2008 TV News Archives
September 15, 2008: "Smallville" - Season 8, Episode 1 "Odyssey"
The premiere episode of "Smallville" Season 8 airs in the U.S. on Thursday, September 18th, 2008 at 8.00pm. Titled "Odyssey", here's the official (spoiler filled) description from The CW...
- "The Justice League, led by the Green Arrow (Justin Hartley), hits the Artic in search of Clark (Tom Welling), who disappeared after the fortress collapsed. The team immediately has a confrontation with the new CEO of Luthorcorp, Tess Mercer (Cassidy Freeman). Meanwhile, Chloe (Allison Mack) is being held prisoner by a suspicious group who has discovered she has a new power, and Clark has been stripped of his powers by Jor-El."
Kevin Fair directed the episode, with the story by Brian Peterson and Kelly Souders and teleplay by Todd Slavkin and Darren Swimmer.
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Meanwhile, TV Guide has the following description for this same episode...
- In the eighth-season opener, the Justice League searches for Clark, but is stymied by the new CEO of Luthorcorp, Tess Mercer (Cassidy Freeman); and Chloe is held prisoner by a group who have discovered her powers, while Clark has been stripped of his by Jor-El.
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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