Iirc it was UPN and WB.
Made no sense. So thats why I always roll my eyes when I rewatch Smallville. Do you follow the comics?
I see. No, I don't follow the comics. I actually watched the show back when it aired. And I started watching the show when season 7 was about to end, so I saw like 2-3 episodes of the ending of S7 and from then I've continued to watch S8. So I came in the show as someone who had no idea what was going on and in a way with my "Clois" shippers blinders on since Clark and Lois is known since Superman's inception and I knew Lois is in the show so the outcome is obvious. And I do have to admit in season 8 when Lana left for good, I actually skipped that part because I didn't care one bit about her. To me she was a nobody.
It was only after S8 ended that I went back and saw how the show started, and oh boy was I wrong.