IT’S OFFICIAL!!!! Supernatural Season 8 Is A Go
Granted this news is hardly shocking, especially when Jeremy Carver has been lined up to be the new showrunner for season 8, but nonetheless it’s still a relief! Supernatural has been officially renewed for Season 8 by The CW.
Other shows gaining early renewal are “The Vampire Diaries” and “90210.” “America’s Next Top Model” earned early renewal back in February. Curiously, “Gossip Girl” is missing from this list.
Here’s the press release:
THE CW ANNOUNCES EARLY PICKUPS FOR THE VAMPIRE DIARIES, SUPERNATURAL AND 90210
Thursday, 03 May 2012 11:34
May 3, 2012 (Burbank, California) ? The CW Network has given early pickups to the network’s top-rated show, THE VAMPIRE DIARIES, fan favorite SUPERNATURAL, and the world’s most-famous zip code, 90210, with all three series to return for the 2012-2013 season.
THE VAMPIRE DIARIES will return for a fourth season of bloody good drama this fall, SUPERNATURAL will mark its eighth season with the monster-hunting Winchester brothers on The CW, and on 90210, the gang from West Beverly will return for season five.
Based on the series of books by L. J. Smith, THE VAMPIRE DIARIES is from Bonanza Productions Inc., Outerbanks Entertainment and Alloy Entertainment in association with Warner Bros. Television and CBS Television Studios with executive producers Kevin Williamson (“Scream,†“Dawson’s Creekâ€), Julie Plec (“Kyle XY,†“Wastelandâ€), Leslie Morgenstein (“Gossip Girl,†“Privateâ€) and Bob Levy (“Gossip Girl,†“Privilegedâ€).
SUPERNATURAL is from Warner Bros. Television in association with Wonderland Sound and Vision, with executive producers McG (“Charlie’s Angels,†“The O.C.â€), Robert Singer (“Midnight Callerâ€), Jeremy Carver (“Being Humanâ€) and Phil Sgriccia.
90210 is produced by CBS Productions with executive producers Patti Carr (“Life Unexpected,†“Private Practiceâ€) and Lara Olsen (“Life Unexpected,†“Private Practiceâ€).
CONGRATULATIONS SUPERNATURAL!!!!!!!!!
So, now we can officially speculate. What do you want in season 8? Share you’re excitement and wish list here.
This way to weired. It’s been ages since I checked in on twitter. But for some reason I thought half an hour ago I had to do it. And then sablegreens first message game around with that announcement.
Congratulations staff and crew for a well deserved renewal and congrats fandom we are about to have at least one more year of fun.
Yeah, the CW let the production offices of the shows know about the renewal first, and word leaked out before they could get the official announcement out. So it was a really klunky process. I couldn’t publish an “it’s official” until something came from The CW.
Off the top of my head…
My wish list for season 8 is simple and not long:
-a true back to basics (seasons 1-3) feel
-IMPALA ALL THE TIME
-Less fan service and more STORY service
-BOBBY!
and most importantly
-MORE BROTHERS TOGETHER WITH CHATS OVER THE HOOD/TRUNK/ROOF OF THE IMPALA. 😀
Also, Congrats to the SPN cast and crew! I hope they are all as excited as we are. 😀
[quote]Off the top of my head…
My wish list for season 8 is simple and not long:
-a true back to basics (seasons 1-3) feel
-IMPALA ALL THE TIME
-Less fan service and more STORY service
-BOBBY!
and most importantly
-MORE BROTHERS TOGETHER WITH CHATS OVER THE HOOD/TRUNK/ROOF OF THE IMPALA. 😀
Also, Congrats to the SPN cast and crew! I hope they are all as excited as we are. :D[/quote]
I make your words mine, I do wish a season with good stories and back to basics, and for crying out loud, BRING BABY BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Happy for everybody (cast and crew) and for us the crazy fans of this amazing show.
Take care everybody
Cla ; }
[quote]Off the top of my head…
My wish list for season 8 is simple and not long:
-a true back to basics (seasons 1-3) feel
-IMPALA ALL THE TIME
-Less fan service and more STORY service
-BOBBY!
and most importantly
-MORE BROTHERS TOGETHER WITH CHATS OVER THE HOOD/TRUNK/ROOF OF THE IMPALA. 😀
[/quote]
This is my wishlist for S8 too. I’d love to see these things next year. One other wish – I’d also like to see more of Sheriff Mills next year.
So very happy to hear about S8. Looking forward now to another summer of speculation. 🙂
[quote]I’d also like to see more of Sheriff Mills next year.
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Yes! Can’t believe I forgot this one 🙂
(and keep her alive, please!)
[quote]Off the top of my head…
My wish list for season 8 is simple and not long:
-a true back to basics (seasons 1-3) feel
-IMPALA ALL THE TIME
-Less fan service and more STORY service
-BOBBY!
and most importantly
-MORE BROTHERS TOGETHER WITH CHATS OVER THE HOOD/TRUNK/ROOF OF THE IMPALA. 😀
Also, Congrats to the SPN cast and crew! I hope they are all as excited as we are. :D[/quote]
I totally agree with all of these! YIPPEE! Bring it ON!
My best wishes also.
Baby, Bobby and —- Gabe! I hope Jeremy is a fan of all 3.
and mybelle, my favourite seasons are also 1-3.
I would love for it to go 11 seasons just to surpass Smallville!
they wont be able to go back like that. Dean and Cass are in purgatory did everyone forget the last minute of the last episode of season 7? the next season is going to be about getting them out. if there is a season after that then they should defiantly do more stuff like seasons 1-3. It would be a joke if they started season 8 off like the beginning seasons when they got to do the purgatory stuff in the first episodes of season 8.
Twitter is a buzz. I’ll share some of the better tweets:
@MishaCollins: Breaking News… Season 8 is official! Fun fact: If Jensen got Jared pregnant when they first met, they would have a 7 year-old.
@DanielleTBD: PS Please note The CW did not announce “and final” for the new #TVD #Supernatural #90210 seasons.
@WinFamBusiness: I can only say this, @TheJimMichaels @IvanHayden @taraslarsen @TAronauer @SergeLadouceur, @RUSS_MOVIEGOD, time to get to work!!!
Wonderful news and I’m glad it’s official! I’m looking forward to seeing what Jeremy Carver has up his sleeve next year. He’s one of my favorite writers along with Edlund and Thompson. They will make a formidable trio.
Oh.. wish list….
1) Impala is back for good with some great scenes that showcase all that work done to her in her absence.
2) Guest stars that leave normally and not by always dying although they seem to out of that rut lately. (ie Charley and Garth)
3) More wins, less losses.
4) More brotherly moments that seem natural, not just plot driven.
5) Cas & Bobby back
6) Lighter, less dark stories…more laughter and brotherly banter…I miss that!
7) A good romance story for Sam…the guy could really use a win in this column!
8) Romance for Dean – but nothing heavy, just something normal for once!
I like your wish list, especially #7, a nice little romance for Sam. He’s seen enough love interests die, let him have one that survives.
Great news, and I’m glad it’s officially announced (though I’d say there was a greater chance of Mariah Carey winning an Oscar this year than it [i]not[/i] being renewed).
Time to put the speculation hat back on, methinks.
Agree with you rmoats8621. Nice list. Would love for Sam and Dean to have some love life episodes. They deserve some breaks. I’m not sure what will happen with Bobby and Cass-but wouldn’t it be interesting if Bobby was brought back to life and was able to get together with Sheriff Jodi? Or maybe he could hang out with her as a ghost if she borrows the flask every once in a while. (just kidding on that last idea). And if Cass is still on the series, will he return to his wife or become a full angel again or will he be banished to earth for his “crimes” to angels while he was in cahoots with Crowley? I will be happy just as long as the guys keep on fighting evil while they drive the Impala and share some laughter and lightness along the way.
YYAAAAAAYYYYYYY!!!! Jumping up and down now, in the middle of my work place. Ok, no, not exactly (I really don’t want to be called for a ‘little chat’ by my boss, concerning my mental health and the need for some days off), but I’m grinning like an idiot, like I just got a pay raise.
Wish list:
1) Since they didn’t announce season 8 as the final season, TPTB grant Jeremy Carver a possibility to (carefully and properly) plan a multi-season arc (even if just 2 seasons);
2) It’s not Supernatural without some brothers angst. But, please, let them be confident and comfortable with themselves and with each other;
3) More brother banter;
4) Agree with rmoats8621: More wins, less losses!!
5) IMPALA AS EVERY FREAKING WEEK CAR!!!
6) If not a love interest for Sam and Dean, at least they need to score like healthy young men, and not with monster-girl or most-probably-dead-in-a-near-future-girl. Maybe with someone they feel they can return to in the future, a la season 01 (Sara and Cassie – but not necessarily them, someone new);
7) New friends (or new AND old friends, but friends for the boys, please! And good ones);
8) At least one episode in which they receive the credit, recognition and respect they deserve by other hunters;
9) Demons (I like demons. Only in Supernatural, of course);
10) A more horror, dark feel in the episodes/MOTW situation, but not between the brothers (if you understand what I mean);
11) Great comedies in the mix!
Maybe a plot involving a fight between Meg and Crowley for the control of Hell, with both of them trying to make Sam and Dean allies, but the brothers screwing up with both at the end. Ok, ok, just a thought!
love your whole list!
I am so excited to see what Carver has planned. I can forgive a lot, so my wish list isn’t all that complicated.
1. That Carver remembers who the leads are in this show.
2. That Carver puts the horror back into the drama and forsakes all things soapish.
3. For a great story where the characters drive the plot, and not the 2Js used as plot tools (especially for support character stories).
4. Definitely — The Impala back in [i]every single episode![/i]
5. The MotW contributes to the brothers’ stories (like they used to).
5. No love stories for either brother, and no 90# snarking girl hunters, teenagers, babies, family pets, suburbs, witches, fangirls, village idiots, sorry dead character substitutes, GhostBobby or Superpowered Cas saving the Winchester’s cute little butts. Some wins, not all losses; some fun and some hope, not just woe is me – all things are too much to bear. Just something uplifting for humanity, not that humans are losers, too weak to succeed on their own, and it just ‘ain’t worth it.’
6. The 2Js being in the episodes more than 10 minutes total.
7. Bobby and Cas used sparingly and not as deus ex machinas.
8. A wildly successful season for Carver, the Js and the fans.
THIS!!! ^ What Ginger said!!! And also from the shallow end of the pool = Shirtless Latin (a Winchester speaks Latin sans shirt)
This news is like a cold glass of water on a hot day!
I don’t really have a “wish list”, but I do hope (as everyone else) that they have more brotherly moments. I watch some of the old epi’s and my heart just bursts for them sometimes. They had funny ones; annoyed ones, serious ones, and life saving ones ( and that’s all in one epi=he he).They even made a joke out of “I love it when they talk at the same time”, but WE DO!! Dean’s protectiveness of Sam is instinctive; inherent to his nature. I don’t think that would change no matter what they’ve been through.
The writers always manage to surprise me. I’m sure next season will be no different! YEAH SEASON EIGHT!
HEY EVERYBODY, I JUST GOT OFF W/ HP FOR 2 HRS. I AM EXHAUSTED BUT WANTED TO CELEBRATE WITH YAL.!!!!
HERE IS MY MOFO LIST FOR SEASON 8; DIG IT OR NOT
1) FRANK IS BACK TO HELP THE BOYS
2) GET ADAM OUT OF THE DAMN PIT. HE DID WHAT HE WAS ASKED TO DO.
3) CHARLIE IS A +FORCE (like chuck) God has always been on their side.
4) DICK MUST STAY AROUND NON-DANGERIOUSLY TO SPAR WITH CROWLEY (beginning of a Beautiful Friendship)
5) DEATH has got to show up. I love him. He is matter of fact and hilarious.
6) IMPALA & MUSIC !!!!!!!!!! they have the money. yes I said it. BRING HUNTER MACKIE BACK. WE NEED ANOTHER HARD ASS.
7) BROTHERLY LOVE & BONDING. EVERYONE DOES NOT DIE IN THEIR LIVES
THATS ME, I AM OUT. LATER GATORS. PEACE **__**
Now this is the way to start. I’m estatic. I’m for all that’s already been mentioned.
Impala, Bobby and Cas, Sheriff Mills, sorry but another episode with Charlie. Some fun times for Sam & Dean with the oppisote sex oh yah shirtless Sam and Dean once in a while (what can I say – I’m shallow LOL) MOTW and to Jeremy Carver give him a chance Best of all I can talk about the new season of filming just after they go back to work when I get to Torcon. YIPEE
Woah! I very very happy for this news. Congrats to everybody (cast and crew).
#1 – Amulet
#2 – Impala
#3 – Saving People…Hunting Things…The Family Business….Two Brothers TOGETHER taking on the world!!
#4 – The ‘boys’ have grown and are older now, but they are still brothers first and their bond has got to be stone #1!
#5 – Bobby…..yes
#6 – Cas…..no
#7 – Romance…….hell no! Maybe a damsel in distress in need of rescue sometimes and maybe she is worth flirting with…….but no romance for either one of the guys. We don’t want that and they don’t need that
#8 – MOTW and Sam & Dean kicking ass and taking names
#9 – No more story lines that tear the brothers apart!
#10 – Sam & Dean being the Sam & Dean we all fell in love with from the beginning!
YEAH for renewal of season #8!! May there be many more!!
Yes. This. All this. What an awesome list, [b]Victoria[/b]. I posted my list upthread (okay, I pinched [b]mybelle’s[/b] fantastic list 🙂 ) but I agree with everything on Victoria’s list too. And everything on [b]Ginger’s[/b] list. LOL! I want it all. I guess I’m just greedy. 😆
I can’t believe I forgot to add the return of the amulet to my list. It would be wonderful to see the amulet make a return. Also, I forgot to post this in my earlier post, I’d love to see that hunter from 7.17 (Mackay?) make a return too.
It’s about time they announced what we were all hoping for. I did read something about it in Entertainment Weekly two weeks ago, so I kind of figured it was about to happen. Can’t wait to see what will be in store for us. I think number one on everyone’s list is the Impala front and center and the brotherly moments of yore.
I only have one thing for the wish that is
1. A want an amazing show that everyone can enjoy and forever remembers it 🙂
[quote]Off the top of my head…
My wish list for season 8 is simple and not long:
-a true back to basics (seasons 1-3) feel
-IMPALA ALL THE TIME
-Less fan service and more STORY service
-BOBBY!
and most importantly
-MORE BROTHERS TOGETHER WITH CHATS OVER THE HOOD/TRUNK/ROOF OF THE IMPALA. 😀
Also, Congrats to the SPN cast and crew! I hope they are all as excited as we are. :D[/quote]
So basically you want season 1 – 3 back. I partially agree, I would like a nostalgic season 1-3-ish atmosphere to come back, because I feel like this season has a little too much fun, fan-pleaser episodes. I want the Impala and Bobby back too.
But I don’t neccesarily want it to go back to basics. My perfect scenario would be Castiel back on his feet and helping the boys again, and as for the storyline I would like some large world threat they have to join forces against like in season 4 and 5, maybe the Leviathans, maybe something else. But then maybe it would be too boring and predictable. Good thing I’m not writing this show and I can lay back and I let myself being surprised with what they are going to come up with now.
Hopefully the storyline will be better next season.
Hold up, you kinda sound like you are whining! I agree with some of what is on the list that you copied like; no more of the woe is me, its too much to handle, im too weak junk. the more impala and remembering who the leads are, but what about far fewer pop culture references? That stuff has been there from day one and is a big part of Deans character not to mention a main part of the show, how long have you been watching? You just probably like the stupid crap they make fun of. Anyway with number % you are pretty much eliminating a lot of story lines- quit being so picky and demanding. Do either of you even like the show because #5 takes a shot at every single season. You know what- either no more comments for you OR DON’T WATCH THE BLOODY SHOW!!!! have a nice day
GOD………..!! yes, GOD
with out human,or even demon bobby(how cool would that be the first realy good demon) its a big no!unless he dont whant to return him self,but i doubt it.
[b]Wish List:[/b]
1. Bobby MUST return! It’s just not the same w/o him…
2. More different monsters! Gettin’ sick and tired of angels and demons.. And away with leviathans aswell. They sucks ass.
3. Returns of some familiar faces.
4. You all said it. Baby must be back.
5. I miss the feeling of getting an adrenaline-kick ones in a while, from being terrified by some of the creatures appearing on the show.
Nothing tops the mutated-cannibal-whatever from one of the earlier seasons, doesn’t remember excact season.
6. More Ghost-facers! They are just awesome, and always makes me laugh.
That’s what I can think of!
And now with only a couple of months left, for the season premiere, I just get more and more excited for every day!
1) bring bobby back (I mean where else will they get the info)
2) keep cas in it
3) Adam returns (I mean seriously hasn’t be been in hell enough. Dean tried to get him out but death could only get one either sams soul or Adam.)
4) maybe bring John back
5) new monsters e.g. Medusa, harpy, chupacopra etc
That’s all I can think. This is my favorite show and would like to see these happen I’ll post more if I remember