"Smallville" - the final years?

I talked today to Alfred Gough, co-creator of TV’s “Smallville,” about the future of the show.

The show is entering its sixth season - and its first on the new network, The CW. The series began with Clark Kent and friends in high school, and with Clark and Lex Luthor as buddies. Now the cast has grown up and is in college, and Clark and Lex are enemies. So how much longer can the show go on?

“This year and, God willing, next, and then that’s probably ultimately when we call it a day,” Gough said. But, he adds, never say never: “We certainly feel like we’ve got a lot of stories left to tell.”

Look for more on “Smallville” in a future Comics Fan column as it gets closer to the Sept. 28 season-opener.