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CW Renews SMALLVILLE, SUPERNATURAL, 90210, GOSSIP GIRL, ONE TREE HILL and TOP MODEL For 2009-2010!!
I am – Hercules!!
TV Week reports the CW is about to announce early 2009-2010 renewals to six series: “Smallville,” “Supernatural,” “90210,” “Gossip Girl,” “One Tree Hill” and “America’s Next Top Model.”
32-year-old Tom Welling may have to buy a bigger house to store all the money he’ll be paid to play Superboy another year.
"Top Model," which has long been open only to contestants taller than 5'7", is mounting a petite-and-juniors season open only to contestants shorter than 5'7".
Series perched on the fate-unknown “bubble” include “Reaper,” “Privileged,” “The Game” and “Everybody Hates Chris.”
Find all of TV Week’s story on the matter here.
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Bloody hell, that's just ridiculous...
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Love the snark she delivers on Gossip Girl. Fuck Heroes, it's their loss.
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How does Smallville get renewed for another season? Granted - it has improved...but seriously...put him in the suit...change the name and be done w/ it...seriously. We don't NEED more "Smallville." We need Metropolis!
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Cool to see Smallville confirmed for Season 9.
Now to get Reaper a 3rd season! C'mon CW, you know you wanna! -
I thought that series ended about three years ago...
And Welling being 32? So what. The show's been on for 8 years. People age... -
I actually enjoy a lot of those shows, 90210 and Gossip Girl are both guilty pleasures. Although I'd deny all knowledge of them without the pseudo-anonymity of the internet...
Supernatural is still a great show and I hope they also renew Reaper if its second season is as fun as the first (although it's not as good as Chuck IMHO).
As for Smallville, I think it's already about 4 seasons past its cancellation date. I still watch every week, but it's more out of habit than anything I think. The show is almost unrecognisable now, although I loved the nods to the first season in the most recent episode. I'm not keen on how they've resolved the Lana storyline to (presumably) fit with the established continuity of Clark/Lois. -
Smallville renewed AGAIN?! HOW?!
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... no more Smallville ... plezase ... its like the geek equivilent of Wings ... mediocre and neverending
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They've done about all they can do.
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Its the best fucking show on the network by a mile.
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Seriously. What is taking this version of Superman so long? He flew as "evil Clark" almost 5 seasons ago, and he still can't fly? And what's up with the lame Lana power suit thing? This season was getting good until Lana came back.
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Is there anyone STILL watching Smallville thesedays? Jeez, the show died along with Jonathan Kent.
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never thought I'd think Old Scratch was cool.
over here in Ireland it airs at 2am while whoring teens get a 7pm slot. they are trying to kill this show all over. -
at the end of this year and I'm good with the renewal. But in it's current state, yes please end it.
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At first it was just Meagen and the cook and I hated the sisters and the rich lady. Now I pretty like everyone on the show, but I'm getting tired to Meagen love life drama.
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Starting next year isn't the CW being shut out of/replaced in some markets?
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I still watch Smallville, purely out of habit. It's just one of those shows you're stuck with, even though it never was very good. It's like Al Green says. I've been loving you too long to stop now. But God almighty, I wish this show would just be let to die!
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I listen to the end next week time of Being Human, why does it air so later? Midnight, twenty of twelve, what the fuck is up with that? The blood? I don't get it.
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Plus it ain't all bad.
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FUCK YOU TV!!!! FUCK YOU UP YOUR STUPID ASSHOLE!!!!! I don't have it in me to care about Reaper anymore. Season 2 hasn't even started and they're threatening to kill it. Fuck everything, this battered wife has packed, taken the kids, and left the gas on with a match pad at the door you motherless fucktard.
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Feb 24, 2009 7:31:31 PM CST
dogrobber, poor economy expect channels to drop like shit from b
by evilwizardglick
Poor world economy, internet access, piracy, watch channels drop. A few years people will look back and wonder why we needed fifty seven channels with nothing on.
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Middleman was way too adult for Family. I was surprised it aired. Plus it was geeky and smart.
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What the hell. It should just go on forever.
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BRING IT ON!!almost a decade. How many tv series accomplished that!! and its not That bad...Sometimes it was even better as Heroes....Ok that was easy this year......
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Feb 24, 2009 8:08:40 PM CST
SMALLVILE AND SUPERNATURAL: the best Thursday night shows.
by lordenigma
EAT CSI! CHOKE ON IZZIE STEVENS TUMOR GREY'S! The best return for another year. Fucking awesome.
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I'll be glad to see that piece of shit go. And the sad part is that I'm a big fan of Joanna Garcia from the Vicky Appleby days.
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easily the most underrated show on TV. You know what? Keep it that way. The minute it hits the cover of EW, it'll probably be done.
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how they handled Lana not being with Clark. It actually plays better on the show than what they came up with in the comics. It's more tragic. But a big FUCK YOU goes out to Dradis Contact. I like Privileged. Never like Gilmore Girls, but this show is interesting and not at lall predictable.
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Feb 24, 2009 8:44:10 PM CST
I thought it had been decided that this year was Smallville's
by big jim
last. Next we'll be seeing a press release saying ER has been renewed through 2014.
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Now how about airing that 2nd season of Reaper we were promised.
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Feb 24, 2009 9:09:35 PM CST
Looks like Supernatural will get to 100 episode syndication
by soylentmean
I'm not sure if the 100 episode thing is still necessary for syndication but I remember it being a big deal for a lot of shows. I've seen the first 3 seasons and the first couple episodes of season 4 and it is pretty damn good.
We need more Horror on tv. Not stuff that sucks like, I dunno, Fear Itself.
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Wake the neighbors! Call your friends! Support intelligent programming!
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Secondly, it's been kinda lame this season.
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It keeps getting worse, week after week. They spend the first half of the season slowly working towards the Lois and Clark pairing just to bring Kreuk back and unnecessarily rekindle their on again off again romance for like the tenth damn time? Ugh. If they must continue on with this shit, for the love of god, please cut back on redundant pep talks involving Clark's destiny. Quit focusing on that shit, get rid of Chloe, andything related to Lex, Green Arrow, bring back Perry White and make this show fun again. It's been far too serious for far too long, and without Glover or Rosenbaum to hold it down, it's become mind-numbingly boring.
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so they can have their patented season ending cliffhanger
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Isn't that how most shows deal with cliffhangers? Show an impossible situation and then remedy it quickly so they can get on with the season.
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Feb 24, 2009 10:49:57 PM CST
Smallville and Supernatural being renewed doesn't bode well for
by spifftacular squirrel girl
I can't imagine that the CW would budget more than a couple shows that use a lot of FX work but I could hopefully be wrong.
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It's a great show, otherwise it would have died years ago. It has better legs than heroes has, and heroes is only in season 3 and struggling. Superman returns tanked thamks to Bryan Singer's ode to Richard Donner, so smallville is the only superman in town!
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The only reason it's still around is so it can keep CW afloat, and keep interest in the property alive until the next "Not Smallville" Superman flick comes out. The show hasn't been consistently good since season five.
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Smallpoxville for another fucking year? I guess the one good thing about this is that it will keep Tom Welling from fucking up a movie. Instead, he can help fuck up the Superman story some more on a lowly rated, second-tier crap network. Small consolation, but it's something.
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Smallville isn't Superman in the least. How old are you idiots, anyway, 12?
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I've watched Smallville since the beginning, though I missed huge chunks of a few of the middle seasons of the show. I always hated 90% of the writing. But I have to say that the second half of last season and this season, it's like a completely different show. It's actually, dare I say, good. Everything from the death of Lionel Luther on has been pretty solid and this season actually feels like classic Superman with Clark and Lois working at the Planet with Jimmy and with the whole "Red-Blue Blur" as sort of a precursor to the Superman identity. I love how the Clark/Lois relationship is handled in the show and I thought they did a great job with Lana's brief return the way they transformed her from annoying victim to badass, and how they officially closed the door on that relationship. Good stuff. Plus I like the increasing use of other DC characters like Green Arrow and Martian Manhunter and the introduction of Toy Man and a Doomsday that's actually interesting. And they've done well with having Lex off camera while turning Mercy into a very complex and interesting stand-in.
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fan service they've been doling out all Season 8. The Legion, more Braniac, Doomsday, the upcoming Zatanna episode, etc.. Apart from the aforementioned lack of flying, this season has put the show back on the fanboy map.
Changing the name isn't an option, unfortunately. In the past, some shows have done that to reflect distinct changes in direction. Unfortunately, the average viewer is an easily confused idiot. They assume that their fave had been canceled and simply don't tune into the retitled version. Smallville, like it or not, will remain as such until the day it is canceled.
My only concern with Season 9 is the continued involvement of Sam Witwer (Doomsday). The only way I can see this working is if they limit his commitment as they did with Lana. Give him a small arc, enough to wrap up his stint on the show, but in a continuity friendly open ended way.
An NO, they'll never get rid of Chloe. She's still a fan fave and tiny alternative to Lois the amazing blowup doll. Also, DC will probably want to keep her in the fan eye long enough to properly introduce her in the comics. They've had difficulty with her comic intro in the past, even going as far as soliciting an issue which got pulled nearly at the last minute. I don't think that they'll stop trying. Keeping Alison Mack on the show will keep up interests, as they'd want to make use of that option.
For me, the show is headed in 1 of 3 directions.
DIRECTION 1: More of the same old shit. Probably, but less likely now that Loeb got kicked to the curb. They've been trying hard to maintain the series tone, but pushing ever more into the comic territory more - budget permitted.
DIRECTION 2: Turning him into Superman proper. NEVER gonna happen, at least not in the tights or with the name. They're trying hard not mess with WB's possible big screen reboot or a JLA. If both of those options are dead... Maybe. They've certainly laid enough groundwork with his dual ID, red/blue blur, setting in Metropolis, & blossoming connections to the bigger superhuman community.
DIRECTION 3: Lois & Clark v2.0 - minus the cape. Romantic tension. More wacky fan fave baddies. More Metropolis based antics. Less farm. This is much more likely. It's already half there. With Lana out of the way and Tess Mercer probably out the door by season's end, we'll probably see Perry take the head honcho desk at the DP. They've already got Jimmy in place. There's not much left to making this Lois & Clark v2 other than ditching the farm setting for a Metropolis apt, which they probably won't do until near the end of the series though. There's almost no reason to be back in Smallville now, actually. The coffee house set is pretty much abandoned. Lana's gone. Lex is gone. Ma Kent is gone. Supergirl flew the coop. Even his dog is MIA.
My only gripes with Season 8 were: 1) The episode scheduling. That killed the momentum of certain stories at times. AND 2) The waaay quick retcon of Chloe's Krypto amnesia and return to her being his Krypto Hag. Either option was okay. The quick flip flop was not.
The way I see it, the show jumped the shark (officially) when they whored themselves spectacularly for Stride Gum. Anything better than that low point is a plus. The consistent improvement this season over that Elasti-Pete episode is enough reason not to cancel it so quickly. They haven't whored themselves out as badly since and should be patted on the backs. -
more DC Universe characters in season 9! specifically Captain Atom, Tala, Gorilla Grodd, Ultra-Humanite and maybe DarkSeid!
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That is all.
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I've watched every episode of Smallville since the beginning, even the really painful ones, mainly because I'm a whore for anything based on DC or Marvel characters. Having said that this season is the best Smallville has ever been. The writing is sharp, the acting quality is above and beyond every other season, and we get a new DC character introduced nearly every week. I'm having a great time with the show and if Season 9 continues the trend of Season 8 then I'm all in.
As for Supernatural, I'm elated it's coming back for it's 5th season, but as every fan of Supernatural knows the plan has always been for the 5th season to also be the last. The shows creator planned the series w/ a beginning, middle, and end and the conclusion of S5 really will be "the end" sadly. -
Looks like they'll make him fly at least. I think the "no tights, no flights" rule went out the door with Gough & Millar. Cos, y'know, they said there would only be eight seasons too. Which I thought to be the reason they were nudging Clark closer to being Superman this current season. A season which - with the Lana power suit bullshit aside - has been pretty good so far.
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Actually, I can see it becoming a Lois & Clark 2.0 - especially with another season to play with. This season seemed to be heading in that direction already, with some sexual tension between Clark and Lois, more Metropolis, less Smallville...
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...they knew they were going to be renewed and thats why they backed off of the Lois/Clark budding romance. That would have been resolved THIS season and now they have set themselves up to stretch it out through NEXT season.
I do believe however its time to break out the suit and stop fucking around. I also would not be opposed to Welling playing Supes in the next theatrical incarnation.
Superman Returns was nothing more then a rehashed nod to the Reeve movies and left me flat.
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The "red-blue blur"? Come on man. Die already. Guns N Roses had the lyrics right: "I used to love her...but I had to kill her..."...AICN, please don't ban me. I am NOT threatening anyone.
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Back on 3/3 bitches. Watch it. Or Die.
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Frank Black is one of the greatest characters ever introduced to television and his story is by no means finished. So much potential with this character and the possible tie-ins to Supernatural would be excellent. Please someone... brink back Frank Black
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Good to be reassured that the show will be getting its final season as promised. Hope they pull out all the stops next year.
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Two years ago, I would have said pull the plug on SMALLVILLE, but Season 8 has been very solid apart from any scene involving Lana Lang (who, presumably, is now gone for good).
Oh, and if you go to KryptonSite, you can check out a small TV Guide pic of the smoking-hot Serinda Swan as Zatanna. Top hat, tuxedo jacket and fishnets FTW!
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office style. Reapers first season was really hitting a stride.
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I was really hoping that show was heading to a "planned series finale" situation, to wrap things up, etc. Even though there has been somewhat of an improvement this season.
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what happened to her???? and why are her and clark done for good?
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Bitch came back after finishing that shitty Street Fighter flick, killing whatever progress they had made with Lois and Clark, discovered Lex was developing a "power suit", gained control of the power suit herself, and because of that Lex rigged a krypto-bomb on the roof of the Daily Planet, she defused it, but absorbed the krypto-energy, and now can't come within distance of Clark. I'm sure Kreuk will return, but right now, it looks like their relationship is finally over. (They should've left her dead in episode 100) Also, Clark got some nookie out it, which doesn't really make much sense.
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I mean, there's hardly anyone in it anymore. People haven't completely lost patience with it yet? it's pretty much the same plot over and over again isn't it?
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...I've paid them no attention at all. Screw 'em.
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I was actually ready for it to end, but this season has been the best one in years. The Legion episode being the best episode this season by far. The whole Lana coming back kind of made the show go backwards. Lois just disappears for 5 episodes? I need my Lois! I just hope they at least make him fly by the end of this season. Seriously, he's gonna be in a wheelchair before he learns to fly.
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Except for Lana's return, "Smallville" has been great this season. (I haven't been able to stand Lana for years now and was glad when she left.) It feels like a new show w/o Lex & Lana and w/ Clark finally working at the DP. It's no surprise that The CW would renew these shows, though. Don't SV & SN both get waaay more viewers than their beloved OTH, GG & "90210"? I'm hoping SN will go for 6 seasons instead of just 5. I enjoy that show too much. I'm also hoping "Reaper" & "Privileged" will get renewed.
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I think it's gonna get reaped. Was flipping around and never realized that Sock was on Invasion. If it survives, maybe they can do a Reaper/Fringe crossover, since both would shoot in Vancouver.
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like the Stride Gum episode.For instance, have a Gillette Foamy episode with an opening theme song: "Somebody Shaaaave me".I'd dig that.
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Awesome news! Awesome about Supernatural too, hopefully Reaper will find an audience starting next week and get renewed as well.
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