Supernatural Station

Supernatural and some of it's former stars has been in the entertainment news this week. And it's all good news!!

• Supernatural is nominated for 2008 Emmy for "Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series"

  The episode, 'Jus In Belo', is being recognized for it's superior sound editing. Personally, I loved the scene with Sam's [sexy] voice echoing over loud speakers, quoting latin. Good luck to Supernatural's sound effects geniuses: Michael E. Lawshe, Norval 'Charlie' Crutcher III, Karyn Foster, Marc Meyer, Timothy Cleveland, Paul Diller, Albert Gomez, Casey Crabtree, Michael Crabtree, and Dino Moriana. The competition is stiff (CSI, ER, Lost, Smallville), but these guys definitely deserve to win.

• Supernatural wins Constellation Award for "Best Overall 2007 Science Fiction Film or Television Script"

  Raelle Tucker won for the awesome episode, 'What Is & What Should Never Be'. A well-deserved win and in a tight race too. The Constellation award is a fan-based, Canadian entertainment award given to movies and TV shows in the Science Fiction/Fantasy genre.

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Kristen at E!Online has a new interview with Eric Kripke in which he talks about the season 3 finale, Bella, season 4, and his 5-year plan for Supernatural. It includes a couple clips from #3.15 Time Is On My Side. Click the link to read more. Link: Supernatural Boss Eric Kripke Spills…

You should also check out his April interview at TVGuide.com in which he answered “burning questions” about the season 3 finale and talked about the impact that budget cuts will have on season 4.

Both interviews are spoilery, but not overly so…Kripke can be very mysterious about the show, when he wants to be.

Great news! According to E!Online, Supernatural is on the official list of CW shows being picked up for the fall 2008-09 season. That means our show has been renewed for a 4th season! Whoohoo! This is the earliest renewal announcement I have ever seen for Supernatural. It’s even in time to make a wonderful birthday gift for Jensen.

The E!Online article is here and includes a list of other CW shows being renewed, including Smallville.

Updated: Feb 7, 2008

Photo by devidarkwolf

It is now week two of the Writer's Guild of America strike and there's no sign of a settlement. This is not good. Supernatural is still filming new episodes but that will end in December without a strike settlement. According to Michael Ausiello’s Strike Chart, Supernatural will air at most only 6 more new episodes because being forced into re-runs indefinitely.

In an impromptu interview with fans “devidarkwolf” and “spadada” at the Warner Bros. picket line, Eric Kripke himself, said that there's only one more Supernatural script left to be filmed and…if the strike ended sometime within the month, they could “pick up and start filming without missing a beat.” But if the strike lasted into January, they might have to cut back on episodes OR they would have to halt production, leaving the total episodes for this season at only 12. You can read more of devidarkwolf’s picket line encounter with Eric Kripke here.

The latest news has the Governor of California, Arnold Swartzenager, talking to both sides. I hope he is able to help them see reason and come to an agreement. The last thing Supernatural needs is a shortened season which could lead to a premature cancellation of the series.

12/06/07 Update:

Supernatural will shutdown all production at their Vancouver studios this week. On the bright side, talks has resumed and moderate progress is being made toward a negotiated settlement.

2/07/08 Update:

Good News!!! A tentative deal has been made between the studios and the writer's guild.
It will voted on by the full WGA membership this Saturday, Febuary 9th, 2008 and it is expected to pass. The strike may soon be over. Thank God!!!

Many Supernatural fans, like myself, are worried that this great show may not be renewed for a 4th season. One fan has started an online petition campaign in an early effort to influence the network to keep Supernatural on the air for another year.

Save Supernatural is a real petition on youChoose.net that fans can “sign”. It requires that petitioners enter their name, DOB, and an email address that is used to validate the signature. Whether the results will actually be sent to The CW Network is uncertain, but over 4,500 fans have already signed. If you feel strongly that this show deserves to be kept on the air, then you should too.

Save Supernatural Petition

The first issue of the official Supernatural Magazine will be hitting US newsstands on November 27, 2007, just in time for the holidays. Pre-orders and annual subscriptions (6 issues) are already being accepted at various online vendors. You can learn more and get a peek at some of the articles inside this debut issue on Titan Magazines' web site.

Check out this interesting Supernatural Season 3 widget from the CW. It’s too big for a sidebar widget, but it can be viewed in any post or page.

Visit cwtv.com/shows/supernatural

I like the little promo video, but I hate the season 3 poster itself. What was the CW thinking when they chose a photo of Dean with his hand on the trigger of a gun that is pointed at Sam? One sneeze and Sam would be history!