The CW - Mila Kunis is producing 70's show.

But not that 70's show.  (I apologize.  I couldn't help myself.) It is a flashback of that show, though, the second for the CW.

The project is called Meridian Hills and is billed as a 1970s-set woman’s lib drama,  Mila is not expected to have an on-screen role. The tag is “Set in a boozy Midwest country club circa 1972, when the push for the Equal Rights Amendment was just beginning, a young, newly married woman joins the Junior League, discovering an eclectic group of other young women who become unlikely allies in her quest to change the system.”  Ms. Kunis will serve as an executive producer on the project.

 The CW is also developing some high-concept projects like a Los Angeles-set Alice in Wonderland, and fresh takes on Wonder Woman and Sleepy Hollow in addition to the Sex in the City, prequel The Carrie Diaries.  

Source: EW 

Fall 2012 Renewals and Cancellations

The list is out and it's and it's a doozie.  There were 24 shows that got the axe, with 4 shows still undetermined.

Cancelled shows

ABC
GCB
Man Up
Missing
Pan Am
The River
Work It

CBS
CSI: Miami
A Gifted Man
How to Be a Gentleman
Rob
Unforgettable

FOX
Alcatraz
Breaking In
The Finder
I Hate My Teenage Daughter
Terra Nova

NBC
Are You There, Chelsea?
Awake
Bent
Best Friends Forever
Harry's Law
The Firm

The CW
Remodeled
Ringer
The Secret Circle

TBD
Last Man Standing
Rules of Engagement
The Biggest Loser
Celebrity Apprentice

Renewed


ABC
The Bachelor
The Bachelorette
Body of Proof
Castle
Cougar Town (Moving to TBS)
Dancing with the Stars
Grey's Anatomy
Happy Endings
The Middle
Modern Family
Once Upon a Time
Private Practice
Revenge
Scandal
Suburgatory

CBS
2 Broke Girls
The Amazing Race
The Big Bang Theory
Blue Bloods
Criminal Minds
CSI
CSI: New York
The Good Wife
Hawaii Five-0
How I Met Your Mother
the Mentalist
Mike & Molly
NCIS
NCIS: Los Angeles
Person of Interest
Survivor
Two and a Half Men
Undercover Boss

Fox
American Idol
Bones
Family Guy
Fringe
Glee (Moving to Thursday Nights)
New Girl
Raising Hope
The Simpsons
Touch
The X Factor

NBC
30 Rock (Last Season)
Community
Grimm
Law & Order: SVU
The Office
Parenthood
Parks and Recreation
Smash
Up All Night
The Voice
Whitney

The CW
90210
America's Next Top Model
Gossip Girl
Hart of Dixie
Nikita
Supernatural
The Vampire Diaries


It's a lot of information to take in.  What are your thoughts on what was cut and what was saved?  Do you agree or disagree.  Let us know!




Source

CWTV Announces Fall Lineup

NEW FALL SEASON

FEATURES MORE ORIGINAL PROGRAMMING

ALL SEASON LONG

Sarah Michelle Gellar Makes Her Return to Series Television 

In New Drama “Ringer”

East Coast Drama “Gossip Girl” Welcomes New Neighbor to the South,

“Hart of Dixie,” Starring Rachel Bilson, on Monday Nights

“90210” Moves To a New Tuesday Night Address, Leading Into

One of the Season’s Most Buzzed-About New Shows, “Ringer,”

Starring Sarah Michelle Gellar

Wednesday Pairs New Celebrity Reality Series “H8R,”

Hosted by Mario Lopez, with

First-Ever All-Star Edition of “America’s Next Top Model”

On Thursday, The CW’s Highest-Rated Hit “The Vampire Diaries”

Teams with “The Secret Circle,” a New Drama From Kevin Williamson

About a Coven of Powerful Witches

Action Thriller “Nikita” moves to Friday Nights as the Lead-In for

Fan Favorite “Supernatural”

Midseason Brings the Return and Farewell Season of

“One Tree Hill”

And Outrageous New Reality Series “Re-Modeled” and “The Frame”

May 19, 2011 (New York, New York) ─ The CW Network unveiled the schedule for its 2011-2012 season today at its annual upfront presentation for advertisers, affiliates and national media from Jazz at Lincoln Center.  Electro hip-hop group LMFAO staged a rousing flash mob dance and performed their hit song “Party Rock Anthem” to open the show.  The announcement was made by Dawn Ostroff, President of Entertainment, and Mark Pedowitz, the new President of The CW.

            “We’re thrilled to present the most exciting primetime schedule The CW has ever had, comprised of shows that feature bold concepts, proven TV stars and up-and-coming, breakout talent,” said Ostroff. “In just five years, we’ve built an instantly recognizable brand that resonates with both viewers and advertisers and is known for being smartly provocative, culturally current, emotionally authentic and a leader in digital and social media.  This upcoming season will continue to establish The CW as a premier destination for our viewers, especially women.”

“Our priority this season was adding more original programming this upcoming year, and we’ve done that with shows that will appeal to our core audience of women, while also bringing in new viewers,” said Pedowitz.  “We’re being aggressive with smart, bold scheduling moves designed to improve key time periods and grow our audience.”

“‘Hart of Dixie,’ from the ‘Gossip Girl’ team of Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, is a medical franchise with a proven star in Rachel Bilson,” added Pedowitz.  “Sarah Michelle Gellar has incredible appeal to our core audience and beyond, and when word got out that she was starring in ‘Ringer’ on our network, it went viral online immediately.  ‘The Secret Circle’ is from Kevin Williamson, the producer of ‘The Vampire Diaries,’ and is also based on a popular series of books by author L.J. Smith, and it fits perfectly on Thursday nights.  Our new reality series ‘H8R,’ and ‘Re-Modeled’ and ‘The Frame’ at midseason, are brash and loud, and continue our commitment of giving our audience more original content all season long.  And we’re thrilled to have ‘One Tree Hill’ return for its farewell season this spring.  The 2011-2012 season is poised to be The CW’s best season yet.”

            On Monday night, one of the most talked-about shows on television, GOSSIP GIRL, returns to the 8:00-9:00 p.m. timeslot, leading into the new drama HART OF DIXIE from 9:00-10:00 p.m.  From the creators of GOSSIP GIRL and “The O.C.,” HART OF DIXIE stars Rachel Bilson as Doctor Zoe Hart, a sophisticated New York City woman who finds herself practicing medicine in a small Southern town.

90210 graduated from West Beverly High and moves over to Tuesday nights, 8:00-9:00 p.m. Following 90210, 9:00-10:00 p.m., is one of the most buzzed-about shows of the new season, RINGER, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, who stars as a woman on the run, who assumes her twin sister’s identity, only to discover that her sister’s life is just as complicated and dangerous as the one she’s trying to escape.

On Wednesday, new reality series H8R brings celebrities face-to-face with the people who love to hate them, with host Mario Lopez, 8:00-9:00 p.m.  With its focus on celebrity culture, H8R gives a great lead-in to the first-ever All-Stars edition of AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL from 9:00-10:00 p.m.

Thursday night will feature two shows from star producer Kevin Williamson and based on a series of books by author L.J. Smith.  The CW’s top-rated show THE VAMPIRE DIARIES returns in the 8:00-9:00 p.m. timeslot, leading into new drama THE SECRET CIRCLE from 9:00-10:00 p.m.  Britt Robertson stars as Cassie, an orphaned teenage girl who discovers the truth about her lineage – she’s a witch who holds the key to an ancient battle between good and evil.

Friday nights are action-packed, with the sexy and exciting NIKITA moving to 8:00-9:00 p.m. and the Winchester brothers of SUPERNATURAL returning in the 9:00-10:00 p.m. timeslot.

            Following is The CW’s 2011-2012 primetime schedule, a night-by-night breakdown and accompanying details on all the programs.

THE CW’s 2011-2012 PRIMETIME SCHEDULE

MONDAY

8:00-9:00 PM              GOSSIP GIRL (New Time)

9:00-10:00 PM            HART OF DIXIE (New Series)

TUESDAY

8:00-9:00 PM              90210 (New Night)

9:00-10:00 PM            RINGER (New Series)

WEDNESDAY

8:00-9:00 PM              H8R (New Series)

9:00-10:00 PM            AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL

THURSDAY

8:00-9:00 PM              THE VAMPIRE DIARIES

9:00-10:00 PM            THE SECRET CIRCLE (New Series)

FRIDAY

8:00-9:00 PM              NIKITA (New Night)

            9:00-10:00 PM            SUPERNATURAL

All information provided by CW Publicity

Supernatural Recap: Like a Virgin

Like a Virgin: Supernatural Recap

First things first: welcome back Supernatural! And what a return it was! The CW has been teasing us for weeks with promo teasers that got us excited for the return of Supernatural and last night’s episode delivered beyond belief.

We started out with the iconic ‘The Road So Far’ montage, a favourite among the fans, which showed us what has happened during the last eleven episodes. We saw soulless Sam, the breakdown of Lisa and Dean’s relationship, and the destruction of Crowley. Not to mention the devilishly delightful Death, who warned Sam not to scratch at ‘the wall’.

It’s been a difficult road since episode one of the new season, Exile on Main Street, with the reappearance of Sam, but with the new episode, Like a Virgin we saw the old Sam we know and love return. However, Dean’s hesitance to tell Sam the truth about the year he’d been back was a sign that Dean’s protective side was kicking in, despite the consequences.

Sam’s Soul is Back!

I think a cry of joy echoed in the Supernatural fandom when Sam emerged from a soul awakening slumber a different man than he’d been before. The emotion on both Dean and Sam’s face when they embraced was the familial bond we’ve come to love on Supernatural. The look of relief on Dean’s face and the realization that the brother he’d lost was back was instant. Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki portray the characters emotions phenomenally and deserve a multitude of praise for this episode.

Father figure Bobby, still upset that Sam tried to kill him, provides the voice of reason in this episode and tries to advise Dean, much to his chagrin when Dean refuses to tell Sammy what happened during the year he was supposedly ‘dead’. We see a clipped relationship between Bobby and Dean for much of the episode.

Winged Beast and Other Things:

Not a subject we expected to see on Supernatural but all the same, Sera Gamble injected life into the subject and the storyline written by Adam Glass and gave us fans another unapproached subject: dragons -virgin stealing dragons to be exact.

We saw Dean and Sam get back into the saddle with an investigation into the missing girls, coming up with only one survivor. However, it was revealed the surviving girl was not a virgin but was acting under the pretence. The attacker had rejected her after realizing she was no longer a virgin, leaving multiple wounds on her body and causing her to be hospitalized. Her faux purity ring was also stolen during the attack. This leads the boys to connect whatever is attacking the girls is also stealing their jewellery which leads to Sam researching and ending up on a World of Warcraft website and concluding to one conclusion: Dragons.

When Dean contacts Bobby, he insists that dragons aren’t real, but Dean asks him to look into the subject. Bobby recommends an old ‘friend’ which Dean goes alone to visit.

Dr. Visyak, a dragon expert and one time ‘thing’ of Bobby’s can’t believe a dragon has returned and informs him he needs a special sword to slay a dragon. Luckily for him, she has one in her basement. The only problem? It’s cast in stone.

There aren’t words to describe how funny the following scene was. Jensen Ackles comedic timing excels in this hilarious scene in which Dean attempts to remove the sword from the stone (Dean the Dragon slayer comes to mind). When he has no success, he convinces the Professor to let him blow up the rock. She isn’t impressed when the explosion leaves her with half a sword and room full of rubble.

The episode switches to Sam; alone in the hotel room, he calls for Castiel, who is

unaware that Sam does not know what happened in the year he was soulless. He knows something is wrong; sensing Bobby’s awkwardness and Dean’s lies, the non filtered angel arrives and fills him in on his adventures while he was an empty shell and some of what he did as Lucifer’s vessel. Poor Sam, this may send him into emo overtime.

Dean, his brother and the Dragon:

Dean returns with a broken sword and Sam, who is choosing not tell Dean he knows the truth, head to the sewers where Sam suspects the girls are being held. They find a bunch of gold jewellery, of which Dean light fingers some for himself and the missing girls...

...And two shape shifting dragons! Sam manages to kill one with the broken sword but the other disappears. The brothers arrive back at Bobby’s house and Sam chooses that moment to reveal he knows what happened during the year he was soulless. The younger Winchester apologizes profusely to his brother and promises he will put things right. Dean argues that he doesn’t want that; he doesn’t want Sam to do anything that might damage the wall Death put up in his mind to protect him. But Sam won’t budge; he feels he has to make up what he’s done.

Bobby and the boys sit down to talk about the ancient book they found in the dragons lair and they realize the book is about Purgatory. It directly relates to how to open the door to Purgatory and how to get something out.

The Mother of All:

We’re back to the dragons as they sacrifice one of the virgins, and we see the next big bad of supernatural: The Mother of All. But who is the mother? Bobby told Dean and Sam she is the mother of all. We’re presuming the mother of all Alphas, Demons or of all Evil. She scolds them for keeping her waiting and informs them they have a lot to do. She’s arrived fairly late into the season and we’re wondering just what she has in store.

Hooray, the Hellatus is over!

The opening episode of the midseason premiere sets a new tone for the second half of the season. The first half was slow, and felt like we were venturing out into new, uncomfortable territory. Sam’s return signals a return to arms between Dean and Sam, seeing their relationship slide back to what it once was. The healing toward season five of the brother’s relationship seems to have cemented their bond. Personally, I think the second half of the season will emerge as some of the greatest episodes of Supernatural we have ever seen. If Like a Virgin was anything to go by, we’re in for a wonderful ride!