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May 18, 2004: “Smallville” Season 4 to Remain on Wednesday Night

"Smallville" will remain in its Wednesday at 8pm time slot for its fourth season on The WB and a new show, "Global Frequency" will be made available as a midseason replacement, the network announced on Tuesday at its upfront presentation.

"Smallville" will lead into two new comedies, "Blue Collar TV" and "Drew Carey's Green Screen Show".

"Wednesday night, Smallville presents a clear male alternative to a broadcast landscape dominated by female-skewing programming," said Jordan Levin, the network's CEO. "It took audiences a little while longer than we would have liked to find Smallville on Wednesdays at 8, but once they did, Smallville reasserted itself as not only our number one series, but our strongest series with all male viewers. We're using that strength to deliver our two male comedies the strongest lead-in possible.

"While comedies have not always performed well coming out of dramas, Blue Collar TV and Drew Carey's Green Screen Show represent two non-traditional forms of programming which are key in attracting young men."

Returning for the fourth season are series stars Tom Welling, Kristin Kreuk, Michael Rosenbaum, Allison Mack, John Glover, Annette O'Toole and John Schneider. Alfred Gough, Miles Millar, Greg Beeman, Mike Tollin, Brian Robbins, Joe Davola and Ken Horton serve as executive producers.

"Global Frequency" is based on the comics series created by Warren Ellis.