#2013-jan

Context: Winter TCA 2013

(...)The CW is very happy with the way the show is performing in its 8th season, particularly alongside "Arrow" on Wednesday nights. At TCA Press Tour on Sunday, network president Mark Pedowitz seemed very optimistic about the series' future. That said, they're not quite ready to make an early pickup of Season 9. 

"Nothing's been announced yet, no determination's been made," says Pedowitz. "We are pleased with how Wednesday night has worked out, with 'Arrow' being a bonafide hit and 'Supernatural' actually gaining viewers ... Creatively the show is in a good place ... There's always a good shot that could happen."

Pedowitz tells Zap2it that Warner Bros. has finalized deals with Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki for the next two potential seasons, which is definitely a good sign for the future of the series. The CW plans to make a final decision about Season 9 based on the show's ratings when it returns from winter hiatus on January 16.

With the recent announcement of a "Vampire Diaries" spinoff backdoor pilot, there have been some questions from fans as to whether The CW would consider a potential "Supernatural" spin-off based on Castiel (Misha Collins). Pedowitz explained that "Supernatural" may not be the best launchpad for another series.

"You look at [whether the] audience is engaged. You look at that universe -- can it actually launch something? 'Supernatural' if you decide to do a spin-off off of that, you [question] does it work? Does it incubate the show really well?" Pedowitz explains. "We have a lot of characters on 'Vampire Diaries,' and they're all rich, rich characters. Klaus and the Original family gives us an opportunity to do something where we can get more bang for the buck, so to speak." (...)

On the 17th of January Robbie responded to this thread: 

_Haleh_: “rthompson1138 Why Sam never explained why he didn’t look for Dean when he was in P? & why Sam can’t trust Benny? He trusted the girl in ep4″ rthompson1138: “V_HaleH_V I believe Sam not looking for Dean was explained in the first episode this season-- Sam was following ‘family policy’“ SPN_Sherry: “rthompson1138 Oh I have one, how is Cas finding Dean and Sam, don’t they still have the angel protection on their ribs? rthompson1138: “SPN_Sherry that’s from before my time, but i’ll guess it’s cause they have a special bond?”- 1:12 PM Jan 17, 2013

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But, old screenshots of this thread show a missing set of tweets:

SPN_Sherry: “rthompson1138 Oh I have one, how is Cas finding Dean and Sam, don’t they still have the angel protection on their ribs? rthompson1138: “SPN_Sherry that’s from before my time, but i’ll guess it’s cause they have a special bond?” Ryan_GA_Monster: “rthompson1138 SPN_Sherry That is a kinda big thing to forget, BUT all will be forgiven if you make Destiel canon! :P rthompson1138: “Ryan_GA_Monster SPN_Sherry Destiel isn’t canon? :)”

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Though there is nothing left of those tweets, invisibleenemy also discovered this exchange that happened five days later from Robbie’s response to SPN_Sherry, which was possibly only three days from the missing tweets.

Hunterslvangels: “Do you have seen how many retweets for your ‘Destiel isn’t canon? :)’ rthomspon1138 ahah amazing!” rthompson1138: “Hunterslvangels i did see that. good times” - 1:14 AM Jan 22, 2013

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