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This just in: Rob Thomas is following in the footsteps of Dylan, Brandon, Valerie and Andrea by leaving 90210. According to E!Online, Thomas “is stepping aside in order to focus on his other two pilots, both for ABC.” Putting to rest the rumor that he’s off to Hong Kong to hang with Mr. and Mrs. Walsh.

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You won’t hear VERONICA MARS creator Rob Thomas complaining about the fact that his show’s getting a new timeslot on what is, essentially, a new network. “The truth is, I’m optimistic,” he admits. “I’m optimistic because we’re not opposite LOST this year. I’m optimistic because I think GILMORE GIRLS is a better lead in for us then AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL.

But more than anything else, the MARS mastermind seems like the biggest cheerleader for the merging of his former network UPN with CW. “The WB was the network where teenagers went,” he explains. “Now that we’re on the CW, I feel like we’re finally on the right network. As long as we hold most of the GILMORE GIRLS audience, we’ll be successful. That’s what we need to accomplish this year.”

In preparing for the third season — which launches on Tuesday, October 3rd and 9 p.m. EST — Thomas has looked at what worked in the past… as well as what didn’t. “In a roomful of writers, the tough thing is that we are so completely immersed in the show that sometimes it’s hard to know what isn’t landing for fans,” he admits. “I certainly would acknowledge that we were too complicated last year. But there was a method to our madness!”

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