17 May 2007

Upfronts: Day 4: Part 2


As the mini-networks second year begins, and while it faces changes on all but two of its night, it does have a familiar ring to it, which gives then a stability in hopes of bringing back viewers.

Sunday starts off with CW Now, an entertainment magazine show that sounds like a bad show on The TV Guide network. Online Nation is the networks attempt to seem hip, by airing viral videos that have been making the rounds on the ‘net. Next up is Life Is Wild (think 7th Heaven) about a veterinarian who moves his entire family to live in a game preserve in South Africa. As the family struggles to adjust to life away from the Big Apple, they learn to appreciate the friendly locals, the breathtaking vistas and the wild animals that surround them. An encore edition of America's Next Top Model fills out the night.

Monday remains comedy night and starts with the return of Everybody Hates Chris, followed by the new show Aliens in America, about a sixteen-year-old named Justin, who is just another awkward teen trying to keep a low profile, when his mother decides to take in a foreign exchange student. When Raja Musharaff, a Pakistani Muslim, arrives, he and Justin find common ground in trying to survive high school in America. Returning Girlfriends and The Game finish out the night.

Tuesday starts with the return of Beauty and the Geek, followed by hybrid comedy/genre Reaper about a slacker young man named Sam It turns out his parents aloud this, knowing he didn't have any future, because they had already sold his soul to the devil, who wants Sam as his new bounty hunter.

Wednesday begins with one of the networks biggest hits, America's Next Top Model. The new comedy Gossip Girl, which is based on the young adult books of the same name and revolve around the lives of privileged Manhattan prep school teens whose scandalous lives are revealed online by the mysterious blogger known only as Gossip Girl.

Thursday remains the same with the last season (probably) of Smallville, followed by the return of Supernatural.

Friday has the returning Friday Night Smackdown.

Cancellations include 7th Heaven, All of Us, Gilmore Girls, Reba, and Runaway.

Fans of One Tree Hill, take note; The series will return in January, but the teen soap will be retooled and set 4 years after this past seasons finale. Also off the schedule is Veronica Mars, but its fate is rather murky. The CW has yet to cancel it, and has until the middle of June to decide. Rumor is the network is giving creator Rob Thomas a chance to retool the show, bringing the smart detective series a few years in the future where Veronica is now a FBI agent just out of the academy.

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