The CW announced that they’ve picked up Smallville and Supernatural for a the 2009-10 TV season -along with most of their current programming that includes 90210, Gossip Girl, One Tree Hill and America’s Next Top Model.
Shows on the “bubble” include Privileged, The Game and Everybody Hates Chris. Also on that list is Reaper, which does not premier its second season until March 3. It’s possible the CW will wait until a few episodes are out before making its decision on its fate. But with the mini-network working on a spin-off of Gossip Girl and remake of Melrose Place among other shows in development the odds are the CW will just let the show go.
The pickup of Smallville comes as a somewhat of a surprise. It had been more or less confirmed before the start of this current season, the show would close out eight years. But while ratings (along with Supernatural) have dipped, the creative new direction the shows taken (with a new team behind the magic curtains) has given the CW enough confidence to pick up the show for a ninth season. Plus, Supernatural has kept most of its lead-in audience, so its renewal comes more or less because Smallville got picked up.
Shows on the “bubble” include Privileged, The Game and Everybody Hates Chris. Also on that list is Reaper, which does not premier its second season until March 3. It’s possible the CW will wait until a few episodes are out before making its decision on its fate. But with the mini-network working on a spin-off of Gossip Girl and remake of Melrose Place among other shows in development the odds are the CW will just let the show go.
The pickup of Smallville comes as a somewhat of a surprise. It had been more or less confirmed before the start of this current season, the show would close out eight years. But while ratings (along with Supernatural) have dipped, the creative new direction the shows taken (with a new team behind the magic curtains) has given the CW enough confidence to pick up the show for a ninth season. Plus, Supernatural has kept most of its lead-in audience, so its renewal comes more or less because Smallville got picked up.
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