“The Vampire Diaries” Expected Second Season Renewal; “Supernatural” Sixth Season?

The CW announced that The Vampire Diaries will be back for a second season, but the surprise is that Supernatural will also return for season six.

While many Supernatural fans had hopes for another season, Eric Kripke had only signed up for five seasons. In fact, when Kripke was asked at last year’s Comic Con whether he would be open to a sixth, he wasn’t sure but didn’t seem very interested either. It could be that he was well into this current season to think much about what lies ahead. As it is, Kripke is likely to step down as show runner, making way for Executive Producer, Sera Gamble, to take over. Kripke will stay on as Executive Producer and will be very much on hand, but I trust Sera Gamble, after talking with her last year and getting inside her brain a little.

Kripke maintains that this season will finish its story arc, so fans need not worry of its being dragged out until we all lose interest. Next season will be a new story and I’m sure the season finale will launch much speculation as to what that story could be.

SUPERNATURAL has one of the most loyal audiences of any show on television and does heroic work in a perennially tough time period. It has improved over last season among women and adults 18-34 (29% and 8%, respectively) this season, a remarkable accomplishment for a fifth-year show. (theCW)

Supernatural‘s lead-in, The Vampire Diaries, will be back next year, and I have to say that with its twists and surprises, Thursday night’s have become an adrenaline rush for me. For two solid hours I’m kept at the edge of my seat, hugging my pillow and, I might add, I have no nails left.

The Vampire Diaries and Supernatural return with new episodes March 25th on the CW.