In Everyone is Doing Great, the original pilot created by and starring James Lafferty…
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My love for One Tree Hill has been well documented on this site. It’s one of the very few shows remaining that originated on the groundbreaking WB and is the longest running current series that I’ve watched from the very beginning. I love One Tree Hill, I’ve grown up with One Tree Hill; even when […]
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Before we announce the winners of the 2011 My TV Awards, we’re proud to present the My TV Nominee Interview Series. I love One Tree Hill. Always have. Those first 4 years were great, but it wasn’t until the season 5 time jump that the show really was at its best. The 4 years we […]
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If you read this site regularly, you are very familiar with my particular brand of One Tree Hill affection. I’m aware of its absurdity, marvel at its shocking longevity and cherish it like nothing else with a love and nostalgia the likes of which are only shared by my fellow twenty-somethings who were also mere […]
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Change is good. Or at least it can be, especially cast change-over kind of change. MASH really became MASH when BJ showed up in the fourth season to replace the frivolous Trapper; Grey’s Anatomy gained so much by adding adults like Teddy, Arizona and Owen and losing whiny upstarts like George and Izzy; Lost lost […]
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There are many things I love about having One Tree Hill back for at least 13 episodes, even if that might be all it gets (though if I had my way the show would go on forever). I love it’s self-aware irony (Jamie refusing to let Chase pick him up from the park because he […]
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I was so ready to post a happy happy article about tonight’s One Tree Hill finale. I was planning a tribute to my favourite cheesy quotes of the episode (“It’s just a hill, we’ll climb it together” and “the best part of the movie is when you get a sense that they’re all going to […]
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Catching up on this season of Private Practice, an idea for a new list came to mind. You know what there are a lot of on TV? Characters who are very bad at their jobs (whether the writers meant for that to be the case or not). Sadly, on this list, only one of these […]
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Manny: the only truly great thing about super overrated ABC sitcom Modern Family is the creepily mature, naively proud and generally delightful stepson/uncle/brother Manny (Rico Rodriguez). One Tree Hill: Julian’s adventures into brohood, Nathan’s willing decent from superman status, Brooke/Haley bonding time, some fun Skills moments and a good campfire nanny Carrie story= one very […]
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On tonight’s One Tree Hill, Brooke Davis had to get rid of the disaster she hired as a spokesperson. So her bright idea was to start speaking Spanish until the girl got so confused that she just left. That’s the best comically bad idea I’ve heard since Friar Lawrence killed Romeo and Juliet!
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One Tree Hill is nothing if not a gutsy show. With recent casting news indicating the exit of central couple Lucas and Peyton (Chad Michael Murray and Hilarie Burton) from the show, the perpetual shark-jumping CW series will head into its 7th season without its main stars. A risky move indeed, but I have a […]
If there’s one thing One Tree Hill knows, it’s how to stay alive. A pure entertainment show with few claims to artistic legitimacy, One Tree Hill is the perfect place for that horrible product placement brand of advertising that television audiences loathe so much. So, while many shows of lesser ridiculousness have been killed off […]
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Anything to do with Ryan Walker. The big haired manipulative brat is possibly the worst thing to ever come out of a Berlanti show. He’s badly written, REALLY badly cast and just a general nuisance on an otherwise lovable show. Addison Montgomery’s sex life, or that of the people she works with (except maybe Cooper’s). Someone please […]
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I have no reasonable explanation for this but I’ve recently taken to watching incredibly bad TV shows on a regular basis. It started with Big Brother and One Tree Hill. I’ve always watched them (the residual effects of being 14 at exactly the wrong time) and have comforted myself with the reassurance that I’m allowed […]
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Remember the kid who had film posters arranged on his wall in order of box office gross? The kid who believed that the answers to all life’s questions could be found in a Spielberg film and that it was possible to find From Here To Eternity kind of love. That 15 year old hopeless romantic who […]
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I just spent an hour watching this week’s One Tree Hill and thoroughly enjoyed myself. There was funny karaoke, cute little kids, sweet budding romance and lovely family bonding (fiancees, husband/wife, brother/brother, father/son, uncle/nephew). For the first time in a long time on this series (ever?) I like everyone. I could do without Marvin and […]
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This week we found out that Peyton (the 23 year old record producer)’s pregnant. Mia (the 18 year old rock star) returned and taught Chase (the born-again 23 year old) how to make a long island iced tea. Lucas (the 23 year old best selling author/high school basketball coach) attended Hollywood meetings about his movie. […]
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You’ve gotta hand it to One Tree Hill, it knows exactly what it is. Last night’s episode was, if anything, a self aware comedy hour. Sure it had it’s big dramatic plot twists and its romantic melodrama, but for the most part One Tree Hilljust spent an hour making fun of itself. Here are some […]
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This weekend I went to see The Secret Life of Bees, which was full of wonderful surprises. Yes, Dakota Fanning’s talent did survive puberty. No, apparently singer/actors are not always substandard, Queen Latifa, Alicia Keys and Jennifer Hudson were all wonderful in their roles in the film. Yes, Paul Bettany is so phenomenally talented that […]
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A Little Indulgence. Tonight marked the real beginning of this season of TV over on the CW with the season premieres of Gossip Girl and One Tree Hill. Fox also kicked off their new season of Prison Break tonight (I promise a review of Sara’s promised return as soon as I view the episode online). […]
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For some reason all the TV worth watching is currently on either Sunday, Monday or Thursday. This means that I tend to watch things all at once. Thus, I will now write about them all at once. I apologize for the lack of posting this week and hopefully can make up for it with one […]
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I would first like to chastise The CW online because they are the only network that posts new episodes of shows almost a full week after they air. I am never fully caught up on One Tree Hill, Aliens in America or Gossip Girl until well after they’ve been spoiled. Smarten Up CW. That said, […]
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Make no mistake, I know it’s not art. One Tree is intense frivolity that I watch because Ive always watched it and I can’t abandon characters without knowing what happens to them. Thus, I watch One Tree Hill and get mildly depressed at the state of the “vast wasteland” that is television at the moment […]
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4 years later on the worst show I watch but will always watch because I need to know what happens, pretty much nothing has changed. Here’s what’s the same: 1) Nathan and Haley are still together 2) Haley is still helping hopeless cases pass their classes 3) Nathan is still brooding in self- loathing 4) […]