2008 TV News Archives
June 19, 2008: Actors Cast in Doomsday and Tess Roles for “Smallville”
Michael Ausiello reports that actors have been cast in the roles of Davis Bloome (aka Doomsday) and Tess for Season 8 of "Smallville".
- My increasingly itchy moles report that Sam Witwer, best known to Battlestar Galactica fans as ex-Raptor ECO Alex "Crashdown" Quartararo, has been tapped to play the series regular role of Doomsday. Additionally, relative newcomer Cassidy Freeman is joining the cast as Tess, a sexy and vengeful firecracker with whom Lex hires to run his empire in his absence. Ironically, the actress' most recent credit was the failed CW pilot Austin Golden Hour - starring none other than Green Arrow himself, Justin Hartley (who's back on Smallville full time next season).
Doomsday: Real name: Davis Bloome. He's in his mid-20s. He works as a bartender at the hip new Metropolis lounge Ace of Clubs. He plays down his smoldering good looks with a self-effacing wit and down-to-earth soulfulness. But he has long felt like an outsider (hence his nickname). And beneath his charismatic, easy-going demeanor lies a brooding sense of isolation and insecurity. When he begins to delve into the haunting mysteries of his true origins, a darker truth begins to emerge, one of blood and serial murders, one of survival and utter destruction - one in which he is forced to confront the true evil inside of him."
Tess: Drop-dead gorgeous.Roughly 28 years old.She's determined, sexy, vengeful and has super-strength. "While Lex is away, she is in control of his estate and rules it with aggression. She's had intellect and the confidence all her life, though it's obvious she's had some training from Lex as well. But as much as Lex has helped fortify her power, he is also her biggest weakness. She harbors an undying devotion to Lex, claiming he saved her life a few years ago. She carries out his wishes with coercion, force, seduction - anything to get what she wants. And no one can resist her beguiling ways. Even Clark Kent. She doesn't remember anything before the day she met Lex. Once she realizes her previous life is buried below the surface, she's desperate to dig it up."
Season 8 of "Smallville" is expected to premiere in September.
2008 Television News
Listed below are all the Television News items archived for 2008 organized into various categories:“Smallville” News:
- January 7, 2008: New “Smallville” Characters & Chatting with Allison Mack
- January 10, 2008: People's Choice Award Winners
- January 12, 2008: WGA Strike Impacting on Canadian Industry
- January 18, 2008: Smallville “Persona” Description and “Siren” Photos
- January 20, 2008: Smallville Black Canary Photos
- January 23, 2008: “Smallville” Convention Appearances & TV News
- January 24, 2008: “Smallville” Spoiler and “Fracture” Episode Photos
- January 25, 2008: Laura Vandervoort and Helen Slater in Orange County
- January 27, 2008: A Quick Chat with Michael Rosenbaum
- January 28, 2008: “Smallville” - Season 7, Episode 10 “Persona”
- January 31, 2008: No More “Smallville” for Michael Rosenbaum?
- January 31, 2008: James Marsters Talks Brainiac on “Smallville”
- January 31, 2008: No “Smallville” Return for Jane Seymour
- February 4, 2008: “Smallville” - Season 7, Episode 11 “Siren”
- February 6, 2008: “Smallville” Spoilers and Sprint Video Clips
- February 7, 2008: “Smallville” Interview with Al Gough
- February 11, 2008: 20 Episodes for “Smallville” Season 7
- February 11, 2008: “Smallville” - Season 7, Episode 12 “Fracture”
- February 17, 2008: Five Extra “Smallville” Episodes to Air from April
- February 18, 2008: Alaina Huffman Talks Black Canary
- February 20, 2008: Smallville Season Six Premium Trading Cards
- February 20, 2008: “Smallville” - Season 7, Episode 13 “Hero”
- February 24, 2008: “Smallville” Season 7 Episode Schedule
- February 25, 2008: Smallville The Official Season 6 Companion
- February 25, 2008: Neal Bailey “Camelot Falls” Article in Official Smallville Magazine
- March 3, 2008: The CW Picks Up “Smallville” for Season 8
- March 4, 2008: Video Tour of the Luthor Mansion
- March 10, 2008: “Smallville” - Season 7, Episode 13 “Hero”
- March 12, 2008: “Smallville” Spoilers, News and Rumors
- March 13, 2008: Fan-Created Online “Smallville” Comic
- March 17, 2008: “Smallville” - Season 7, Episode 14 “Traveler”
- March 18, 2008: Personal Messages from Allison Mack & Kristin Kreuk
- March 19, 2008: More Clues on “Smallville” Death in Season 7
- March 22, 2008: Helen Slater Appearing in Tulsa, Oklahoma
- March 24, 2008: “Smallville” - Season 7, Episode 15 “Veritas”
- March 27, 2008: The “Descent” of Lex Luthor on “Smallville”
- April 2, 2008: Ausiello Reveals Spoilers on “Smallville” Episode 150
- April 2, 2008: Brian Peterson Talks About “Smallville” Season 8
- April 3, 2008: Al Gough and Miles Millar Depart “Smallville”
- April 7, 2008: Sprint, CW Mobilize Supergirl for Mobisodes
- April 7, 2008: Why Did Gough and Millar Leave “Smallville”?
- April 9, 2008: Ausiello Reveals “Smallville” Episode 150 Spoilers
- April 15, 2008: “Smallville” - Season 7, Episode 16 “Descent”
- April 16, 2008: Three “Smallville” Video Clips from “Descent” Episode
- April 17, 2008: Smallville - Kara and the Chronicles of Krypton
- April 21, 2008: “Smallville” - Season 7, Episode 17 “Sleeper”
- April 24, 2008: Three Video Clips from Smallville “Sleeper” Episode
- April 28, 2008: “Smallville” - Season 7, Episode 18 “Apocalypse”
- May 1, 2008: Michael Rosenbaum Departs “Smallville”
- May 1, 2008: Michael Rosenbaum's Letter to “Smallville” Fans
- May 3, 2008: An Interview with Michael Rosenbaum
- May 5, 2008: “Smallville” - Season 7, Episode 19 “Quest”
- May 6, 2008: Smallville - Kara and the Chronicles of Krypton
- May 6, 2008: More “Smallville” Season 7, Episode 19 “Quest” Photos
- May 6, 2008: “Smallville” Season 7 DVD Cover Art Revealed
- May 8, 2008: Is Allison Mack Leaving “Smallville”?
- May 8, 2008: Info on Doomsday and Female Villain for “Smallville”
- May 8, 2008: Smallville “Quest” Director's Cut Video & Finale Photos
- May 12, 2008: “Smallville” - Season 7 Finale “Arctic”
- May 13, 2008: Quite Possibly No Chloe Sullivan in Season 8
- May 13, 2008: Pre-Order “Smallville” Season 7 on DVD and Blu-ray Disc
- May 14, 2008: The CW Announces Schedule for 2008-2009 Season
- May 15, 2008: Allison Mack Staying for “Smallville” Season 8
- May 15, 2008: “Smallville” Season 8 Not Final Season?
- May 17, 2008: Laura Vandervoort Also Leaves “Smallville”
- May 17, 2008: Review - Smallville “Justice” Action Figures
- May 20, 2008: Smallville - Will Lois Lane Fall in Love with Doomsday?
- May 21, 2008: “Smallville: The Complete Seventh Season” DVD Details
- May 22, 2008: “Smallville” Season 7 Premieres in the U.K. on May 27
- May 29, 2008: Press Release - “Smallville: The Complete Seventh Season”
- June 4, 2008: Green Arrow Becomes Regular “Smallville” Cast Member
- June 7, 2008: Wizard Examines “Smallville” Creative Shake-Up
- June 11, 2008: Erica Durance in “Smallville” Season 8
- June 12, 2008: “Smallville” VoD on UK Broadband
- June 18, 2008: “Smallville” Receives Four Teen Choice Award Nominations
- June 19, 2008: Actors Cast in Doomsday and Tess Roles for “Smallville”
- June 20, 2008: Official “Smallville” Press Release Regarding Doomsday and Tess
- July 2, 2008: TV Guide Reveals “Smallville” Season 8 Spoilers
- July 2, 2008: Neal Bailey Article in “Smallville Magazine #27”
- July 10, 2008: “Smallville” Spoilers and Season 8 Premiere Date
- July 11, 2008: “Smallville” Season 8 Spoilers
- July 14, 2008: Darren Swimmer Talks “Smallville” Season 8
- July 15, 2008: “Smallville” Season 7 DVD Back Cover Artwork
- July 18, 2008: “Smallville” & “New Frontier” Receive Emmy Nominations
- July 18, 2008: Smallville/Supernatural Comic-Con Tote Bag
- July 22, 2008: Darren Swimmer Reveals “Smallville” Season 8 Details
- July 24, 2008: Peterson and Slavkin Talk “Smallville” Season 8
- July 24, 2008: Sam Witwer Talks About Doomsday on “Smallville”
- July 24, 2008: Plenty of “Smallville” Season 8 Spoilers
- July 24, 2008: San Diego Comic-Con International
- July 27, 2008: Comic-Con - Smallville Screening and Q&A Panel
- July 27, 2008: Geoff Johns Brings Legion of Super-Heroes to TV's “Smallville”
- July 28, 2008: Comic-Con - Smallville Roundtable Interviews
- July 29, 2008: Comic-Con - Smallville Videos and Interviews
- July 30, 2008: TV Guide Talks Lois & Clark on “Smallville”
- August 5, 2008: “Smallville” Season 8 Video Interviews
- August 6, 2008: “Smallville” Season 8 Episode 5 Kiss
- August 7, 2008: More TV Guide Talk on “Smallville” Season 8
- August 12, 2008: Chatting with Jimmy Olsen AKA Aaron Ashmore
- August 20, 2008: Charlotte Sullivan Cast as Maxima for “Smallville”
- August 20, 2008: Justin Hartley and Allison Mack Talk “Smallville” Season 8
- August 21, 2008: “Smallville” Spoilers on Tess and Doomsday
- August 21, 2008: Neal Bailey Examines Brainiac in Smallville Magazine #28
- August 25, 2008: Vandervoort Returns for One Episode
- August 26, 2008: Smallville - The Complete Seventh Season DVD
- August 28, 2008: The CW Releases “Smallville” Season 8 Synopsis
- August 28, 2008: Smallville - Season 8, Episode 1 - “Odyssey”
- August 28, 2008: Slavkin and Swimmer Talk Season 9 for “Smallville”
- August 28, 2008: Love Declared in Season 8 of “Smallville”
- August 29, 2008: “Smallville” Trailer Contest
- August 31, 2008: Smallville - Season 8, Episode 1 - “Odyssey”
- August 31, 2008: Smallville - Season 8, Episode 2 - “Plastique”
- September 3, 2008: Geoff Johns Talks LSH on “Smallville”
- September 4, 2008: “Smallville” Seasons 6 & 7 DVDs Come to the U.K.
- September 6, 2008: Smallville - Season 8, Episode 2 - “Plastique”
- September 9, 2008: Allison Mack Talks “Smallville” Season 8
- September 11, 2008: Spoiler Info About Chloe in “Smallville” Season 8
- September 12, 2008: TV Guide Talks to Erica Durance About Season 8
- September 13, 2008: Smallville - Season 8, Episode 3 - “Toxic”
- September 13, 2008: More Photos for Episodes 1 & 2 of “Smallville” Season 8
- September 14, 2008: Smallville “Odyssey” Director's Cut and Episode Trailers
- September 14, 2008: “Smallville” Interview Round-Up
- September 15, 2008: “Smallville” - Season 8, Episode 1 “Odyssey”
- September 15, 2008: “Smallville” Wins Sound Editing Emmy Award
- September 16, 2008: Kristin Kreuk Talks Smallville and Beyond
- September 17, 2008: More “Smallville” Season 8 Video Clips and Interviews
- September 18, 2008: Yet More “Smallville” Interviews and Spoilers
- September 18, 2008: More “Smallville” Season 8 Interviews & Spoilers
- September 23, 2008: “Smallville” - Season 8, Episode 2 “Plastique”
- September 25, 2008: “Smallville” Interviews, Spoilers and Video Clips
- September 27, 2008: Erica Durance on “Attack of the Show”
- September 27, 2008: Smallville “A Hero's Passion” Trailer
- September 29, 2008: “Smallville” - Season 8, Episode 3 “Toxic”
- October 2, 2008: Allison Mack TV Guide Interview
- October 2, 2008: “Smallville” Spoilers and Interviews
- October 7, 2008: “Smallville” - Season 8, Episode 4 “Instinct”
- October 9, 2008: TV Guide's Allison Mack Interview - Part 2
- October 10, 2008: Cassidy Freeman Interviews and Lex Returning... Kind Of
- October 13, 2008: “Smallville” - Season 8, Episode 5 “Committed”
- October 15, 2008: Ausiello Chats with Erica Durance
- October 16, 2008: Mega Buzz Info on Doomsday in “Smallville”
- October 17, 2008: The CW Reveals More “Smallville” Season 8 Plans
- October 17, 2008: Aaron Ashmore Talks with The CW Source
- October 21, 2008: “Smallville” - Season 8, Episode 6 “Prey”
- October 22, 2008: “Smallville” Spoilers on Lana's and Kara's Return
- October 23, 2008: The CW Source Interviews Sam Witwer
- October 23, 2008: Cassidy Freeman Not Trying to Replace Rosenbaum
- October 24, 2008: TV Guide Interviews Cassidy Freeman
- October 27, 2008: “Smallville” - Season 8, Episode 7 “Identity”
- October 29, 2008: Smallville Magazine #29
- October 30, 2008: Behind The Scenes “Smallville” Photos
- October 30, 2008: Action-Packed “Smallville” Story Arc for Lana?
- November 3, 2008: “Smallville” - Season 8, Episode 8 “Bloodline”
- November 4, 2008: “Smallville” Season 8 U.K. Premiere Announced
- November 5, 2008: More Photos from Smallville Season 8, Episode 8 “Bloodline”
- November 6, 2008: Alexz Johnson is Smallville's Saturn Girl
- November 8, 2008: Vandervoort Speaks, Ratings Rise, Graysons Dies
- November 10, 2008: “Smallville” - Season 8, Episode 9 “Abyss”
- November 11, 2008: Tori Spelling to Return to “Smallville”
- November 12, 2008: Erica Durance & Justin Hartley on The CW Source
- November 14, 2008: Doomsday Hits “Smallville”
- November 17, 2008: “Smallville” - Season 8, Episode 10 “Bride”
- November 19, 2008: Erica Durance on the Lois, Lana and Clark Love Triangle
- November 20, 2008: Smallville “Bride” Video Clips
- November 21, 2008: Doomsday Scenario Brings Legionnaires to “Smallville”
- November 21, 2008: TV Guide's Erica Durance Video Interview
- November 21, 2008: Sam Witwer Video Interviews
- November 22, 2008: Geoff Johns on “Legion” Episode of “Smallville”
- November 26, 2008: Lex Luthor in Top 10 TV Villains
- November 27, 2008: Geoff Johns Explains Smallville “Legion” Episode
- November 27, 2008: Tess Mercer Shows No Mercy
- December 4, 2008: Actors Could Derail a 9th Season of “Smallville”
- December 5, 2008: “Smallville” Doomsday Trailer
- December 10, 2008: Foxtel Secures First-Run Rights to “Smallville” in Australia
- December 14, 2008: Smallville “Legion” Trailer
- December 14, 2008: Neal Bailey Examines Brainiac in Smallville Magazine #30
- December 18, 2008: Erica Durance Interview With eTalk
- December 23, 2008: Smallville - New “Legion” Trailer and Episode Descriptions
- December 27, 2008: “Smallville” - Season 8, Episode 11 “Legion”
- March 2, 2008: “Legion of Super Heroes” Returns & “The Batman” Ends
- March 11, 2008: “Legion of Super Heroes” Season 2, Episode 10: “Trials”
- March 12, 2008: The End of the “Legion of Super Heroes” Cartoon
- March 14, 2008: James Tucker Talks LSH Episode “Trials”
- March 19, 2008: Final Stand-Alone “Legion of Super Heroes” Episode
- March 22, 2008: More Images from “In Your Dreams” LSH Episode
- March 26, 2008: Part 1 of “Legion of Super Heroes” Series Finale
- March 28, 2008: More Images for LSH “Dark Victory, Part 1”
- May 22, 2008: Legion of Super Heroes - Volume 3 DVD
- August 26, 2008: Legion of Superheroes Vol 3 DVD
- January 9, 2008: All-New Super Friends Hour DVD Available Now
- January 18, 2008: Alan Burnett Talks “JLA”, & “The Batman” Animated Series
- January 18, 2008: Noel Neill Appearing at Hollywood Collectors Show
- January 30, 2008: Supergirl Seatbelt Commercial
- February 6, 2008: Noel Neill Celebrates 60 Years as Lois Lane
- February 12, 2008: Jack Larson “Jimmy Olsen” Video Interview
- February 20, 2008: WB to Produce “Brave and the Bold” Animated Series
- March 1, 2008: Superman Designs for “The Batman” by Jose Lopez
- March 2, 2008: “Legion of Super Heroes” Returns & “The Batman” Ends
- March 4, 2008: Superman and JLA on “The Batman” Finale
- March 5, 2008: JLA in “The Batman” Series Finale
- March 17, 2008: Vintage Superman Comes to Chicago TV
- March 22, 2008: Superman Items Included in Hollywood Auction
- March 26, 2008: Noel Neill at Hollywood Collectors & Celebrities Show
- April 10, 2008: Rare “Superboy” TV Series Interviews Online
- April 15, 2008: Superman Meets Lucy at “I Love Lucy” Celebration
- April 22, 2008: “DC Super Heroes: The Filmation Adventures” DVD
- April 29, 2008: Warner Bros. Pushes Shows Online with 2 New Websites
- April 29, 2008: “The Batman: The Complete Fifth Season” DVD
- May 1, 2008: “Justice League” Season 1 on Blu-ray Disc
- May 8, 2008: San Francisco Meet and Greet with Noel Neill
- May 29, 2008: Press Release - “DC Super Heroes: The Filmation Adventures”
- July 1, 2008: Two Hours of George Reeves Talk
- July 4, 2008: DC Comics' Shows Now Available on iTunes
- July 23, 2008: “Adventures of Superman” Cast on Tomorrow Show
- July 29, 2008: Noel Neill Presented with Inkpot Award
- August 5, 2008: WHV Launch DC Superheroes and JLA Season 1 on Facebook
- August 18, 2008: Rare “Superboy” Season 1 Footage Uncovered
- September 2, 2008: Hawkman/Birdman Mix-Up on “DC Super Heroes: The Filmation Adventures”
- September 10, 2008: Percepto Makes “Adventures of Superman” Scores Offer
- September 16, 2008: Warner Home Video Answers Fan Questions
- October 8, 2008: All-New Superfriends Hour - Season One, Volume Two
- October 13, 2008: A Look at TwoMorrows' “The Age of TV Heroes” Publication
- October 28, 2008: No Superman for “Batman: The Brave & The Bold”
- November 4, 2008: All-New Superfriends Hour - Season One, Volume Two
- November 7, 2008: Behind The Scenes Footage from Superboy TV Series
- December 8, 2008: Actress Beverly Garland Dies
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