Wednesday isn’t the only Alfred Gough and Miles Millar hit on Netflix these days: Weeks after being made available internationally on Netflix (where, sadly, it is not available in the United States — we have to watch on Hulu), Smallville is trending globally as one of the top ten series available on Netflix. Considering the show premiered nearly 25 years ago, this is quite the accomplishment!

To those who have been reading KryptonSite for the past, well, 25 years, it should be no surprise. Superman remains popular and the story of a young Clark Kent before he ever becomes Superman (as played by Tom Welling) is the kind of story anyone can identify with if they ever felt alienated. If it wasn’t Clark they could identify with, there was a character for everyone to latch on to and love. It’s why we used to fight so much on the forums (which are now back, by the way – come post!) — Smallville was a show you could invest in, and with 218 episodes to binge, there’s a lot of Smallville to pick from on Netflix. Sure, fans can fight over who their preferred Superman is — Henry Cavill as presented by Zack Snyder, or David Corenswet as directed by James Gunn — but, why not go toward the guy who has over 200 hours of material to watch, most of which is pretty good? [Except “Ageless.” Skip “Ageless.”]

Even without this global reach, Smallville has been going through a bit of a renaissance in the past few years. There’s the annual Salute to Smallville convention, this year happening in Nashville in November, where we’ll be celebrating the 25th anniversary. There’s TalkVille and other fantastic podcasts about the show. And of course KryptonSite still exists!

Now let’s get to #1, international fans? We’re counting on you. And for those of you who have just discovered the show and came across this website, welcome! In any event, leave some comments below and tell us how you came to find Smallville.

This year marks the 25-year anniversary of the premiere of Smallville and Creation Entertainment is celebrating with the Salute to Smallville convention November 7-8 in Nashville, Tennessee. While the guest list is already very packed with such folks as Tom Welling, Michael Rosenbaum, Erica Durance, Laura Vandervoort, John Glover and many more, there was a certain name not announced yet who was a vital part of Smallville’s beginnings. (Hey, who remembers Smallville: Beginnings?)

That name would, of course, be Kristin Kreuk, who played Lana Lang for seven seasons of Smallville with a five-episode arc to wrap up her character in Season 8. This means the original cast trio of her, Tom, and Michael will be reunited only a few weeks after the series turns 25.

Gold Admission Passes – which will include exclusive entry to a big panel on the Sunday morning of the convention – are still available but they’re going fast. If you want to see that panel, though, that’s the way to do it; additional tiers of admission passes will be offered at a future date. Creation has also added several photo opportunities including Kristin in case you’d like to take a photo with her. The event will include panels and Q&A’s, cosplay, trivia, autographs, and the best part – the opportunity to spend time with hundreds of other people who love Smallville just as much as you do. For some fans, it’s become an annual tradition.

The hope is for the anniversary convention to be huge. It’ll be the third year, and that means every year gets better, and better, right?

DISCLAIMER: When KryptonSite’s Craig Byrne isn’t busy preparing the site for the upcoming anniversary, he makes websites and graphics for Creation Entertainment. He also co-emcees the Salute to Smallville shows with House of El’s Derek Russell.

We’re starting to think someone at the Warner Bros. social media team may be a Smallville fan as they have recently posted a new video spotlighting the references to Superman on Smallville. Of course, it’s not every reference ever, but it’s nice to see the show being spotlighted by WB and DC in this day and age, especially now that we are in the year that will mark 25 years since the premiere of Smallville on October 16, 2001. With ten seasons and 218 episodes, there’s a lot to choose from! (Yes, 218. “Absolute Justice” counts as two!)

What was your favorite Superman reference? Leave some comments below and unless there’s some kind of disaster, we promise the KryptonSite Forums will return sooner rather than later! Happy Anniversary Year, everybody!