Well, CW had made their new series pickups (
Cult,
Arrow,
Beauty and the Beast,
Emily Owens, MD (formerly 'First Cut'), and
Carrie Diaries (the one which should've gotten the name change, but oh well), after cancelling freshman shows
Ringer,
Secret Circle, while renewing
Hart of Dixie.
And to fit all the new shows, and sophomore series, along with the top rated shows
Vampire Diaries,,
Supernatural,
90210, and the struggling
Gossip Girl and
Nikita and the lone reality show that survives on the young network,
America's Next Top Model (Which, the ratings have gone way down on that too), some drastic changes were made to the schedule.
Some are actually simple time changes, like
Gossip Girl airing at 9pm on Monday instead of 8pm, and
90210 moving to Mondays to fill that 8pm slot.
Hart of Dixie will make a move to Tuesday at 8pm, and lead into the new series,
Emily Owens, MD. Surprise change comes from
Supernatural, which, after having moved the Friday night death slot, didn't die (neither did
Smallville either, it just ended after 10 seasons last year, and despite being on Friday, with a weaker lead-in,
Supernatural managed to be the CW's 2nd highest rated series for the year), it will take it's loyal viewers to Wednesday at 9pm, and share its night with a new series leading into it,
Arrow.
The Vampire Diaries is the only series to not move, and for good reason, it's the highest rated and no one would want to mess with it. Instead, have it lead into
Beauty and the Beast.
Nikita will shift to 9pm on Friday to make room for
Top Model moving to Friday.
Cult and
Carrie Diaries are on hold 'til midseason;
Carrie Diaries, being the teen drama of the new shows, will take over
Gossip Girl's spot in January.
It's surprising a show that was moved to Friday, would move to another night, but it looks like CW is trying to get a working Wednesday, and have gone with an action theme, more likely to target male demos, and get an overall better adult demo rating than half the other shows on the CW.
The big question, where is
Cult gonna go? I've been looking forward to that show back in its first development stages with the WB. Then the merger happened and the show never made a pilot.
Also, am I the only one to see that the new series premiering in the fall share some commonality:
Emily Owens, MD has Justin Hartley who played the Green
Arrow on the long running series,
Smallville, which Kristin Kreuk starred in for (I think 8 seasons), and is now in
Beauty and the Beast. Call me crazy, but maybe the CW has some other thought with their programming: getting
Smallville viewers back???
CW Schedule - TV By The Numbers