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“In the final chapter of One Tree Hill, the tenth anniversary of Tric brings old faces and new possibilities for the Tree Hill family.” The CW series stars Antwon Tanner, Austin Nichols, Bethany Joy Galeotti, Gavin DeGraw, Jackson Brundage, James Lafferty, Lee Norris, Lisa Goldstein, Mark Schwahn, Robert Buckley, Shantel VanSanten, Sophia Bush, Stephen Colletti, and Tyler Hilton. Watch the One Tree Hill series finale here.

“As Ike Evans rings in the New Year at his luxurious Miramar Playa Hotel, Havana falls to Castro’s rebels. It’s a turbulent time in Miami, but it’s THE place to be. The Kennedys, the mob and the CIA all hold court here. And Ike, he’s the star of his hotel. But everything comes at a price. To finance his dream, he sold his soul to mob boss Ben “The Butcher” Diamond. Ike’s wife Vera, a former showgirl, and his three kids think he’s an honorable man, but he can’t break his pact with the devil. His life is a façade. In fact, nothing at the Miramar Playa is what it seems. By day, it’s diving clowns and cha-cha lessons. By night, escorts have secret liaisons with husbands in the family cabanas, while Miami’s seedier residents and the law drift together to hear legendary singers, musicians and comics. As Ike’s world threatens to implode, he fights for his family, and the Miramar Playa, in Magic City.” The new Starz series stars Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Danny Huston, Olga Kurylenko, and Steven Stait. Watch the pilot of Magic City here.

All the latest TV news courtesy of PJ Flip and 141tv.

• Friday Night Lights will premiere its final season on Oct. 27 on DirecTV. It just concluded its forth season rebroadcast on NBC.

• Mandy Moore will return to Grey’s Anatomy. The former popstar guest starred in the two part season finale last season. She returns in next season’s sixth episode.

• 5.5 million viewers watched the last episode of Jersey Shore, a series record.

• Bret Harrison (Reaper) joins the cast of V in a recurring role. He will make his debut in the season premiere. Will he help raise the shows ratings? Is he a human or alien?

• A double dose of Castle news: Ken Baumann (Secret Life of the American Teenager) will appear on the show as Alexis’ (Molly Quinn) first boyfriend. Victor Webster from the recent Melrose Place reboot joins the cast as a recurring character, a possible love interest for Beckett.

• Over on the CW, One Tree Hill and Life Unexpected will be crossing over this year when Mia (Kate Voegele) and Haley (Bethany Joy Galeotti) from Hill play at a music festival hosted by Life Unexpected‘s Kate’s (Shiri Appleby) radio station in Portland.

• Antonio Sabato, Jr. will guest star in an episode of Bones as a Guido bouncer at a Jersey Shore club. Bones was trying to get The Situation from MTV’s Jersey Shore for the episode, but were unable to secure him.

• Zach Gilford (Friday Night Lights) has joined the cast of ABC’s new show Off The Map as a series regular.  OTM is from the creator of Grey’s Anatomy.

• Jack Black will be guest starring on an upcoming episode of Nickelodeon’s iCarly.

• Masi Oka (Heroes) has joined the cast of Hawaii Five-0 as a coroner. He joins cast members Alex O’Loughlin, Scott Caan, and Daniel Dae Kim. Buffy‘s James Marsters guest stars in the premiere also.

• Laura Bell Bundy joins the cast of How I Met Your Mother, in a recurring role, as Robyn’s new co-host.Will she end up being the mother? I doubt it…

Welcome to my all-new column, where I look at the cool little aspects of the latest TV episodes and news.

Did you catch the inside joke on Monday nights episode of Castle?

Okay, so Richard Castle (Nathan Fillion) is talking to his daughter and mother about Nannies.  Castle mentions that his nanny would sit and watch daytime soap operas.  He then revealed that he got the idea for his first book from watching an episode of One Life to Live.  In the mid 90s, Nathan Fillion portrayed Joey Buchanan One Life to Live.  This would be about the same time that Castle got his idea for his books.  Most of these little inside jokes the casual watcher won’t even realize, but they are funny when you do know them.

Speaking of Nannies and inside jokes on shows, there is also inside advertising.  On tonight’s episode of One Tree Hill, Nanny Deb is asking Jaime what he wants to watch and he replies Gossip Girl, cause it makes him feel bad.  Gossip Girl airs right before One Tree Hill on the CW.

And while we are on the subject of Gossip Girl, did you hear who will be portraying a teenage Lily van der Woodsen on the Gossip Girl prequel?  None other than Brittany Snow. Does anyone else think it’s weird that she was once in love with her daughter Serena’s ex boyfriend Dan Humphrey (they got down in John Tucker Must Die)?

(Brittany Snow in the Gossip Girl prequel)

The CW Network has renewed six shows, including Supernatural, One Tree Hill, America’s Next Top Model, Gossip Girl, 90210 and Smallville.  The one that surprises me the most from the list is Smallville, which was expected to end its run last season when most of the cast’s contracts were up and the original showrunners left the series. Thankfully it got picked up and a surge of creative juices making the current season the best season since the first, with the near perfect Legion episode featuring three members of the Legion of Superheroes, engaging storylines featuring Green Arrow and Martian Manhunter, Doomsday, and Lana and Lex getting a final send off with a bang. This past season makes me wonder what the show would have been like had the original showrunners left a long time ago.

Sadly, two of my favorite CW shows, Reaper and Privileged have not been picked up.  Reaper is only just about to start its second season, taking over the post Gossip Girl spot that Privileged held.  First, I have to say how funky of a spot that is for Reaper. The network couldn’t put it after Supernatural or 13: The Fear is Real?  I can’t imagine that the teenyboppers that are watching Gossip Girl and going to stay for Reaper‘s supernatural comedy. Although, that Sock is dreamy.  Second, I can only assume that the network is trading spots with these two good shows to choose which one to keep and which to cut. And that’s a shame, with time and some better scheduling, I think both shows could develop into great shows. I mean, the network did give One Tree Hill a chance, and now it is more fresh than it ever was. Who ever though Hill would make it to seven seasons?

I wonder, will they team the 90210 remake/continuation up with the new Melrose Place? That’s right, they officially announced that they are making it, with Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth) directing the pilot. We can now start to guess who they might have anchor the show from the original cast, I’d perfer to have Andrew Shue’s Billy return, but we’ll likely be stuck with Heather Locklear. Locklear has jumped from show to show with none surviving her reign since Melrose ended.  Maybe they creators will get really creative and have Grant Show’s Jake Hanson dating Jennie Garth’s Kelly Taylor, and have 90210 lead directly into Melrose Place. Better yet, have Hanson dating one of the high schoolers. Oh, the drama!

James Van Der Beek portrayed a young filmmaker on Dawson’s Creek for six seasons, and now he is set to return to television guest starring as an established filmmaker on One Tree Hill for The CW.

According to Entertainment Weekly, Van Der Beek will share scenes with another former Dawson’s Creek alum, Chad Michael Murray, as his character attempts to option a novel written by Lucas to direct as a feature film.

One Tree Hill and Dawson’s Creek used to share a home on the WB Network, and Hill currently shoots on the same production lot in Wilmington that Creek used. Could Van Der Beek be reprising Dawson Leary?  With The CW reaching into the past with their 90210 continuation, I wouldn’t be surprised if they crossed well liked characters over from former popular shows to boost ratings.  I know I’ll be tuning in.

The episode airs on November 24th.