One Tree Hill (TV series)

One Tree Hill
File:One Tree Hill title.png The One Tree Hill intertitle.
Created by	Mark Schwahn
Starring	Chad Michael Murray James Lafferty Hilarie Burton Bethany Joy Galeotti Sophia Bush Paul Johansson Lee Norris Antwon Tanner Jackson Brundage Barbara Alyn Woods
Narrated by	Chad Michael Murray and other main characters
Opening theme	"I Don't Want to Be" by Gavin DeGraw
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	6
No. of episodes	120 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Mark Schwahn Michael Tollin Brian Robbins Joe Davola
Production locations	Wilmington, North Carolina, U.S.
Camera setup	Single-camera setup
Running time	42 minutes
Original release
Network	The WB (2003-2006) The CW (2006-present)
Release	September 23, 2003 – present

One Tree Hill is a teen television drama filmed in North Carolina and created by Mark Schwahn that premiered on September 23, 2003 on The WB Television Network. The show continued to air on The WB until May 3, 2006 as it was announced that the network would merge with UPN to form The CW Television Network. The fourth season began airing on The CW on September 27, 2006 and the show continues to air on Mondays at 9/8C. On September 1, 2008, The CW started airing the sixth season of One Tree Hill. On October 6, 2008, Schwahn signed a contract that was tantamount to guaranteeing a 7th season of the show, although most of the cast members' contracts expire at the end of the current one. Schwahn has guaranteed a 7th season for the 2009 end season.

Production

Conception

Mark Schwahn originally planned for One Tree Hill to be a feature length film, under the name of Ravens. He pitched the idea around town but under the advice of a WB front man, he revised the movie into an hour long teen drama series. Tree Hill is a fictional town, named from the song "One Tree Hill" by U2 (Which is, in turn, named after a landmark in New Zealand). Schwahn had named the town "Tree Hill" because while he was writing the idea for the show he had been listening to the album The Joshua Tree by U2. The show was to be called An Unkindness of Ravens until the network asked Schwahn to change it. Ravens made the show seem more sports-centered and seeing as their lead-in was Gilmore Girls, a show with a largely female audience, it would be better to change the name to broaden the show's appeal. So Schwahn renamed the show One Tree Hill, appropriately so. At the start of the show, fans often asked Schwahn why the show was named One Tree Hill when the town was just called Tree Hill. The question is ostensibly answered when Karen tells Lucas in Episode 1.22 that "There is only one Tree Hill - and it's your home." 1, Tree Hill is also the address of Tree Hill High School.

Episode format

Episodes follow a regular structure. An episode usually begins with a recap of events relevant to the upcoming narrative; however this is sometimes dropped due to time constraints. During the first four seasons, the theme tune would be played either immediately after the recap, or after the first few scenes. Whenever an episode features sensitive or violent subjects, or when an episode's running length is close to the total allotted time, there are no opening credits but only One Tree Hill written on a black background. Since the beginning of Season Five, the theme tune was abandoned, and it continues with the intertitle on a black background.

One Tree Hill is known for its numerous voiceovers featuring either literary quotes or characters reflecting on events of the episode. Most of them are made by Chad Michael Murray's character Lucas Scott, however there have been several occurrences where other characters have done so. James Lafferty, Sophia Bush, Hilarie Burton, Bethany Joy Galeotti and Paul Johansson have narrated various episodes in their starring roles as Nathan Scott, Brooke Davis, Peyton Sawyer, Haley James Scott and Dan Scott. Guest stars Bryan Greenberg, Sheryl Lee, Torrey DeVitto and Ashley Rickards have given their voice to an episode each, playing the roles of Jake Jagielski, Ellie Harp, Carrie and Sam Walker. There have also been episodes that feature multiple narrators. Cast members Lee Norris, Antwon Tanner, Danneel Harris and Jackson Brundage voiced their characters Mouth, Skills, Rachel and Jamie. Characters who interact with the main cast such as Bevin, Chase, Shelly and Glenda helped to narrate the joint episodes being portrayed by Bevin Prince, Stephen Colletti, Elisabeth Harnois and Amber Wallace.

Cast

Main article: Characters of One Tree Hill

Original cast

Chad Michael Murray portrays Lucas Scott, the son that Dan never claimed. This led to Keith being the father figure in his life. He and Nathan start out as enemies but bond as friends and as brothers as the show progresses. Lucas' best friend is Haley and he has been a romantic interest for both Peyton and Brooke. Lucas has a serious heart condition, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) which he concealed for a long time. Aside from basketball, his greatest passion is literature and quotes from the books he reads are used on the show. In Season Five, he is a successful writer and head coach of the Ravens basketball team. He was in a relationship with his editor, Lindsey Strauss but conflicted by his feelings for former love Peyton, causing Lindsey to leave him at the altar. In the season finale, he asks one of Brooke, Peyton or Lindsey to marry him. It is revealed that he chooses Peyton. The two then fly off to Las Vegas to get married but felt that it wasn't romantic enough. So, they fly home to Tree Hill to have the wedding there. Lucas is now currently undergoing plans to turn his book Ravens into a movie. Peyton has now discovered that she is pregnant with Lucas' baby. They are now expecting their first child.

James Lafferty portrays Nathan Scott, the son that Dan did claim, although his relationships with both his parents are strained at the best of times. Nathan marries Haley in Season One and they renew their vows in Season Three, and later becomes a father to James Lucas "Jamie" Scott in Season Four. In Season One, he and Lucas start out as enemies, but bond as friends and brothers as the show progresses. Nathan is the star player of the Ravens and is named "Most Valuable Player" in Season Four. Also, in Season Four, he is investigated for shaving points. He loses his basketball scholarship to Duke University because he admits to shaving points in two games. Basketball has always been his greatest passion and he sees it as his "way out", but in Season Five, a fight leaves Nathan near-paralyzed and his dreams shattered, though he later regains the use of his legs and slowly starts to make a comeback in basketball. Nathan started playing "slam ball" but after being attacked by a rival, Jamie told him to stop, being scared that Nathan would end up hurt again.

Hilarie Burton portrays Peyton Sawyer, whose two greatest passions in life are music and art; she is an expert in the punk rock genre and uses her art to express the issues that play out in her life. Brooke Davis is her best friend while also having Haley to talk to. In season three, she discovers that she is actually adopted. She meets her biological father and discovers he is also a musician but he ends up not meeting her expectations, she also meets her half-brother, Derek. After getting to know her birth mother, Ellie, she loses her to breast cancer. In Season Five, a lonely Peyton is working for a record company in LA. While in LA, Lucas asked Peyton to marry him, but she wasn't ready for marriage. She and Brooke decide to return to Tree Hill, where she starts her own record label, Red Bedroom Records, and battles her feelings for Lucas as he was engaged to Lindsey, who then leaves him at the alter after she believes that Lucas still loves Peyton. In the Season 5 finale Lucas is waiting at the airport and asks either Lindsey, Brooke or Peyton to go with him to Las Vegas to get married. It is then revealed that Lucas chooses Peyton The two then fly off to Las Vegas to get married but felt that it wasn't romantic enough. So, they fly home to Tree Hill to have the wedding there. Peyton has a health scare after collapsing in her office. She then discovers she is pregnant with Lucas' baby. They are now expecting their first child.

Bethany Joy Galeotti portrays Haley James Scott, Lucas' best friend, Nathan's wife and Jamie's mother. She is an extremely intelligent woman with high morals. She marries Nathan in Season One and they renew their vows in Season Three, while Season Four sees her give birth to her son, Jamie. In season two, she had a great musical career opportunity. She made songs with the help of Chris Keller, a selfish, arrogant person who kisses her, angering Nathan. She goes on tour, leaving Nathan behind. In early season three, Nathan and Haley had relationship issues, but eventually overcame their issues. In season three, at Brooke's request she becomes a cheerleader. In season four she gets hit by a car that Dante was driving. In Season Five, as well as balancing roles as a wife and mother, she is an English teacher at Tree Hill High and is also seen to be planning a musical comeback. She is good friends with Lucas, Peyton, Brooke, Skills, Mouth and Lindsey. In season five she tries very hard to help with a difficult student, Quentin, who was later killed in season 6.

Sophia Bush portrays Brooke Davis, captain of the cheerleading squad. She is Peyton's best friend throughout most of the series. Feisty and flirtatious, she dated Lucas twice but neither time their relationship works out. In Season Three, she creates a clothing line, "Clothes Over Bros". In Season Five, Brooke has made Clothes Over Bros a household name, but despite her success, she is unhappy in her personal life so she and Peyton return to Tree Hill where Brooke turns a now-closed Karen's Café into a Clothes Over Bros store. She then reveals her desire to have a baby and looks after Baby Angie, who is in the US for heart surgery. Brooke is devastated when the time comes for Angie to return to her home country. In season 6, Brooke is attacked and robbed at her store. She then buys a gun and asks Deb to teach her how to use it. Later on, she gives up her company to her mother, Victoria and tells her she's no longer her daughter. Brooke then fosters a rebellious teenage girl named Sam.

Paul Johansson portrays Dan Scott, a once great basketball player, who is father to both Nathan and Lucas, although he never wanted anything to do with the latter. After his marriage to Deb crumbles and she and Nathan try to rid themselves of him, Dan's evil comes to the forefront. After Dan finds Deb sleeping with his brother, Keith, a war begins between the two brothers, culminating with Dan fatally shooting his brother in Season Three, believing that Keith had set his car dealership alight. After discovering that Deb was actually behind the fire, Dan tried to make amends by supporting Karen through her pregnancy and started to turn over a new leaf. However, after Lucas discovers he is Keith's murderer, he is placed in jail. Four years later, he is granted parole and tries to redeem himself to his family, because he is dying of HCM. In the season finale, he is knocked down by a car moments before his beeper goes off to inform him that he is ready for his heart transplant. It is revealed that in the new season Carrie (the crazy lady who was once Jamie's nanny) was the one who hit Dan in the car accident. She intends to use him to get Jamie. After she gets him she intends to kill Dan. Haley ends up saving Dan.

Barry Corbin portrays Coach Brian "Whitey" Durham, the Ravens coach for thirty-five years, retiring in Season Four. He and Dan never saw eye-to-eye and often bickered over their differing opinions on the team. Whitey often laments the death of his wife, Camilla, and the fact that he didn't spend more time with her while she was alive. He retires after the Ravens finally win him his much-coveted State Championship title in Season Four but later takes a coaching position in a college three hours away from Tree Hill, so that Nathan has the chance to play college basketball.

Craig Sheffer portrays Keith Scott, Dan's older, kinder, under-achieving brother. After Dan chose Deb over Karen, Keith helped Karen to raise Lucas (acting as a surrogate father to him) and fell in love with her but they only got together in Season Three. He had a recurring drinking problem and an ongoing rivalry with his brother which involved him sleeping with Deb and Dan paying Jules to seduce Keith and then dump him to get back at Keith for this. When Dan mistook him for the one who tried to kill him in the dealership fire, he shot him after the siege at Tree Hill High, killing him instantly. Since his death, Karen has given birth to Keith's daughter, Lily Roe-Scott. Keith has been haunting Dan as a teen and as an adult ghost, but later forgives him for what he has done. He has guided his nephews (Lucas and Nathan) as a sort of Guardian angel throughout Season Four.

Moira Kelly portrays Karen Roe, Lucas' mother. Dan abandoned her after she became pregnant in high school and with a lot of help from Dan's brother (and in later years, Karen's lover and father of her second child) Keith, Karen raised Lucas alone. Karen is devastated by Keith's death in Season Three. In Season Four, she gets close to Dan again before learning that he was the one who killed Keith and has given birth to Keith's daughter, whom she names Lily Roe Scott. In Season Five, Karen is traveling the world with Lily and when she returns for Lucas' wedding, she is accompanied by Andy Hargrove.

Additional cast

Barbara Alyn Woods portrays Deb Scott, Dan's neurotic ex-wife and Nathan's mother. Married to Dan for seventeen years, she eventually divorces him in Season Three, her hatred of him driving her to attempt to kill him at one point. Deb battles a pill addiction in Season Two and again in Season Four, but overcomes it for good the second time. In Season Five, she returns after an unexplained absence to be Jamie's nanny and begins a surprising and secretive sexual relationship with Skills.

Lee Norris portrays Marvin "Mouth" McFadden, one of Lucas' oldest friends, originating from the River Court. He is somewhat unlucky in love, being the victim of Brooke's unrequited love in Season Two, being dumped by Erica when she becomes popular and falling for Rachel, only to get sidelined for the older Cooper. GiGi, his co-sports announcer, has also broken up with him after only seeing him for a few weeks and Shelly Simon runs out on him after he loses his virginity to her. In Season Five, he has a fling with his boss, Alice, before finally settling down with Millicent. Mouth becomes a sports commentator in Season Five, having commentated at the Ravens' games throughout High School but quits his job in the season finale. In season 6, he moves out of town with Millicent but she comes back to help Brooke and he follows her. He gets his job back and his intern ends up being Gigi, who seems to like him.

Antwon Tanner portrays Antwon "Skills" Taylor, one of Lucas' oldest friends, originating from the River Court. He takes on a more prominent role in Season Four when he fills Lucas' vacancy on the Ravens. In Season Five, he becomes the assistant Head Coach of The Ravens basketball team and lives with Mouth, Junk and Fergie. He and his high school girlfriend Bevin Mirskey are no longer together in Season Five and Skills begins a sexual relationship with Deb after meeting each other online.

Danneel Harris portrays Rachel Gatina, who moves to Tree Hill in Season Three. After joining the cheerleading squad, she instantly clashes with Brooke as she pursues Lucas, although Brooke and Rachel later become friends. Rachel gets close to Mouth but sidelines him for Cooper, who dumps Rachel when he finds out she lied about her true age. After Nathan and Haley's wedding, Cooper and Rachel have an altercation in the limo which causes it to veer off the Molina Bridge and into the water. Nathan rescues Rachel and she develops a crush on him but backs off when she discovers that Haley is pregnant. Rachel takes the fall for a calculus exam she stole with Brooke and, to protect her new friend, is expelled from Tree Hill High. In Season Five, Rachel is a former employee of Brooke's and a heroin addict who takes an overdose after being fired by her friend. Brooke brings Rachel back to Tree Hill to help get her life back on track but Rachel leaves again, taking a load of Brooke's cash with her, after an encounter with Victoria.

Jackson Brundage portrays Jamie Scott, Nathan and Haley's son. Jamie is seen as cute and adorable, and sees his dad, Nathan as a role-model. He is first introduced in season 4, and continues throughout season 5 and 6, where he at age 5. In seasons 5 and 6, Nanny Carrie, his former nanny, has a special interest in Jamie and wants him to be her son. As revealed in season 6, Nanny Carrie lost her son, who was around Jamie's age.

Lisa Goldstein portrays Millicent Huxtable, Brooke's assistant for Clothes over Bros. She is involved in a romantic relationship with Marvin "Mouth" McFadden. In the six season premiere, she moves to Omaha with him. She returns to Tree Hill during the fifth episode to work for Brooke in her new store.

Plot

Main article: List of One Tree Hill episodes

There were 22 episodes in Season 1, 23 episodes in Season 2, 22 episodes in Season 3, 21 episodes in Season 4, 18 episodes in Season 5, and 24 episodes have been ordered for Season 6.

Sponsored plot elements

AT&T is prominently inserted into the show as a sponsor. Most of the characters on the show have AT&T Mobility (and earlier, Cingular) cell phones. The company has given One Tree Hill fans the chance to make several choices about the shows plot. The first was whether or not Nathan and Taylor would kiss when they met at the 'Swinging Donkey' bar in Season Two; the fans chose for them not to. The second was what Nathan and Haley's second wedding song would be in the finale of Season Three; the fans chose "More Than Anyone" by Gavin DeGraw. The company also allowed the fans to choose which band would perform at the senior prom in Season Four; the fans chose Within Reason, a band from Birmingham, Alabama.

Sunkist is another sponsor which can be spotted at concerts in episodes such as "When it Isn't Like it Should Be" and "Just Watch the Fireworks", in the characters' fridges, and on the school's vending machines. It held a contest to choose which town the characters would visit in "It Gets the Worst at Night", and Honey Grove, Texas won.

Nike makes multiple appearances in the show. The Tree Hill high school basketball team wore Nike jerseys and shoes. Almost all athletic shoes worn by Nathan during his basketball run were Nike shoes. The characters also make references to Nike athletes including Kobe Bryant, Lebron James, and Carmelo Anthony. Nike also provided the film crew with their own sweater vests for season 5. [1]

In Episode 4.04: "Can't Stop This Thing We Started", Rachel took part in a Maxim photoshoot which mirrored a real life photoshoot for Danneel Harris, Hilarie Burton and Sophia Bush, in stores on October 14, 2006, where Danneel wore the same outfit as her character.

In Episode 4.07: "All These Things That I've Done", America's Next Top Model winner of a challenge, CariDee English got to play a small role as a model named Tia in a fashion show.

Last year, Macy's had a competition to win a walk-on role on the show. The winner would get to spend time with the cast, see the show in production, attend a charity event and appear in one episode.

In Episode 5.17: "Hate is Safer Than Love", Mia, played by Kate Voegele agrees to take part in both Rock the Vote and a Starburst funded concert.

Season 1

Main article: One Tree Hill (season 1)

See also: List of One Tree Hill episodes § Season 1

One Tree Hill commenced on September 23, 2003. The first season finale aired on May 11, 2004.

The first season deals with the first half of Lucas's, Peyton's, Nathan's, Haley's and Brooke's junior years (up to the first game of the State Championship). Major storylines include the rivalry between Nathan and Lucas, the blossoming of Haley and Nathan's relationship, the set-up of the Brooke-Lucas-Peyton love triangle, the parents's own love quadrangle and the basketball state championship.Also with the series finale ending with an unexpected change to two characters lives!

Season 2

Main article: One Tree Hill (season 2)

See also: List of One Tree Hill episodes § Season 2

The second season consisted of 23 episodes and ran from September 21, 2004 to May 24, 2005.

This season dealt with the arrival in town of the Taggaro family, who had left their previous home due to rumors concerning their daughter Anna. It marked a move away from the love triangle as it explored numerous romances (Anna & Lucas, Jake & Peyton and Brooke & Felix). Haley and Nathan's marriage hitting the rocks as well as the repercussion of Dan's genetic disease (especially on Lucas)also plague this season. Karen goes back to school, beginning a relationship with a younger teacher in addition to starting the Tric club. Also in this season, a troubled Deb struggles with an addiction.

Season 3

Main article: One Tree Hill (season 3)

See also: List of One Tree Hill episodes § Season 3

The third season consisted of 22 episodes and aired between October 5, 2005 and May 3, 2006.

This season featured the arrival of trouble-maker Rachel Gatina, who would stir drama in the Lucas-Brooke relationship. It would also follow the journey of Haley and Nathan towards getting back together and put a final point to Jake's storyline. Another major storyline was Dan trying to exact revenge on the one who tried to murder him. It featured a major episode involving most of the main cast in a hostage situation at Tree Hill High, culminating in the death of one of the main cast.

Season 4

Main article: One Tree Hill (season 4)

See also: List of One Tree Hill episodes § Season 4

The fourth season consisted of 21 episodes and ran from September 27, 2006 to June 13, 2007.

This season dealt with Brooke and Lucas's break-up, leading to a Peyton-Lucas reconciliation, as well as the pregnancy of a main cast member. It also followed Dan's attempt at redemption, despite the fact that someone knows what he did, and at rekindling his romance with Karen. It also saw Rachel and Brooke's frienship blossom and be put to the test, over men and school troubles.

Season 5

Main article: One Tree Hill (season 5)

See also: List of One Tree Hill episodes § Season 5

The fifth season began airing on January 8, 2008 and concluded on May 19, 2008.

This season featured the beginning of the cast's journey into adulthood after a four-and-a-half-year long gap, including the hardships in Nathan and Haley's marriage, Peyton dealing with the fact that Lucas now had someone else in his life, Brooke trying to find a purpose after having reached success in her work life, Mouth's struggles at his job and a new state championship, this time with Lucas, Skills and Nathan as coaches.

Season 6

Main article: One Tree Hill (season 6)

See also: List of One Tree Hill episodes § Season 6

On March 3, 2008 The CW announced that One Tree Hill will be renewed for a sixth season. The new season started airing on September 1, 2008 on Mondays at 9/8c following Gossip Girl. Although season 5 has finshed airing, E4 (the UK broadcaster of One Tree Hill) has confirmed that Season 6 will be shown on their channel but not until either the 19th or 26th of January 2009.

This season deals with Brooke trying her hand at motherhood, Peyton and Lucas's new romance, Lucas's book being made into a movie, Mouth and Millie's troubles to make work and their relationship function together Nathan and Haley trying to reach their dreams as well as tying up loose ends from pre-strike storylines. It also features the death of one character which greatly affects the others.

Music

Music plays a huge part in both the plot and the movement of the scenes throughout an episode. Several scenes are tied together seamlessly at the end of each show and the song, which is usually played in its entirety, helps create a singular mood from seemingly unconnected events. Many of the episodes in One Tree Hill are named after songs.

The show has a long list of artists that have participated in the show; Gavin DeGraw, Sheryl Crow, Michelle Branch, The Wreckers, Tyler Hilton, Jimmy Eat World, The Honorary Title, Fall Out Boy, Nada Surf, Jack's Mannequin, Michelle Featherstone, Lupe Fiasco and Within Reason. Season Five featured Kate Voegele in an important character role as Mia Catallano, The Honorary Title and Kevin Federline in another character role as Jason. Bethany Joy Galeotti who plays Haley James Scott, Bryan Greenberg who played Jake Jagielski and Tyler Hilton who played Chris Keller have also performed on the show. Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz appeared in an episode after the band's performance as himself, in a storyline where he became a love-interest for Peyton. Other well-known bands whose songs have featured on the show include: Stereophonics, Angels & Airwaves, Mclusky, Snow Patrol, Keane, Starsailor, Travis, Feeder, Dashboard Confessional, Pink, The Cure, Switchfoot and Foo Fighters.

The show has released three soundtrack albums: One Tree Hill - Music From The WB Television Series, Vol. 1, Friends with Benefit: Music from the Television Series One Tree Hill, Volume 2 and The Road Mix: Music from the Television Series One Tree Hill, Volume 3. Proceeds of the second soundtrack go to the National Breast Cancer Foundation to tie in with a storyline on the show involving breast cancer. On November 13 2008, iTunes published a soundtrack called "Music From One Tree Hill" that contained songs from the first half of the sixth season. [2]

Mark Schwahn has revealed that he names each episode after a particular song that has something in common with the theme of the episode. For example, episode 1.01 ("The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most") is named after a Dashboard Confessional song of the same name. In this episode, Lucas realizes that basketball, which had once been his safe place, is now the place that he has come to fear the most after joining the Ravens.

One Tree Hill also made history by having Led Zeppelin's song "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" in its Season 3 finale. Led Zeppelin has never licensed their songs on network TV (the only other time was on HBO's cable series The Sopranos). One Tree Hill is the first non-cable network television series to ever have a licensed Led Zeppelin song on their show.

Guest artists

In addition to featuring popular indie music on the show, many artists have also guest-starred. The show has used the musical aspirations of two characters (Peyton and Haley) to integrate the guest storylines. The in-universe bar and dance-club 'TRIC' and 'Karen's Café' have been the settings of most of the musical performances. The season with most performances is Season 3, which also saw the release of a second soundtrack for the show.

• Gavin DeGraw Episode: 1.10 "You Gotta Go There To Come Back"
• Sheryl Crow Episode: 1.15 "The First Cut Is The Deepest"
• The Wreckers Episode: 2.12 "The Hero Dies In This One"
• Jimmy Eat World Episode: 2.22 "The Tide That Left And Never Came Back"
• Fall Out Boy Episode: 3.04 "An Attempt To Tip The Scales" and Episode: 3.15 "Just Watch The Fireworks"
• Nada Surf Episode: 3.11 "Return Of The Future"
• Jack's Mannequin Episode: 3.15 "Just Watch The Fireworks"
• Michelle Featherstone Episode: 3.22 "The Show Must Go On"
• Lupe Fiasco Episode: 4.04 "Can't Stop This Thing We Started"
• Within Reason Episode: 4.16 "You Call It Madness, But I Call It Love"
• The Honorary Title Episode: 5.07 "In da Club"
• John Doe (musician) Episode 6.04 "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
• Grace Potter Episode 6.07 "Messin' With the Kid"
• Enation Episode 6.10 "Even Fairy Tale Characters Would be Jealous"(as backing band for Bethany Joy Galeotti)
• Angels & Airwaves Episode 6.10 "Even Fairy Tale Characters Would Be Jealous"
• Everly (group) Episode 6.11 "We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me)"

Syndication

On February 7, 2007, SOAPnet announced that it would be picking up reruns of The O.C. and One Tree Hill. The deal made with the show's production company, Warner Brothers, states that SOAPnet holds on to the option of picking up the fifth season for syndication. The show airs at 1:00 p.m. and again at 2:00 p.m. EST followed by two hours of The O.C. and Beverly Hills, 90210

Ratings

Seasonal rankings (based on average total viewers per episode) of One Tree Hill on The WB and The CW.

Season	Timeslot	Season premiere	Season finale	TV seasons	Rank	Viewers (in millions)
1st	Tuesday 9/8c	September 23, 2003	May 11, 2004	2003-2004	#173	3.5
2nd		September 21, 2004	May 24, 2005	2004-2005	#117	4.5
3rd	Wednesday 8/7c	October 5, 2005	May 3, 2006	2005-2006	#139	2.8
4th	Wednesday 9/8c	September 27, 2006	June 13, 2007	2006-2007	#136	2.9
5th	Tuesday 8/7C (January 8) Tuesday 9/8C (January 8 - March 18) Monday 9/8C (April 14 - May 19)	January 8, 2008	May 19, 2008	2008	#184	3.3
6th	Monday 9/8c	September 1, 2008	Spring 2009	2008-2009	#107	3.5

In its third season, The WB moved the show from Tuesday to Wednesday. After it was moved, the show suffered a ratings decline which many thought was due to the timeslot change. A landmark episode in the third season, "With Tired Eyes, Tired Minds, Tired Souls, We Slept," which featured two tragic deaths, aired on March 1, 2006, raking in a 2.5/4 rating, which was the highest rating for Season Three. The May 3, 2006 season finale pulled in a 2.3/4 rating with a 1.4 rating for adults 18-49, the show's biggest audience in that season with the exception of the episode on March 1.

With the announcement that The WB and UPN would be merging to create one network, The CW, rumors of cancellation soon surfaced. This was brought on by The CW executives stating that only the best shows from both networks would be back in the fall. The WB issued statements that they were 100% behind the show and that no cancellation was in the works.

The CW's schedule was officially released on Thursday, May 18, 2006, confirming One Tree Hill's place in the program line-up, where it still airs on Wednesdays, but at a later time of 9/8C. Filming started on July 20, 2006, and the Season Four premiere aired on Wednesday, September 27, 2006. The premiere earned a 2.5/4 rating, which equalled Season Three's highest rating. Season Four's ratings have benefited from having the hit show America's Next Top Model as a lead-in, especially against strong competition on other networks. The ninth episode in the fourth season, "Some You Give Away," which featured two main characters in a life-threatening cliffhanger, had an audience of 4.21 million, which was the highest rating since the 2004-2005 season..

The CW announced in March 2008 that One Tree Hill will return for a sixth season. In a press release issued in May, The CW said that The show will continue to air Monday nights at 9:00pm following Gossip Girl, and will return on September 1, 2008. The 6th season premiered to 3.25 million viewers.

Europe

In Europe, One Tree Hill is rather popular. Some European countries have changed the name of the show, thus One Tree Hill is called "Les frères Scott" (The Scott Brothers) in France, Belgium and Switzerland. The show is very popular in France where the beginning of the 5th season was followed by almost 3 million viewer during Saturday afternoon.

DVD releases

Seasons One through Five of One Tree Hill have been released on DVD in Regions 1, 2 and 4. DVD releases typically include commentary by cast and crew members on a select number of episodes, deleted scenes, gag reels and some featurettes. Information on DVD release is available in each individual season article.

Complete season	Release dates
	Region 1 (United States)	Region 2 (United Kingdom)	Region 4 (Australia)
1st	January 25, 2005	September 5, 2005	February 1, 2006
2nd	September 13, 2005	April 10, 2006	September 6, 2006
3rd	September 26, 2006	October 23, 2006	July 4, 2007
4th	December 18, 2007	April 7, 2008	June 4, 2008
5th	August 26, 2008	October 6, 2008	June/July 2009

External links

• Official Website
• One Tree Hill at IMDb
• One Tree Hill at TV.com
• One Tree Hill Streaming episodes on theWB