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This only looks like a screen grab from Dancing With the Stars. It’s actually a sneak peek at the wet-’n-wild showdown Smallville‘s staging in its May 14 season finale between Clark and Zod. Our money’s on the future Superman, natch, but his nemesis’ dagger is made of blue kryptonite — you know, the kind that strips our hero of his powers — so at least he has a, um, fighting chance.

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With only a few episodes left until the end of Smallville's ninth season, spoilers and speculations are rampant all over the World Wide Web. But of course we'd prefer to see those that are more reliable, such as words straight from the mouth of executive producer Brian Peterson.

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The Smallville head talked to E! Online and answered several fan questions regarding the fate of the series. Here are some of the highlights:

Clark's Secret
On the recently aired "Charade," we learned how difficult it is for Lois and Clark to trust each other with secrets, particularly because it involves the identity of The Blur. Brian Peterson revealed that the whole issue will still be explored, all the way to the big finish.

"What I can say is that this year we've really explored the tough duality of Lois having one relationship with this hero, the soldier of duty relationship, and one romantic love relationship with Clark, and so that just drives all the way through episodes 19, 21 and the finale," he said. "Everything that's been going on with that love triangle converges."

He added: "It's one of the bigger cliff-hangers at the end of this season, what happens with them."

Chlollie
With hundreds of fans backing this ship, there's always the question of Chloe and Oliver's fate as a couple. Peterson assures the Chlollie supporters: "They started out as no strings attached, just fun companions because of all the baggage they each had from past loves, but in the finale that relationship will be pushed to the next level."

Apokolips Now?
Brian Peterson also talked to IGN about a possible continuation to the "Absolute Justice" storyline, which would involve Darkseid and Apokolips. He wouldn't say anything definite, but:

"Umm, we have several ideas for next year. I would say if you look closely in the finale, you will see one little follow-up toward that, but I think only the hardcore fans will recognize it."

Well then, it's great to see that there really are hardcore followers of Smallville, because they're in for yet another treat. On another note for the finale, Peterson announced, "We have some amazingly iconic moments–moments catch close to all of that much bigger mythos that has become Superman–probably more than any other episode in the series."

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Smallville averaged 2.23m for The CW on Friday night, early viewing figures show.

The superhero drama, which logged a series low last week, rose around 400k for an episode titled 'Charade'.

Elsewhere, Dateline pulled in a surprisingly strong 7.08m on Friday night between 9pm and 11pm. Spurring NBC's primetime win, the two-hour weekly news round-up was up approximately 2.7m compared to its last airing. It easily overcame rival current affairs programme 20/20, which could only manage 4.67m for ABC in the 10pm hour.

Earlier on NBC, Who Do You Think You Are? delivered a decent 6.35m, beating Wife Swap, which logged 3.36m for ABC.

At 9pm, the season finale of Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution fell to a disappointing 3.91m for the Alphabet and finished third in its timeslot.

Ghost Whisperer and Medium repeats interested 4.67m and 4.53m respectively for CBS, before a new episode of Miami Medical appealed to 6m.

Over on Fox, repeats of House and Glee could only muster 3.01m and 2.59m each.

A repeat showing of America's Next Top Model brought in 1.49m in the 9pm hour for The CW.

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Of "Sacrifice" Souders says, "We will see Tess and Chloe go head to head. What is interesting when we were working on that episode is we sat down and really started thinking about these two women and started drawing so many parallels between them. They’re really similar, because they’ve sacrificed so much for their belief systems. They’ve made a lot of personal sacrifices, and we’re not really sure whose sacrifices are going to pay off in the end.”

Of the relationship between Chloe and Oliver Queen, Souders says, "They have a very nice chemistry on screen, and that was noticed. You definitely get to see the two of them have a nice arc at the end of this run. Chloe is hopefully going to end on the winning team in love for the first time. I won’t make any promises that it won’t be complicated, but … they’re really fun to watch on screen, and they have a connection that neither of them have with anyone else, even like with Lois or Clark, who are the other two main characters in their lives. The two of them have a lot more to bond over.”

And of the season finale, "Salvation," she says: "It's going to bring all of our characters on a new playing field as far as relationships go or their position in the mythology. Clark takes on the bigger hero mantle in it. That’s definitely an evolution in his journey to being the Superman that we love.”

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On "Smallville," Tess will break into Watchtower – and Chloe's elaborate security system will backfire, trapping both of them inside. Clark is going to realize that Zod has juiced his soldiers wtih super powers. He and Chloe will search for the Book of Rao to find out how to stop the army, but Clark will be a little bit preoccupied by a visit from his mom (Annette O'Toole) and her new boyfriend. When Clark and Zod have their final showdown to gain control of the planet, Chloe will call for backup… bringing back a few familiar faces.

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Can I please have some spoilers about Chloe on Smallville? — M.B.
ADAM: Although Chloe and Oliver have been taking it slow, given their respective rocky pasts, executive producer Brian Peterson says their relationship is "forced to the next step" in the season finale. And don't worry: The return of the Black Canary doesn't pose a threat. "Their relationship is still pretty fresh, and they're still trying to figure out how they feel about each other," Peterson says. "So it feels premature to go there, but that's definitely a possibility for future episodes."

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I was going over it and here are some reasons they could pull off Darkseid in Smallville if they really wanted too. Now, Brainiac, in seasons 8 Legion episode, revealed the Anti-Life Equation and it was also mentioned in season 9 by Clark. If Brainiac has got the Anti-Life Equation stored in his data bank than I believe the other Brainiac that left with Kera could have also had it and went through a boomtube at the end of season 8. She ended up in the Phantom Zone and possibly Brainiac ended up on Apokolips with a part of the Anti-Life Equation to tempt Darkseid coming.

Now, Michael Ironside is the Father General of Lois and I think could end up being a prime character to be possessed by Darkseid because of his influence and power. He also did the voice of Darkseid in the animated series. I know, I know: Darkseid possessing someones body, yeah. Doomsday didn't have a human side either. Remember, Smallville likes to change the rules. I also believe the Martian Manhunter will play a big role with Darkseid, having met in the past. I believe this because the blood the Martian destroyed in ep 18 or 19, I think, of Smallville season 9 and having to lie to Clark. The Martian is afraid of Darkseid and knows that he is coming and the blood could have possibly been Darkseid's. If Intergang shows up, than you know it's not that far away and Darkseid could too. Just making some points here.

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Smallville's executive producer Brian Peterson has revealed that he would love Michael Rosenbaum to return to the show.

Rosenbaum, who played Lex Luthor, left the programme in 2008 after its seventh season.

Speaking to E! Online, Peterson explained that he will keep urging the actor to reprise his role.

"We have never given up hope, but at this point that's all it is," he said. "We have a great relationship with Michael, it just hasn't happened yet."

He added: "I would never give up hope until the final second."

Meanwhile, a source claimed that there is "no chance" of a return for Kristin Kreuk, who played Lana Lang. The insider also revealed that Allison Mack (Chloe) has not yet signed up to appear in season ten but added: "I'm sure she'll be there."

Smallville continues Fridays at 8/7c on The CW.

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Executive producer of Smallville Brian Peterson has revealed that he would love for Michael Rosenbaum to come back to the show.

Rosenbaum played Lex Luthor for seven seasons but left the program in 2008.

Speaking to E! Online, Peterson said that he will keep urging the actor to reprise the Lex Luthor role.

"We have never given up hope, but at this point that's all it is," he said. "We have a great relationship with Michael, it just hasn't happened yet."

He added: "I would never give up hope until the final second."

Meanwhile, a source has claimed that there is "no chance" of Kristin Kreuk, who played Lana Lang, returning. The source also revealed that Allison Mack (Chloe) has not yet signed a contract to appear in the tenth season but added: "I'm sure she'll be there."

Smallville airs Fridays at 8pm EST on The CW.

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Despite last fall’s ratings surge and a successful television movie event, Smallville is now struggling to retain the viewers it once had since returning from its month-long absence three weeks ago. Even storylines involving DC comic familiars such as the Silver Banshee and Checkmate failed to garner an audience.

Ratings finally reached an all-time season low with last week’s return of Metallo (Brian Austin Green).

Before February’s break, the average rating this season for an episode of Smallville was a respectable 2.5 million viewers. While not that high (when compared to last season), the series was still exceeding expectations – given its move to the Friday night death slot.

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But, following this season’s second extended break and the news of Smallville being picked up for a tenth season, fans seem to have stopped watching. The April 2 return was down 400,000 viewers, with 2.13 million people tuning in. Each subsequent episode saw the ratings slip downward with the return of Pam Grier and Checkmate garnering a measly 1.9 million viewers and last week’s Metallo revisit bottoming out at 1.84 million viewers.
Considering Smallville has some of the most vocal and enthusiastic fans in the television industry, one has to wonder what is behind this consistent decline in ratings. Have fans become less enthusiastic since their favorite superhero drama has already received another season order, feeling as though they no longer need to actively support the Red-Blue-Blur & friends. Maybe, everyone has just had enough of the small-town superhero living in the big city?

Perhaps it’s just as simple as fans forgetting to tune in.

Did Metallo stab Clark? Since nobody watched, we’ll never know.

I, unfortunately, fall into the group of fans who just forget watch. Sure, the missed episodes of Smallville are on my DVR, but as I notice the number growing each week, it’s an increasingly discouraging affair – as I haven’t the time, nor interest, to sit down for three hours in order to catch up.

And, since I’m not caught up, there’s no point in watching the new episodes.

Although, with the promise of the Justice Society returning, I do have some incentive to rectify the problem, but maybe I’m still in the minority.

What do you think of Smallville’s ratings decline? Have you been tuning in? If not, what’s the reason? Do you think the tenth season will be its last?

Help turn things around and watch Smallville, Friday @8PM, on The CW.