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There have been several short "One Tree Hill" promos that start airing on The CW. Teasing on what to expect in the seventh season, the three promos focus on the redemption of Dan, the temptation that comes in between Nathan and Haley, as well as the growing desire between Brooke and Julian.

"One Tree Hill" is occupying a new time slot on Mondays at 8/7c in exchange to "Gossip Girl" that now airs the third season at 9/8c. Both will premiere September 14 with "Hill" set a year after the season 6 finale.

The first promo to the third season of "Gossip Girl" has been shared by The CW. Now that the Upper East Siders are no longer in the same school, controversies, dilemma and conflicts are bound to happen. Chuck, true to his playboy nature, hits on a new girl while his relationship with Blair still goes on.

"Gossip Girl" season 3, which is premiering on September 14, will follow the Upper East Siders to the college years. Blair, Dan, Georgina and Vanessa are all enrolled in NYU while Serena goes to Brown. Chuck runs his family's business and Nate goes to Columbia University.

Which TV shows taking home the surfboards from the 11th Annual Teen Choice Awards have been unveiled with the coming out of the complete winner list. "Gossip Girl" and "Hannah Montana" picked up the most awards on the event, each grabbing four kudos in total.

"Gossip Girl" was voted Choice TV Show: Drama, beating "90210" and "Grey's Anatomy" among others. The CW series, in addition, collected three performers kudos, one Choice TV Actor: Drama for Chace Crawford, one Choice TV Actress: Drama for Leighton Meester and one Choice TV: Villain for Ed Westwick.

Whether a "Friends" reunion is possible or not, Courteney Cox has given her side of story. The actress, who portrays Monica in the popular series, was promoting her new show "Cougar Town" during TV Critics Association press tour on Saturday, August 8 when she mentioned that she may share screen with Jennifer Aniston again.

The conversation was started with a question why Cox's new show's title is in the same line to Aniston's "Pumas". Responding with a joke, Cox said "Yeah, she totally ripped it off! I did know about her movie, but I'm not sure exactly what the story is. I guess Pumas are in their 30s. Jaguars are 50s and sabretooths go right into the 60s?"

Disney Channel's "Hannah Montana" beats more adult-oriented shows in a couple of categories at 11th Annual Teen Choice Awards. It wins Choice Parental Unit through Billy Ray Cyrus who had to compete with parents from TV shows such as "90210" and "Gossip Girl".

Beside, the series starring Miley Cyrus also tramples "How I Met Your Mother" and "The Office" in winning Choice TV Show: Comedy. Miley herself is a winner for Choice TV Actress: Comedy.

Tara will take center stage on the next chapter of "True Blood". Out of control under the supervision of Maryann, the childhood friend of Sookie got drunk and slapped her mother. Blaming Eggs for Tara's bruises and bizarre behavior, cousin Lafayette and mom Lettie Mae try to figure out a way to pry their kin from Maryann's grasp.

A wounded Eric plays Sookie for a fool, to Bill's dismay. Later, Sookie and Jason reminisce about their recent adventures, and end up bonding. Hoyt defends his relationship with Jessica. In Dallas, Eric and the vampires defend their recent actions to Nan Flanagan, and are stunned when Godric decides to take responsibility for their PR disaster.

"Gossip Girl" is on top of the wave at 2009 Teen Choice Awards. The CW series, which is the biggest nominee with 10 nods, is among the early winners of the event, taking home the Drama categories for Choice TV Actor, Choice TV Actress and Choice TV Show.

Chace Crawford beats co-star Penn Badgley in winning the actor category, while Leighton Meester triumphs over Blake Lively in the actress category. The series itself claims its prize after edging out heavy contenders such as "Grey's Anatomy" and "House M.D."

Jimmy Fallon does another parody of Robert Pattinson on his talk show "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" on Friday, August 7. This time he takes a jab at Discovery Channel's Shark Week and how 'Robert' is bothered by the annual TV event because the sharks, in some ways, imitate vampires.

"Sharks bite people when they smell blood," he says. "Sound familiar? Oh yeah, wait, they're like vampires. Copy-cat fishes." Taking the famous tree scene in "Twilight", the parody also brings a plastic Kristen Stewart up on the tree and a People magazine cover where Jimmy's face is photoshopped on top of the real Robert's.

What really happened after the final rose of "The Bachelorette" was indeed not quite pleasant for Jillian Harris. The 29-year-old admitted that although she believed it was untrue, she still cried over the reports that her pick Ed Swiderski had an affair with two women just days after they got engaged on national TV.

"I'll admit, I was tearing up with my dad this morning," Harris told The Province. "I would never do anything mean-spirited in my life. I'll never say a mean thing about one of those girls even though I'm very confused why they would do something like this. ...I just don't really get it, but that's part of what I signed up for and I just need to hold on tight and get through it."

Beyonce Knowles will show her face in the fourth season of "America's Best Dance Crew", although not in person. The Grammy-winning singer will appear through taped personal messages to each crew in the second episode which is airing Sunday, August 16.

In fact, the episode will be like a Beyonce week since the contestants will be dancing to her songs. Through the tapes, Beyonce will tell each of them of which song they will dance to and what kind of specific challenge they will face. Among the songs in the list are some of her old stuffs such as "Crazy in Love", "Beautiful Liar" and "Deja Vu", as well as the newer ones like "Single Ladies" and "Sweet Dreams".

A wedding bell will soon ring for Pam and Jim on "The Office". A complicated relationship, an engagement and a baby on the way after, the on-screen couple is confirmed to tie the knot in season 6. Yet, Michael Scott is still clueless about everything including Pam's growing baby bump.

The news of the wedding was first sparked by actress Mindy Kaling who confirmed that she was writing an episode for the scene. She revealed that the wedding will occur as soon as the fourth episode, reasoning "Wouldn't people kind of get annoyed if we kept it (engagement) going for years and years?"

The opening titles of "Kourtney and Khloe Take Miami" has just been debuted on Ryan Seacrest's YouTube channel, having a party theme and featuring LMFAO's "I'm in Miami, Trick". The opening gives highlight to the sisters' daily activities such as taking care of their business, partying, DJing and taking vacations.

A new reality show coming from the production houses behind "Keeping Up with the Kardashians", "Take Miami" will follow two of Kim Kardashian's sisters, Khloe Kardashian and Kourtney Kardashian. Newly single and ready to conquer the world, they leave LA behind and take a chance on a new city with a notoriously hot social scene when they head to sexy South Beach to launch a second DASH boutique.

Two sneak peeks are released in front of "True Blood" episode "Timebomb". The first one is clipped from the part where Sam is questioned and accused of Daphne's death. He was trying to tell Sheriff Bud and Officer Tanya that there is much larger conspiracy behind the death.

In the second clip, Sookie is discovering something about Eric and his relationship to Godric. Seeing the vampire's attempt to rescue Godric from Fellowship of the Sun camp, Sookie detects some kind of "love" between them, which is the kind of bond between a vampire and his maker. Eric denies the love, saying "Don't use words I can't understand."

Announced via CBS' Twitter is a major crossover between "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" and its spin offs. Laurence Fishburne's Dr. Raymond Langston will be the character from the original series who will make a visit to "CSI: Miami" and "CSI: NY". No word on other characters.

The crossover is scheduled to take over within 1 week this Fall, but it is still unknown in which week it will take place. "Miami" will be the first to premiere, entering the eighth season on Monday, September 21. It is followed by the sixth season premiere of "NY" on Wednesday, September 23 and the tenth season of "CSI" on Thursday, September 24.

Paula Abdul's departure from "American Idol" is compensated with more guest judges in the ninth season. Victoria Adams aka Posh Spice, who is a close friend to Simon Cowell, is confirmed to make a one-off appearance, so is Katy Perry. These celebrity judges will fill in while FOX is searching for the fourth judge.

The executives at Fox Broadcasting announced on Thursday, August 6 that they will keep the four-judge format in the coming season. They are looking for a personality who will fit into Simon, Randy Jackson, and Kara DioGuardi. "What we need to find is someone who has great chemistry," chairman Peter Rice said. "It really is a casting job. Our job in the next four or five months is to consider what makes this the most fun, the most entertaining show."