OMG, They killed Batman!

[lordlundar]

but uh, then how the heck are they explaining batman beyond?

Alternate reality of course. That's DC's answer for everything.

[Mike Taylor]

but uh, then how the heck are they explaining batman beyond? If they wanted to kill batman, all they needed to do was just make him die of old age in that series lol.

The DC comic books and the various Batman TV series have nothing to do with each other apart from common characters.