Hilary Duff Coming To The Upper East Side

Ausiello just broke the news that Hilary Duff will be joining the cast of Gossip Girl for multiple episodes next season. While the mention of tween stars tend to elicit eye rolling and groans here at DVR Life headquarters, Duff's guest appearance on Law & Order: SVU last season was...dare we say...surprisingly good. If I recall correctly her character was obscenely annoying and we just wanted to smack some sense into her, which is a pretty good testimonial for Ms. Duff's acting chops.

Her run begins October 5th, the fourth episode of the teen soap's third season, as Olivia Burke, a real life movie star attending NYU. According to Ausiello, she'll be roomies with Vanessa and he's keeping his fingers crossed for some romance between Olivia and Lonely Boy.

Can't wait to hear Gossip Girl's nickname for Olivia. We're also looking forward to some passive and not so passive aggression towards the actress on Blair's part. Surely there'll be jealously flying all over the Upper East Side.

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Preview: Vampire Diaries

The CW's bloody teen-soap Vampire Diaries is getting some good hype for it's coming fall premiere. With the success of all things vampire these days, I don't imagine much going wrong for all those involved. Around upfronts time the network released a few short clips but there's now an extended clip that's painting a broader (and better) view of the show.

My initial thoughts based on the clip? Early One Tree Hill with fangs. Dueling brothers in a small town, one good, one bad, cute girls, bad soundtrack, high school angst and even crows - they've got it all. And that's not a bad thing.

Also discovered today (via The Televixen), some sexy new ads for the show. The design is very CW, reminiscent of Gossip Girl and One Tree Hill ads from the past.

They are not, however, in the same format as other official CW ads for the 2009 Fall season, so no idea if they're fan work or legit. See what you think:

(Update: It's been confirmed, these are legit. 6/30/09)

Official:


Possibly Not Official:




And finally, the extended clip:

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Odds & Ends

Lot's of news swirling around this week and extended work hours left me with little time to update, so I thought I'd drop a bunch of small items at once:

TNT's first ever non-scripted series, Wedding Day, didn't fare so well. According to Nielsen the show pulled just 850,000 viewers for it's debut. Due to the low numbers the network has moved the show to Thursdays at 8pm, I guess hoping Bones reruns will act as a better lead-in for their new med drama HawthoRNe.

Brian Austin Green will be joinging CW's Smallville for a two episode arc. Just a few weeks ago word was leaked that the actor, fresh off Terminator Sarah Connor Chronicles, would be joining the cast of CW's One Tree Hill as Nathan Scott's playboy sports agent. That lasted about a week before his "reps got cold feet". Seems odd that he'd turn down a longer lasting part on a higher rated series on the same network for two episodes on a series that's barely holding on for it's final season. Anyway, he's on for playing Metallo, a villian.

Ratings for USA's Royal Pains went up 17% in it's third week. At the same exact time, The Listener, on USA's mother network NBC, went down just as much for it's third week. Good news for Royal Pains, which I really enjoy. Bad news for The Listener, which I also enjoy. It gets alot of flack from TV critics, but it's not as bad as they make it out to be.

T.R. Knight won't be returning to Grey's Anatomy, while Katherine Heigl will be. I hate spoilers and think it's really freaking lame that every single TV news outlet reported this, but oh well.

The whole cast of Seinfield will appear in HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm's seventh season, which debuts this fall. No word about how or why, nor if they'll all be together or seperate. If I recall correctly, Julia Louis Dreyfus has already appeared in an earlier season, but this'll be a first for the others.

Seth MacFarlane is going to be a recurring guest star on ABC's Flash Forward. Don't ask me why. I really don't know much about MacFarlane as I'm not a fan of his work, but I don't the purpose in his casting.

Mad Men showrunner Matthew Weiner hinted in an interview with Rolling Stone that the show may be be shifting to Los Angeles.

Now that The CW has canceled Reaper, the duo behind the show are moving to the writing staff of Fox's Dollhouse.

Finally, Cupid, Pushing Daisies and The Unusuals all ended, while Eli Stone returned (if only for a few weeks). ABC is really cleaning house this summer.

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The CW Announces Premiere Dates

The CW announced it's Fall 2009 premiere dates, including a flip flop for teeny-soap hits Gossip Girl and One Tree Hill. Not sure what's behind the changed but I don't mind long as the two are still paired up.

Also check out the new poster for season 7 of One Tree Hill above. It's a bit sparse without Chad Michael Murray and Hilarie Burton. If you look real closely at the credits, there's no mention of Antwon Tanner, though I'm not sure if he's ever been a starring cast member.


Below are the official premiere dates:

Tues. Sept. 8th
8PM - 90210
9PM - Melrose Place

Thurs. Sept. 10
8PM - Vampire Diaries
9PM - Supernatural

Mon. Sept. 14th
8PM - One Tree Hill
9PM - Gossip Girl

Wed. Sept. 16th
9PM - A Beautiful Life

Fri. Sept. 25th
9PM - Smallville

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Brian Austin Green Not Joining One Tree Hill Cast

According to Michael Ausiello, "Green's reps got cold feet and pulled out of the deal."

What is there to get cold feet about? Are they afraid of putting him back on a teen drama? Did he not wanna move to North Carolina? I think it was great casting and they've made a mistake.

The slot is now set to be filled by Lipstick Jungle's Robert Buckley, the young artist/boyfriend.

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Brian Austin Green Joining One Tree Hill Cast

Brian Austin Green, coming off the cancellation of Sarah Connor Chronicles, may be joining the cast of The CW's One Tree Hill. The show's seventh season will air in the fall.

The Hollywood Reporter says the character, Clayton, is "a brash sports agent who represents Nathan Scott's (James Lafferty) basketball interests and has become a close friend, ally, business partner and advisor to him while also enjoying the spoils that come from being a wealthy, handsome single guy."

Some seem to be wondering how things will work out for the show with the departure of original cast members Chad Michael Murray and Hilarie Burton. I'm personally wondering what is going on with Antwon Tanner since his arrest and if Skills will be returning. Truthfully, long as Sophia Bush is around I'm loving the show.

Earlier this week, though I was too lazy to post, Connor Chroncles' Summer Glau is also said to be joining up with Fox's sci-fi series Dollhouse. Her addition to the sophomore year will be celebrated, I'm sure. Executive producer Joss Whedon told news sources he's planning on removing Glau from her type-cast robo-woman of few words and creating a very talkative, outgoing character for her. Glau is apparently excited for the chance.

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