Series eight of the TV series Smallville has now hit the Australian TV channel in January 2011 on the new Channel 11.
Series eight consists of 22 Episodes, and these episode summaries, and Online Viewing options can be seen at: www.smallville-episodes.com/season-8.
This series was first aired on US TV stations in September 2008, and the DVD release dates for all the series are shown below.
DVD Release dates for the Smallville TV Series
| Season | Region 1 USA | Region 2 Europe | Region 4 Australia |
| 1 | September 23, 2003 | October 13, 2003 | December 3, 2003 |
| 2 | May 18, 2004 | September 17, 2004 | January 1, 2005 |
| 3 | November 16, 2004 | April 18, 2005 | July 13, 2005 |
| 4 | September 13, 2005 | October 10, 2005 | November 11, 2006 |
| 5 | September 12, 2006 | August 28, 2006 | April 4, 2007 |
| 6 | September 18, 2007 | October 22, 2007 | March 5, 2008 |
| 7 | September 9, 2008 | October 13, 2008 | March 3, 2009 |
| 8 | August 25, 2009 | October 12, 2009 | March 31, 2010 |
| 9 | September 7, 2010 | October 25, 2010 | |
| 10 |
Why is Australia so far behind with the Smallville Series.
You can’t help but wonder why the producers choose to have such different release dates for each country.