Gilmore Girls Returning
Abby Lockhart
will stream a combo of defunct favorites and original Web series, the
Hollywood Reporter reports.
The online network is aiming to appeal to the same youth demographic
as the broadcast network — which merged with UPN to form the CW two
years ago — once did and will populate the site with old goodies like
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Friends, The O.C., Gilmore Girls, Angel and
Roswell.
But one can't just dwell in the past. Original Web skeins will roll
out over the course of the next few months, beginning with two on the
launch date: Blue Water High, about six Australian teens making waves
at a surf academy, and A Boy Wearing Makeup, a video diary in which
Mathiew Francis doles out beauty and fashion advice.
The O.C. and Chuck honcho Josh Schwartz is slated to get in on the
action too. He will create an as-yet-untitled music show about a
fictional Hollywood rock club, while Laguna Beach creator Gary
Auerbach will bring Rich Girl, Poor Girl to site visitors early next
year.
Other projects include Downers Grove, about townies who stayed in
suburbs while their classmates went away to college; Joni & Susanna,
which focuses on two best friends/frenemies in their 20s; and Whatever
Hollywood, which chronicles the antics of three buddies named Suri,
Apple and Shiloh. — Joyce Eng
William George Ferguson
[new shows on wb.com]
>Other projects include Downers Grove, about townies who stayed in
>suburbs while their classmates went away to college; Joni & Susanna,
>which focuses on two best friends/frenemies in their 20s; and Whatever
>Hollywood, which chronicles the antics of three buddies named Suri,
>Apple and Shiloh. — Joyce Eng
And those three bear no relationship to the daughters of Katie Holmes,
Angelina Jolie, and Gwyneth Paltrow. The names are complete coincidence.
Really.
Really.
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"Oh Buffy, you really do need to have
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