Even though “Smallville” was moved to Friday nights, the CW show performed positively in ratings. This ninth season is all abuzz with its upcoming movie event “Absolute Justice”, fantastic range of guest stars like Brian Austin Green, Julian Sands, and Michael Shanks, and episodes written by comic book writer Geoff Johns. Dawn Ostroff, the President of Entertainment of The CW Television, seems positive about “Smallville”. Check out this interview with Ostroff:
Q: What is the status of Smallville now, as far as another season?
Dawn Ostroff: I think creatively, we’ve been happy with the show. And it’s gotten to the point where Friday nights have improved for us, so it looks good. But we don’t know, because it’s really too early. It’s January and we don’t have to make these decisions until May. But it’s increased our adult 18-34 and it certainly has increased our men 18-34 on Friday nights. Creatively, I think it’s been in a good place. I think Tom [Welling]‘s still having a good time with it. I think he’s enthusiastic about it. So, we’ll see where we are a few months from now.
Q: How did the decision come about to turn the two Justice Society episodes into a single night event?
Ostroff: We really wanted to give Smallville an eventized night, so we could really bring attention to it. We try and do it for all the shows, depending on where they are in the cycle of the storytelling. And it just kind of came together. Kevin Levy, who works for us in scheduling and is a real Smallville fan, came up with the idea and said, “Look, this is going to be two big episodes. I think Smallville fans will make it appointment viewing. They won’t want to miss it if we put these episodes together,” and that’s how it all came up. And I think he was right about that.
Q: As far as making the decision on a renewal, when the writers go toward the season finale, creatively, how much will they want to leave the window open?
Ostroff: I think it’s definitely the big question. Clearly, we’re going to have a great season finale, as we would for any year, and whether or not it will be a show finale, we don’t know yet. We haven’t really talked about it, because they’re not that far along yet in the storylines, but I think it will be a good season finale for sure. And if the show doesn’t come back, I think it will be a sort of really last minute decision, because either development [for new series] was great or the show wasn’t doing as well on Friday nights. But we still have a whole half a season to go before we have to determine that.
It’s still early yet to know whether or not “Smallville” will be renewed for a tenth season, but from what this interview point to, signs are good! Keep it here on SciFi Mafia for more news!
[Source] IGN
