I saw a commercial for Smallville being on Friday. Isn't that a one way ticket to cancellation? People go out on Friday and that will pull people away from the show. It seems like they want it gone with a move like that.
Is Smallville getting the death slot?
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The CW wanted Vampire Diaries to air at 8 PM Thursdays, where Smallville used to be. The network is counting on fans to follow Smallville to Fridays. Maybe it's not ideal, but it might not be too damaging for a show with a following.
If Smallville ratings dive this season then the show will be cancelled. That's not so bad. Smallville had a good run. Besides, there are greater Superman adventures waiting to be told on the big screen.
If Smallville ratings dive this season then the show will be cancelled. That's not so bad. Smallville had a good run. Besides, there are greater Superman adventures waiting to be told on the big screen.
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This is the 900th time the timeslot has been changed. That alone doesn't kill the show.
The real death slot would be 10PM on Fridays. You know...the slot that killed Star Trek?
Someone at either the CW or at SMALLVILLE's production offices has said this may not be the final season after all, and that a tenth is still possible.
This was said well after the change in days was known about.
Let's wait and see.
My concern is that the show will end without us seeing Clark actually become Superman. I sort of doubt that'll happen, tho'.
The real death slot would be 10PM on Fridays. You know...the slot that killed Star Trek?
Someone at either the CW or at SMALLVILLE's production offices has said this may not be the final season after all, and that a tenth is still possible.
This was said well after the change in days was known about.
Let's wait and see.
My concern is that the show will end without us seeing Clark actually become Superman. I sort of doubt that'll happen, tho'.
I like the show, but it's been on forever. I don't think 'the death slot' can even be brought up in this case.
You can't kill Smallville, it will never end no matter what they do to kill it.
I didn't realize the CW had good slots.
I hope all of you are wrong about this death slot business with Smallville even-though they would cancel they would have to wrap it all up with a TV Movie at the end.
I've been a fan ,and loyal viewer since the begining of the series.
Also looking forward to seeing this season run its course,and taping it,and maybe even once I'm working again afford a VHS/DVD Recorder to take all of my tapes so I can burn them to DVD's for my own personal collection.
That's my two cents
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Buck Rogers
I've been a fan ,and loyal viewer since the begining of the series.
Also looking forward to seeing this season run its course,and taping it,and maybe even once I'm working again afford a VHS/DVD Recorder to take all of my tapes so I can burn them to DVD's for my own personal collection.
That's my two cents
Signed
Buck Rogers
No, "they" would "have to" do nothing.
If the show gets canned, then it gets canned. If that ends up being the case, hopefully the producers know in advance so things will be wrapped up enough. If it ends open-ended with plot lines/strings still dangling, then it could just end like that.
There is no guarantee whatsoever that a wrap-up movie would be made. True, it happened in Stargate's case, but SG is the exception, not the rule.
This argument doesn't work anymore. There are ways other than television to see a show that the ratings take into account. None of which exsisted in 1968.
The next Superman film will certainly be helped if Smallville goes away soon.
The next Superman director should ignore everything that Smallville did. Bryan Singer held summit meetings with Smallville's producers during the production of Superman Returns. Singer wanted his film to be compatible (to some degree) with Smallville. He wanted to avoid stepping on the toes of the TV folks. It was a nice show of respect but I don't see how it helped Superman Returns one bit.
Um...I don't think that's quite right. He talked with the Smallville folks and invited them to the set, but I think that was about it. Besides, what in Superman Returns directly linked to Smallville?
This comes up every once in a while, but they were trying to keep them somewhat together according to an interview that Singer did with I believe it was the Superman Homepage but it's been a while since I read it.
The Fortress sets were one thing that they focused on and the Smallville one is a mini version of the one from Returns. Also, there were talks of retroactively adding scene in Returns of Clark in the corn field as a boy doing the jumps (where he's jumping and crashes through the barn ceiling) into the Smallville canon. I'm not sure how that turned out though.
NX, can you really count the fortress since both were based on the Donner film (especially since Smallville had already dropped Donner references in the previous 4 years before the fortress appeared)?
In any event, it sounds like Smallville was the one trying to line up with SR, and not the other way around.
In any event, it sounds like Smallville was the one trying to line up with SR, and not the other way around.
It was more Smallville using Superman Returns...the Donner-esque Fortress of Solitude is an example. The return to using the House of El crest and the dropping of the S meaning hope (although this still might be true in previous episodes it was shown with a 8 in the triangle sheild).
I don't think the timeslot and day change will harm Smallville. It has a pretty loyal and consistent fan base. This is no different than the other two times in the last three seasons where Smallville has had change of day's. Wednesday two seasons ago, Thursday last season before Supernatural. As i think Bad Bishop pointed out if this leads to Smallville finally being cancelled next summer it can only be a good thing. They can only do stories about a 22 year old Clark Kent (or 23) for so long without becoming Superman.
I don't think the timeslot and day change will harm Smallville. It has a pretty loyal and consistent fan base. This is no different than the other two times in the last three seasons where Smallville has had change of day's. Wednesday two seasons ago, Thursday last season before Supernatural. As i think Bad Bishop pointed out if this leads to Smallville finally being cancelled next summer it can only be a good thing. They can only do stories about a 22 year old Clark Kent (or 23) for so long without becoming Superman.
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