Good News For CW

Wowza! The CW Network is doing pretty well! Six series have been slated to return in the fall on the network. Fans of "Gossip Girl," "One Tree Hill, "90210," the Thursday combo of "Smallville" and "Supernatural" and the reality hit "America's Next Top Model," can breathe easy. All these shows have been renewed and are coming back for all new seasons.

Awaiting a decision regarding its fate is freshman drama "Privileged," which has developed a strong fan base but has been a modest ratings performer.

All new episodes of 'One Tree Hill' and 'Gossip Girl' will return on March 16th.

Melrose Place Spin-Off News

If fans of 90's television were happy about the CW's 90210 spin-off then they will be estatic to hear that the network is now in the final planning stages of a Melrose Place spin-off. No writers or producers have been attached to the project at this time, but the creative juices are certainly flowing. They managed to get Shannen Dougherty to return as Brenda Walsh for 90210, let's hope they can convince Heather Locklear, that Melrose Place would just not be the same without the presence of Amanda Woodward! I will be keeping my fingers crossed!

Tori Spelling returns to 90210

Another 'Beverly Hills, 90210' alum is returning to the familiar zip code. This time Tori Spelling has signed on to reprise her character Donna Martin in '90210,' The CW's spinoff of the popular 1990's soap.

'Beverly Hills, 90210' was created by Spelling's father, Aaron, and the character Donna was a good girl whose 2000 wedding to high school beau David Silver (Brian Austin Green) capped off the show in the tenth season.

"Donna loved designing and wanted a career in fashion. It'll be fun to explore that storyline," Spelling told People. "And, I'm sure fans will be dying to know if she's still married to David!"

According to a show rep, Donna will "own one of the coolest stores in Beverly Hills."

Spelling joins 'Beverly Hills, 90210' actress Jennie Garth, who is reprising her role as Kelly Taylor, who becomes a counselor at their alma mater.

"Donna Martin was such a huge part of my life. It's going to be so fun to work with Jennie again and see where Donna is today," Spelling said. "When they say you can't go home again, it's not true. I'm headed back to the zip code I know best and couldn't be happier!"

Other cast members are Rob Estes, who plays the patriarch of the clan and the principal of West Beverly Hills High. Lori Loughlin will play his wife Debbie, and Shenae Grimes will play the central character, the couple's daughter. Ryan Eggold, AnnaLynne McCord, Dustin Milligan, Michael Steger, Jessica Stroup, Jessica Walter and Tristan Wilds also have roles.

Whitney wins ANTM

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Whitney Thompson, 20, was named the winner of the tenth season of America's Next Top Model last night.

The size 8-10 U.S. "plus-size model" will receive a $100,000 contract with CoverGirl, a deal with Elite model management and a photo spread with Seventeen magazine.

"It feels amazing to be America's Next Top Model," Thompson said. "This is exactly what I want. This is exactly everything that I ever wanted since I was a little girl."

There has been speculation that Thompson won because the show has never had a fuller-figured winner.

"People always say you have to be stick-skinny, emaciated and unhealthy and I've kind of stood up for [being full-figured] my whole life," Thompson told The New York Post.

Thompson said even some of her friends did not believe she could become America's Next Top Model.

"Right before I left for the show, one of my best friends said to me, 'You're not going to go that far. You're fat,'" Thompson told People. "Every week I would remember her saying that. And every week I was like, 'In your face!'"

Tori Spelling in talks for new 90210

Tori Spelling is in negotiations with The CW to take part in the new Beverly Hills, 90210 spin-off. She would join fellow original 90210-er Jennie Garth, who recently signed on to the show.

"Jennie is already on board for the series and we have been in touch about it," Spelling told People. "I would love to see our characters Kelly and Donna together again and get the chance to work with my friend again."

Spelling, 34, has expressed an interest in taking part in the show ever since the spin-off was announced.

"It was always my dad's dream and intention to make a new 90210 before he passed, so I know he is proud and he would be even more proud if I were a part of it," Spelling said of her father, TV producer Aaron Spelling. "I truly hope for the fans' sake that it all works out!"

A rep for the station told People: "At this point, there is nothing to report."

Former cast member Ian Ziering has also said he would like to take part in the spin-off.

The WB Network is Coming Back as a Website

The Warner Bros. Television Group is bringing the WB network back as an online video site that will feature original programming as well as re-runs of WB classics such as “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.”

The WB.com is supposed to target viewers between the age of 16 and 34, and the launch of the website is an attempt to attract the attention of younger viewers who, in the digital age, spread their time between watching television shows as they air, and catching the programs streamed online at their leisure.

For example, The CW’s Gossip Girl found a following online, but failed to pull in ratings for the Network, causing the WB/UPN merger to quit streaming the show’s latest episodes over the Internet. Warner Brother’s new website will attack the issue form the opposite direction.

Producer Josh Schwartz, the writer for The O.C. and Gossip Girl, will be creating a new show for the WB.com, and according to a statement form Warner Brothers, Schwartz’s program "takes viewers to the front of the line and behind the soundboard of a fictional Hollywood rock club."

Who's gay on Gossip Girl?

It was reveled on E! that the character of Eric Verderwoodsen will be soon be outed in a shocking way during an upcoming episode of the hit CW drama, Gossip Girl. Check out the clip below for details.

Gossip Girl will no longer be streamed online

The CW announced that when Gossip Girl returns on Monday, the new episodes will no longer be streamed on their website (CWTV.com).

The first twelve episodes of the season will remain on the site and were originally made available for free a week after their airdate. The show received hundreds of thousands of viewers online which the Network believes poses a threat to the primetime airing of the show, since teens are being conditioned to watch the show online rather then when it is on television.

A CW spokesman said that “While the buzz on the show has remained strong, we decided to have it be that you can only get it on our airwaves. We’ll see if that at all impacts the numbers.”

The show has switched from Wednesday at 9:00PM to Mondays at 8:00PM and because of the WGA strike, tonight will be the first new episode of the show in three months. The new episodes will continue to be available on iTunes where Gossip Girl downloads are ranked among the highest.

Beverly Hills 90210 is Making a Comeback

The CW is planning a spin-off of the class 90’s teen soap Beverly Hills 90210, and it is rumored that the Rob Thomas, the creator of Veronica Mars, will be scripting the pilot.

90210 “The New Class” will be paired with The CWs current teen hit Gossip Girl which reveals the lives of the teenage Manhattan elite.

As a die-hard fan of 90210 while growing up—and also a fan of Veronica Mars—I for one am super psyched for the new series!