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THE CW ANNOUNCES SCHEDULE
FOR 2009-2010 SEASON
A NEW SEASON OF TV TO TALK ABOUT
LAUNCHES IN THE FALL WITH RETURNING HITS
“GOSSIP GIRL,” “90210” AND “AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL,”
ALONG WITH HIGHLY ANTICIPATED NEW SERIES
“MELROSE PLACE,” “THE BEAUTIFUL LIFE” AND
“THE VAMPIRE DIARIES”
Monday Night Stays Strong with Winning Team of Hit Dramas
“Gossip Girl” and “One Tree Hill”
Tuesday Night:
“90210” Returns for a Second Season in The Zip,
Followed By New Updated Version of Iconic Drama
“Melrose Place”
On Wednesdays, “America’s Next Top Model” Leads Into
New Fashion-Fueled Drama “The Beautiful Life”
From Producer Ashton Kutcher
New Drama “The Vampire Diaries” From
Producers Kevin Williamson (“Dawson’s Creek”) and Julie Plec (“Kyle XY”)
Teams with “Supernatural”
For a Spine-Tingling Thursday Lineup
Fan-Favorite “Smallville” Moves to Friday Night,
Followed by an Encore of “America’s Next Top Model”
New Drama Premieres Midseason:
“Parental Discretion Advised”
May 21, 2009 (New York, New York) ─ The CW Network unveiled the schedule for its 2009-2010 season today at a presentation for advertisers, affiliates and national media in the Theater at Madison Square Garden. The announcement was made by Dawn Ostroff, President of Entertainment, The CW.
“In just three years, The CW has become TV to talk about, with culturally current, quality programming,” said Ostroff. “Next fall, we will have great flow from Monday through Friday, starting with the Monday pairing of ‘Gossip Girl’ and ‘One Tree Hill,’ which made The CW one of the top destinations for young women this season. Tuesday night gives us a perfect match with ‘90210’ and ‘Melrose Place.’ And what could be better than our Wednesday night shows from Tyra Banks and Ashton Kutcher – the all-model lineup of ‘America’s Next Top Model’ and ‘The Beautiful Life.’ On Thursdays, ‘The Vampire Diaries’ taps into the continuing fascination young women have with all things vampire, and makes the perfect lead-in for ‘Supernatural,’ which is coming off its strongest year ever. Moving ‘Smallville’ to Fridays gives us a major player with a loyal fan base to kick off the night. Top all that off with our heartwarming and humorous midseason drama ‘Parental Discretion Advised,’ from writer/producer Liz Tigelaar, and we have a full slate of great programming to keep our viewers watching, chatting, texting and tweeting all next season.”
On Monday, the powerhouse combination of GOSSIP GIRL and ONE TREE HILL will remain in place. Last fall, this winning team made The CW the Number One network with women, and sent Monday night ratings up 118 percent in women 18-34. GOSSIP GIRL, which continues to be one of the most talked-about shows on television, will return to its 8:00-9:00 p.m. slot, followed by ONE TREE HILL from 9:00-10:00 p.m.
On Tuesday, 90210 returns for its sophomore season in the 8:00-9:00 p.m. timeslot. Last season, 90210 gave The CW its highest-rated series premiere ever and improved the 8:00 p.m. time period by 35 percent in women 18-34. The highly anticipated, updated version of the 1990s monster-hit drama MELROSE PLACE will premiere in the 9:00-10:00 p.m. timeslot. The new MELROSE PLACE features a dynamic ensemble of up-and-coming stars, along with two original cast members reprising the roles they made famous: Laura Leighton as Sydney Andrews and Thomas Calabro as Dr. Michael Mancini. MELROSE PLACE promises to deliver all the backstabbing and sizzle of the original series. And, as they did once before, 90210 and MELROSE PLACE will combine for a great night of television.
On Wednesday, AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL returns in its successful 8:00-9:00 p.m. timeslot, followed by the glamorous new drama THE BEAUTIFUL LIFE. Last season, AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL ranked second in its time period with young women. Tyra Banks is one of the few women who is seen regularly on both daytime and primetime television. Beginning this fall, The CW’s daytime block will feature two hours of THE TYRA BANKS SHOW, with an encore episode from 3:00-4:00 p.m. and an original episode from 4:00-5:00 p.m. AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL and THE TYRA BANKS SHOW provide perfect symmetry and a natural fit for The CW brand by targeting the same audience in both primetime and daytime.
New drama THE BEAUTIFUL LIFE joins TOP MODEL on Wednesdays. From producers Ashton Kutcher, Jason Goldberg, Karey Burke, Mike Kelley and Carol Barbee, the fashion-based series gives viewers an exciting, behind-the-scenes glimpse at the cutthroat world of a group of young, beautiful and very sexy models living together in a models’ residence in New York City. The show features a stunning ensemble cast, featuring Sara Paxton (“Last House on the Left”), Mischa Barton (“The O.C.”) and supermodel Elle Macpherson (“Friends”). Together, AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL and THE BEAUTIFUL LIFE will be television’s most fashionable night.
Thursdays go Goth with the new teaming of THE VAMPIRE DIARIES from 8:00-9:00 p.m., followed by SUPERNATURAL in the 9:00-10:00 p.m. hour. Based on the best-selling series of books, THE VAMPIRE DIARIES is the story of two vampire brothers obsessed with the same beautiful girl, and battling to control the fate of an entire town. Starring Nina Dobrev (“DeGrassi: The Next Generation”), Paul Wesley (“Mad Men”), Ian Somerhalder (“Lost”) and Steven R. McQueen (“Everwood”), THE VAMPIRE DIARIES makes the perfect new lead-in to SUPERNATURAL. Last season, SUPERNATURAL’s Winchester brothers gave the network ratings growth across key young demos, despite the highly competitive timeslot.
Big changes are in store on Fridays when SMALLVILLE relocates to the 8:00-9:00 p.m. hour, bringing young viewers from Thursday into Friday nights. With non-stop action and classic DC Comics characters from Lois Lane to Doomsday, SMALLVILLE continues to give loyal viewers the stories and characters they love.
The heartwarming and humorous drama PARENTAL DISCRETION ADVISED will premiere midseason. From writer/producer Liz Tigelaar, (“Brothers and Sisters”), PARENTAL DISCRETION ADVISED is the story of a young girl who finds her biological parents and how that discovery changes all their lives. The show stars Britt Robertson (“Swingtown”), Kristoffer Polaha (“Mad Men”), Shiri Appleby (“E.R.”) and Kerr Smith (“Eli Stone”).
Following is The CW’s 2009-2010 primetime schedule, a night-by-night breakdown and accompanying details on all the programs.
THE CW’s 2009-2010 PRIMETIME SCHEDULE
MONDAY
8:00-9:00 PM GOSSIP GIRL
9:00-10:00 PM ONE TREE HILL
TUESDAY
8:00-9:00 PM 90210
9:00-10:00 PM MELROSE PLACE (New Series)
WEDNESDAY
8:00-9:00 PM AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL
9:00-10:00 PM THE BEAUTIFUL LIFE (New Series)
THURSDAY
8:00-9:00 PM THE VAMPIRE DIARIES (New Series)
9:00-10:00 PM SUPERNATURAL
FRIDAY
8:00-9:00 PM SMALLVILLE (New night)
MONDAY
8:00-9:00 P.M. “GOSSIP GIRL”
Returning for its third season, GOSSIP GIRL is a one-hour drama based on an exclusive group of privileged teens on Manhattan’s Upper East Side whose lives revolve around the blog of the all-knowing albeit ultra-secretive Gossip Girl. No one knows Gossip Girl’s identity, but everyone in this exclusive and complicated vicious circle relies on her website and text messages for the latest scoop. The series stars Blake Lively as Serena van der Woodsen, Leighton Meester as Blair Waldorf, Penn Badgley as Dan Humphrey, Chace Crawford as Nate Archibald, Taylor Momsen as Jenny Humphrey, Ed Westwick as Chuck Bass, Jessica Szohr as Vanessa Abrams, Kelly Rutherford as Lily van der Woodsen and Matthew Settle as Rufus Humphrey. Filmed in New York and based on the popular series of young-adult novels by Cecily von Ziegesar, GOSSIP GIRL is from Alloy Entertainment in association with Warner Bros. Television and CBS Television Studios with executive producers Josh Schwartz (“Chuck,” “The O.C.”), Stephanie Savage (“The O.C.”), Bob Levy (“Privileged”), Leslie Morgenstein (“Privileged”), John Stephens (“Gilmore Girls,” “The O.C.”), and co-executive producer Joshua Safran.
9:00-10:00 P.M. “ONE TREE HILL”
In season seven of ONE TREE HILL our beloved characters learn the struggle to live an exceptional life doesn’t end once you’ve achieved your dreams. Whether they found true love, answered a call to greatness, or sought redemption for sins of the past, nothing that’s come before compares to the challenges our characters now face to keep their dreams alive, their friendships intact and their lives full in the place they call home. ONE TREE HILL was created by Mark Schwahn and is executive produced by Schwahn, Joe Davola, Greg Prange, Mike Tollin and Brian Robbins. ONE TREE HILL is a Mastermind Laboratories and Tollin/Robbins Production in association with Warner Bros. Television.
TUESDAY
8:00-9:00 P.M. “90210”
The second season of “90210” focuses on the West Beverly group as they begin their all-important Junior year. They’ll go through all the ordinary teenage struggles and triumphs – crushes, sexual discovery, academic pressure, evolving friendships, shunning and isolation, love and relationships, family issues, SATs, STDs, a desire to fit in, a desire to stand out, fear and humiliation, joy and exultation – but they’ll do so in the extraordinary world of LA – a world of movie stars and overnight success, glamour and glitz, surfing and sunshine; a city where the American dream is writ large in the Hills and yet failure could come around any corner of the Boulevard of Broken Dreams. We’ll follow Naomi, the well-meaning, but delightfully narcissistic rich girl with a heart of cubic zirconium; Adrianna, the gifted, artistic drama queen whose personal life is as dramatic as any role she could hope to play; Silver, the outspoken free spirit who marches to the beat of her own drum machine; Annie, the good girl from Kansas who has gotten a bit lost in the land of Oz; Dixon, her charming, good-natured brother who adapts easily to any challenging situation and yet is still struggling to find his own voice; Navid, whose geeky charm makes all the Blaze girls swoon; and Liam, the troubled New York transplant who abhors the decadent materialistic world of Beverly Hills. These stories could only happen in LA...and only on “90210.” The series stars Rob Estes as Harry Wilson, Lori Loughlin as Debbie Wilson, Shenae Grimes as Annie Wilson, Tristan Wilds as Dixon Wilson, AnnaLynne McCord as Naomi Clark, Ryan Eggold as Ryan Matthews, Jessica Stroup as Silver, Michael Steger as Navid Shirazi, Jessica Lowndes as Adrianna Tate-Duncan and Matt Lanter as Liam Court. 90210 is produced by CBS Television Studios with executive producer Rebecca Sinclair.
9:00-10:00 P.M. “MELROSE PLACE” (New Series)
In an elegant Spanish-style apartment building in the trendy Melrose neighborhood of Los Angeles, a diverse group of 20-somethings have formed a close-knit surrogate family. Sydney Andrews (Laura Leighton, the original “Melrose Place”) is the landlady, still beautiful at 40, and a central figure in the lives of all her tenants, especially handsome and rebellious David Breck (Shaun Sipos, “Shark”). Sydney started an affair with David despite her turbulent history with his estranged father, Dr. Michael Mancini (Thomas Calabro, the original “Melrose Place”). Both father and son learned through experience that Sydney was not above using blackmail to control people. Another tenant, high-powered publicist Ella Simms (Katie Cassidy, “Supernatural”), once considered Sydney her mentor, but their friendship was destroyed by betrayal, and Sydney threatened to evict Ella and ruin her career. Sydney also played a pivotal role in the career of Auggie Kirkpatrick (Colin Egglesfield, “All My Children”). After they met at an AA meeting, she became Auggie’s sponsor and encouraged his dream to become a chef. Now a successful sous chef at the trendy restaurant Coal, Auggie has been avoiding
Sydney since she began drinking again. The other tenants include Lauren Yung (Stephanie Jacobsen, “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles”), a medical student in desperate need of money to pay her student loans, and Jonah Miller (Michael Rady, “Swingtown”), an aspiring filmmaker who has just proposed to his live-in girlfriend Riley Richmond (Jessica Lucas, “Cloverfield”), a first-grade teacher. The newest tenant, 18-year-old Violet Foster (Ashlee Simpson-Wentz, “7th Heaven”), has just arrived in LA with her own secret connection to Sydney. When a bloody body is found floating in the courtyard pool, David is the leading suspect. However, as the police are soon to discover, almost everyone living at Melrose Place had a reason to want the deceased out of the way. An updated version of the popular 1990s series, MELROSE PLACE is from CBS Television Studios with executive producers Todd Slavkin & Darren Swimmer (“Smallville”). Oscar-winner Davis Guggenheim (“An Inconvenient Truth”) is the director and executive producer of the pilot.
WEDNESDAY
8:00-9:00 P.M. “AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL”
Returning with its thirteenth and fourteenth cycles, the runaway runway hit series stars Tyra Banks. The show gives real people an opportunity to prove that they can make it in the high-stress, high-stakes world of supermodeling. With mentoring by Tyra Banks and exposure to high-profile fashion-industry gurus, young women of various backgrounds, shapes and sizes must endure a highly accelerated modeling boot camp and face weekly tests to determine who will make the cut as they vie for a professional modeling contract. The executive producers are Ken Mok (“Making the Band”), Tyra Banks and Daniel Soiseth (“Hell’s Kitchen”). The reality series was created by Tyra Banks and developed by Mok and Kenya Barris. AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL is produced by 10 by 10 Entertainment in association with Bankable Productions.
9:00-10:00 P.M. “THE BEAUTIFUL LIFE” (New Series)
The life of a high-fashion model appears glamorous and sexy, but as every new model quickly learns, behind the beautiful façade is a world of insecurity and cutthroat competition. Two teenage models who are about to discover this world for themselves are Raina Collins (Sara Paxton, “Last House on the Left”), a stunning beauty with a secret past, and Chris Andrews (Benjamin Hollingsworth, “The Line”), a strikingly handsome Iowa farm boy. When Raina makes an unforgettable impression at a show introducing the new line from designer Zac Posen (appearing in a cameo role), she steals the spotlight from her friend Sonja (Mischa Barton, “The O.C.”). Sonja has been out of the country for mysterious reasons and is now desperate to reclaim her standing as the reigning supermodel. While Raina and Sonja live at the top of the fashion food chain, Chris is starting at the bottom, having just been discovered by agent Simon Lockridge (newcomer Dusan Dukic) of the Covet Modeling Agency, which is owned by former supermodel Claudia Foster (Elle Macpherson, “Friends”). At his first photo shoot, Chris’ inexperience almost derails his career until Raina comes to his rescue, showing him how to relax and work the camera. That afternoon, Raina brings Chris to the “models’ residence” where she lives along with other young hopefuls, including Marissa Delfina (Ashley Madekwe, “Secret Diary of a Call Girl”), Egan (Jordan Woolley, “As The World Turns”), Issac (Corbin Bleu, “High School Musical 2”) and the current alpha-male-model known as Kai (Nico Tortorella, “Twelve”). At an exclusive industry party that night, Chris is again impressed by Raina’s generosity when she steps aside to make sure Sonja lands a job that will resurrect her career. However, after an ugly scene with Simon, Chris is left to question whether he can survive in this world of dangerous excess and fleeting fame. THE BEAUTIFUL LIFE is from Katalyst Films in association with CBS Television Studios and Warner Bros. Television with executive producers Ashton Kutcher & Jason Goldberg (“True Beauty,” “Punk’d”), Karey Burke (“True Beauty”), Mike Kelley (“Swingtown,” “Jericho”) and Carol Barbee (“Swingtown,” “Jericho”). Christian Duguay (“Coco Chanel”) directed the pilot.
THURSDAY
8:00-9:00 P.M. “THE VAMPIRE DIARIES” (New Series)
Four months after the tragic car accident that killed their parents, 17-year-old Elena Gilbert (Nina Dobrev, “DeGrassi: The Next Generation”) and her 15-year-old brother, Jeremy (Steven R. McQueen, “Everwood”) are still trying to cope with their grief and move on with their lives. Elena has always been the star student; beautiful, popular and involved with school and friends, but now she finds herself struggling to hide her sadness from the world. As the school year begins, Elena and her friends are fascinated by a handsome and mysterious new student, Stefan Salvatore (Paul Wesley, “Army Wives”). Stefan and Elena are immediately drawn to one another, and Elena has no way of knowing that Stefan is a centuries-old vampire, struggling to live peacefully among humans, while his brother Damon (Ian Somerhalder, “Lost”) is the embodiment of vampire violence and brutality. Now these two vampire brothers ─ one good, one evil ─ are at war for Elena’s soul and for the souls of her friends, family and all the residents of the small town of Mystic Falls, Virginia. Based on the series of books by L. J. Smith, THE VAMPIRE DIARIES is from Alloy Entertainment and Bonanza Productions Inc in association with Warner Bros. Television and CBS Television Studios with executive producers Kevin Williamson (“Dawson’s Creek,” “I Know What You Did Last Summer”), Julie Plec (“Kyle XY,” “Wasteland”), Leslie Morgenstein (“Gossip Girl,” “Privileged”) and Bob Levy (“Gossip Girl,” “Privileged”). Marcos Siega (“Dexter”) directed the pilot.
9:00-10:00 P.M “SUPERNATURAL”
Returning for its fifth season, this haunting series follows Sam and Dean Winchester, two brothers bound by tragedy and blood to their dangerous, other-worldly mission. This past season, Dean was rescued from Hell by the angel Castiel, who told Dean he was meant to avert the impending Apocalypse, as well as Lucifer rising from Hell. As the brothers were caught up in the epic battle between angels and demons, Sam and Dean found their relationship was strained almost to the breaking point until ultimately, both brothers were betrayed. Now, in season five, they must battle the Devil himself. The series stars Jared Padalecki as Sam Winchester, Jensen Ackles as Dean Winchester and Misha Collins as Castiel). SUPERNATURAL is from Warner Bros. Television in association with Wonderland Sound and Vision, with executive producers McG (“Charlie’s Angels,” “The O.C.”), Eric Kripke (“Boogeyman”) and Robert Singer (“Midnight Caller”).
FRIDAY
8:00-9:00 P.M. “SMALLVILLE”
Returning for its ninth season, last season SMALLVILLE was filled with twists and surprises, starting with the disappearance of Lex Luthor. However, someone quickly arrived to take his place – the enticing Tess Mercer. As Tess maneuvered her way through town, she flirted with her old flame Oliver Queen, discovered Clark’s true identity and unleashed a new world of danger. As if that hurdle wasn’t enough for Clark, he also met his greatest match – Doomsday. SMALLVILLE explored the origins of Doomsday, revealing a sympathetic guy named Davis Bloome, who battled an inner demon – the Doomsday character fans have loved to hate for years. When Clark wasn’t busy battling the beast, he was knee-deep in work at the Daily Planet. Last season threw Clark and Lois Lane together – literally across the desk from each other. As Clark’s persona as the cub Planet reporter emerged, so did his feelings for Lois, the fated love of his life. The series stars Tom Welling as Clark Kent, Allison Mack as Chloe Sullivan, Erica Durance as Lois Lane, Justin Hartley as Oliver Queen and Cassidy Freeman as Tess Mercer. Reinterpreting the Superman mythology from its roots, SMALLVILLE was developed for television by Alfred Gough & Miles Millar (“Shanghai Noon,” “The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor”), based on the DC Comics characters. Kelly Souders & Brian Peterson serve as executive producers, along with James Marshall, Mike Tollin, Brian Robbins and Joe Davola. The series is produced by Tollin/Robbins Productions and Warner Bros. Television. SUPERMAN was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.
9:00-10:00 P.M. “AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL”
(Encore Presentation).
MIDSEASON
“PARENTAL DISCRETION ADVISED” (New Series)
After spending all of her 15 years bouncing from one foster family to another in Portland, Oregon, Lux (Britt Robertson, “Swingtown”) has decided it’s time to take control of her life and become an emancipated minor. Her journey through the legal maze leads Lux to her biological father, 30-something Nate “Baze” Bazile (Kristoffer Polaha, “Mad Men”), who owns a bar, lives like an aging frat-boy with two slacker roommates, and is astonished to learn that he has a teenage daughter. Lux is equally astonished when Baze reveals that her mother is Cate Cassidy (Shiri Appleby, “E.R.”), a star on the local “Morning Madness” radio show, along with her on-air partner and real-life boyfriend, Ryan Thomas (Kerr Smith, “Eli Stone”). Lux has been listening to Cate’s voice on the radio as long as she can remember, so she feels an instant connection with the mom she’s never met. Baze takes Lux to meet Cate, who is shocked and saddened to learn that Lux has grown up in foster care, but thrilled to finally meet her beautiful daughter. When a judge decides that Lux isn’t ready for emancipation and unexpectedly grants temporary joint custody to Baze and Cate, they agree to try to get past the awkwardness and make a belated attempt to give Lux the family she deserves. PARENTAL DISCRETION ADVISED is produced by Mojo Films in association with CBS Television Studios and Warner Bros. Television with executive producers Liz Tigelaar (“Brothers and Sisters,” “What About Brian”) and Gary Fleder (“October Road”). Gary Fleder directed the pilot.
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FOR 2009-2010 SEASON
A NEW SEASON OF TV TO TALK ABOUT
LAUNCHES IN THE FALL WITH RETURNING HITS
“GOSSIP GIRL,” “90210” AND “AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL,”
ALONG WITH HIGHLY ANTICIPATED NEW SERIES
“MELROSE PLACE,” “THE BEAUTIFUL LIFE” AND
“THE VAMPIRE DIARIES”
Monday Night Stays Strong with Winning Team of Hit Dramas
“Gossip Girl” and “One Tree Hill”
Tuesday Night:
“90210” Returns for a Second Season in The Zip,
Followed By New Updated Version of Iconic Drama
“Melrose Place”
On Wednesdays, “America’s Next Top Model” Leads Into
New Fashion-Fueled Drama “The Beautiful Life”
From Producer Ashton Kutcher
New Drama “The Vampire Diaries” From
Producers Kevin Williamson (“Dawson’s Creek”) and Julie Plec (“Kyle XY”)
Teams with “Supernatural”
For a Spine-Tingling Thursday Lineup
Fan-Favorite “Smallville” Moves to Friday Night,
Followed by an Encore of “America’s Next Top Model”
New Drama Premieres Midseason:
“Parental Discretion Advised”
May 21, 2009 (New York, New York) ─ The CW Network unveiled the schedule for its 2009-2010 season today at a presentation for advertisers, affiliates and national media in the Theater at Madison Square Garden. The announcement was made by Dawn Ostroff, President of Entertainment, The CW.
“In just three years, The CW has become TV to talk about, with culturally current, quality programming,” said Ostroff. “Next fall, we will have great flow from Monday through Friday, starting with the Monday pairing of ‘Gossip Girl’ and ‘One Tree Hill,’ which made The CW one of the top destinations for young women this season. Tuesday night gives us a perfect match with ‘90210’ and ‘Melrose Place.’ And what could be better than our Wednesday night shows from Tyra Banks and Ashton Kutcher – the all-model lineup of ‘America’s Next Top Model’ and ‘The Beautiful Life.’ On Thursdays, ‘The Vampire Diaries’ taps into the continuing fascination young women have with all things vampire, and makes the perfect lead-in for ‘Supernatural,’ which is coming off its strongest year ever. Moving ‘Smallville’ to Fridays gives us a major player with a loyal fan base to kick off the night. Top all that off with our heartwarming and humorous midseason drama ‘Parental Discretion Advised,’ from writer/producer Liz Tigelaar, and we have a full slate of great programming to keep our viewers watching, chatting, texting and tweeting all next season.”
On Monday, the powerhouse combination of GOSSIP GIRL and ONE TREE HILL will remain in place. Last fall, this winning team made The CW the Number One network with women, and sent Monday night ratings up 118 percent in women 18-34. GOSSIP GIRL, which continues to be one of the most talked-about shows on television, will return to its 8:00-9:00 p.m. slot, followed by ONE TREE HILL from 9:00-10:00 p.m.
On Tuesday, 90210 returns for its sophomore season in the 8:00-9:00 p.m. timeslot. Last season, 90210 gave The CW its highest-rated series premiere ever and improved the 8:00 p.m. time period by 35 percent in women 18-34. The highly anticipated, updated version of the 1990s monster-hit drama MELROSE PLACE will premiere in the 9:00-10:00 p.m. timeslot. The new MELROSE PLACE features a dynamic ensemble of up-and-coming stars, along with two original cast members reprising the roles they made famous: Laura Leighton as Sydney Andrews and Thomas Calabro as Dr. Michael Mancini. MELROSE PLACE promises to deliver all the backstabbing and sizzle of the original series. And, as they did once before, 90210 and MELROSE PLACE will combine for a great night of television.
On Wednesday, AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL returns in its successful 8:00-9:00 p.m. timeslot, followed by the glamorous new drama THE BEAUTIFUL LIFE. Last season, AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL ranked second in its time period with young women. Tyra Banks is one of the few women who is seen regularly on both daytime and primetime television. Beginning this fall, The CW’s daytime block will feature two hours of THE TYRA BANKS SHOW, with an encore episode from 3:00-4:00 p.m. and an original episode from 4:00-5:00 p.m. AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL and THE TYRA BANKS SHOW provide perfect symmetry and a natural fit for The CW brand by targeting the same audience in both primetime and daytime.
New drama THE BEAUTIFUL LIFE joins TOP MODEL on Wednesdays. From producers Ashton Kutcher, Jason Goldberg, Karey Burke, Mike Kelley and Carol Barbee, the fashion-based series gives viewers an exciting, behind-the-scenes glimpse at the cutthroat world of a group of young, beautiful and very sexy models living together in a models’ residence in New York City. The show features a stunning ensemble cast, featuring Sara Paxton (“Last House on the Left”), Mischa Barton (“The O.C.”) and supermodel Elle Macpherson (“Friends”). Together, AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL and THE BEAUTIFUL LIFE will be television’s most fashionable night.
Thursdays go Goth with the new teaming of THE VAMPIRE DIARIES from 8:00-9:00 p.m., followed by SUPERNATURAL in the 9:00-10:00 p.m. hour. Based on the best-selling series of books, THE VAMPIRE DIARIES is the story of two vampire brothers obsessed with the same beautiful girl, and battling to control the fate of an entire town. Starring Nina Dobrev (“DeGrassi: The Next Generation”), Paul Wesley (“Mad Men”), Ian Somerhalder (“Lost”) and Steven R. McQueen (“Everwood”), THE VAMPIRE DIARIES makes the perfect new lead-in to SUPERNATURAL. Last season, SUPERNATURAL’s Winchester brothers gave the network ratings growth across key young demos, despite the highly competitive timeslot.
Big changes are in store on Fridays when SMALLVILLE relocates to the 8:00-9:00 p.m. hour, bringing young viewers from Thursday into Friday nights. With non-stop action and classic DC Comics characters from Lois Lane to Doomsday, SMALLVILLE continues to give loyal viewers the stories and characters they love.
The heartwarming and humorous drama PARENTAL DISCRETION ADVISED will premiere midseason. From writer/producer Liz Tigelaar, (“Brothers and Sisters”), PARENTAL DISCRETION ADVISED is the story of a young girl who finds her biological parents and how that discovery changes all their lives. The show stars Britt Robertson (“Swingtown”), Kristoffer Polaha (“Mad Men”), Shiri Appleby (“E.R.”) and Kerr Smith (“Eli Stone”).
Following is The CW’s 2009-2010 primetime schedule, a night-by-night breakdown and accompanying details on all the programs.
THE CW’s 2009-2010 PRIMETIME SCHEDULE
MONDAY
8:00-9:00 PM GOSSIP GIRL
9:00-10:00 PM ONE TREE HILL
TUESDAY
8:00-9:00 PM 90210
9:00-10:00 PM MELROSE PLACE (New Series)
WEDNESDAY
8:00-9:00 PM AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL
9:00-10:00 PM THE BEAUTIFUL LIFE (New Series)
THURSDAY
8:00-9:00 PM THE VAMPIRE DIARIES (New Series)
9:00-10:00 PM SUPERNATURAL
FRIDAY
8:00-9:00 PM SMALLVILLE (New night)
MONDAY
8:00-9:00 P.M. “GOSSIP GIRL”
Returning for its third season, GOSSIP GIRL is a one-hour drama based on an exclusive group of privileged teens on Manhattan’s Upper East Side whose lives revolve around the blog of the all-knowing albeit ultra-secretive Gossip Girl. No one knows Gossip Girl’s identity, but everyone in this exclusive and complicated vicious circle relies on her website and text messages for the latest scoop. The series stars Blake Lively as Serena van der Woodsen, Leighton Meester as Blair Waldorf, Penn Badgley as Dan Humphrey, Chace Crawford as Nate Archibald, Taylor Momsen as Jenny Humphrey, Ed Westwick as Chuck Bass, Jessica Szohr as Vanessa Abrams, Kelly Rutherford as Lily van der Woodsen and Matthew Settle as Rufus Humphrey. Filmed in New York and based on the popular series of young-adult novels by Cecily von Ziegesar, GOSSIP GIRL is from Alloy Entertainment in association with Warner Bros. Television and CBS Television Studios with executive producers Josh Schwartz (“Chuck,” “The O.C.”), Stephanie Savage (“The O.C.”), Bob Levy (“Privileged”), Leslie Morgenstein (“Privileged”), John Stephens (“Gilmore Girls,” “The O.C.”), and co-executive producer Joshua Safran.
9:00-10:00 P.M. “ONE TREE HILL”
In season seven of ONE TREE HILL our beloved characters learn the struggle to live an exceptional life doesn’t end once you’ve achieved your dreams. Whether they found true love, answered a call to greatness, or sought redemption for sins of the past, nothing that’s come before compares to the challenges our characters now face to keep their dreams alive, their friendships intact and their lives full in the place they call home. ONE TREE HILL was created by Mark Schwahn and is executive produced by Schwahn, Joe Davola, Greg Prange, Mike Tollin and Brian Robbins. ONE TREE HILL is a Mastermind Laboratories and Tollin/Robbins Production in association with Warner Bros. Television.
TUESDAY
8:00-9:00 P.M. “90210”
The second season of “90210” focuses on the West Beverly group as they begin their all-important Junior year. They’ll go through all the ordinary teenage struggles and triumphs – crushes, sexual discovery, academic pressure, evolving friendships, shunning and isolation, love and relationships, family issues, SATs, STDs, a desire to fit in, a desire to stand out, fear and humiliation, joy and exultation – but they’ll do so in the extraordinary world of LA – a world of movie stars and overnight success, glamour and glitz, surfing and sunshine; a city where the American dream is writ large in the Hills and yet failure could come around any corner of the Boulevard of Broken Dreams. We’ll follow Naomi, the well-meaning, but delightfully narcissistic rich girl with a heart of cubic zirconium; Adrianna, the gifted, artistic drama queen whose personal life is as dramatic as any role she could hope to play; Silver, the outspoken free spirit who marches to the beat of her own drum machine; Annie, the good girl from Kansas who has gotten a bit lost in the land of Oz; Dixon, her charming, good-natured brother who adapts easily to any challenging situation and yet is still struggling to find his own voice; Navid, whose geeky charm makes all the Blaze girls swoon; and Liam, the troubled New York transplant who abhors the decadent materialistic world of Beverly Hills. These stories could only happen in LA...and only on “90210.” The series stars Rob Estes as Harry Wilson, Lori Loughlin as Debbie Wilson, Shenae Grimes as Annie Wilson, Tristan Wilds as Dixon Wilson, AnnaLynne McCord as Naomi Clark, Ryan Eggold as Ryan Matthews, Jessica Stroup as Silver, Michael Steger as Navid Shirazi, Jessica Lowndes as Adrianna Tate-Duncan and Matt Lanter as Liam Court. 90210 is produced by CBS Television Studios with executive producer Rebecca Sinclair.
9:00-10:00 P.M. “MELROSE PLACE” (New Series)
In an elegant Spanish-style apartment building in the trendy Melrose neighborhood of Los Angeles, a diverse group of 20-somethings have formed a close-knit surrogate family. Sydney Andrews (Laura Leighton, the original “Melrose Place”) is the landlady, still beautiful at 40, and a central figure in the lives of all her tenants, especially handsome and rebellious David Breck (Shaun Sipos, “Shark”). Sydney started an affair with David despite her turbulent history with his estranged father, Dr. Michael Mancini (Thomas Calabro, the original “Melrose Place”). Both father and son learned through experience that Sydney was not above using blackmail to control people. Another tenant, high-powered publicist Ella Simms (Katie Cassidy, “Supernatural”), once considered Sydney her mentor, but their friendship was destroyed by betrayal, and Sydney threatened to evict Ella and ruin her career. Sydney also played a pivotal role in the career of Auggie Kirkpatrick (Colin Egglesfield, “All My Children”). After they met at an AA meeting, she became Auggie’s sponsor and encouraged his dream to become a chef. Now a successful sous chef at the trendy restaurant Coal, Auggie has been avoiding
Sydney since she began drinking again. The other tenants include Lauren Yung (Stephanie Jacobsen, “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles”), a medical student in desperate need of money to pay her student loans, and Jonah Miller (Michael Rady, “Swingtown”), an aspiring filmmaker who has just proposed to his live-in girlfriend Riley Richmond (Jessica Lucas, “Cloverfield”), a first-grade teacher. The newest tenant, 18-year-old Violet Foster (Ashlee Simpson-Wentz, “7th Heaven”), has just arrived in LA with her own secret connection to Sydney. When a bloody body is found floating in the courtyard pool, David is the leading suspect. However, as the police are soon to discover, almost everyone living at Melrose Place had a reason to want the deceased out of the way. An updated version of the popular 1990s series, MELROSE PLACE is from CBS Television Studios with executive producers Todd Slavkin & Darren Swimmer (“Smallville”). Oscar-winner Davis Guggenheim (“An Inconvenient Truth”) is the director and executive producer of the pilot.
WEDNESDAY
8:00-9:00 P.M. “AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL”
Returning with its thirteenth and fourteenth cycles, the runaway runway hit series stars Tyra Banks. The show gives real people an opportunity to prove that they can make it in the high-stress, high-stakes world of supermodeling. With mentoring by Tyra Banks and exposure to high-profile fashion-industry gurus, young women of various backgrounds, shapes and sizes must endure a highly accelerated modeling boot camp and face weekly tests to determine who will make the cut as they vie for a professional modeling contract. The executive producers are Ken Mok (“Making the Band”), Tyra Banks and Daniel Soiseth (“Hell’s Kitchen”). The reality series was created by Tyra Banks and developed by Mok and Kenya Barris. AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL is produced by 10 by 10 Entertainment in association with Bankable Productions.
9:00-10:00 P.M. “THE BEAUTIFUL LIFE” (New Series)
The life of a high-fashion model appears glamorous and sexy, but as every new model quickly learns, behind the beautiful façade is a world of insecurity and cutthroat competition. Two teenage models who are about to discover this world for themselves are Raina Collins (Sara Paxton, “Last House on the Left”), a stunning beauty with a secret past, and Chris Andrews (Benjamin Hollingsworth, “The Line”), a strikingly handsome Iowa farm boy. When Raina makes an unforgettable impression at a show introducing the new line from designer Zac Posen (appearing in a cameo role), she steals the spotlight from her friend Sonja (Mischa Barton, “The O.C.”). Sonja has been out of the country for mysterious reasons and is now desperate to reclaim her standing as the reigning supermodel. While Raina and Sonja live at the top of the fashion food chain, Chris is starting at the bottom, having just been discovered by agent Simon Lockridge (newcomer Dusan Dukic) of the Covet Modeling Agency, which is owned by former supermodel Claudia Foster (Elle Macpherson, “Friends”). At his first photo shoot, Chris’ inexperience almost derails his career until Raina comes to his rescue, showing him how to relax and work the camera. That afternoon, Raina brings Chris to the “models’ residence” where she lives along with other young hopefuls, including Marissa Delfina (Ashley Madekwe, “Secret Diary of a Call Girl”), Egan (Jordan Woolley, “As The World Turns”), Issac (Corbin Bleu, “High School Musical 2”) and the current alpha-male-model known as Kai (Nico Tortorella, “Twelve”). At an exclusive industry party that night, Chris is again impressed by Raina’s generosity when she steps aside to make sure Sonja lands a job that will resurrect her career. However, after an ugly scene with Simon, Chris is left to question whether he can survive in this world of dangerous excess and fleeting fame. THE BEAUTIFUL LIFE is from Katalyst Films in association with CBS Television Studios and Warner Bros. Television with executive producers Ashton Kutcher & Jason Goldberg (“True Beauty,” “Punk’d”), Karey Burke (“True Beauty”), Mike Kelley (“Swingtown,” “Jericho”) and Carol Barbee (“Swingtown,” “Jericho”). Christian Duguay (“Coco Chanel”) directed the pilot.
THURSDAY
8:00-9:00 P.M. “THE VAMPIRE DIARIES” (New Series)
Four months after the tragic car accident that killed their parents, 17-year-old Elena Gilbert (Nina Dobrev, “DeGrassi: The Next Generation”) and her 15-year-old brother, Jeremy (Steven R. McQueen, “Everwood”) are still trying to cope with their grief and move on with their lives. Elena has always been the star student; beautiful, popular and involved with school and friends, but now she finds herself struggling to hide her sadness from the world. As the school year begins, Elena and her friends are fascinated by a handsome and mysterious new student, Stefan Salvatore (Paul Wesley, “Army Wives”). Stefan and Elena are immediately drawn to one another, and Elena has no way of knowing that Stefan is a centuries-old vampire, struggling to live peacefully among humans, while his brother Damon (Ian Somerhalder, “Lost”) is the embodiment of vampire violence and brutality. Now these two vampire brothers ─ one good, one evil ─ are at war for Elena’s soul and for the souls of her friends, family and all the residents of the small town of Mystic Falls, Virginia. Based on the series of books by L. J. Smith, THE VAMPIRE DIARIES is from Alloy Entertainment and Bonanza Productions Inc in association with Warner Bros. Television and CBS Television Studios with executive producers Kevin Williamson (“Dawson’s Creek,” “I Know What You Did Last Summer”), Julie Plec (“Kyle XY,” “Wasteland”), Leslie Morgenstein (“Gossip Girl,” “Privileged”) and Bob Levy (“Gossip Girl,” “Privileged”). Marcos Siega (“Dexter”) directed the pilot.
9:00-10:00 P.M “SUPERNATURAL”
Returning for its fifth season, this haunting series follows Sam and Dean Winchester, two brothers bound by tragedy and blood to their dangerous, other-worldly mission. This past season, Dean was rescued from Hell by the angel Castiel, who told Dean he was meant to avert the impending Apocalypse, as well as Lucifer rising from Hell. As the brothers were caught up in the epic battle between angels and demons, Sam and Dean found their relationship was strained almost to the breaking point until ultimately, both brothers were betrayed. Now, in season five, they must battle the Devil himself. The series stars Jared Padalecki as Sam Winchester, Jensen Ackles as Dean Winchester and Misha Collins as Castiel). SUPERNATURAL is from Warner Bros. Television in association with Wonderland Sound and Vision, with executive producers McG (“Charlie’s Angels,” “The O.C.”), Eric Kripke (“Boogeyman”) and Robert Singer (“Midnight Caller”).
FRIDAY
8:00-9:00 P.M. “SMALLVILLE”
Returning for its ninth season, last season SMALLVILLE was filled with twists and surprises, starting with the disappearance of Lex Luthor. However, someone quickly arrived to take his place – the enticing Tess Mercer. As Tess maneuvered her way through town, she flirted with her old flame Oliver Queen, discovered Clark’s true identity and unleashed a new world of danger. As if that hurdle wasn’t enough for Clark, he also met his greatest match – Doomsday. SMALLVILLE explored the origins of Doomsday, revealing a sympathetic guy named Davis Bloome, who battled an inner demon – the Doomsday character fans have loved to hate for years. When Clark wasn’t busy battling the beast, he was knee-deep in work at the Daily Planet. Last season threw Clark and Lois Lane together – literally across the desk from each other. As Clark’s persona as the cub Planet reporter emerged, so did his feelings for Lois, the fated love of his life. The series stars Tom Welling as Clark Kent, Allison Mack as Chloe Sullivan, Erica Durance as Lois Lane, Justin Hartley as Oliver Queen and Cassidy Freeman as Tess Mercer. Reinterpreting the Superman mythology from its roots, SMALLVILLE was developed for television by Alfred Gough & Miles Millar (“Shanghai Noon,” “The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor”), based on the DC Comics characters. Kelly Souders & Brian Peterson serve as executive producers, along with James Marshall, Mike Tollin, Brian Robbins and Joe Davola. The series is produced by Tollin/Robbins Productions and Warner Bros. Television. SUPERMAN was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.
9:00-10:00 P.M. “AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL”
(Encore Presentation).
MIDSEASON
“PARENTAL DISCRETION ADVISED” (New Series)
After spending all of her 15 years bouncing from one foster family to another in Portland, Oregon, Lux (Britt Robertson, “Swingtown”) has decided it’s time to take control of her life and become an emancipated minor. Her journey through the legal maze leads Lux to her biological father, 30-something Nate “Baze” Bazile (Kristoffer Polaha, “Mad Men”), who owns a bar, lives like an aging frat-boy with two slacker roommates, and is astonished to learn that he has a teenage daughter. Lux is equally astonished when Baze reveals that her mother is Cate Cassidy (Shiri Appleby, “E.R.”), a star on the local “Morning Madness” radio show, along with her on-air partner and real-life boyfriend, Ryan Thomas (Kerr Smith, “Eli Stone”). Lux has been listening to Cate’s voice on the radio as long as she can remember, so she feels an instant connection with the mom she’s never met. Baze takes Lux to meet Cate, who is shocked and saddened to learn that Lux has grown up in foster care, but thrilled to finally meet her beautiful daughter. When a judge decides that Lux isn’t ready for emancipation and unexpectedly grants temporary joint custody to Baze and Cate, they agree to try to get past the awkwardness and make a belated attempt to give Lux the family she deserves. PARENTAL DISCRETION ADVISED is produced by Mojo Films in association with CBS Television Studios and Warner Bros. Television with executive producers Liz Tigelaar (“Brothers and Sisters,” “What About Brian”) and Gary Fleder (“October Road”). Gary Fleder directed the pilot.
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HA! First time managed to do that.
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guarenteed.
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4 years to late.
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its a special thursday afterall
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You managed to join the "First!" douche bag club! You seem proud to pull off the feat in a side thread, without a second post for at least 5 minutes! Go celebrate with a firm pat on the back, knowing you too, are one of the few, the proud, and now one of the "First" club douche bags!
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CW just needs to die already.
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im pretty sure this is the last season of smallville..
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May 21, 2009 2:23:28 PM CDT
fuck you cw for cancelling reaper and jumping on the gay vampire
by luffy27
hopefully they will succeed in trying to sell it to the affiliates to show on sunday...
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This show had some great momentum after season six and died on its constant need to jam lame ass characters like Lana, Chloe and Lex down people's throats. The only reason it got a renew was the ratings were up in the beginning of the season, because there was no Lana and Lex dragging the show down. So, they had to do some original things. Now if they had waited after the Doomsday storyline, it would be canceled. This was the most Jekkyl/Hyde season of a TV show ever.
I just hope to God, they realize people want a show about Superman not Clark Kent and let him be Superman for most of the season instead of waiting til the last epsiode. -
CW would be dead to me for killing Reaper.
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A 24-hr a day shot of a horse's asshole! Our most entertaining season of shit yet! Most talked about network? Yeah, at the weekly meeting of the "Things That Suck" group.
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The bottom right ad is for "SMALLVILLE IS CASTING! APPLY NOW!" and then right below Tom "Man of Steel, Actor of Wood" Welling is the line "NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY."
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They should have left "Smallville" with "Supernatural" on Thursday nights. If they're trying to give their new teenage vampire show a boost, why did they schedule it before "Supernatural" and not after? Now SN has a weak lead-in. Couldn't they have at least paired SV with "Reaper" on Friday nights instead of a freaking "Top Model" rerun? I thought they were hoping for 2 more seasons of "Smallville", but Friday night is considered the death slot, especially for a show in its 9th season.
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The Friday Death Slot will just hasten things a bit, which is a shame because Season 8 was actually good during the episodes that didn't feature Kristin Kreuk as Lana Lang.
BTW, the season finale, which killed off Henry James Olsen and explained that the James Bartholomew Olsen from Superman lore is his younger brother was a fucking brilliant idea to kill off "Jimmy" and correct the age discrepancy all in one fell swoop.
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I know a lot of people give that show shit, but name another sci-fi/fantasy show so good in it's EIGHTH season. Season eight was remarkably strong all around, with the Lana'Lex shit put on the back burner and more of Erica Durance's enchanting Lois put front and center. And the season finale twist involving Jimmy was genuinely startling. Even though season nine was slated to be the last one anyways, it's a shame it's being put out to pasture on Friday nights. It deserved more respect than that.
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No surprise given the poor ratings and with Tyler Labine bolting to another show, but I will miss this show dearly. Here's hoping Tuesday's episode wraps things up well enough.
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Vampires will be up against Bones, and that other stuff you mentioned while Fringe will be up against Supernatural, The Office, CSI, and Grey's.
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reaper and supernatural should have been your thursday night block, not some twilight rip-off, you fucks
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But only slightly....only slightly.
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Apparently Reaper is in talks to go syndicated or go to cable. Probably wont happen but still a chance. Oh yeah, FUCK CW!
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i've been re-watching Angel and can't believe it's almost ten years old and NOTHING has even come close to it, at least to me, in terms of caring about the characters and being excited about what comes next, sans Lost. why doesn't Whedon drop Dollhouse and return with some more stories from the Angelverse? Talk about a huge universe full of amazing, beloved characters just going to complete waste.
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Love him. Only reason to watch that show was Ray. The dude who plays Sock is funny as well. The rest of the cast is kinda bland though.
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Great just what we needed. If it's not rich white teens with "problems" they're jumping on the vampire bandwagon (yes, the premise for this came about before that other abomination - Twilight, but there's no way it would be here if that hadn't exploded). Supernatural is the only decent thing the CW has, and even that can only redeem this network so much.
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since it was always supposed to be a five year story, so I don't care if the CW dies after it.
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Since this is supposed to be Smallvilles final season, that's why they've banished it to Fridays - the network has no intention of renewing it for a tenth season (way too expensive)
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in America?
I've never understood this.
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Now I can finally watch Survivor at 8pm instead of catching it the next day on tv.com
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That was the most consistently funniest show on their network!Oh well there always DVD!
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Unless Fringe is two hours per ep next season, that is...
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smallville, has improved over this last season, no more lex and lana crap, the refocus with new showrunners has vastly improved the series. It's time though to pull the plug as it's been on a hell of a long while. Supernatural is finishing at the end of seaon 5 anyways. if you never gave it a chance you never will. it's got its loyal fanbase and will continue to survive. the vampire crap nah.. sorry. cw you had your chance with wheldonverse and fucked it royally.
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Reaper, if Smallville is going to Fridays any??
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if herc's watching it, we all should! he's got great taste!!
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No f-ing way! That show's amazing!
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But I need my weekly dose of Sock! Renew Reaper, you stupid CW fucks!
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sock sucked so hard, he belonged on fucking Chuck.
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May 21, 2009 5:31:36 PM CDT
So all the faggy shows I didn't watch in the 90's on Fox...
by disgruntled_chinaman
have jumped to the CW? Great. So I will NOT watch the Supernatural season and just pick up the DVDs. Again. And Netflix Smallville, naturally.
And True Blood is the antidote for the faggy vampire syndrome! -
every morning?Somebody shaaaave me! *budda-bum*
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Hey Howlermonkey, I've been re-watching Angel again as well and I completely agree with you. Whedon created such a great universe with really great characters. I miss it and I miss Charisma Carpenter's awesomeness
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Why call this sorry program SMALLVILLE anymore, since about 91% of the season took place elsewhere? Eh, it's not even worth the trouble and effort I put forth to post this. Fuck it, forget I said anything. Cancel it, already.
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because Clark is "Smallville." It's Lois' nickname for him.
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Fucking loved Reaper. There is now no reason for me to watch that network. Smallville ran out of steam about three years ago.
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did anyone really watch that pos? lets face it, network tv is on its last legs good riddance and no, that pos V remake will not save it
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Should have been crap this year, given that Michael Rosenbaum left the show. It was surprisingly good, most of the season. I found the finale a bit disappointing, but they might be able to right the ship when they go back to production. But I'm certain Friday=Death for Smallville. Doomsday is indeed coming for Clark Kent.
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cloying, stupid television show, ever. That was eleventeen seasons ago. Now, it's only worse.
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because that's where it was set, originally.
Certainly, Herc is trying to be droll or something?
"No experience necessary." Best explanation for Welling. Cracks me up!
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May 21, 2009 7:20:18 PM CDT
Howlermonkey / Calnorso if you liked angel, watch supernatural
by castiel
I'm a huge fan of angel and buffy. I was reluctant to get into supernatural as i watched a couple of episodes 1st season and didn't think much of it. Plus i thought it was a program designed for the teenage girl market as it had two male leads. Then i realised i never got into buffy until i caught an episode on tv, because i thought it was a program for teenage girls also! lucky for me i overcame my prejudces and watched it thanks to the feedback of some of the talkback guys. it's a fantastic program, and more like the wheldonverse then anything else out there.
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There's talk of syndicating Reaper, apparently some CW affiliates want it for the now open Sunday night. Don't get hopes up too high, but still.
Ausiello at EW is reporting a major scoopage on the central plot to Melrose next season. Frankly, I have to admit it sounds interesting. -
They look at the tween demo for GG and 90210, etc., and put more emphasis on that than they do the typical 18-49 demo.
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Tom Welling looks like he's trying desperately to remember what his next line is? I'll watch this season the same reason I did the last: I've come this far, I might as well finish it.
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I thought that a year ago. In fact, I thought it had been decided.
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Now that Reaper is gone, does this mean Ray Wise is free to be Satan on Supernatural?Nice to see Katie Cassidy getting work; too bad it's not on Supernatural and, worse, on Melrose Place.
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Dear gods, I need to turn my head. I can't heave on my work keyboard.
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...I haven't watched a damn thing on their network. I'm surprised it's even still around!
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The man doesn't even understand the greatness of Supernatural.
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I seem to recall her getting creamed by a car on her wedding day?
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that would kick ass!
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34 y/o married father of one. Its flashy and even more vapid than the original, but I keep tuning in waiting for a Steve Sanders appearance, dammit. Steve Sanders ruled.
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Who watches network TV anymore?
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If not for Supernatural I would have bailed on the CW a long time ago.
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...while it would be awesome for him to play Lucifer on Supernatural, I'd much rather Kripke work in a Jeepers Creepers crossover. But of course the budget wouldn't allow for that. His harpoon truck was bad ass though.
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Instead we get gay Vampires for cocksucking liberals
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You're pissed 'cause you just can't seem to
get your own "First" happening. It's harmless.
Hell, I've done it 12 times in the past year, and twice last week. Ya just don't have the Midiclorians for the job, betcha.
"I Put a spell on them ho's, yo,
I'm hell on them ho's, yo!." M. Shake
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Well-scouted. You are brilliant and a master tactician as it concerns comebacks on talkback boards. How do you do it? How are you so smart and clever and witty? It must be all the years of Saturday Night Live.
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It seems like CW has given up hope on this show (not sure why, it still is their best rated show). Hopefully the producers will try something more ambitious, seeing as they won't have to worry about ratings.
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...OR SO HELP ME GOD, I'LL WRITE AN ANGRY TALKBACK POST.
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Yeah, I'm talking to you, you stupid fucking turds.
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May 21, 2009 10:33:50 PM CDT
Only 23 hours away from Kristen FRAKKIN' Bell on Party Down!
by pennsydeux
WOOT! We must have a talkback for this, as it's probably gonna be her final onscreen TV gig for a while as she gets her movie career revved up.
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Dammit to hell, fucking CW. At least give Reaper a home at Sci-Fi or somewhere.
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It was a show you count on to have amazing premieres, finales and sweeps episodes, and otherwise be boring, repetive, and never-ever-ever advancing the story or changing the status quo. But on finales, they would tear shit up.
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Since I havent watched Smallville since they had that premiere with Clark in the phantom zone. They started the episode with Clark trapped forever, his mom and Lois in a plane crash in the arctic, Zod/Lex kicking ass, and a computer virus destroying all of civilization. thirty minutes later, Clark had fixed everything and the world was fine again. Haven't watch it since.
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Lois nicknamed Clark/Kal-El/Superman "Smallville" early on in the year and used that handle whenever she spoke with him through out the season.
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... than Buffy or Angel. Mind you, I was a great fan of all those shows. IMHO, the tone and direction was less about painting sub-text and metaphor (e.g., high school as hell) than straight up horror and monster of the week.
Whedon's protagonists and antagonists are nuanced, but the brothers Winchester, well, not so much. Sam and Dean are compelling and their adventures are now epic, but I would never characterize them as operatic.
Moreover, there was even a producer and directorial connection to the X-Files with John Shiban, David Nutter and the late Kim Manners. By the way, I always thought it was neat that Kim's brother Kelly was a significant contributor to Buffy, Angel, & Dollhouse.
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... started out surprisingly good after a number of mediocre years but petered out about 2/3 through the season. The last handful of episodes were pretty lame and the season finale was especially weak. Not how I imagined the big Clark/Doomsday fight. Did they run out of money??
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I do love Supernatural, but I also find Sam and Dean to lack the same kind of depth as Buffy or Spike or Angel et al. Still two great characters, I don't think they NEED to be deeper, but if you're more inclined towards character nuance and metaphor, Whedon's stuff wins out. Some people prefer straight-up monster stuff, though. To the chagrin of Hercules the Strong and Good and Wise and Kind and Fair and Would Never Ban Someone Just for Dissenting. Incidentally, I thought Millenium could've been the kind of awesome that Supernatural has turned out to be, but was utterly hamstrung. Lance Henriksen was robbed of a great show. I'd like to see another dark show give him a shot.
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The finale felt like the show production just ran out of funds. I thought S8 was pretty hit or miss, but they put together some decent eps and I thought they had a good build-up to the finale. And then, I don't know, they just took a wrong turn because the finale was boring and disjointed.
I can't say I mind the show getting dumped to Fridays. I've been a viewer almost since the beginning, but Smallville is notorious for not paying off its storylines. The one thing they had to do was the big Clark/Doomsday fight, and they couldn't even do that.
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umm i could have sworn a few weeks back i read that besides being picked up early for a 9th season, Tom welling signed a 2 season contract extension. and no where in the press release do they indicate season 9 will be the last.
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is pretty minimalist, like an epic poem. There are not many interpersonal relationships. Where shows like Buffy, they have a whole web of them, here's only Sam and Dean, and some occasional enemies/allies. They don't have "regular lives" they're lonely hunters 24/7. It's more old school straightforward storytelling, but it works perfectly given the whole "third testament, gospel of Winchester" element they gave to the story. "Here are the heroes, who slay the monsters." Epic and old school.
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I wonder how many loose ends the finale will leave on Tues.Herc watched Privileged? Really? Granted, the two girls were incredibly cute, especially the short one, but still...
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I see that The CW has kept with the proud tradition of all the other (once) fledgling networks (Fox, UPN & The WB) in using ethnic-themed programming as a loss leader to gain a little traction, and once said traction has been gained, they begin to ween themselves by replacing those ethnic shows with the typical "LILLY-WHITE" status quo programs, like 90201, etc. I can't believe that they couldn't at least kept The Game. That show had a huge black demographic. Dawn Steel has really shown herself to be a real cunt...Hell, last year, she ignored the producers of Girlfriends plea to allow them to tie up the loose plot threads for their last season, thus leaving its' loyal audience hanging in the wind after 7 seasons on the air. This upcoming seaon will be the first without any true ethnic-themed programming on all 5 networks. (Oh, and Ugly Betty or Grey's Anatomy doesn't count).
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The rumors I have heard on other boards is that Clark and Lois signed for season 10 when they signed season 9. Chloe only signed for season 9 and she is hinting in blogs this it for her. The guy playing Davis was supposed to be Zod, but in an interview he buried the writers about his characters' arc and Jimmy's death, so they are probably going to re-cast that. The suit was made for this season, but they decided not to use it. DC has given them permission to use other DC characters, but no Bruce Wayne in any form. Ollie and/or Martian Manhunter maybe get a spin-off whenever the show goes off the air. Lex may come back, because the actor's pilot did not get picked up, so he may come back. Thats all the rumors I have heard and with all rumors, grain of salt, people, grain of salt.
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Supernatural could be back after next season.
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With Lois presumably ending up in the 31st century thanks to Clark's Legion ring, hopefully this means we'll get to see a few new Legionnaires besides Cosmic Boy, Saturn Girl and Lightning Lad. Brainiac 5 would be a natural choice since Brainiac has already been introduced, but I'd really like to see Wildfire and Timber Wolf. It'd be pretty funny if Lois ends up meeting the Legion of Substitute Heroes, though.
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[rhetorical-question]10 years of Smallville? Who'd have thunk it?[/rhetorical-question]
The network has to allow for the possibility of success. I think that is an act of mutual self-delusion between the buyers and sellers of television. But how can moving Smallville to Friday's be part of a bold ratings move?
For me, though, Southland should grab my attention on that night should I be around the tube.
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Supernatural's got the Devil on the way....Reaper's devil is available & enjoyable. BLAMMO...instant classic! Maybe bring Nina the Demon over (she is AMAZINGLY hot, despite her 80's hair!!) and have her rip out Ben's heart (literally) and eat it. Sock is already gone to Sons of Phoenix...maybe have Sam turn into a bumbling Hunter & Andie can just sit around and be pretty (like what she's done for the last 3 years).
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Smallville had its best season in about 4 years. The show pulls the highest ratings it has had in a few years and the brilliant minds at the CW move it to Friday to die and replace it with some shitty Twilight/True Blood rip-off. They also greenlight Melrose Place and renew 90210. The CW should be nuked.
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Fuck the CW. Fuck them right in the ear.
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Season 10, people. As has been stated, Welling signed for 2 more seasons! They moved it to Friday, because it's going to get the same audience no matter where it is. SPOILERS for season 8 finale: I was actually pretty impressed with how they handled the Jimmy Olsen situation - suddenly fixing what many saw as a continuity error when the character was first introduced. Giving the camera to the younger brother. I just hope they can bring back Michael McKean as Perry White in the next season. But next year, no Davis, no Jimmy, no Lana - 75% less whiny angst! Keep up with the Justice League (complete with Watchtower) and you've got my viewership. I just wish we could have a Bruce Wayne, even without the batsuit. The Bruce/Clark relationship is too important to ignore, and no, Ollie's not a good enough substitute.
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WTF? Smallville, love itor hate it has been their cash cow and after getting Welling to sigh for a 9th and possibly 10 year they move it to Friday?!? Just so they can put a new vamp show with teen angst to capitolize on Twilight... good times. And we lose Reaper an awesome show for a relaunch of Melrose Place? If Supernatural actually sticks to its 5 year plan and Smallville doesn't got for a rumored 10th maybe I can finally be done with this network once and for all.
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By midseason. Especially after everyone realizes teen vampire dramas really suck. No pun intended of course. I still watch Smallville, I just hope they focus more on Lois and Clark and Clark becoming Superman. As far as continuity goes, continuity hasn't mattered in comic books since the mid 80's, so why should it matter on this show. One more thing, Dear Erica Durance, I want to exchange bodily fluids with you. With love, OBESE WAN KENOBI.
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If the ratings were not what they wanted, then that was their fault and certainly not a reflection of the quality of the show itself. Instead of cancelling what is un-arguably one of their best, and most original, series ever, they should figure out how to place the show to find its audience. F*ck CW for this move, and for trying to jump on somebody else's bandwagon (HBO's "True Blood")instead. You will fail CW.
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I'd like to see the CW surpass Rogue going topless but we all know that's not going to happen, especially at 8 p.m. on network TV.
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Should have thought of that. Many of those folks would follow Smallville to its new night. It is not like the CW expects double digit ratings/share from that slot.
You know, once upon a time, long ago, Friday and Saturday night were prime viewing nights. If memory serves All In The Family was a Saturday night program. Mannix was on Fridays. -
Some of this outrage and these questions boil down to shifting demographics. CW recently decided to take the network in a young female direction, with an emphasis on hourlong dramas. So sitcoms largely got the axe (they even considered trying to turn The Game into an hourlong dramedy). Supernatural benefits from the gal-friendly actors. Smallville has always been soap-y and Welling is gal-friendly. This is also largely why they've done the Spelling re-hashes and why the Twilight-y show is coming on. Will it succeed? Maybe, maybe not.
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..TOM BEEF WELLINGTON'S HOT STEAMY SHITPIPE.
I COULD NEVER UNDERSTAND HOW IT WAS THAT CLARK DIDN'T IMMEDIATELY ASSFUCK THAT HOT COUSIN OF HIS.
GOOD CHRIST. REMEMBER THOSE LITTLE OUTFITS SHE'D PRANCE AROUND IN ON THE FARM? FUCK ME. -
Not a big surprise it was canceled. Ratings weren't much greater than other CW series, but it looked more expensive and was too much of a guy thing. Regardless, fuck them anyway.
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Amen to the Supergirl comment. That chick was OOOFFF. But, licking shitpipes? Uh, you're on your own on that one.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2009/may/23/joss-whedon-dollhouse-brooker
I've never seen Buffy The Vampire Slayer. Not a single episode. Buffy fans are appalled by my negligence. "You MUST watch it!" they scream. "It takes about two seasons to get going, but then ... my God, it's the best show ever made".
Two seasons to get going? That's a commitment of 34 episodes before even its fans think it becomes worthwhile. And there's a further five seasons after that. Given the fans' sparkly-eyed evangelism, I don't doubt for a moment that there's something of worth there. But I'm not a young man any more. I'm greying. My bones ache. It's too late for me to embark on a quest of that magnitude. Consequently, Buffy's been consigned to the growing list of things I'll never try, like bungee jumping and crystal meth.
Yet I have found time to sit through the first two episodes of Buffy creator Joss Whedon's latest creation, Dollhouse (Tue, 9pm, Sci-Fi). And it's bloody awful. Perhaps it'll turn into a work of genius in its third season. I won't know, because I'll have either given up or died by then.
The premise is interesting: it's about a young person who has their mind wiped each week and imprinted with the personalities, memories and expertise of a bunch of other people, before being sent on a mission. In other words, it's like Joe 90, except you're supposed to want to screw the lead character, because the lead character is the improbably gorgeous Eliza Dushku, not a nine-year-old schoolboy marionette.
In week one, Echo (that's her name) was transformed into an expert in Latin American kidnap negotiations, which meant she donned glasses and wore her hair up in a bun. In week two, she's an outdoor-sports-enthusiast-and-fuck-buddy, which means she gets to dress a bit like Lara Croft and have sex in a tent. Typing this out, I've realised it isn't Joe 90 at all. It's Mr Benn, except you're supposed to want to screw the lead character, because the lead character is the improbably gorgeous Eliza Dushku, not a two-dimensional paper cutout of a middle-aged businessman.
It's not just Quantum Leap week after week, mind. No. There's a whole bunch of other characters walking around overseeing the "Dollhouse" which Echo gets returned to each week. For instance, there's a black ex-cop who has to oversee her missions by hiding round the corner in a van and tediously getting his cover blown. There's also an irritating nerd who performs the mind-wipe-and-brain-filling ceremonies - one of those implausible, punchable little tits who only exists in TV or movies. Apparently he's a scientific genius, although he looks about 12 years old and everything he says has to pass through about 500 pop culture irony filters before it leaves his smackable wise-cracking mouth. The minute he first popped up on screen, I instinctively knew me and Dollhouse would never be friends, in the same way that finding a Scouting For Girls album on someone's iPod would stop you wanting to have sex with them.
The improbably gorgeous Olivia Williams plays an icy boss-type woman who speaks in cool aloof "mission operative" military codespeak the whole fucking time, and Tahmoh Penikett from Battlestar Galactica shows up as Agent Jawbone Hunk, an improbably gorgeous FBI bloke determined to uncover the truth about this "Dollhouse" thing he's heard about which his colleagues insist is just a wild rumour but he's got this hunch there's more to it than that and blah blah BLAH BLAH OH WHO CARES?
It's just nonsense. And nonsense is fine when it consists of a small kernel of nonsense surrounded by something either plausible or interesting. Dollhouse has neither and, crucially, there's too much emphasis on empty prettiness, from the set design to the faces of all involved. Everyone's so improbably gorgeous you won't give a shit whether they live or die. Unless, perhaps, you've had your mind wiped and replaced with the brain of an orange - probably the premise for next week's episode, which I won't tune in for. Someone let me know if this bullshit gets going somewhere round season three, yeah?
Charlie Brooker is a fucking hero. Suck it Herc! :)
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Despite the dismal action in the finale, it was a good story. The move to friday is suprising, but doesn't necessarily mean the death of the show. Rumor has it, it's going for 10 seasons. I suspect Smallville will dominate friday's ratings with no more BSG on sci-fi, it was a strategic move to garner fans of the genre. I'm glad the Lana angst is over, but I miss Lex, even though the new actors have done a fine job.
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Bring on season 9, and 10 baby!!!!
These last two seasons Clark will fly, and wear the suit!!! WOOHOO! -
May 25, 2009 12:38:11 AM CDT
MOTHER FUCK THE HATERS IN THEIR GAY ASSES!!! SMALLVILLE ROCKS!
by evildoer
SMALLVILLE ROCKS!
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Thursday was the night for the dudes, honestly. Reaper was basically a lead-in. As far as Privileged, I am actually shocked...it had the look of the rest of those vapid shows, but it was on par with Popular as being clever and sarcastic.
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Just because the actors have signed on for a 10th season, it doesn't mean that season will
be shot. If a show is cancelled, it's gone. That's part of any actor contract.
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This is AICN, no one moderates anything.
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The final season of Supernatural shall be epic... Each season has managed to up the ante, can't wait for the next (and final) one to start. Hell, maybe I'll throw on the best episodes throughout the summer drought. If you aren't watching this show get your head out of the sand and enjoy one of the best genre shows currently going.
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Someone asked why Friday's are considered the death slot for TV .. It's because people go to the movies on Fridays, or they go out .. they don't stay in and watch TV. Same reason why the white house dumps unpleasant news on Fridays.As for Smallville on Fridays, maybe CW has some data that says most SV viewers have DVRs so it wouldn't matter if they aired it on Sunday mornings at 3 am. Who knows?
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