Both The CW and Fox went today. I'm going to start with the netlet, as Fox's split schedule will take just a little bit more brain power to process than I have right now.
What's gone? - We knew that 7th Heaven and Gilmore Girls were gone. The axe finally fell on Veronica Mars, to the chagrin of fanboys everywhere. Reba also got the heave-ho; no last second renewal this year. All of Us also got cut, which was also expected.
What's back? - While it's not on the fall schedule, One Tree Hill will return at mid-season, and with a twist. The show will jump ahead to post-college life for the kids, which is a good way to get the characters to catch up in age with the actors. No twists or time changes for the other shows.
What's new? - Replacing All of Us on Monday is Aliens in America, where a kid trying to fit in at school is given that much more to deal with when his family takes in an exchange student from Pakistan. I have no read on this show, but I like the concept. It'll hopefully make a nice pairing with lead in Everybody Hates Chris, though being in the Monday at 8 slot cues them up to get beat by CBS's sitcoms, Deal or No Deal, and Dancing With the Stars. Thanks for nothing!
Following Beauty and the Geek on Tuesday is Reaper, which follows a teen whose parents sold his soul to the Devil, and now the kid has to do leg work for Old Scratch. This figures to be lighter in tone, given the past credits of the production team and the involvement of Kevin Smith. I do hope there's an episode where the kid gets to deliver his parents, though. That'd only be fair.
Trying to mine ratings where Veronica Mars couldn't is Gossip Girl, which will follow America's Next Top Model on Wednesday. This is apparently based on a series of books where rich Manhattan teens have their secrets outed on-line by a blogger named, you guessed it, Gossip Girl. I really have no interest in this show, but it seems perfectly matched with The CW's top-rated show.
On Sunday, things start with a couple of unscripted shows, CW Now, which is like a younger Access Hollywood, and Online Nation, which gives network time to crap you find on YouTube. They seem oddly paired with Life is Wild, a remake of a British series where a veterenarian moves his family to a South African game preserve. Depending on the tone of the show, this may be better served after a couple of sitcoms (or as the lead-in to a more mature show).
Like pretty much every other presentation so far, nothing here really excites me, but there's also nothing approaching Happy Hour territory, either.
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