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

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 | Coach | High School Basketball | Half Brother

Awards:

2 wins & 23 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Mon. Nov. 16	8:00 PM	CW	You Are a Runner and I Am Father	#7.10
Mon. Nov. 23	8:00 PM	CW	4:30 a.m. (Apparently They Were Traveling Abroad)	#7.1

Cast

James Lafferty	...	Nathan Scott (140 episodes, 2003-2009)
Bethany Joy Galeotti	...	Haley James Scott / ... (140 episodes, 2003-2009)
Sophia Bush	...	Brooke Davis (139 episodes, 2003-2009)
Paul Johansson	...	Dan Scott (139 episodes, 2003-2009)
Chad Michael Murray	...	Lucas Scott (130 episodes, 2003-2009)
Hilarie Burton	...	Peyton Sawyer / ... (130 episodes, 2003-2009)
Lee Norris	...	Marvin 'Mouth' McFadden / ... (119 episodes, 2003-2009)
Barbara Alyn Woods	...	Deb Scott / ... (100 episodes, 2003-2009)
Moira Kelly	...	Karen Roe (90 episodes, 2003-2009)
Antwon Tanner	...	Skills / ... (89 episodes, 2003-2009)
Barry Corbin	...	Coach Whitey Durham (86 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:

James Lafferty is the only regular cast member to be the actual teenager playing a high school student even though he's already 20 years old by the end of season two.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Nathan is seen wearing a blue shirt under his white uniform. A teammate is wearing a white undershirt. In the rules of national high school basketball, it is illegal for teammates to have different colored undershirts as well as having a color that is not the same as their uniform.

Quotes:

Lucas 'Luke' Scott: I should go.
Haley James: Lucas, wait.
Lucas 'Luke' Scott: No, I should go. I thought you weren't ready. I didn't mean to - it's just - I thought you were going to wait until you got married, Haley.
Haley James: What?
Lucas 'Luke' Scott: I thought you were going to wait.
Haley James: We did.
Lucas 'Luke' Scott: What?
Haley James: We, um -
[hold up her left hand]
Haley James: - we got married last night.

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.