A new article on “CrunchGear.com” is stating that Smallville MUST not be allowed to break Stargate SG-1’s world record:

We MUST stop this. Somehow Smallville must be canceled before it surpasses Stargate SG-1 and becomes the longest running Sci-fi show in North America’s history.

Read the full article here.

I’m still excited about the Smallville season ten news that was announced earlier today! This is definitely a happy Smallville day!

Just a few Smallville news bytes to share and John Schneider’s new Twitter account:

1.  Turi Meyer tweeted earlier today that he, along with Al Septien, will be writing the season nine finale.

2.  “KryptonSite” shared a few episodes titles (below), including an interesting tid-bit that Justin Hartley (Oliver Queen) is one of the writers for “Sacrifice” and Greg Beeman is coming back to direct the season nine finale, “Salvation”. Read the spoilers in it’s entirety on “KryptonSite” here.

- 9.20 “Sacrifice” – April 30, 2010
- 9.21 “Hostage” – May 7, 2010
- 9.22 “Salvation” – May 14, 2010

3.  And finally, I received an interesting heads up from “AC” that John Schneider set up a new Twitter account that is related to his new SpikeTV show, “Back 9″. I contacted Scott at John Schneider’s official site, and he confirmed this is truly his new twitter account. So you can now follow John Schneider here “therealtrueshit“. Thanks “AC”!

Press release from The CW:

The CW Network has announced that its hit series SMALLVILLE will return in the fall of 2010 for a momentous tenth season.

SMALLVILLE, a modern retelling of the Superman legend, stars Tom Welling as Clark Kent. The series moved to Friday nights this season, where it currently ranks as network television’s #1 show in its time period among men 18-34 and men 18-49. Additionally, SMALLVILLE has dramatically improved The CW’s ratings performance in its Friday 8:00-9:00p.m.time period by 67% among adults 18-34 (1.5/6), 200% in men 18-34 (1.8/7), 75% in adults 18-49 (1.4/5), 183% in men 18-49 (1.7/6) and 74% in total viewers (3.12million).

SMALLVILLE joins the five previously announced series – THE VAMPIRE DIARIES, GOSSIP GIRL, 90210, SUPERNATURAL, and AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL – which will all return for another season on The CW.

SMALLVILLE was developed for television by Alfred Gough & Miles Millar (“Shanghai Noon,” “The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor”), based on the DC Comics characters. Kelly Souders & Brian Peterson serve as executive producers, along with James Marshall, Mike Tollin, Brian Robbins and Joe Davola. The series is produced by Tollin/Robbins Productions, Millar/Gough Ink and Warner Bros. Television. SUPERMAN was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.

SOURCE: The CW

This just in from EW’s Ausiello on Twitter:

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s the news Smallville fans have been waiting for: The CW has renewed the show for a 10th season!

More info to follow soon, I’m sure! WOO HOO! Read the full story at EW here.

A few Smallville news bytes I’ve been gathering the last couple of days:

1.  As I tweeted a couple of days ago, “You”, starring Allison Mack will debut at the Gasparilla Film Festival in March. Click here to read more.

2.  Smallville co-executive producer, writer and director, Turi Meyer is now on Twitter! You can follow him here: TuriMeyer

3.  Michael Rosenbaum was among several celebrities that appeared at the Seattle Thunderbirds Hockey Challenge 2010 charity event on Saturday, February 27th. Our partner site, “RosenbaumMedia” has several pictures that fans snapped during the event – you can check it out here.

4.  The Smallville episode “Warrior” that aired on February 12th, gained 31% in Live+7 DVR ratings to wind up with 3.25 mil. Thanks to Matt Mitovich with “Fancast” for tweeting that tid-bit.

5.  And finally, I added four “season eight” LQ promo pictures to the gallery of Allison Mack, Erica Durance and Cassidy Freeman. I’m crossing my fingers that we’ll see those in HQ, as welll as some nice ones of the guys (Tom Welling, Justin Hartley, Aaron Ashmore and Sam Witwer). Thanks to “Mundo Smallville” for the images!

An article from EW, and a few Smallville “Conspiracy” tid-bits:

1.  Check-out an article from Ken Tucker at EW titled, “The CW’s Identity Crisis: Are Supernatural & Smallville Better Than Gossip Girl & 90210?”

I personally think the author hit it right on the mark, but then I’ve always been more of a sci-fi fan. You can read it at EW here.

2.  Smallville’s Conspiracy reached #1 on iTunes’ Top TV episodes. Check it out here, thanks to sv_awareness on Twitter.

3.  Herb Sommerfeld was an extra in “Conspiracy” and shared a couple of the scenes he was in on his Twitter last night. You can see it here and here. What a lucky guy!

4.  And finally, a couple of “Conspiracy” recaps from TV Guide:

• Blood Ties: Rich Sands
• Conspiracy Recap: Natalie Abrams

A couple of articles mentioning Smallville, and alum news:

• Smallville is included on Sci Fi Wire’s list of “Favorite Shows That Could Live Or Die”, where it states the chances for a renewal is 90%. Check it out here.

• Smallville is among several shows listed on TV.com as “The Worst Comics-to-TV Shows”. Outrageous! You can read it here.

• According to EW’s Ausiello, Kristin Kreuk along with Jack Carpenter have been confirmed as leads for a new CBS comedy pilot titled “Hitched”, about a newlywed couple, their friends and family. Read it here.

• And finally, we may see Sam Witwer (Davis Bloome)  on the tube again as well. According to EW, Sam is also attached to a CBS pilot titled “The Quinn-Tuplets”, a drama chronicling the lives of five adult quintuplets. Read it here.

We read it first from EW’s Ausiello earlier this morning that The CW renewed five shows, but Smallville was not included on this list, and there is no word yet if it will return next season.

In the meantime, Kristin with E! Online posted this a few minutes ago:

Smallville: I’m told it’s very likely that Smallville will return for another season, given that it is pulling in solid ratings (by CW standards)—an average of about 2.5 million on Friday nights. So why no Smallville pickup today? According to insiders, it’s possible they are still finalizing deals with the actors and also want to announce Smallville’s pickup separately, while also setting an end date, as it may be the final season.

That gives me some hope that we may just get our season ten – it’s the waiting that’s driving me crazy! Hopefully we’ll hear music to our ears about Smallville’s renewal soon!

1.  Tom Welling was seen at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada sporting a USA Olympics hoodie! Hopefully we’ll see more pictures of him from the event! I added that image to the gallery under “Smallville Cast”, “Tom Welling” and “Out & About”.

Thanks to “Smallville Fans” for the rare candid of Tom!

2.  Also, vote for Tom Welling and Allison Mack at “Zap2It” for “TV’s Best Actor/Director”. Tom is currently in second place, so vote away here folks!

3.  And finally, vote for “Smallville” at io9’s “Which “On The Bubble” TV Show Will You Campaign For?” here.

EW’s Ausiello has compiled a list of “bubble” shows that are likeliest — and unlikeliest — to be renewed for the 2010-11 TV season. Here’s the info on Smallville:

“Smallville: A sure thing.”

Read Ausiello’s full list of shows here.