits and pieces with her, but I'm not really into it. I refer to it as "that Superboy show" and she just rolls her eyes. Aren't kids great?
Yeah, they are! Smallville stays very loyal to the entire Superman genre, but has some very interesting secondary story line to make it very watchable.
The one where Clark met Perry White as a down on his luck reporter was extremely well done.