From the start of SUPERNATURAL’s run, creator Eric Kripke has been saying he had a “five-year story arc” with plans for the CW series to go out with a bang at the end of this season. That would seem to jell with the whole angels-vs.-demons thing.
Now CW president Dawn Ostroff thinks Kripke might just be considering the possibility of a season six. “I think he’s in that state of mind,” Ostroff told Entertainment Weekly. “I had lunch with Eric the other day, and he’s really excited about the show right now. I think he feels this season has been really satisfying for him. He’s certainly not running out of ideas by any stretch of the imagination.”
While Kripke’s contract ends this year, stars Jared Padalecki (Sam) and Jensen Ackles (Dean) have six-year contracts. So if the CW decides they want to renew SUPERNATURAL, and if they can make a deal with Kripke, we could see another season of the apocalyptic demon-hunting series.
There’s no denying SUPERNATURAL has been doing well in the ratings and is highly compatible with the CW hit THE VAMPIRE DIARIES. The vamp series has led more young women than ever before to tune in for the adventures of the hunky brothers. “There aren’t a lot of shows that you can say are doing better in their fifth year,” said Ostroff.
SUPERNATURAL is one of those shows that just keeps getting better. Yet is is probably the most underappreciated shows on the air.
SUPERNATURAL returns with new episodes on Jan. 21 in its regular 9 p.m. Thursday timeslot.

Fans of ABC’s FLASH FORWARD and V have been concerned both with the network’s decision to delay both shows’ spring returns until March. ABC Entertainment Group President Stephen McPherson assured reporters on Tuesday that he has a clear plan for building both shows’ audiences, with two different strategies.
McPherson said during a press conference at the Television Critics Association’s winter press tour in Pasadena, Calif., that he decided it was important to air FLASH FORWARD with no repeats, following the network’s strategy for LOST’s later seasons.
For V, the plan had always been to tell the story in chapters, but that the first chapter got shortened to only four episodes because of production issues.

Shooting will commence on the prequel to John Carpenter’s The Thing in March, and will continue until June.

Directed by Matthijs van Heijningen, Jr with a screenplay by Battlestar Galactica’s executive reimaginer Ronald D Moore and Eric Heisserer, the prequel apparently details the shape shifting alien’s attack on the Norwegian base, the destroyed remains of which we saw in the Carpenter version.

But a website: Shock Till You Drop.com points out that Universal has not confirmed if the film is intended for theatrical release, or straight-to-DVD.

AVATAR, James Cameron’s 3-D sci-fi epic, again topped the box office, breaking another record over the New Year’s weekend and is closing in on Cameron’s TITANIC as the top-grossing movie of all time.
The movie took in an estimated $68.3 million domestically in the three days beginning Friday, setting a record for a film in its third weekend of release, distributor 20th Century Fox told The Hollywood Reporter, beating the record of $45 million that was set by SPIDER-MAN in 2002.
After 17 days, AVATAR has grossed $352.1 million in the U.S. and Canada, placing it at number 15 among all movies in terms of ticket sales.
Worldwide, AVATAR has now taken in more than $1 billion, joining only four other films: TITANIC, THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN’S CHEST and THE DARK KNIGHT.
SHERLOCK HOLMES, meanwhile, placed second on New Year’s weekend with an estimated $38.4 million domestically, for a 10-day total of $140.7 million.