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		<title>Knight Rider</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 03:26:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dale</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[KITT]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey Folks, you remember that tv show back in the 80&#8242;s Knight Rider, and that car named KITT. Although i was a young kid, i remember back in the nineties i used to rush home and watch it on TV. Remember when Micheal pressed the &#8220;Turbo Boost&#8221;, button and the car would fly over other [...]]]></description>
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<p>Hey Folks, you remember that tv show back in the 80&#8242;s Knight Rider, and that car named KITT. Although i was a young kid, i remember back in the nineties i used to rush home and watch it on TV. Remember when Micheal pressed the &#8220;Turbo Boost&#8221;, button and the car would fly over other cars? wow. That tv show was a classic.</p>
<p>So I found out that there was a newer version made, because this was one of my favourite childhood tv shows, i decided to buy the whole season off Itunes.</p>
<p>It was great I liked the ideas, I liked how they modernized the whole concept but there was one problem, I think they messed up on the writing and the direction of the tv show, it got cancelled. Not untill I watched the whole season, I realised why they did. But I really hope they resurrect it, because it was a nice enjoyable concept show.<span id="more-1017"></span></p>
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<p>I liked the new features of KITT, like attack mode, where he transforms, and then when he is in off-road mode whereas he transformed into a F150.</p>
<p>I think another problem contrasting the old one with the new one, in the old one every thing they did was actually possible and could happen in real life, and I think they were too fictional in the new one.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t see how it would be possible to transform a mustang into a F150&#8230;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>The other thing is, they should have ended the season when KITT destroyed KARR, and then started with a fresh concept or where they continued in season 2. After Dr. Graiman and Alex Torres died, there was no more mystery in the show anymore. NBC should contact me and have me write a new treatment for them. For the original fans of Knight Rider, and the New Fans, and the disappointed fans, they need to bring it back to the drawing books and revive it.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>check out some videos below&#8230;</p>
<p><strong><em>New Version (Beta Stages)</em></strong></p>
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<p><strong><em> Old Version (The Classic)</em></strong></p>
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		<title>family guy trailer my fav cartoon&#8230; lol</title>
		<link>http://www.dalevirgo.com/blog/2011/07/family-guy-trailer-my-fav-cartoon-lol/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 06:12:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dale</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; U have to have a sense of humour to watch this cartoon, but its not as twisted as southpark&#8230;]]></description>
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<p>U have to have a sense of humour to watch this cartoon, but its not as twisted as southpark&#8230;</p>

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		<title>The World is not Enough Movie &#8211; James Bond</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:27:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dale</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey Folks, I never really sit down and watched a James Bond movie before from start to finish, I always seem to just catch it mid way on TV, or near to the start. But this movie is dope. Its nice. The thing i love about it is the music in it. The music is [...]]]></description>
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<p>Hey Folks, I never really sit down and watched a James Bond movie before from start to finish, I always seem to just catch it mid way on TV, or near to the start. But this movie is dope. Its nice. The thing i love about it is the music in it. The music is great. I&#8217;m like getting ideas right now&#8230;.</p>

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		<title>Best of Stewie, Family Guy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:17:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dale</dc:creator>
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		<title>STEWIE &#8211; DO I TAKE IT OUT OR LEAVE IT IN?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:13:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dale</dc:creator>
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		<title>Family Guy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:28:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dale</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I like watching Family Guy, one of ma favourite TV shows out there now. Family Guy is an American animated television sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series centers on the Griffins, a dysfunctional family consisting of Peter, Lois, Meg, Chris, Stewie, and their pet dog Brian. The show uses frequent cutaway gags, often in the form of tangential vignettes which parody American [...]]]></description>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">I like watching Family Guy, one of ma favourite TV shows out there now.</p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;"><em><strong>Family Guy</strong></em> is an American <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Animated cartoon" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animated_cartoon" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animated_cartoon?referer=');">animated</a> <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Situation comedy" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Situation_comedy" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Situation_comedy?referer=');">television sitcom</a> created by <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Seth MacFarlane" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth_MacFarlane" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth_MacFarlane?referer=');">Seth MacFarlane</a> for the <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Fox Broadcasting Company" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company?referer=');">Fox Broadcasting Company</a>. The series centers on the Griffins, a <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Dysfunctional family" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dysfunctional_family" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dysfunctional_family?referer=');">dysfunctional family</a> consisting of <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Peter Griffin" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Griffin" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Griffin?referer=');">Peter</a>, <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Lois Griffin" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lois_Griffin" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lois_Griffin?referer=');">Lois</a>, <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Meg Griffin" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meg_Griffin" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meg_Griffin?referer=');">Meg</a>, <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Chris Griffin" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Griffin" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Griffin?referer=');">Chris</a>, <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Stewie Griffin" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewie_Griffin" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewie_Griffin?referer=');">Stewie</a>, and their pet dog <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Brian Griffin" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Griffin" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Griffin?referer=');">Brian</a>. The show uses frequent <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Cutaway (filmmaking)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutaway_(filmmaking)" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutaway_filmmaking?referer=');">cutaway gags</a>, often in the form of <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #3366bb; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="wikt:tangent" href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tangent" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tangent?referer=');">tangential</a> <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Sketch comedy" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sketch_comedy" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sketch_comedy?referer=');">vignettes</a> which parody <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="American culture" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_culture" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_culture?referer=');">American culture</a>.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;"><em><span id="more-63"></span>Family Guy</em> was conceived by MacFarlane after developing two predecessor animated films, <em><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Larry shorts" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_shorts" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_shorts?referer=');">The Life of Larry</a></em> and <em><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Larry shorts" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_shorts" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_shorts?referer=');">Larry &amp; Steve</a></em>. MacFarlane changed the design of the protagonist Larry and renamed him Peter; he also changed the design of Larry&#8217;s dog Steve, and developed him into Brian. Shortly after the third season of <em>Family Guy</em> aired in 2003, the series was canceled. However, because of favorable DVD sales and high ratings on syndicated reruns, the network renewed the show in 2004. The setting for the stories is a partially fictional town in <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Rhode Island" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhode_Island" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhode_Island?referer=');">Rhode Island</a>, based on MacFarlane&#8217;s upbringing and education.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;"><em>Family Guy</em> has been nominated for eleven <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Primetime Emmy Award" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award?referer=');">Primetime Emmy Awards</a>, of which it won three. The show has also been nominated for eleven<a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Annie Award" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Award" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Award?referer=');">Annie Awards</a>, and won three times. It has garnered three <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Golden Reel Award (Canada)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Reel_Award_(Canada)" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Reel_Award_Canada?referer=');">Golden Reel Award</a> nominations, winning once. In 2009, it was nominated for an Emmy for <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="61st Primetime Emmy Awards" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/61st_Primetime_Emmy_Awards" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/61st_Primetime_Emmy_Awards?referer=');">Outstanding Comedy Series</a>, the first time an animated series was nominated for the award since <em><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="The Flintstones" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flintstones" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flintstones?referer=');">The Flintstones</a></em> in 1961. <em>Family Guy</em> has also been challenged with negative criticism, including three notable lawsuits and low reviews for its similarities to the animated series<em><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="The Simpsons" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Simpsons" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Simpsons?referer=');">The Simpsons</a></em>.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">The series has spurred release of <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Tie-in" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tie-in" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tie-in?referer=');">tie-in</a> media, such as <em><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewie_Griffin:_The_Untold_Story" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewie_Griffin_The_Untold_Story?referer=');">Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story</a></em>, a <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Straight-to-video" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight-to-video" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight-to-video?referer=');">straight-to-DVD</a> special released in 2005; <em><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Family Guy: Live in Vegas" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Guy:_Live_in_Vegas" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Guy_Live_in_Vegas?referer=');">Family Guy: Live in Vegas</a></em>, a soundtrack-DVD combo released in 2005 featuring music from the show as well as original music created by MacFarlane and <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Walter Murphy" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Murphy" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Murphy?referer=');">Walter Murphy</a>; a <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Family Guy Video Game!" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Guy_Video_Game!" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Guy_Video_Game?referer=');">video game</a> and <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Family Guy (pinball)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Guy_(pinball)" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Guy_pinball?referer=');">pinball machine</a>, released in 2006 and 2007, respectively; and, since 2005, six books published by<a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="HarperCollins" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HarperCollins" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HarperCollins?referer=');">HarperCollins</a> based on the <em>Family Guy</em> universe. In 2008, MacFarlane confirmed that the cast were interested in producing a feature film and that he was working on a story. In 2009, a spin-off series <em><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="The Cleveland Show" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cleveland_Show" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cleveland_Show?referer=');">The Cleveland Show</a></em> it premiered on September 27, 2009 as a part of the &#8220;Animation Domination&#8221; lineup on Fox. The eighth season of <em>Family Guy</em> premiered on September 27, 2009.</p>

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<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">This show is quite interesting, i started watching it when I was introduced to it by Dwayne and seeing to the fact that i am in Portland and I don&#8217;t have FLOW here, i have to find a way to have some social life going on.</p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;"><em><strong><img class="alignleft" title="smallville logo" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3b/SmallvilleNewOpeningCredits.png/300px-SmallvilleNewOpeningCredits.png" alt="" width="300" height="165" />Smallville</strong></em> is an American television series developed by writers/producers <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Alfred Gough" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Gough" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Gough?referer=');">Alfred Gough</a> and <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Miles Millar" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Millar" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Millar?referer=');">Miles Millar</a>, based on the <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="DC Comics" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC_Comics" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC_Comics?referer=');">DC Comics</a> <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Fictional character" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fictional_character" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fictional_character?referer=');">character</a> <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Superman" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman?referer=');">Superman</a> created by <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Jerry Siegel" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Siegel" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Siegel?referer=');">Jerry Siegel</a> and <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Joe Shuster" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Shuster" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Shuster?referer=');">Joe Shuster</a>. The television series was initially broadcast by <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="The WB Television Network" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_WB_Television_Network" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_WB_Television_Network?referer=');">The WB</a>, premiering on October 16, 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-tvg_0-0" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallville#cite_note-tvg-0" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallville_cite_note-tvg-0?referer=');"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup> After its fifth season, The WB and <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="UPN" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UPN" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UPN?referer=');">UPN</a> merged to form <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="The CW Television Network" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_CW_Television_Network" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_CW_Television_Network?referer=');">The CW</a>, which is the current broadcaster for the show in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-new_CW_1-0" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallville#cite_note-new_CW-1" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallville_cite_note-new_CW-1?referer=');"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup> <em>Smallville</em> began its ninth season on September 25, 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-airdate_2-0" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallville#cite_note-airdate-2" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallville_cite_note-airdate-2?referer=');"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a></sup> The series follows the adventures of <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Clark Kent (Smallville)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clark_Kent_(Smallville)" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clark_Kent_Smallville?referer=');">Clark Kent</a> (<a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Tom Welling" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Welling" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Welling?referer=');">Tom Welling</a>), who resides in the <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Fictional" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fictional" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fictional?referer=');">fictional</a> town of <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Smallville (DC Comics)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallville_(DC_Comics)" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallville_DC_Comics?referer=');">Smallville</a>, <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Kansas" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas?referer=');">Kansas</a>, during the years before he becomes <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Superman" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman?referer=');">Superman</a>. The first four seasons focused on Clark and his friends&#8217; high school years. Since season five, the show has ventured into more adult settings, eventually focusing on his career at the <em><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Daily Planet" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_Planet" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_Planet?referer=');">Daily Planet</a></em>, as well as introducing other <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="DC Comics" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC_Comics" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC_Comics?referer=');">DC</a> comic book<a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Superhero" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superhero" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superhero?referer=');">superheroes</a> and <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Supervillain" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supervillain" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supervillain?referer=');">villains</a>.<span id="more-60"></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">The concept for <em>Smallville</em> was derived after <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Bruce Wayne (TV series)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Wayne_(TV_series)" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Wayne_TV_series?referer=');">a potential series</a> chronicling a young Bruce Wayne&#8217;s journey toward becoming<a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Batman" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman?referer=');">Batman</a> failed to get off the ground. After meeting with the president of <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Warner Bros. Television" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Television" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Television?referer=');">Warner Bros. Television</a>, Gough and Millar pitched their &#8220;no tights, no flights&#8221; rule, which would break Superman down to the bare essentials and look at the events that led Clark Kent to become Superman. After seven seasons with the show, series developers Gough and Millar departed without providing a specific reason. <em>Smallville</em> is predominantly filmed in and around <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Vancouver" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver?referer=');">Vancouver</a>, with some of the local businesses and buildings substituting for Smallville locations. The music is primarily composed by <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Mark Snow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Snow" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Snow?referer=');">Mark Snow</a>, who incorporates elements of <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="John Williams" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Williams" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Williams?referer=');">John Williams</a>&#8216;s musical score from the original <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Superman (film series)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman_(film_series)" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman_film_series?referer=');"><em>Superman</em> film series</a>. The song played under the opening titles is &#8220;<a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Save Me (Remy Zero song)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Save_Me_(Remy_Zero_song)" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Save_Me_Remy_Zero_song?referer=');">Save Me</a>&#8221; by <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Remy Zero" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remy_Zero" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remy_Zero?referer=');">Remy Zero</a>; several episodes also contain songs written and performed by other bands.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">The series received generally positive reception when it began broadcasting. Former <em>Superman</em> star <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Christopher Reeve" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Reeve" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Reeve?referer=');">Christopher Reeve</a> voiced his approval of the series, and the <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Pilot (Smallville)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilot_(Smallville)" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilot_Smallville?referer=');">pilot episode</a> broke the record for highest rated debut for The WB, with 8.4 million viewers.<sup id="cite_ref-Pilot_rate_3-0" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallville#cite_note-Pilot_rate-3" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallville_cite_note-Pilot_rate-3?referer=');"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup> With eight seasons completed, <em>Smallville</em> has averaged approximately 4.76 million viewers per episode, with season two averaging the highest ratings at 6.3 million. Since its first season, the series has earned distinctions ranging from <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Emmy Award" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmy_Award" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmy_Award?referer=');">Emmy Awards</a> to <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Teen Choice Awards" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teen_Choice_Awards" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teen_Choice_Awards?referer=');">Teen Choice Awards</a>. <em>Smallville</em> has inspired an <em><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Aquaman (TV program)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquaman_(TV_program)" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquaman_TV_program?referer=');">Aquaman</a></em> <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Television pilot" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_pilot" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_pilot?referer=');">pilot</a>, which was ultimately not picked up by The CW network, as well as promotional tie-ins with <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Verizon" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verizon" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verizon?referer=');">Verizon</a>, <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Sprint Nextel" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprint_Nextel" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprint_Nextel?referer=');">Sprint</a>, <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Toyota" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota?referer=');">Toyota</a>, and <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Stride (gum)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stride_(gum)" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stride_gum?referer=');">Stride</a>. In other media, the show has spawned a series of young-adult novels, a DC Comics bi-monthly comic book and soundtrack releases, as well as <em>Smallville</em>-related merchandise. Currently, eight seasons of<em>Smallville</em> are available on DVD in <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="DVD region code" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_region_code" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_region_code?referer=');">regions 1, 2, and 4</a>.</p>

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