2007 TV News Archives

Smallville

May 17, 2007: “Smallville” to Stay in Thursday 8pm Time Slot

The CW has confirmed that "Smallville" will indeed be back for a 7th season, and today announced that the show will remain in its Thursday 8pm time slot in the U.S.

In other "Smallville" news, iF Magazine has followed up their recent Al Gough interview with an interview with Phil Morris, who plays the Martian Manhunter on "Smallville". Here's an excerpt from the interview...

    iF: Were you wanting to be green as John Jones/ Martian Manhunter?

    MORRIS: No. I'm myself as John Jones. We have to remember that this is TV Land and not a comic book. I just bought the latest issue of MARTIN MANHUNTER today, and JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA, but I digress. I think they were smart in not making this guy green, because I think they like me and want me to come back and they want the audience to come to him and welcome him. If he's green and he looks like a Martian and is too otherworldly and too alien I don't think they'll sustain, especially people who come to the show who aren't comic book fans. So, I think they have to make certain concessions and make a bit of a cheat for the television audience, but it's not going to be much. I play him with the same integrity and the same grounding, the same humanity that I think the John Jones/Martian Manhunter character has that incredible humanity in the comic books. So not green, and I really appreciate that they don't make me sit in hours of makeup for that. I think when they [comic fans] see how I play it and see how I am in my guise as John Jones for parts of the shows; they'll see our homage to the character.

Read the complete interview at the iF Magazine website.

In even more "Smallville" news, Shaun Hemmings emailed in to let us know about his report on the recent U.K. "Smallville" Convention that's posted over at Mania.com. Check it out.



2007 Television News

Listed below are all the Television News items archived for 2007 organized into various categories:

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“Justice League” and “Superman” Animated Series News: “Krypto: The Superdog” News: “Legion of Super-Heroes” Animated Series News: Other Superman Related Television News:

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