2009 Fall Season

[Raph's Girl]

CW's fall schedule... Smallville's been moved to Fridays....*sighs*

http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20090521cw01

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

WEDNESDAY

8:00-9:00 PM AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL
9:00-10:00 PM THE BEAUTIFUL LIFE

THURSDAY

8:00-9:00 PM THE VAMPIRE DIARIES
9:00-10:00 PM SUPERNATURAL

FRIDAY

8:00-9:00 PM SMALLVILLE

MELROSE PLACE:
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.

"THE BEAUTIFUL LIFE"

The life of a high-fashion model appears glamorous and sexy, but as every new model quickly learns, behind the beautiful faade 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 VAMPIRE DIARIES

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

"PARENTAL DISCRETION ADVISED"

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.

[PAAATE]

No Reaper?

[Raph's Girl]

Sneak Peaks of new CBS shows can be found here:

http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=8121

Accidentally On Purpose looks interesting.
The Good Wife looks like it'll be a good show
NCIS: LA. I love NCIS and it looks like this one is gonna be really good too.
Three Rivers looks good too.

And yes.. Reaper is cancelled.

[PAAATE]

Originally Posted by Raph's Girl

And yes.. Reaper is cancelled.

Well then...

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU**

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At least Happy Town looked interesting..

[Guitar_Raph]

90210 & Melrose Place, a classic lineup of the 90's. And Shaun Sipos is back. The last time I saw him was on a short lived sitcom called Complete Savages.


He got to play the guitar & sing a couple of shows. And the dog would howl everytime!

When Betty White guest starred on Savages, she threatened their dad after their pet stole her artificial leg...

"I'm Comin for ya Savage! And your little dog too!"

[TheCanadiandrome]

Originally Posted by PAAATE

Well then...

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU**

************

damn that sucks about Reaper being cancelled. and Smallville moving to Fridays is lame. i wonder if Supernatural will move as well

[Raph's Girl]

Originally Posted by TMNT_25

damn that sucks about Reaper being cancelled. and Smallville moving to Fridays is lame. i wonder if Supernatural will move as well

No... They moved Smallville to Fridays because they thought it would be better if Supernatural was paired up with Vampire Diaries....

[BubblyShell22]

Vampire Diaries sounds like a Twilight ripoff. None of the shows on the CW look interesting to me, so I'm going to avoid them at all costs.

[TheCanadiandrome]

Originally Posted by Raph's Girl

No... They moved Smallville to Fridays because they thought it would be better if Supernatural was paired up with Vampire Diaries....

now that is uber lame! stupid networks like CW make the dumbest decisions without the slightest thought

[Raph's Girl]

Originally Posted by BubblyShell22

Vampire Diaries sounds like a Twilight ripoff. None of the shows on the CW look interesting to me, so I'm going to avoid them at all costs.

No it's more like Twilight is a Vampire Diaries rip off. Vampire Diaries has been around since 1991 while the first issue of Twilight came out in 2005.

[TheCanadiandrome]

Originally Posted by Raph's Girl

No it's more like Twilight is a Vampire Diaries rip off. Vampire Diaries has been around since 1991 while the first issue of Twilight came out in 2005.

doesn't really matter to me. both are mushy chick crap that i would never watch, with like emo pussy Vampires. but i'm sure like almost all other crap that comes on tv these days, this show will likely find an audience at least for awhile.

i might see an episode just to see if it's worth watching, but from the preview/description you posted, the show sounds like crap.

there's really never been a decent Vampire themed show on television (aside from Buffy & Angel & Dracula The Series & The Little Vampire) imho

also, what's Smallville going to go opposite of on Fridays?

[Raph's Girl]

Originally Posted by TMNT_25

there's really never been a decent Vampire themed show on television (aside from Buffy & Angel & Dracula The Series & The Little Vampire)

also, what's Smallville going to go opposite of on Fridays?

So I take it you're not a fan of True Blood???

Smallville is up against Supernanny, Ghost Whisperer, Law & Order (the 20th season! ), Brothers and Til Death (that show is still on? ).

The CW has released clips from their new fall shows:

Melrose Place (never saw the original, doubt I'll see this one):





Vampire Diaries (about a 17 year old orphan girl named Elana who falls in love with a 500+ vamp named Ed er Stefan, younger bro of vampire Damon. Eh...I give this a season before people get bored with it...)





Beautiful Life (yay....a runway show...just...what we need.... >,<...that song is so annoying.)

[BubblyShell22]

Oh, I didn't know Vampire Diaries was out before Twilight. My bad. Either way, that show doesn't look very promising. I don't hate Twilight by any means, but I think this show won't be that good. I don't watch anything on the CW anyway, so it won't matter.

[TheCanadiandrome]

Originally Posted by Raph's Girl

Vampire Diaries (about a 17 year old orphan girl named Elana who falls in love with a 500+ vamp named Ed er Stefan, younger bro of vampire Damon. Eh...I give this a season before people get bored with it...)

OMG! yup, just as i thought, nothing but emo crap! pussy Vampires! but i may give it a watch and then judge better.

Originally Posted by Raph's Girl

So I take it you're not a fan of True Blood???

Smallville is up against Supernanny, Ghost Whisperer, Law & Order (the 20th season! ), Brothers and Til Death (that show is still on? ).

have never seen True Blood. not sure when it's on. and wow, good competition for Smallville there. hands down the CW will win the Friday ratings war

[Raph's Girl]

Originally Posted by TMNT_25

OMG! yup, just as i thought, nothing but emo crap! pussy Vampires! but i may give it a watch and then judge better.



have never seen True Blood. not sure when it's on. and wow, good competition for Smallville there. hands down the CW will win the Friday ratings war

These aren't pussy vampires per say. It's just that they're somewhat um...friendly....sorta....and the way they get vamped up is weird. Apperantly in the world of Vampire Diaries you become a vampire when you DIE (either naturally or unaturally) after you've had this weird blood transfusion thing with a vamp. In the case of Damon and Stefan, this occured in Renaissance Italy where they were both in love with this vamp named Katherine (who apperantly resembles Elana). The brothers killed each other only to find themselves immortal....There's like 8 books in the series (6 out now).

True Blood, also based on a book series called The Southern Vampire Chronicles, starts it's 2nd season soon on HBO. The first season is out on DVD. True Blood deals with a world where Vampires are all out and about...the Japanese have made this blood subsitute for em called Tru Blood. It's about this gal in Louisiana who...falls for a vamp....Altho she's not normal herself...she's a telepath

Spoiler:

and in the books it's revealed she's the great-granddaughter of the king of the Fairies...seriously...

.

[TheCanadiandrome]

OMFG! have 'they' (whomever they are) seriously ran out of ideas for true Vampire lore that 'they' need to resort to this sort of nonsense? gees i long for the days of gothic scary uber Vamps, not the emo pussy variety taking over Hollywood these days. hell, the Vampires i know and love would eat these pussys for lunch!

[Raph's Girl]

Wow...Bones has been renewed for not one but TWO more seasons.

http://www.digitalspy.com/ustv/a1562...w-seasons.html

[TheCanadiandrome]

well, my big Bro will be happy to hear that. he likes that show, along with Ugly Betty

[BubblyShell22]

Yeah, my sis is a big fan of Bones. I never got into that show, although I'm now a fan of Mental. I watched the premiere last night, and I loved it.

[Hazel-rah]

[QUOTE=Raph's Girl;693552]I'll have no choice but to watch Heroes on Hulu.

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/41143

CBS picked up Medium for Fridays.. Eleventh Hour, Worst Week, and Without A Trace have all been cancelled.

I was disappointed that NBC bailed on Medium. I had not heard CBS was picking it up till now. I think it is a very interesting and well written show.