"One Tree Hill" (2003)TV series 2003-????

Creator:

Mark Schwahn

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6

Release Date:

23 September 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Sport

Tagline:

Where nothing ever changed until one outsider changed everything.

Plot:

This series follows the eventful lives of some high-school kids in Tree Hill, a small but not too quiet town in North Carolina...

Plot Keywords:

Friendship | Locker Room | Beautiful Woman | Pretty Girl | Sibling Rivalry

Awards:

1 win & 24 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Sun. July 27	7:00 PM	CW	Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace	#5.13
Mon. July 28	9:00 PM	CW	What Do You Go Home To	#5.14

Cast

Bethany Joy Galeotti	...	Haley James Scott / ... (105 episodes, 2003-2008)
Sophia Bush	...	Brooke Davis / ... (105 episodes, 2003-2008)
Paul Johansson	...	Dan Scott (105 episodes, 2003-2008)
Hilarie Burton	...	Peyton Sawyer (104 episodes, 2003-2008)
Chad Michael Murray	...	Lucas Scott (103 episodes, 2003-2008)
James Lafferty	...	Nathan Scott (103 episodes, 2003-2008)
Moira Kelly	...	Karen Roe (89 episodes, 2003-2008)
Barbara Alyn Woods	...	Deb Scott / ... (89 episodes, 2003-2008)
Lee Norris	...	'Mouth' McFadden / ... (86 episodes, 2003-2008)
Barry Corbin	...	Coach Whitey Durham (80 episodes, 2003-2008)
Antwon Tanner	...	Skills / ... (54 episodes, 2003-2008)
Craig Sheffer	...	Keith Scott (51 episodes, 2003-2007)

Also Known As:

Ravens (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

USA:60 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Singapore:M18 (season 2) | Australia:PG | Singapore:PG (season 1) | Finland:K-11 (DVD rating) (2006) | Malaysia:U | Singapore:NC-16 (season 3) (season 4) | Australia:M (some episodes) | UK:12 | Argentina:13 | USA:TV-14 | USA:TV-PG

Filming Locations:

Laney High School - 2700 N. College Road, Wilmington, North Carolina, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Television

Trivia:

After the third season, the show was picked up by The CW because The WB merged with UPN to form The CW.

Goofs:

Continuity: Jamie was born on the day of graduation in the fourth season and then in the fifth season they celebrate his birthday. The problem is that school is obviously still in session since there are eleven more basketball games left in the season. So they celebrated a few months early.

Quotes:

Haley James: [after Chris auditions to play at tric] Wow, you're really good!
Chris Keller: Yeah, I know.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in "Family Guy: McStroke (#6.8)" (2008)

Soundtrack:

I Don't Want To Be

a teen TV show.

In fact, I have to admit that I didn't watch this TV show first when it was airing its first episode. I didn't either watch the following few episodes, but by the fifth or sixth episode, I decided to give it a try. And I am happy I did. The relationship between the half brothers Lucas and Nathan is just too true, truths worthy and beautifully characterized.

The other characters aren't stupid, either. Haley James, who acts Lucas's best friend, will fall in love in Nathan, and it will make her friendship to Lucas more difficult. Peyton and Brooke who are best friends will turn to be enemies, after having dated Lucas at the same time.

And the parent-child relations in this TV show is just too real. Mostly, this is a TV show full of problem-making and troubling teenagers, who by the first sight seem to be perfect.

Normally, American TV shows are just too "American", all simply. This TV show is also too American, with its basketball culture and its American culture by drinking, partying and drugs, but it is also a TV show that everybody can be identifying to, even though it doesn't happen themselves. This may be a overreacting TV show but is very good at telling how things can go awry and that it is not always easy to be a teenager or to be a parent of a teenager. I don't want to say this is a very good TV show, the best in its kind, but it is good anyways, but not enough good to be rated among the best family television shows as it seems more likely to be a teen show.