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There are four new episodes of Supernatural; after they air, Supernatural is giving up its time slot to Reaper as of Feb. 28. No further episodes of Supernatural, repeat or otherwise, are scheduled to air this season. Sam and Dean would agree: That's a bad omen.
If anyone was thinking that The CW secretly liked Supernatural and was just giving it a friendly breather, the network's unaccountable disdain for this excellent show is revealed in its explanation of the reshuffle: "We're giving Reaper a few Thursday airings," said CBS and The CW scheduler Kelly Kahl earlier this month, "which means for the first time a real compatible lead-in for the show, from Smallville."
It sounds like this means (a) they think Reaper is a better fit for Smallville than Supernatural, and (b) they're more excited about Reaper than either of these shows. Now, don't get me wrong: I like Reaper. But it doesn't need Smallville; if anything, a fresh new show with tons of buzz and a hip attitude should be on its own, not paired with a veteran slogging doggedly though a positively byzantine seventh season. Meanwhile this move leaves Supernatural with no good place on the schedule at all (what's it going to pair with, Gossip Girls?), which is obviously why they left it off something they wouldn't do if they cared.
Time and time again, American TV networks create solid, high-quality science fiction and fantasy series, and then kill or bury them when they don't get the Grey's Anatomy-level ratings. Seriously, what's up with that? These shows generate serious fan loyalty almost every time at bat, which is more than you can say for some of the paint-by-numbers melodramas and CSI clones out there. In this case, we've got one genre show shoving out another, which is even more irritating...
http://scifi.about.com/b/2008/01/19/show-return-updates-supernatural.htm
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