Årets Viktigaste TV-vecka? [CW]

Okej.
Sista rycket nu för er som gillar amerikansk TV…och för er som absolut inte vill läsa mera utan längtar efter annat bloggande...och då har vi kommit till den minsta och nyaste av de rikstäckande kanalerna; CW...kanalen som främst riktar sig till ungdomar.

Kanalen har haft ett ganska motigt år. Den enda riktigt stora, nya serien (de behöll mest guldkornen från de två kanaler den bildades av; The WB och UPN) Runaway totalfloppade, och efter sin första säsong som ny kanal är facit att de dessutom lagt ned två av TVs absoluta långkörare (och största framgångar) Gilmore Girls och 7th Heaven, och - till ett rasande fan-fyllt internets stora förtvivlan – har de även skrotat kritikerfavoriten Veronica Mars. Hann tyvärr själv aldrig börja se det...men det är klart ett par DVD-boxar att införskaffa fram över har jag hört från en hel del (både väntade och oväntade) håll.

Kvar blir såklart deras två största succé America's Next Top Model (Halleluhja!) och Smallville, spökserien Supernatural som fick förnyat förtroende efter att ha ökat både i publiksiffror och kvalité under våren, och Chad Michael Murray-tonårssåpan One Tree Hill – som kommer göras om helt och hoppa fyra år framåt i tiden (och därmed låta skådisarna spela karaktärer lite närmare deras verkliga ålder). Dessutom fortsätter komedin Everybody Hates Chris och musiksåpan Pussycat Dolls Present... (fast frågan är om de verkligen ska leta fram ännu en docka den här säsongen? Hur många får plats i den där gruppen liksom?)

Så här ser en vecka i CWs sällskap ut i alla fall:

Måndag:
20.00 Everybody Hates Chris
20.30 Aliens in America – NEW! Komediserie om kulturkrockar mellan kristna och muslimer. (se A) Inte en enda intressesmurf i sikte hos Oswald, tyvärr.
21.00 Girlfriends
22.00 The Game

Tisdag:
20. 00 Beauty and the Geek
21.00 Reaper – NEW! Lovande nyhet (på pappret) om en kille som upptäcker att han föräldrar sålde hans själ till satan när han var liten, och att den onde nu vill ha honom som prisjägare jagandes andra själar som försökt fly… I'm totally in to this one! (se B)

Onsdag:
20.00 America's Next Top Model – Jamennivetju: Inte ens vilda hästar kan hålla mig borta från det här programmet. TV-love in its purest form.
21.00 Gossip Girl – NEW! Självklart ska jag även kolla in The O.C-skaparen Josh Schwartz nya serie om rika ungdomar på Manhattan som får allt sitt skvaller från den hemlige bloggaren Gossip Girl (se C). Hoppas helt klart på såpasnask a' la' Bevvan och O.C.

Torsdag:
20.00 Smallville
21.00 Supernatural – Ställs återigen mot CSI och Grey's Anatomy i de andra kanalerna på veckans tuffaste tid…

Söndag:
20.00 Life is Wild – NEW! Med risk för att få äta upp det om det blir en innovativ hit så låter det som en hemskt smörig sak a' la' 7th heaven, när en familj flyttar till Sydafrika och börjar rädda djur… Krääääks. (se D)
21.00 America's Next Top Model (Repris)

A) Aliens in America
Justin Tolchuk is a sensitive, lanky 16-year-old just trying to make it through the social nightmare of high school in Medora, Wisconsin, with the help of his well-meaning mom Franny, aspiring-entrepreneur dad Gary, and his popular sister Claire, who is sweetly unaware of how good-looking she is.
When Franny signs up for the school's international exchange student program, she pictures an athletic, brilliant Nordic teen who will bestow instant coolness on her outsider son. However, when the Tolchuk's exchange student arrives, he turns out to be Raja Musharaff, a 16-year-old Pakistani Muslim.
Despite the cultural chasm between them, Justin and Raja quickly develop an unlikely friendship that just might allow them to navigate the minefield that is contemporary high school. It's going to be a very interesting year for Raja, Justin, his family and the entire population of Medora.

B) Reaper
For the first 20 years of his life, Sam wondered why his parents went so easy on him. Whether it was school, sports or career choices, Sam's mom and dad always let him get by with the least possible effort, while at the same time pressuring his younger brother Keith to excel.
As a result, Sam skipped college, took a dead-end job and now wastes endless hours playing video games and wishing he had the guts to ask out his pretty co-worker, Andi. Everything in his slacker world changes the day Sam turns 21 and discovers the ungodly reason his parents let him slide: they sold his soul to the devil before he was born.
Satan himself drops by to personally explain that Sam must now serve as his bounty hunter, tracking down evil souls that have escaped and returning them to Hell. At first, Sam refuses to accept his bizarre fate, but after getting just a glimpse of Satan's temper, Sam realizes that breaking a deal with the devil has consequences that are very, very bad.
Armed with a constantly changing series of vessels - starting with a Dirt Devil mini-vacuum - to collect the escapees, Sam immediately finds that the work is dangerous and frightening, even with the goofball help of his friends and fellow slackers.
Still, as weird and scary as his life has become, Sam is surprised to find that he somehow feels good about his newfound "mission" - removing evil-doers from the world and sending them back where they belong. With his friends and his trusty vessel-of-the-week at his side, Sam is ready to face his destiny as the Reaper.

C) Gossip Girl
The privileged prep school teens on Manhattan's Upper East Side first learn that Serena Van Der Woodsen is back in town the way they learn all the important news in their lives - from the blog of the all-knowing albeit ultra-secretive Gossip Girl.
No one knows Gossip Girl's identity, but everyone in this exclusive and complicated vicious circle relies on her text messages for the latest scoop. Serena's closest friend, Blair, is just as surprised as everyone else to find that Serena has suddenly ended her self-imposed exile to boarding school and returned to Manhattan.
The tension between Blair and Serena isn't lost on Gossip Girl, who is determined to uncover and fuel any and all scandals. Does it involve Serena's brother Eric, Blair's boyfriend Nate or Nate's buddy Chuck? Maybe it has something to do with Dan and his sister Jenny, whose middle-class background keeps them on the fringes of this exclusive clique.
Even the parents - from Serena's mother Lily, a former ballerina/rock-groupie, to Nate's high-powered father Howie "The Captain" Archibald, to Dan and Jenny's dad Rufus, a former rocker turned art gallery owner - are aware that their sons and daughters are constantly checking their Sidekicks to read Gossip Girl's latest sightings and overheard tidbits. Overriding all the shifting friendships, jealousies and turmoil in this wealthy and complex world, the central mystery remains: Who Is Gossip Girl?

D) Life is Wild
Katie Clarke may never forgive her veterinarian father, Danny for dragging their entire blended family out of New York City to spend a year living in a broken-down lodge called The Blue Antelope in a game reserve deep inside South Africa.
Everyone in the family, including Katie's 11-year-old brother Chase, Danny's second wife Jo, her rebellious teenage son Jesse and 7-year-old daughter, Mia, is sure Danny has lost his mind. But Danny's reasons go beyond his desire to keep his troubled family together while making a difference in the lives of the people and animals of South Africa: his deceased first wife Claire grew up at The Blue Antelope and it's still home to her reclusive father Art.
After just a few days in South Africa, the family has already encountered an injured lioness, a lost cub, and a gentle giraffe. They've also met a few locals, including a handsome young Brit, Oliver Banks and his twin sister Emily, whose father Colin Banks, runs a safari business for wealthy tourists, and Tumelo, a teen who dreams of becoming a veterinarian.
While they are definitely outsiders, Katie and the rest of the family are nevertheless beginning to love the breathtaking vistas of the bush country and the vibrant culture enveloping them. A year in this strange but beautiful place might not be so bad after all.