The new rumor about “Smallville” is that this will be it’s final year because Tom Welling’s contract is up. I say thats garbage. The show is having some of it’s best ratings in years and there is no way that The CW will let it get away. It’s one of the few shows on the network that actually makes money.

What will most likely happen is what happened last summer when Allison Mack’s contract ran out. There were a whole bunch of rumors and interviews about her leaving the show until The CW ponied up a butt-load of money.  The same thing will happen with Welling. He doesn’t have a movie career to fall back on, so he needs the show just as much as it needs him.