Aww, what's wrong with a Kryptonite laser? There was a red-Kryptonite laser in canon, after all. I thought I was being creative.
No meerkats in your story, either, I notice. Very disappointing.
However, the tv show thing was clever.

I like the poor producer trying to please Lois... but does that mean that this takes place in a world where everybody knows Clark is Superman???