One New Series Officially Over

We now have our first official cancellation of the 2007-2008 television season.

I recently posted that Fox had pulled the reality drama Nashville, but it was not officially cancelled. Fox is still saying that Nashville will be coming back sometime this season.

So, the honor of first cancellation of the new season goes to the CW’s Online Nation. This program, from it's first week, could barely get one million viewers. That spelled death for it from the beginning.

Maybe it’s me, but if we want to see videos from online sites such as YouTube, won’t we go to YouTube? What’s the extra appeal of seeing them on television?

But some congratulations should go out to some freshman series that have received full season episode orders. These are definitely the shows to look out for since they appear to be succeeding. Shows that will definitely be with us until at least next May are the CW’s Gossip Girl, ABC’s Private Practice, and CBS’ The Big Bang Theory.

CW 2007-2008 Season Schedule

Today the CW announced its 2nd ever fall slate. After last year’s merging of UPN and the WB, the CW has been working toward finding its own niche in the television marketplace.

After renewing many of the UPN and the WB programs last year, some didn’t make it to a second year on the CW. Reba, All of Us, 7th Heaven, Gilmore Girls, and Veronica Mars have all seen their demise during this television season.

The only first season success the CW has seen during the 2006-2007 season was The Game and Pussycat Dolls Present, which have been renewed.

In addition to the fall schedule CW has announced two new midseason series as well as the returns of One Tree Hill and Pussycat Dolls Present.

Here is the CW’s 2007-2008 fall schedule.

Mondays:

8pm-8:30pm Everybody Hates Chris

8:30pm-9pm Aliens in America

This sitcom follows 16-year-old Justin Tolchuk as he tries to make it through life in high school in Medora, Wisconsin. Adding to the challenge is his family’s taking in an exchange student: Raja Musharaff, a 16-year-old Pakistani Muslim. Justin and Raja become friends while trying to navigate high school together.

9pm-9:30pm Girlfriends

9:30pm-10pm The Game

Tuesdays:

8pm-9pm Beauty and the Geek

9pm-10pm Reaper

Sam has gone through his life wondering why his parents have been so easy on him while pressuring his little brother Keith to succeed. Sam ends up skipping college and becoming a slacker. But when he turns 21 he discovers why his parents went so easy on him: they sold his soul to the devil before he was born. In return, on his 21st birthday, Satan comes and informs Sam that he must now serve the rest of his life as Satan’s bounty hunter. His mission is to remove the souls of evil-doers from this world and sending them on to the next.

Wednesday:

8pm-9pm America’s Next Top Model

9pm-10pm Gossip Girl

Privileged prep school teens learn all of the important news in their lives from the blog of the all knowing Gossip Girl. The problem is that no one actually knows who the Gossip Girl is. Based on the popular series of books by Cecily von Ziegesar.

Thursdays:

8pm-9pm Smallville

9pm-10pm Supernatural

Fridays:

8pm-10pm Friday Night Smackdown

Sundays:

7pm-7:30pm CW Now

This program features informative and entertainment reports on the hottest fashions, coolest music, the must-see movies, and the must-have gadgets and technology for the CW generation.

7:30pm-8pm Online Nation

This program goes through the infinite number of websites, blogs, and user-generated materials on the Internet to find the best, the hottest, the unique, and the bizarre and presents it to the CW audience.

8pm-9pm Life is Wild

This drama follows the blended Clarke family when their veterinarian father moves them out of New York City to the Blue Antelope game reserve in South Africa. Everyone in the family is sure that dad has lost his mind. But the reasons are deeper than anyone in the family realizes; the Blue Antelope is owned by the recently deceased mother’s family.

9pm-10pm America’s Next Top Model encore

Coming Mid-Season:

Crowned: The Mother of All Pageants

In this reality series mother/daughter teams are pitted against each other in a no-holds barred beauty pageant. The team to ultimately be crowned will receive a prize package including $100,000 in cash and a pair of tiaras. Judged by Carson Kressley (Queer Eye for the Straight Guy) and Shanna Moakler (Dancing with the Stars).

Farmer Wants a Wife

In this comedic reality series, 10 women tired of the city life decide that they need a change. They compete for the love of a good looking farm boy. And incidentally, they are currently casting for the young farmer here in Indiana!