2002 TV News Archives

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December 2, 2002: EW Looks at the Success of “Smallville”

In an article titled "Small Wonder", the December 6th issue of Entertainment Weekly discusses the success of "Smallville" for the WB. Here's an excerpt from the article...

  In its second season, the WB's ''Smallville'' seems to have found the magic formula by returning the show to its relationship-based roots. Now it's surging both creatively and in the Nielsens: With 8.5 million viewers a week, ratings have bulked up a whopping 46 percent over last season, and the show is holding its own against such tough Tuesday-at-9 p.m. competition as NBC's ''Frasier'' (15 million) and Fox's ''24'' (11.8 million).

All that, and ''Smallville'' has transcended the WB's usual Britney-and-Justin demographic, having shown surprising muscle among adults 18 to 49. ''The big misconception is that it's a teen show,'' says Michael Rosenbaum, who plays the series' resident evil-genius-in-training. ''It's just not. [I met] a 60-year-old black woman at a Chicago concert, and she was like, 'Mmm-hmm, you're Lex Luthor. I love your show.'''

Read more from this article at the EW website.



2002 Television News

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