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John Schneider returns to The CW

by Brad Trechak, posted Jul 21st 2009 9:03PM

The CWYou read that right. John Schneider is returning to The CW. Bo Duke a.k.a. Pa Kent is back. Sadly, he won't be on Smallville.

Instead. Mr. Schneider will be playing a character on 90210, the stepfather of bad boy Liam. It's a recurring role, so fans will get to see him more than once.

This is disappointing to me. It would have been a good final season gesture to have Schneider make an appearance on the show where he played Clark's dad for five years. On the other hand, this could be some sort of negotiating backdoor tactic to do just that.

Smallville is moving to Friday nights. The CW has put it in the network equivalent of a hospice. It would be nice if The CW even acknowledged that this was Smallville's last year. I guess the network doesn't want to cut off the dead cow's milk supply quite yet.

So, for all you 90210 fans, congratulations. For all you Smallville fans, sorry to disappoint.

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Bubbameister33

Nice

July 29 2009 at 2:23 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jimmy

Wasn't he killed off when Smallville was still on the WB? It's no CW return...

July 22 2009 at 10:43 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
ac

If they brought him back from the dead on Smallville would the writers give him super powers too..... again?

July 22 2009 at 1:03 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Edward

I think Brad meant Smallville's creative aspects. It jumped the shark many seasons ago.

July 22 2009 at 12:15 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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JM

What Edward said. That show's not just dead, it's in rigor mortis.

July 22 2009 at 8:06 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Fargus

Did you even check out the CW's ratings before posting this article? When Smallville isn't a rerun, its consistently the networks second most watched show (behind americas next top model) And those numbers are from December-May of 2009. Hardly a dead cow....

July 21 2009 at 11:03 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Gordy

"I guess the network doesn't want to cut off the dead cow's milk supply quite yet."

That's just gross.

July 21 2009 at 9:17 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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