A few days ago I got on the phone with “Smallville” executive producer Brian Peterson. While the show moved to Friday nights this season, “Smallville” still has a loyal following as 2.5 million tuned in for last week’s episode. While that number might be low on any other night, you’ve got to remember Friday nights are a death sentence for every network and getting a few million to watch is pretty good especially since the CW isn’t one of the four major networks. With that being said, no one knows if this is the last season of “Smallville”. Anyway, when I spoke to Brian Peterson about the show, I asked his thoughts about a 10th season and got updates on a lot of other things.

The big news is the CW Network has been told there is a date when the network has to decide if “Smallville” is coming back, so if it isn’t, they can wrap up the storyline for the fans that have been watching from the beginning. Also, for fans of Geoff Johns, what was supposed to be a one part Justice Society episode is now a two-parter. We talked about a lot more so hit the jump to read the interview:

Why stay in Smallville or Metropolis when you could come to sunny Burbank, California and hang out at the local Buy More or possibly a new Subway franchise? “Why?” indeed because Kristen Kruek (a.k.a. Lana Lang) and Brandon Routh (a.k.a. Clark Kent/Superman/Kal-El/Man of Steel) are heading out West for guest roles on NBC’s “Chuck”.  Hit the jump to find out how they’re going to make sure Charles Bartowski (Zachary Levi) and “Sarah Walker” (Yvonne Strahovski) never get together.

I am a comic book nerd.  That’s no news.  I see all the movies and buy far too many comic books for the limited space I have to keep them in.  I joined Smallville in its infancy and stuck through a couple seasons.  I liked the friendship between Clark Kent and Lex Luthor that the series started off with and the slow unraveling of that bond, but ultimately the meteorite powered villain of the week got tired.  The series had the whole DC Universe as a sandbox to play in and didn’t.  That oversight is rectified this season… in spades. My review after the jump:

The CW Network has released two new trailers for the upcoming seasons of “Smallville” and “Supernatural”. Both are well cut and show enough footage to get fans excited. If you’ve been waiting for either show to come back with news episodes, check out the clips after the jump:

While some can’t believe The CW Network’s “Smallville” is still on the air, the show is currently filming its 9^th season and if the crowd at Comic-Con is any indication, it’s still loved by a ton of fans. Anyway, to help promote the upcoming season, The CW Network has released the first image of Brian Austin Green as Metallo. Brian is doing a two episode guest spot starting with the September 25^th season premiere. See what he looks like after the jump:

At this year’s Comic-Con, the cast and showrunners of the popular CW show “Smallville” did roundtable interviews with the press right after their presentation ended. I’ve already posted the interview with showrunners Kelly Souders and Brian Peterson, and after the jump is an interview with Erica Durance (Lois Lane). During the interview she talks about what’s going to happen to Lois in season nine, where is her relationship with Clark going, filming her action scenes, and will we ever see Stiletto again:

Let’s just say “Smallville” has beaten many people’s expectations. After all, getting any show on the air is tough, but to keep enough fans interested so you get renewed for a ninth season, that’s next to impossible. But with the move to Friday’s this season, “Smallville” is doing just that. So to thank the fans, the cast and showrunners came to Comic-Con this morning to talk to the fans and show some footage. Shortly after their panel, I participated in a small roudnatble interview with showrunners Kelly Souders and Brian Peterson and what they said is after the jump. If you’re curious what is coming up in season nine, you’re going to want to read this interview:

You’ve just run the gauntlet of three days at the San Diego Comic-Con.  Congratulations!  There’s still one day left, but looking at the schedule for Sunday, most would agree that it’s a light day.  There’s nothing even happening in Hall H and there are no super-duper major events and that’s because A) Sunday is designated as “Kids Day” and B) Folks are going to catch their flights home.  Still, there’s some stuff you may want to stick around and see and since you’ve most likely been stuck in one ballroom or another for the past three days, you may want to run to the exhibitors floor and see if you can get any good deals.

Hit the jump to check out the full schedule for Sunday where I’ve highlighted events that I think may be popular. And if you missed it, click here for Saturday, click here for Friday, and click here for Thursday.

You’re probably asking yourself…how many interviews did Steve do at this year’s Saturn Awards! As I said the night of the ceremony, I interviewed over 20 people and it’s taking some time to get them all online. But with the lack of any major news the week before a major holiday, I thought it would be better to spread them out over a few days. Saying that, tonight is the last of them.

Anyway, the interview you’re about to watch is with Justin Hartley. On “Smallville”, Justin plays Oliver Queen/The Green Arrow. With production getting ready for “Smallville’s” 9^th and possible last season, Justin talked about his favorite episodes from last season, Comic-Con, does he think this is going to be it, his thoughts on General Zod coming to “Smallville”, and a lot more. If you’re a “Samllville” fan, I’m sure you’ll like the interview, so take a look:

That thing you heard about the CW keeping “Smallville” on the air for a ninth season?  That’s still true.  Yesterday TV Guide even had some exclusive casting news on the superhero series and, guess what?  It had nothing to do with who will be playing Zod.  The big news is that Brian Austin Green (late of Fox’s “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles” and Megan Fox’s pants) will join the series as Daily Planet writer John Corben - better known by the name used by his cyborg alter-ego: Metallo.  The kryptonite-powered Metallo will appear in at least the first two episodes of “Smallville”, which debuts on the CW network September 25^th at eight pm.  I will be the first to tell you that Brian Austin Green blew me away during his tenure on “TSCC”.  And while I don’t think that “Smallville” circa 2009 has the depth or range of Fox’s “Terminator” I am at least happy that Green held out for a better gig than “One Tree Hill”.  Oh yeah, because that show’s isn’t off the air yet either…

The CW Network has unveiled their fall line-up and it’s after the jump. The big news is “Smallville” will be jumping to Friday night’s at 8pm and that can only mean one thing - it’s the final season. No show survives on a Friday night. It’s like the network is buying a gravesite and telling the fans it’s over.

But no one thought “Smallville” would make it to it’s 9^th birthday…so what do I know.

The other news is “Melrose Place” is coming back and it’s going to air on Tuesday’s with “90210″. That can only mean one thing - grunge rock is coming back as it’s 1992 all over again.

Finally, no network is complete without a vampire show, so The CW is launching “The Vampire Diaries” on Thursday’s to go along with “Supernatural”. I just read the synopsis and it reads a lot like “Twilight”. I can’t imagine what fans the network is going for with this show.

Whatever. The schedule is after the jump so take a look: