OMG I can’t believe it!

The CW announced that it is renewing SMALLVILLE for yet another season! Yes, friends and fans…

Smallville Season 9!

CW and the fans have been very excited with the ratings and responses that Smallville received this season. Writing and directing have been superb, even after Millar and Gough left the show, and even with the absence of two main characters Lex Luthor (Michael Rosenbaum) and Lana Lang (Kristin Kreuk), who left after seven seasons when their contracts ended.

Negotiations with Tom Welling have been happening since late last year, and CW president for entertainment Dawn Ostroff “hoped” the network will extend one of it’s most established series for another year. Smallville exec Darren Swimmer already has big plans for the show!

Fans overwhelmingly support an extension of the series (from a poll at Superhero Profiles). And finally, we have it!

So, thank you CW, and thank you, Tom Welling and the other cast members who are continuing onto season 9!

Just imagine what Clark Kent will be doing next year! Man, the possibilities are endless, even if they decide not to let him don the suit and fly.

What’s next for Clark Kent? Who do you want to see again in season 9? Chloe? Oliver Queen? Lois? Are there any new heroes, villains or characters you want CW to add to the guest list? 

I mean, are you thrilled about this, or should Smallville bow while it’s on top?

Fill the comments with your reactions to the news!

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Smallville has been going so strong this season that even the CW President of Entertainment, Dawn Ostroff, wants the cast and series to come back for Season 9.

Writing and direction of Smallville have been so great this year, feedback from the fans have been awesome, and the ratings are higher than ever. Everything is lining up for an extension of CW’s longest running show.

So the CW Exec is talking about it, obviously first asking Tom Welling to extend his contract, but Ostroff told IGN.com they’re prepared either way,

If the show doesn’t go on, we’ve got a series finale that the writers have been thinking about, but I think we’d all love to see the show come back."

DO YOU WANT ANOTHER SEASON FOR SMALLVILLE? Or should we just settle for this year?

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Smallville episode 8.08 “Bloodline“
Airdate: November 6, 2008

Clark Kent and Lois Lane accidentally traveled to the Phantom Zone and found Kara in the forbidden land. Kara has a portal but she refused to leave the Zone, because “she didn’t want to make the same mistakes that Clark did”.

Interesting of Kara to say that. The last time Clark Kent escaped the Zone, several other wraiths escaped with him back to earth and they wreaked havoc for one whole season! Bizarro was the worst of those Kryptonian enemies. Maybe that’s what Kara was trying to prevent.

Smallville episode 8.08 “Bloodline“
Airdate: November 6, 2008

Super-Lois goes after Super-Clark!

In the director’s cut for this Thursday’s Smallville, Lois Lane gets some superpower and attacks Clark Kent. She almost chokes him to death when cousin Kara comes to Clark’s rescue and puts the Lois-impostor back in her place.

With the exception of Mama Martha Kent, almost everyone in Clark’s circle has become super-powered, either through Kryptonite or some alien invasion. Lois Lane is only the latest addition but maybe not the last.

I wonder why Clark seems powerless. Did he lose his powers? Is the altered Lois much stronger? And how did Kara escape from her “prison planet”? Smallville continues this Thursday with “Bloodline“.

Smallville episode 8.08 “Bloodline“
Airdate: November 6, 2008

Clark Kent and Lois Lane are transported to the Phantom Zone! It’s the one place where there is no escape and Lois panics, until a familiar face shows up.

Can Kara save her cousin and Lois?

Get more scoop from the Smallville season 8 episode guide!

Smallville episode 8.07 “Identity“
Airdate: October 30, 2008

Clark Kent finds himself in a bind when Jimmy took a snapshot of him, that is his red-and-blue speedy blur. Jimmy’s about to go public with his career-making photograph so Clark has to find a way to protect his identity and secret. Well, he certainly found a clever way of doing it.

But I have to warn you, what you’ll see will ruin the surprise! SPOILER PIC.

Hey look, up there!
Clark: I see it! (And that’s not me.)
Jimmy: (That’s not him!)

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Smallville episode 8.07 “Identity“
Airdate: October 30, 2008

Jimmy catches super-Clark rescuing Lois, and it makes for the “kind of stories that careers are made of”. Tess Mercer gets hold of it too, and that puts Clark into deeper bind. What’s the superhero going to do?

Stop the video at the 0:16 and you’ll see a silhouette of someone in black/blue and red! Is it Clark? Is it Superman?

SUSPENSE!

Smallville episode 8.01 “Odyssey”
Airdate: September 18, 2008

The director’s cut for this episode is take of a promo video, with a little plus. Oliver Queen (Justin Hartley) speaks fluent Russian! And of course, who doesn’t want to see a repeat of the Clark Kent (Tom Welling) vs. Oliver brawl!

Get the scoop on the rest of Smallville season 8 episodes here.

Smallville season 8
Premieres September 18, 2008

This promo video from CW maybe short, but it is totally sweet! Lois and Clark, finally.

Smallville returns to CW this fall, with an episode reintroducing the Justice League, who rescue a powerless Clark.
Get your scoop on all of “Smallville” season 8 here./p>

Fans have long wished for Clark Kent (Tom Welling) fly in tights in Smallville, and there is a hint that we might not be disappointed.

Smallville season 8 is really about Clark finally stepping out of those red barn doors and embracing the reason he was sent to earth. Mankind needs saving, and he’s the one to do it. This season, the Super will work at the Daily Planet, and use this gig to find people in need. As he gets more into being a hero, a a double identity is needed. Do we see him in glasses? Will he wear the cape and tights? Executive Producer Brian Peterson says, the show will stick to the “no tights” rule, but he has no comments on the “no flights” rule. No comment is good, right?

Working at the Planet also means being around Lois Lane (Erica Durance) more. Friction will come out of that, but maybe chemistry will develop too. There might even be a phone booth moment, adds Peterson. Now that will get fans swooning!

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