January 16th, 2010 9:09 am

CONFIRMED: ‘Smallville’s’ return pushed back to Jan 29th

The CW is set to delay the return of ‘Smallville’ next week for a Telethon hosted by George Clooney. Update: This is in fact correct after all, 9×11 “Warrior” will be left out of the schedule and the tele-movie “Absolute Justice” will air on the same date.

Due to the tragic events in Haiti the CW along with every other U.S network will contribute in the form of a MTV telethon presented by George Clooney and others not yet mentioned.

Via CW’s twitter page:

“Looks like the return of #Smallville will be pushed back 1 week – CW will participate in the Hope For Haiti telethon Friday, Jan 22nd at 8pm”

In my opinion this could be a form of sabotage by CW president Dawn Ostroff  to cancel the show. The reason I say this because she is relying solely on the ratings of the 2 hour tele-movie “Absolute Justice” with guest star Michael Shanks of Stargate fame. Delaying Smallville’s return will place the movie right in the middle of the Winter Olympics, this obviously is not acceptable since it would ultimately mean the end of the road for the long running series.

The roller-coaster ride is in full swing now. Either way this is a good cause  and I’m not against it, but I am speaking in defense of Smallville. There is a 2 year plan for the series to finish properly, I hope it does.

Here are the options on the table at the moment:

Air “Disciple” next Wednesday (free spot available but unlikely to happen)

Air both “Disciple” & “Warrior” back to back on the 29th

Leave “Warrior” out of the schedule for later in the season (Season 9 episodes are produced out of order this year) [Confirmed Option]

One of these options need to take place so that “Absolute Justice” airs on schedule, if not.. Well this is the last year of Smallville.

That’s how bad it is now, one false move and we’re done. But let’s prey it doesn’t happen.