In the Year of Melrose Place, CW Boss Talks Spinoffs, Crossovers, Remakes and Dead Pilots
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The CW has original content. Really. Sure, the CW schedule seems to be chock-full of remakes, book adaptations, franchise extensions and spinoffs, but there is TV-native material on there somewhere. (We're sitting in the Life Unexpected panel right now, and that's totally an original series.)
Still, this is the year of Melrose Place (it's gonna be so good, you guys), and as such, the spotlight at the Television Press Tour was on the myriad ways that the See-Dub might further capitalize on its success reimagining existing material.
What about another Gossip Girl spinoff? Could there be a third '90s series remake on the network after 90210 and Melrose Place—Party of Five, anyone? Read on for the answers from CW boss Dawn Ostroff herself.
SYTYCD Eliminations: And Then There Were 16...
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Being cut this early in the So You Think You Can Dance season can be brutal on the dancers since they just made the Top 20, but for us spectators, at least we have the small mercy of only having just met them.
So while it hardly seems fair to let any of these talented contestants go, we know someone has to leave, so let's find out who the two dismissed dancers were...
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