Crazed fans* from Brazil and Italy, please stop e-mailing things like "How can Dawn Ostroff be so disrespectful to Supernatural and Smallville? Melrose Place gets five more episodes but no news on Supernatural or Smallville!? It's a disgrace!!"
So look, I'm a huge, huge Supernatural fan. But some* of you people need to chill out over the Dawn Ostroff bashing. She nor the CW have disrespected Smallville and Supernatural here, those shows already had full season orders when they were renewed last spring. So you're getting 22 episodes. You've had them all along. There was no disrespect. Relax!
*We love fans from Brazil and Italy and I am by no means suggesting that all of you are crazy. It just so happened that all the e-mail I got along the lines described above was from outside the United States.
hey, you can’t blame them. when we don’t know what dawn ostroff might do to the shows.
The move of Smallville to Friday was pretty disrespectful :p Smallville ratings were almost the same as VDs are at that time. But I’m just as happy with it on Fridays as my DVR is busy with Bones and the new addition of FlashForward.
Since when are you a “huge, huge Supernatural fan” Robert… or do I need to be taking a demon repelling pinch of salt with that statement?
Jodie, you can throw salt on me, there’s no demons to chase out. I am a fan of Supernatural. It’s probably one of my top 10 favorite scripted hour long dramas. I like it more than Chuck and Dollhouse. Shhhh, don’t tell anyone!
Jesse, I think it was a good move (not the best) because with Smallville on fridays even if it gets low ratings theres still a really good chance of renewal robert and bill wrote it down for what f means in the shows list
F) -Fridays: Shows airing on Fridays have been renewed with significantly lower than average Indexes
Robert, so then whats ur top 10 scripted shows? =)
mine are
Smallville
Supernatural
Castle
Legend of the Seeker
Desperate Housewives
Flash Forward
Vampire Diaries
NCIS: LA
Trauma
Cougar Town
Robert: I am shocked, shocked I tells ya! Even more shocked than I was at the whole Lillth turning out to be the last seal thing
Now that you are out of the closet I hope there will be a few more Supernatural stories… I know it’s not on the bubble or anthing but I want to know about this sixth season speculation… (I don’t want a sixth season Kripke’s plan should stay)… oh I’m a huge fan too I started watching a few months ago but love it just as much as Chuck
I love Supernatural, but would also like to see it conclude this year once Kripke’s “five year plan” is completed. I’m worried the CW is going to stretch it out until it becomes a laughing stock, a la Smallville and OTH.
Yaay Robert! I knew you were a fan! I started coming to the site when you guys were putting up comparisons between Reaper ans Supernatural.
I am in favor of a season six. To everybody talking about Kripke’s plan — when pitching the show to WB, he had to have AT LEAST a five year plan in order to get to syndication. He didn’t always have ONLY a five year plan.
In October 2006 (season 2) after the move to CW in TV Guide EK said when asked about ratings:
“All things considered, we’re doing well. For the show to be the six-/seven-year player that I want it to be, we need to do better.”
According to the renew/cancel index in 2009 — I think he might get his initial longevity wish!
Mel, and others, unless something surprises big in the second half of the year from the CW, it looks like this year is shaping up a lot like last year (minus the Sunday night debacle). We had Stylista, an obvious loser (although it finished its run), and Privileged, which hung around for 18 episodes before disappearing. This year we had The Beautiful Life yanked early, and Melrose Place settling into the Privileged role.
Every one of the other CW shows has the ratings to come back next season currently. Of course, producers or actors may have other ideas, but I don’t think Dawn will be a position to eliminate either of them no matter how much crazy fans think she “hates” them.
Mel: Kripke is leaving this year, he is not contracted for a sixth season… neither are Ackles or Padalecki as far as I know nor Collins I assume.
I don’t know “beans” about Supernatural, but I am happy for all the fans. I was just wondering, surely they wouldn’t have renewed it if they can’t count on the main actors, at least? Perhaps they have agreed to come back but its not public yet, and the show will end its run next year. I know that fans frown upon that, also, but-speaking as a fan of other things-I think I would rather see a show get to come to the ending that a creator, and perhaps a cast, prefers than to either have to come to a quick conclusion, that is usually not satisfying, or have no conclusion at all, if the show is cancelled.
Does anyone have any news on 90210?…Did it already get a full season pickup??…
Jared, yes.
Its not like either 1 would finish after 13 anyway. While Smallville could end in May it wouldnt just get replaced after 13, The CW wouldnt due that. Except when they had to axe Girlfriends due to the strike.
I like Supernatural fine, but better than Chuck? Never! While Supernatural is a well put together show, it had nothing on Chuck.
You mean people actually didn’t know SPN had a full season already? LMAO they don’t read many interviews by Eric then… He had already stated they have 22 episodes to play with and finalize this season out.
Jodie, to answer your question, Eric’s contract is up this season, but both Jared and Jensen had said in various interviews that they were contracted through a 6th season (should it happen) so if SPN does get a 6th season, it might or might not be with Eric behind the helm…
Now as far as a 6th season is concerned, I would love 13 episodes extra just to make up for the strike that happened during season 3.
Oh yeah Castiel is not useless, people just don’t like him because they think he is replacing Sam *eyeroll*
I like Cas to he his funny because he is an angel and he is getting to experince what its like as a human and i loved episode 3 with him and that girl i was cracking up misha is great. As for Smallville people
NOTICE: AS OF NOW IT COULD CHANGE BUT I DOUBT IT NEXT WEEK’S EPISODE OD SMALLVILLE CROSSFIRE WILL BE 7PM ON SUNDAY BECAUSE A NBA GAME IS REPLACING IT FOR FRIDAY SO WATCH IT SUNDAY AT 7! SAME CHANNEL! NOT TOMORROWS EPISODE THE ONE AFTER
Jodie — both Ackles and Padalecki have said that they are contracted through season 6. I don’t know about Collins – but I would imagine that since he is a regular, there would be some sort of option on his contract to continue. What I can’t imagine is EK walking away from his baby. But I suppose anything is possible.
Yay, Sam and Dean! That’s the prettiest photo you’ve ever posted! It needs more Impala, though.
Supernatural isn’t quite as good this year as in the past, but it still smoke just about every other show out there. I know that Eric Kripke says that he has/had no plans to go beyond this season & the stars aren’t contracted any further than this year, but I still hope it goes a little longer. I must say that it feels like it’s going to be wrapped up this year. As far as “Smallville” goes it is really bad this year. In fact it should have been cancelled after season 6. We are in the middle of season 9 now & it is bad. It has a lot to do w/the fact the two guys that developed the show are gone & I can’t say I blame them. Anybody have any news about “Supernatural” beyond this year? Curious to know. Cheers & I used to visit FutonCritic.com but I must say this site is the best TV I’ve found yet. Keep up the great articles & TV ratings & general news!