Season 8

Season 8 of Supernatural was announced by The CW Television Network on May 3rd, 2012. Showrunner Sera Gamble is stepping down, leaving Jeremy Carver and Robert Singer as showrunners for Season 8. This season, like Season 7, will have 23 episodes. In addition, Supernatural will air Wednesday nights at 9pm on CW. The season premiere airs October 10, 2012.

CW Press Release
The thrilling and terrifying journey of the Winchester brothers continues as Supernatural enters its eighth season. Sam and Dean have spent their lives on the road, battling every kind of supernatural threat. Over the years, after dozens of bloody adventures, they have faced everything from the Yellow-Eyed Demon that killed their mother to vampires, ghosts, shapeshifters, angels and fallen gods. They even came face to face with Lucifer and the Four Horsemen in averting the Apocalypse. With the help of allies - both human and supernatural - they've discovered that every threat they vanquish opens a new door for evil to enter in. In the show's seventh season, their hunt for the dreaded Leviathans - monstrous creatures escaped from Purgatory - has cost them dearly. Claiming the life of their best friend and father-figure, Bobby Singer, and shattering their protector, the fallen angel Castiel, Sam and Dean's battle to somehow defeat the age-old Leviathan threat will take everything they've got. As dawn arrives after their endless struggle and sacrifice to defeat the world's evils, they know that, come nightfall, something otherworldly - something supernatural - will claw its way out of the shadows, demanding their attention.

Main

 * Jared Padalecki as Sam Winchester
 * Jensen Ackles as Dean Winchester

Supporting

 * Misha Collins as Castiel

Trivia

 * The first episode of the season will be the show's 150th episode.
 * Jensen Ackles will direct the first episode when shooting begins which will be aired third, like Season 7.
 * Filming for the first episode begins in July.
 * According to Robert Singer, Castiel will appear in an unspecified number of episodes.
 * According to an interview with Rick Worthy, there's a good chance the Alpha Vampire will return this season.