The sixth season of ''
Smallville
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'', an
American
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television series
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, began airing on September 28, 2006. The series recounts the early adventures of
Kryptonian
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Clark Kent
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as he adjusts to life in the fictional town of
Smallville
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,
Kansas
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, during the years before he becomes
Superman
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. The sixth season comprises 22 episodes and concluded its initial airing on May 17, 2007,
marking the first season to air on the newly formed
The CW
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television network. Regular cast members during season six include
Tom Welling,
Kristin Kreuk
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,
Michael Rosenbaum
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,
Erica Durance
Erica Durance (; born June 21, 1978) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her role as Lois Lane in the WB/ CW superhero television series ''Smallville'' and as Dr. Alex Reid in the CTV medical drama '' Saving Hope''.
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,
Allison Mack
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Mack was a member of N ...
,
John Glover, and
Annette O'Toole.
Season six key story arcs involve Clark (Welling) trying to recapture several escaped criminals from the
Phantom Zone
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, the destinies of Lionel (Glover) and Lex (Rosenbaum) following the aftermath of Lex's possession by Zod and Lionel's adoption as the emissary of Jor-El, and the introductions of
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Jimmy Olsen
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,
Oliver Queen
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and
Martian Manhunter
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, played by
Aaron Ashmore
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,
Justin Hartley
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, and
Phil Morris respectively. Other key storylines involve Lana and Lex's marriage, as well as Lex's secret 33.1 projects.
''Smallville'' Season six slipped in the ratings, averaging 4.1 million viewers weekly.
It was nominated for an
Emmy Award
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, among other awards, in the category of Outstanding Sound Editing For A Series for the episode "Zod".
Episodes
Tie-ins
In a promotional tie-in with
Sprint, ''Smallville Legends: The Oliver Queen Chronicles'' was released. The six-episode
CGI series chronicled the early life of
Oliver Queen
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. According to Lisa Gregorian, Executive Vice President of worldwide marketing at Warner Bros. Television Group, these promotional tie-ins were ways to get fans more connected to the show. On April 19, 2007, a tie-in with
Toyota
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promoting their new
Yaris featured an online comic strip as
interstitial
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programs during new episodes of ''Smallville'', titled ''Smallville Legends: Justice & Doom''. The interactive comic was based on the episode "
Justice
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", which follows the adventures of Oliver Queen, Bart Allen, Victor Stone, and Arthur Curry—the initial members of the
"Justice League" in ''Smallville''—as they seek to destroy all of LuthorCorp's secret experimental labs. The online series allowed viewers to investigate alongside the fictional team, in an effort to win prizes. Stephan Nilson wrote all five of the episodes while working with a team of artists on the illustrations. The plot for each comic episode was given to Nilson as the production crew for ''Smallville'' was filming their current television episode. Artist Steve Scott drew comic book panels, which were then sent to a group called Motherland. That group reviewed the drawings and told Scott which images to draw on a separate overlay. This allowed for multiple objects to be moved in and out of the same frame.
Awards
The sixth season was awarded
Leo Awards
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in multiple categories. Make-up artist Natalie Cosco was awarded the Leo Award for Best Make-Up for her work on the episodes "Hydro" and "Wither".
The show itself won Best Dramatic Series; James Marshall won Best Direction for "Zod"; Caroline Cranston won Best Costume Design for her work on "Arrow", and James Philpott won Best Production Design for "Justice".
The
American Society of Cinematographers
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honored the series with an award for the work done on "Arrow", and with an award for Glen Winter for his work on "Noir". Mack won Best Sidekick for the second year in a row when she took home the award in the 2007 Teen Choice Awards. The series was recognized by the
Visual Effects Society
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with a 2007 VES Award nomination for Outstanding Visual Effects in the episode "Zod". The VES recognized the season in 2008, nominating "Justice" for Outstanding Compositing in a Broadcast Program or Commercial. In 2007, the sound effects and foley teams were nominated for a
Golden Reel Award for Best Sound Editing for their work on "Zod".
David Moxness won the
American Society of Cinematographers
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Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography Award for his work on "Arrow". In the 33rd Annual
Saturn Awards
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, the show was nominated for Best Dramatic Television Series, as well as a Best Supporting Actress nomination for Allison Mack.
Home media release
The complete sixth season of ''Smallville'' was released on September 18, 2007, in North America. Additional releases in region 2 and region 4 took place on October 22, 2007, and March 5, 2008, respectively. This was the first season to be released on Blu-ray Disc. The Blu-ray box set was released in the United States on September 18, 2007, and in Canada on October 9, 2007. Regions 2 and 4 received a release of October 13, 2008 and March 3, 2009, respectively. The box set included various special features, including episode commentary, "Ultimate Fan" featurette, a Green Arrow documentary, as well as
mobisodes for the ''Oliver Queen Chronicles'' and ''Justice & Doom''.
[Details from the back of the DVD box set.]
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