ONE TREE HILL Returned, Who Knew?
April 16th, 2008
If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? What if that tree is ONE TREE HILL and nobody knows it’s back on the air?
That is the question this TV Addict is left to ponder after coming to the realization that I completely missed Monday’s return of ONE TREE HILL.
Now I know what you’re thinking. Should not a self-proclaimed TV Addict make it his business to know when each and every show returns to air? Probably. But rather than dwell on past mistakes, I’ve decided to focus on to the bigger question at hand. Who’s to blame?
Network executives might wish to close their eyes for this part.
Obviously, the easy scapegoat is the CW marketing department. Who let’s face it, has been awfully busy walking the line of good taste with their ‘OMFG’ GOSSIP GIRL campaign.
But realistically, I blame my PVR [Personal Video Recorder].
Thanks to the greatest invention of the twenty-first century, this TV Addict rarely watches commercials. Unless of course it’s an Apple one, I mean who can resist ‘Mac’ and ‘PC’? That said, perhaps the one and only draw back of commercial free viewing — aside from the bitter irony that by not watching commercials, I’m may in fact be helping to destroy the medium I love — is that I rarely know when networks are planning to deviate from their regularly scheduled programming.
Take ELI STONE for instance. Had I not randomly visited abc.com last week, I might have completely missed out on the fact that the Alphabet Network ran a very-special [and fantastic] episode following the return of DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES.
In the case of ONE TREE HILL, I incorrectly assumed that it would return on April 21, following Monday’s return of GOSSIP GIRL. After-all, would it not make perfect sense to give ONE TREE HILL a ratings bump following what’s shaping up to be the most over-hyped episode of GOSSIP GIRL ever? Unfortunately, you know what they say happens when you assume… you’re forced to head directly to iTunes to shell out $1.99 as a penance for your stupidity.
In the immortal words of Homer Simpson, “D’OH” 
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Blair Bass Says:
April 16th, 2008 at 10:51 am
I was watching the Gossip Girl rerun on Monday (forgot how much I missed this show) and they kept on showing OTH trailers for episode after…
I don’t watch commercials either because of my PVR but from my “fwd” there were tonnes of OTH ads.
I think CW gives OTH tonnes of promotion on television but it definitely doesn’t get the “buzz” that Gossip Girl does…actually no other show this season has gotten as much buzz as GG does
For people exxcited about the next episode of GG. CW just put up NEW CLIPS FOR THE NEXT EPISODE (I put one up, you can find the other 3 on the side bar…) I can’t believe I forgot how GOOD this show is!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxrjgNd_7mg
All I’m gonna say is that I though Josh Schwartz BEST IDEA EVER was putting Chuck/Blair together (hottest couple on tv period)…but OMFG, I LOVE the Vander-Bass family…THE BEST TV FAMILY EVER!!
Also I’m assuming since you have a PVR, your Canadian. Do you know when CTV is going to air the new GG episodes? Beause on their tv listings and site and does NOT seem like GG starting next week. Thankfully I get the CW or I would be screwed!