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

User Rating:

8.0/10   

Creator:

Mark Schwahn

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7

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:

High School | Basketball | Brothers | High School Basketball | Coach

Awards:

2 wins & 23 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Mon. July 6	8:00 PM	CW	Choosing My Own Way of Life	#6.6
Mon. July 13	8:00 PM	CW	We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me)	#6.11

Cast

James Lafferty	...	Nathan Scott (131 episodes, 2003-2009)
Bethany Joy Galeotti	...	Haley James Scott / ... (131 episodes, 2003-2009)
Chad Michael Murray	...	Lucas Scott (130 episodes, 2003-2009)
Hilarie Burton	...	Peyton Sawyer / ... (130 episodes, 2003-2009)
Paul Johansson	...	Dan Scott (130 episodes, 2003-2009)
Sophia Bush	...	Brooke Davis (130 episodes, 2003-2009)
Lee Norris	...	'Mouth' McFadden / ... (110 episodes, 2003-2009)
Barbara Alyn Woods	...	Deb Scott / ... (100 episodes, 2003-2009)
Moira Kelly	...	Karen Roe (90 episodes, 2003-2009)
Barry Corbin	...	Coach Whitey Durham (86 episodes, 2003-2009)
Antwon Tanner	...	Skills / ... (79 episodes, 2003-2009)
Craig Sheffer	...	Keith Scott (57 episodes, 2003-2008)

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:

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

Filming Locations:

Bellevue Cemetery, Wilmington, North Carolina, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Television

Trivia:

Jackson Brundage is the only cast member to become a regular cast member without having first appeared on the show as a guest star. He came in as a regular cast member in season 5 as Jamie, Nathan and Haley's son.

Goofs:

Continuity: Lucas's tattoo disappears and reappears after the car crash. Most of the time it is covered though because he is wearing his basketball uniform.

Quotes:

Tim Smith: [on video for time capsule] Lets see what else... um... Oh yeah, there's this new girl Anna who's into me, but I'm all...”Girl, be patient, you know? The Tim'll get to you eventually."
Anna: [coming into the room] What did he just say?
Mouth: OK, I think I got it.
Anna: Did that creepy Tim guy say I was into him?
Mouth: Um, sorta.
Anna: Ok, first of all, gross.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Jonah Hill/Mariah Carey (#33.8)" (2008)

Soundtrack:

I Don't Want To Be

This show rocks!

Once you've seen dawsons creek, saved by the bell and the OC - it becomes pretty obvious what producers of these shows are thinking. Take a set of issues provided by someone high up in the network, add some attractive 20-something actors who pretend to be teenagers and come up with a thin way to link the two. Except, this show is the best written teen drama I've ever seen. It's a laugh a minute, it doesn't try to ride the charisma or the attractiveness of the actors/actresses, it has genuinely funny short-term plots and climaxes to long-term plots. Not having American TV, I have to watch this type of teen show specifically from buying the DVD and this one is really engaging show-to-show, not jus a weekly dose to shut up fans. The slightly over-played basketball references about 'the game' are a bit tedious and so's the obscene over-emphasis on Dan Scott being an ass but this type of scene is usually followed by a funny pick-me-up scene. Definitely worth a watch.