Official Smallville Status for Season 8

Intro by Kate Blake- Admin OSCK

This press release was presented by the CW yesterday as their official schedule info for selling ads for the series for season 8 using the season 7 info as the template for describing the series for advertisers- no mention of Alison Mack - take that to mean what you will, and it is not mentioned to be the final season- could a season 9 or even 10 be in discussions? There weren’t any Smallville cast members at the CW upfronts yesterday but that may be due to the series renewal being announced back in March and plenty of press since then. The CW did announce that they will be starting the season early on September 1 and running Smallville episodes in a solid block, then pulling Smallville from the schedule and replacing it with Reaper episodes to pair with Supernatural. My take on this is that they are realizing the scheduling of the past few years of a broken schedule after the mid-year point has really cut into their ratings as people do not know when to tune in for new episodes. I take this a a good step forward and we should see less filler episodes as a result. No word on officially how many episodes have been ordered for season 8.

THURSDAY

8:00-9:00 P.M. “SMALLVILLE”

Returning for its eighth season, this new interpretation of the enduring Superman mythology and its classic characters blends realism and adventure into an exciting action series. Last season, Clark Kent and Lex Luthor (Michael Rosenbaum) became the sworn enemies that comic book aficionados have always known and loved. The season also brought storylines of Krypton and the El family, including the arrival of Clark’s cousin Kara, a.k.a. Supergirl (Laura Vandervoort), and the return of Brainiac (James Marsters). There were also exciting guest stars from the Superman mythology, including Dean Cain (”Lois & Clark”) and Helen Slater (”Supergirl”). Clark discovered more about his home planet, who his parents were, what his future holds and why he was sent to Earth. The series stars Tom Welling as Clark Kent, Kristin Kreuk as Lana Lang, Erica Durance as Lois Lane and Aaron Ashmore as Jimmy Olsen. Reinterpreting the Superman mythology from its roots, SMALLVILLE was developed for television by Alfred Gough & Miles Millar (”Shanghai Noon,” “Spiderman 2″), based on the DC Comics characters. The executive producers are Kelly Souders & Brian Peterson, Todd Slavkin & Darren Swimmer, James Marshall, Mike Tollin, Brian Robbins and Joe Davola. The series is produced by Tollin/Robbins Productions and Warner Bros. Television. Superman was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Schuster.