10 Things You Didn’t Know About Supernatural
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The cast of Supernatural will be returning to work next month to begin filming the tenth season of the CW drama. The writers have spent the last several weeks working on the first five episodes. Now it is time for other departments like the executive producers and the visual effects teams to report to work. On Monday, Location Manager Russ Hamilton tweeted, "I think we can safely say that today is officially Day One of Prep for Season 1o.
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Supernatural premiered on The WB on September 13, 2005. It received an early pickup for a full first season after only airing four episodes. Originally, series creator Eric Kripke planned the series to only last for three seasons. As the show continued to grow in popularity, Kripke expanded the storyline to last through two additional seasons. The show was once again renewed so Kripke created a new plot to take the show when the sixth season began.
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The original characters' names on Supernatural were intended to be Sal and Dean. This was creator Eric Kripke's way of paying homage to the novel On the Road which was written by Jack Kerouac. Kripke quickly decided that Sal was not a name well-suited for a main character, so he chose Sam instead. The brothers' last name was originally going to be Harrison, to pay tribute to actor Harrison Ford. Since there was a Sam Harrison living in Kansas, the last name had to be changed for legal reasons.
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Series Creator Eric Kripke was a fan of television shows that featured signature cars. Some of those shows were Knight Rider which featured KITT (1982 Pontiac Trans Am) and The Dukes of Hazard which showcased General Lee (1969 Dodge Charger). Because of this, Kripke wanted to include a vehicle the guys would drive around on Supernatural. The original plan was to have a 1965 Ford Mustang, but that was changed to a 1967 Chevy Impala.
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Supernatural is filmed primarily in Vancouver, British Columbia in Canada, but other locations have been used over the last nine seasons. The pilot episode was filmed in Los Angeles. The third episode of season one entitled, "Dead in the Water," was shot at Buntzen Lake, which is located in Anmore, British Columbia.
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The seventh episode of the first season of Supernatural featured an urban legend website called Hellhounds Lair. The website was created by the shows producers. If you visit the website today, it will take you to the official site of the CW Network. The thirteenth episode of season 3 entitled, "Ghostfacers" featured more on the Hellhounds Lair. The owners of the website create their own reality show based on ghost hunting.
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You can also read about the Winchesters in comic book form. There have been three comic book series written about Supernatural. Each series features six different comic books and is published by Wildstorm, which is a part of DC Comics. The first series called Supernatural:Origins focuses on the early years of Sam and Dean. There is also mention of how their father John became a hunter.
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The CW recently found another hit with The Originals, which is a spin-off of The Vampire Diaries. The creators of Supernatural wanted to try the same thing with their show . The title of the spin-off was going to be called Supernatural:Bloodlines and was going to focus on the hunter and monster culture, but be set in Chicago.
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The most watched season of Supernatural was the very first season. The average weekly viewers was 3.81 million and was ranked 165th overall. In comparison, the first season of The Vampire Diaries averaged about 3.66 million viewers each week. The least watched season of Supernatural was season seven, which attracted a little over 2 million fans every week.
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Supernatural has been nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards. Two of the nominations came in 2006 for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series and Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series. Supernatural would also receive the nomination for Editing in 2008. The sci-fi thriller has also been nominated for seven Saturn Awards and two GLAAD Media Awards.
