The WB:   Smallville        (4th season)

 

In the past three seasons, we have watched a young Clark Kent come to adapt to his newfound powers and his sense of secrecy, Clark has struggled through heartache with Lana Lang, and forged a turbulent relationship with Lex Luthor, the young millionaire who will eventually become his arch-enemy. After being contacted by his Kryptonian father, Jor-El, Clark makes the decision to embark on a celestial journey of self-discovery. The only problem is, Smallville needs him now more than ever before. His family's farm is ablaze, his best friends are feared dead, and there are numerous enemies determined to uncover his secrets. Now, more than ever, young Clark Kent must decide whether to answer the call and fulfill his earthbound destiny.

_______________________________________________

The WB:   The Mountain       (new show)

 

The Mountain chronicles the larger-than-life saga of the Carver family. With only sweat and determination, David Carver Sr. transformed a remote Utah mountain into the country's largest independently-owned ski resort. Upon his death, the patriarch's will sends shockwaves through his family, as he chooses the most unlikely of heirs. As a rebellious teen, David Carver, Jr. (Hudson) abandoned the close-knit Carver clan to make his own way in the world. Now he's returned to Boundary Mountain to find himself in the very eye of the family storm. The family resort, now in his name, is plagued with sagging profits, and his family, particularly his resentful older brother, questions his competence. Complicating David's decision to sell out or stay is his mother (Hershey), his combative teenage sister, and a stream of beautiful women out to snare the newly-minted mogul... not to mention a rival family that will stop at nothing to pull Boundary Mountain into their own real estate empire.

______________________________________________________

FOX:   The OC          (2nd season)

 

The hit phenomenon of last year returns for a second season following the lives of teens and thier lives of luxury in Orange Country, CA. When Sandy, a public defender, brought home own of his cases, his wife thought he was crazy. Now after a season togther Ryan, a boy from the wrong side of tracks, starts to fit in the upper class world. The gangs in for another round of melodrama, starting with Ryan. He left in the first season finale, on his way back to Chino with ex girlfriend (who happens to be pregnant with his child). Marissa was blackmailed into moving in with her mother and new husband. Last time we saw Seth he had set off on his yacht, leaving behind letters to his girlfriend and parents, upset of losing his best friend. Now with gand split who knows what we're in for.

________________________________________________
FOX:  Tru Calling                (2nd season)

 

Tru Davis leads anything but a normal life. An aspiring med student, she's less than stoken when she has to get a job at a morgue. Soon after she finds out she can save lives. Dead bodies ask her for help, the day rewinds and she has to relive the day trying to help the victim. Things get even weirder when a new guy starts to work at the morgue. Tru suspects he can do the same thing as her, and in the season finale her suspision is confirmed, just not in the way she thought. She relives days to save the victim, he relives them to make sure they stay dead and not mess with the future. Now in the new season she has to keep doing her job, and make sure he dosen't do his, all while keeping her scheming brother out of trouble and keeping her secret.

 

ABC:    Life As We Know It       (new show)

 

They say teenage boys think about sex every 15 seconds. That's 240 times an hour. And in between they cram everything else: Cheating moms. Interfering dads. Sex. Secret crushes. Pop quizzes. Sex. Clueless teachers. School cliques. Sex. It's enough to make a kid's head explode. Melvin Burgess' breakthrough novel is the basis for this series about three hormone-charged teenage boys who are trying to do something even harder than losing their virginity, and that's to grow up without totally freaking out. There's Dino, the handsome jock with the secret sensitive side; Jonathan, the artist who sees life through a camera lens; and Ben, the straight-A student who still can't make his parents happy. You know them. You grew up with them. Maybe you were them.

________________________________________________

CBS:   Joan of Arcadia           2nd season

 

Joan is not your average teenager, not even close in some aspects. You see, she talks to God. Yeah a lot of people do, but on one particular day Joan's life changed forever... the day he talked back. Now, he gives Joan assignments and who wouldn't do what he says? Sometimes this makes Joan look pretty weird. Last season she found out that the whole time she was suffering from a disease that makes her hallucinate, though that's comforting to her family, who had started to get worried about her family, it's scares Joan. Did she imagine God all those times?

 

The WB:     What I Like About You          3rd season

 

After a dreamy summer in Paris, Holly extends her romantic holiday by bringing back a certain beau mec. So much for her hunky boyfriend  and his intimate "welcome home" plans. Meanwhile, big sister Valerie has been secretly in love with her high school sweetheart - and he finally gets with the program on his wedding day! Holly's support group - Gary, Tina, and Lauren - are all coming back to guarantee that things will get extra messy in Manhattan.

__________________________________________________

NBC:      American Dreams               3rd season

Brittany Snow, Will Estes, Vanessa Lengies,

 

The Pryor family are just a typical American family trying to cope with the coming changes in the new decade of the 60s. Meg is shedding her “good girl” image as she and her outspoken best friend Roxanne  continue to pursue their dreams of making a difference as they struggle through the transition from teenager to adult. While they continue to dance on “American Bandstand,” they find -- as seniors at East Catholic High School -- that the world around them is growing ever closer with issues of the war, racism, feminism, and even teen marriage and pregnancy. Meg's brother JJ, a soldier in Vietnam, is trying to find his way home to his family and ex- fiancee who is pregnant with his child. Her mother Helen tries to hold the family together in the changing times, and her husband Jack tries to fight for business against chains popping up all over. His business partner Henry, is a black man trying to make something of himself and provide for his family after his wife death. His son Sam, who has a budding relationship with Meg, starts attending Penn University and tries to fit in with his white peers. Times are a changing, and the Pryors are to.

 

The WB     Charmed          (7th season)
Alyssa Milano, Rose McGowan, Holly Marie Combs, Brian Krause, Nick Lachey

 

The Power of Three continues to work in mysterious ways as the sisters adapt to the arrival of baby Chris - and the added responsibility of having two enchanted children underfoot. Could this be a divine signal for Piper and Leo to stop quibbling and start parenting? Meanwhile, Paige continues her quest for the perfect man (or even a couple of imperfect ones), while Phoebe desperately searches for the father of her future daughter. Given the pageant of witches, warlocks, and sexy wardrobe gracing the manor in the coming year, finding time to juggle multiple romances while fighting the forces of darkness will become increasingly challenging.

- page coming soon

_______________________________________________

The WB:   Jack and Bobby         (new show)

 

If "greatness is thrust upon us," as Winston Churchill once said, then it's equally true that those who are destined for greatness are rarely aware of it. Take Jack and Bobby McCallister, for example: two bright young brothers growing up under the watchful eye of their eccentric single mother. Her personality is a force of nature destined to shape both of these young men's lives and secure one a place in the history books - as future President of the United States. Set in present day, with flash-forward interviews of future-President McCallister's White House staffers and first lady, it's a snapshot of a young man being molded to beat the odds and become the mid-century's greatest presidential leader.