Smallville closed it’s 10-year run with an amazing episode last night. It was filled with some beautiful moments that had me smiling, crying, and finally screaming in anticipation with Michael Rosenbaum’s return as Lex Luthor, Aaron Ashmore’s surprise cameo as Jimmy Olsen, and most especially, Clark (Tom Welling) becoming Superman. It was an excellent conclusion to a much loved series. *sobbing*

Thank you to the cast, crew and everyone involved with Smallville for bringing us a wonderful show the past 10-years – I will miss it immensely.

Now for the ratings – according to “TV Line,” the two hour Smallville series finale rose 63% from last week’s episode, “Prophecy, ” and was Smallville’s most watched and highest rated episode since the October 15th episode, “Homecoming.” Viewership rose higher during the second hour, with 3.35 million watching the closing moments.

Friday, May 13th at 8:00 p.m.

CW: Smallville (with 2.97 million, 1.3)
NBC: Friday Night Lights (2.8 million, 0.7)
ABC: Shark Tank (5 million, 1.3)
CBS: Flashpoint (7.5 million, 1.3)

According to “TVbytheNumbers,” the ratings for last night’s penultimate episode, “Prophecy” was steady:

Friday, May 6th at 8:00 p.m.

FOX:  Kitchen Nightmares (1.6/6, 3.66 million)
ABC:  Shark Tank (1.2/5, 4.48 million)
CBS:  Flashpoint (1.1/4, 6.89 million)
NBC:  Friday Night Lights (0.8/3, 2.72 million)
CW:  Smallville (0.8/3, 2.00 milliion)

Tune in next week (May 13th) for Smallville’s 2-hour final episode, “Finale” at 8/7c on The CW.

Major kudos to Justin Hartley (Oliver/Green Arrow) on his directorial debut for last night’s Smallville episode, “Dominion” – he did a fantastic job! It was great having Callum Blue (Zod) back for another episode, and I loved the new beard he was sporting. I also enjoyed the gladiator fight sequences in the Phantom Zone, which was done really well. All in all “Dominion” was definitely “one” of my personal favorite season ten episodes.

According to “TVLine.com,” the ratings for “Dominion” dipped 20 percent (1.94 million, 0.8) versus last week.

Friday, April 29th at 8:00 p.m.

CBS: “The Royal Wedding” (8.6 million, 1.7)
CW: “Smallville” (1.94 million, 0.8)
NBC: “Friday Night Lights” (3 million, 0.6)

Last night’s (amazing) Smallville episode, “Kent,” the first of the final five episodes, delivered 2.3 million viewers, and was up 11 percent from the show’s last episode back on March 4th (Scion).

Friday, April 15th at 8 p.m.

CBS: “Chaos” (5.5 million viewers, 3.4/6 households)
ABC: “Shark Tank” (5.4 million, 3.3/6)
FOX: “Kitchen Nightmares” (3.8 million, 2.3/4)
NBC: “Friday Night Lights” (3.5 million, 2.3/4)
The CW: “Smallville” (2.3 million, 1.4/3)

SOURCES: Zap2it, EW

Smallville’s mid-season premiere, “Collateral” returned with an average of 2.4 million viewers last night (Friday, February 4th).

Check-out the breakdown below, courtesy of “TV By The Numbers.”

I enjoyed last night’s episode, “Icarus”, which was the last “2010″ episode and the last mid-season finale for Smallville. *sadness*

Favorite scenes:

• Clark proposing to Lois.
• Lois and Chloe flashback scene.
• Hawkman’s selfless act saving Lois, which explains the title of the episode, Icarus.
• Funeral scene with the JL team together.

Can’t wait to find out the outcome when Smallville returns in 7-weeks (January 28th, 2011).

See the ratings for last night’s episode below, thanks to “TheTVAddict.com“:

According to “TVbytheNumbers“, Smallville (Abandoned) was one of the two shows to increase its ratings on Friday night and finished a tenth behind CBS’s “Medium” at 8pm.

Let me just mention that I really enjoyed “Ambush” last night! I thought this episode revealed how strong Clark and Lois’ relationship is right now. I’m curious about Clark’s question to General Lane towards the end of the episode…could he be asking General Lane for Lois’ hand in marriage?

Also enjoyed the Suicide Squad and Oliver and Tess scenes. Oh, and can’t forget that we saw Clark in his new suit – a definite plus!

According to TVbytheNumbers, Smallville’s “Ambush” was down a tenth from last week to a 1.1 rating.

According to “TVbytheNumbers“, Smallville was up a tenth of a point to a 1.2 adults 18-49 rating last night. Yaay for Smallville!

According to TVbytheNumbers, Smallville averaged 2.48 million viewers last night for “Isis”.

Loved the ending of last night’s episode! I think my neighbors must have heard me screaming, I kid you not!