One Tree Hill is an American teen, young adult television drama created by Mark Schwahn, which premiered on September 23, 2003 on The WB Television Network.[1] After its third season, The WB merged with UPN to form The CW Television Network, and since September 27, 2006 the network is the official broadcaster for the show in the USA. The show is set in fictional town Tree Hill in North Carolina and originally follows the lives of two half-brothers, Lucas Scott (Chad Michael Murray) and Nathan Scott (James Lafferty). Their relationship evolves from heartless enemies to caring brothers, and the basketball drama, as well as the brothers’ on-again/off-again romances with female characters, are significant elements within the series.

The first four seasons of the show focus on the main characters’ high school years. With the beginning of the fifth season, Schwahn decided to skip the timeline four years ahead, showing their lives after college. In the seventh season, he adjusted the timeline fourteen months into the future after the sixth season. The opening credits were originally intertwined with the song “I Don’t Want to Be” by Gavin DeGraw playing in the background. The theme was removed from the opening in the fifth season; Schwahn said the decision was made to lower production costs, add more time for the storyline, and because he felt that the song was more representative of the main characters’ adolescent past, not their present maturity. The credits then only consisted of the title written on a black background. The theme was restored for Season 8, due to audience demand, and is sung by different artists each week.

The series’ second season was the highest rated in the series, averaging 4.3 million viewers weekly and a 1.9 Adults 18-49 rating. It has also won Teen Choice Awards. On May 12, 2009, it was confirmed that Murray and Hilarie Burton declined to return for the seventh season, although stories on what transpired vary. Their characters (Lucas and Peyton) had been two of the five main protagonists, as well as one of the central love stories, throughout the show.

On May 17, 2011, One Tree Hill was renewed for a ninth season, with a 13-episode order. Original cast members Bethany Joy Galeotti, Sophia Bush are signed on for a final season, while James Lafferty is expected to return part-time. Season nine will be the final season, and will air mid-season.

Main Cast:
* Chad Michael Murray as Lucas Scott
* James Lafferty as Nathan Scott
* Hilarie Burton as Peyton Sawyer
* Bethany Joy Galeotti as Haley James Scott
* Paul Johansson as Dan Scott
* Sophia Bush as Brooke Davis
* Barbara Alyn Woods as Deb Scott
* Barry Corbin as Coach Whitey Durham
* Craig Sheffer as Keith Scott
* Moira Kelly as Karen Roe
* Danneel Harris as Rachel Gattina
* Lee Norris as ‘Mouth’ McFadden

Season 7

1. Episode 1 4:30am (Apparently They Were Traveling Abroad)
2. Episode 2 What Are You Willing to Lose
3. Episode 3 Hold My Hand As I’m Lowered
4. Episode 4 Believe Me, I’m Lying
5. Episode 5 Your Cheatin’ Heart
6. Episode 6 Deep Ocean Vast Sea
7. Episode 7 I and Love and You
8. Episode 8 (I Just) Died In Your Arms
9. Episode 9 Now You Lift Your Eyes to the Sun
10. Episode 10 You Are a Runner and I Am My Father’s Son
11. Episode 11 You Know I Love You, Don’t You?
12. Episode 12 Some Roads Lead Nowhere
13. Episode 13 Weeks Go By Like Days
14. Episode 14 Family Affair
15. Episode 15 Don’t You Forget About Me
16. Episode 16 My Attendance Is Bad But My Intentions Are Good
17. Episode 17 At The Bottom Of Everything
18. Episode 18 The Last Day Of Our Acquaintance
19. Episode 19 Every Picture Tells a Story
20. Episode 20 Learning To Fall
21. Episode 21 What’s In The Ground Belongs To You
22. Episode 22 Almost Everything I Wish I’d Said The Last Time I Saw You
Season 8

1. Episode 1 Asleep at Heaven’s Gate
2. Episode 2 I Can’t See You, But I Know You’re There
3. Episode 3 The Space in Between
4. Episode 4 We All Fall Down
5. Episode 5 Nobody Taught Us to Quit
6. Episode 6 Not Afraid
7. Episode 7 Luck Be a Lady
8. Episode 8 Mouthful of Diamonds
9. Episode 9 Between Raising Hell and Amazing Grace
10. Episode 10 Lists, Plans
11. Episode 11 Darkness on the Edge of Town
12. Episode 12 The Drinks We Drank Last Night
13. Episode 13 The Other Half of Me
14. Episode 14 Holding Out for a Hero
15. Episode 15 Valentine’s Day Is Over
16. Episode 16 I Think I’m Going to Like It Here
17. Episode 17 The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get
18. Episode 18 Quiet Little Voices
19. Episode 19 Where Not to Look for Freedom
20. Episode 20 The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul
21. Episode 21 Flightless Bird, American Mouth
22. Episode 22 This Is My House, This Is My Home

• Season 9

175    9-01                11/Jan/12   TBA
176    9-02                18/Jan/12   TBA
177    9-03                25/Jan/12   TBA