The CW's Official Fall 2009 Schedule Listed

The CW is leaning more into the women demographic with the inclusion of fashion-oriented 'Beautiful Life' and the 2.0 version of 'Melrose Place'.

May 22, 2009

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The CW's presentation of the Fall 2009 line-up makes it official that "Gossip Girl" spin-off will not be picked up anytime soon and "Privileged" is formally dismissed. Instead, the network opts to add up to the list, three brand new series "The Vampire Diaries", "Melrose Place" and "The Beautiful Life".

The spin-off dubbed as "Lily", was already previewed in an episode of the original series but there were rumors floating that it would not be picked up at all. This is apparently not true. CW President Dawn Ostroff said that this is "the toughest year" they ever had because the selection of pilots is "really, really good". She continued, "We do have room for another midseason show. We have some reality, and we'll probably have another scripted drama. We're just going to take a beat and see where we are. In all honesty, I think the Gossip Girl spinoff is the show that we would love to be able to find a place for as the season goes on."

Meanwhile, "Vampire", "Melrose" and "Beautiful" are paired with the network's established series which have the same tone. "Melrose" is taking the Tuesdays slot with "90210" which is also a refurbished version of '90s series. "Beautiful", which is about fashion models, is put on Wednesday with the lead-in from "America's Next Top Model" while "Vampire" is going to precede "Supernatural" on Thursdays.

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With the excluding of "Reaper" and "Everybody Hates Chris", the fall schedule subsequently is packed with dramas and no comedy. But Ostroff defended that it is "the most cohesive lineup" they've ever had. The slogan they would like to opt this time around would be, "TV to Talk About".

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