News Roundup: One Tree Hill, Gossip Girl, Dawson’s Creek and The O.C.

13 01 2010




News Roundup: 90210, The O.C. and Dawson’s Creek

12 01 2010
  • 90210 is briefly mentioned at the end of this interview with Jessica Walter (Tabitha).
  • New York Magazine has an interview with Benjamin McKenzie (Ryan, The O.C.). Here’s another all about Southland and this one talks about Southland and its relation to the Jay Leno debacle.
  • Small Screen Scoop has a fantastic interview with Kerr Smith (Jack, Dawson’s Creek). They asked great questions!
  • In this interview with Life Unexpected creator Liz Tigelaar, she has many great things to say about Smith.




Spoiler: Watch With Kristin

12 01 2010

RELEVANT QUESTIONS–DON’T READ IF YOU DON’T WANT TO KNOW!!!

Attention Upper East Siders: Hide your men and your liquor, because Georgina (Michelle Trachtenberg) herself tells us that she’s coming back to Gossip Girl—this season—and just scandalous as evah!

Michelle breaks the news in the video down below, and even gives us a hint as to what sort of meddling she’ll be doing this time. (Could it involve Chuck Bass’ father?! Oh, how that girl teases. Love.)

Frances: Anything on Chuck Bass’ mother on Gossip Girl? Please!
Well, Michelle teases that her return to Gossip Girl may have something to do with Chuck’s upcoming family drama in the video below, but I’m pretty certain she’s kidding. See for yourself in the video, including her pitch to have a Dawn Summers-Dawson Leery romance on Mercy with James Van Der Beek. Um, yes please.

Chris: Is there any hope for Dan and Serena on Gossip Girl? Any at all?
When asked about hope for Dan and Serena on Gossip Girl, my source tells me “not at the moment.” But I suppose then you’re rooting for Jenny to steal Nate away?

Jamie in Austin, Texas: You’ve been holding out on the Leverage scoop, lady!
Let go of all of your doubts about Jeri Ryan stepping in as Leverage‘s designated grifter babe while Gina Bellman is on maternity leave. Jeri’s non-nonsense character Tara doesn’t really understand Nathan’s (Timothy Hutton) free-wheeling way of doing business, but she’s willing to learn and they turn out to be a great professional pairing. Leverage returns for a winter mini-season beginning this Wednesday at 10 p.m.

Credit: E! Online

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I’ve already posted about Van Der Beek’s role on Mercy. Dawn Summers was Trachtenberg’s role on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Jeri Ryan played Charlotte on The O.C. You can read more about her role on Leverage here.





Josh Schwartz on Seth Cohen

11 01 2010

“I think that character resonated because a lot of people feel like he did. . . . He wasn’t a loser, per se. He was smart, and had tastes in music and books and comics that were more sophisticated than his peers. He just didn’t subscribe to the high school company line, he was different, other than — and was OK with it. That made a lot of kids feel OK about their outsider-ness.”





News Roundup: One Tree Hill, 90210, The O.C. and More

10 01 2010
  • TVByTheNumbers.com is speculating which CW shows will be renewed next year. Stay tuned for my own take in a few days.
  • Bethany Joy Galeotti (Haley, One Tree Hill) confirmed that she is now on Facebook.
  • Elisabeth Harnois (Shelley, One Tree Hill) is one of the stars of Miami Medical, a new show starting in April on CBS.
  • AnnaLynne McCord (Naomi, 90210) is starring in the film Gun, alongside 50 Cent.
  • Beverly Hills 90210 is mentioned in this article on The Simpsons celebrating their 450th episode.
  • Found this article about the Beverly Hills school district to be quite interesting, since on the show, Andrea had to keep it a secret that she wasn’t a BH resident.
  • Southland, starring Benjamin McKenzie (Ryan, The O.C.) and Michael Cudlitz (Tony, Beverly Hills 90210) has its TNT premiere Tuesday night.
  • Both Kerr Smith (Jack, Dawson’s Creek) and DC get cute mentions in this article on Life Unexpected.
  • James Van Der Beek (Dawson, Dawson’s Creek) will be on at least eight episodes of Mercy beginning January 27, which also stars Michelle Trachtenberg (Georgina, Gossip Girl).




News Roundup: 90210, Dawson’s Creek and The O.C.

7 01 2010
  • Ryan O’Neal has been cast as Spence Montgomery, father to Teddy (Trevor Donovan). We’ve known for a while that we’d see Spence in upcoming episodes but this is the first casting announcement.
  • Tori Spelling (Donna, Beverly Hills 90210) is working on a new book, tentatively titled uncharted terriTORI and scheduled for release in June.
  • While researching something earlier, I came across this New York Times article from 2000, which was published shortly before Beverly Hills 90210 ended. On May 17, it will be 10 years since the series finale. (In September, it will be 20 years since the series premiere!)
  • Finding the above article reminded me of this one, which quoted me when I was all of 12 years old!
  • Beginning Monday, The CW will allow people to watch the first ten minutes of Life Unexpected, starring Shiri Appleby (Rene, Beverly Hills 90210) and Kerr Smith (Jack, Dawson’s Creek), on their Facebook Fan page.
  • CNN has an interesting article on The Beautiful Life, starring Mischa Barton (Marissa, The O.C.) being on YouTube.




News Roundup: Gossip Girl, 90210, Dawson’s Creek and The O.C.

6 01 2010
  • Leighton Meester (Blair, Gossip Girl) was mysteriously absent from the People’s Choice Awards when Cobra Starship performed Good Girls Go Bad. In her place was Nicole Scherzinger of the Pussycat Dolls.
  • Neither Blake Lively (Serena, Gossip Girl) nor GG won in the categories they were nominated for at the PCAs.
  • Kellan Lutz (George, 90210) presented an award at the PCAs.
  • The Vampire Diaries, which was created by Kevin Williamson (creator, Dawson’s Creek), won Favorite New TV Drama at the PCAs.
  • Covert Affairs, starring Peter Gallagher (Sandy, The O.C.), has been picked up by USA.




Fun Fact

6 01 2010

Take a minute and consider the names of almost all the teen dramas.

Beverly Hills 90210

Dawson’s Creek

The O.C.

One Tree Hill

90210

Apparently teen drama creators have a thing for titles based on locations. Granted, those locations–Beverly Hills, a–um–creek, Orange County, Tree Hill and, again, Beverly Hills–are (for the most part) integral to the premise of each show.

The lone outcast is Gossip Girl, which easily could’ve been called Upper East Side if it weren’t for the fixation on that never-seen-but-often-heard character also known as Gossip Girl. And, of course, the precedent established by the book series.

Details, details.





News Roundup: One Tree Hill, 90210, Gossip Girl and More

5 01 2010
  • As of tomorrow at 4pm, SoapNet will begin reairing One Tree Hill’s first season.
  • MTV summed up the latest news on The Notebook musical, which Bethany Joy Galeotti (Haley, One Tree Hill) talked about in the podcast I posted yesterday.
  • Matt Barr (Ian “Psycho Derek” Banks, One Tree Hill) will appear on Friday Night Lights. Have you read my interview with him?
  • Starpulse has a brief interview with Ryan Eggold (Ryan, 90210).
  • Jessica Walter (Tabitha, 90210) voices a character in Archer, a new animated show on FX premiering next week.
  • On Sunday, SoapNet is airing This Time Around, which stars Brian Austin Green (David, Beverly Hills 90210).
  • SoapCentral has an interesting article on Vanessa Marcil (Gina, Beverly Hills 90210) possibly returning to General Hospital. The article also mentions Marcil starring in the webseries The Bannen Way, which also features Autumn Reeser (Taylor, The O.C.).
  • Jezebel has a look at the Gossip Girl comic book/graphic novel.
  • Blair (Leighton Meester, Gossip Girl) is out of the Girl on Top tournament.
  • Josh Schwartz (creator, Gossip Girl & The O.C.) is now on Twitter. Added him to the Twitter Directory.
  • Worth noting, as Zap2it did, that The Secret Life of the American Teenager, starring Shailene Woodley (Kaitlin, The O.C.), and Make It Or Break It, produced by Paul Stupin (executive producer, Dawson’s Creek), did significantly better in the ratings last night than Gossip Girl and 90210 typically do.




News Roundup: 90210, One Tree Hill, Gossip Girl and More

4 01 2010
  • I really liked this tweet from Tristan Wilds (Dixon, 90210).
  • Michael Steger (Navid, 90210) is now on Twitter. Wilds and Matt Lanter (Liam, 90210) both confirmed it. Added him to the Twitter Directory.
  • Jessica Walter (Tabitha, 90210) will star in a TV Land show called Retired at 35.
  • I Want To Marry Ryan Banks, starring Jason Priestley (Brandon, Beverly Hills 90210), Emma Caulfield (Susan, Beverly Hills 90210) and Cameron Bancroft (Joe, Beverly Hills 90210) is referenced in an article on The Bachelor.
  • Thank you to Anthony for confirming that Caulfield is on Twitter. Added her to the Twitter Directory.
  • Stephanie Beacham (Iris, Beverly Hills 90210) appears on the UK’s Celebrity Big Brother. In the interview, she also talks about recovering from cancer. Thank you to Kendal for sending me the article.
  • A new One Tree Hill Connection podcast features an interview with Bethany Joy Galoetti (Haley, One Tree Hill).
  • PEOPLE.com has an interview with Leighton Meester (Blair, Gossip Girl) about her music career.
  • Josh Schwartz (creator, Gossip Girl) says he’s happy his other show Chuck isn’t competing against GG. More brief GG talk here.
  • Sebastian Stan (Carter, Gossip Girl) will star in a film called The Apparition.
  • James Van Der Beek (Dawson, Dawson’s Creek) has joined the cast of Mercy, which also stars Michelle Trachtenberg (Georgina, Gossip Girl).
  • Kerr Smith (Jack, Dawson’s Creek) appears in a group video interview about Life Unexpected.
  • Mischa Barton (Marissa, The O.C.) will appear on an episode of Law & Order: SVU.