Last week TheCW premiered The Vampire Diaries and Melrose Place and the clear winner in the rating war was The Vampire Diaries, it got the highest series premiere rating in the history of TheCW, with a grand total of 4.84 million viewers! Melrose Place on the other hand sadly didn’t make a big impression at all, with just 2.3 million viewers. Which where I’m standing, isn’t all that surprising, the promos for Melrose Place 2.0 didn’t make the series look all that interesting… unlike The Vampire Diaries which managed to won my heart with some of its first promos!
The more I see from the TheVampire Diaries or its cast, the more I’m falling in love with this series! It’s CRAZY, since I haven’t see the pilot yet! Hope I don’t hype myself TOO much! Anyway, two yummy photos from Entertainment Weekly and a new promo trailer:
TheCW released a new promo trailer for The Vampire Diaries titled “Love Sucks”. Same theme campaign as those HAWT banners that were released in June. Enjoy:
The CW will kick off its fall campaign on Sept. 8 with the sophomore year of “90210″ and the bow of “Melrose Place.”
Net has also decided to flop the time slots of its Monday dramas, which will send “Gossip Girl” to the 9 p.m. hour.
It’s the second year in a row that “90210″ is the centerpiece of the net’s fall launch campaign, and CW is hoping that anticipation will be high for the remodeled “Melrose.” CW is getting a jumpstart on its competish by launching the week of Sept. 8, but it won’t be quite as quick out of the gate as last year, when the net’s fall sked launched on Labor Day.
The rollout continues Sept. 9 with the two-hour preem of “America’s Next Top Model,” followed Sept. 10 by the preem of “Vampire Diaries” and return of “Supernatural.”
The Monday slate returns on Sept. 14, though the “Gossip Girl”-”One Tree Hill” slot swap will take effect July 6 with repeat segs.
The regular Wednesday slate of “Top Model” and newbie drama “A Beautiful Life” arrives on Sept. 16. CW also confirmed to its affiliate stations this month that it will give back one hour of its two-hour Monday-Friday daytime block as of the 2010-11 season. At present it programs the 3-5 p.m. block with yakker “The Tyra Banks Show,” one original and one repeat seg. As of 2010-11, it will return the 4-5 p.m. hour to affiliates.
Gaywired.com posted reviews of both Melrose Place and The Vampire Diaries.
I hated the remake at first. However, now that I’ve stewed it over, I see potential. From the beginning, the pilot didn’t find its tone. The acting was in general mediocre - some stood out and some was atrocious (I’m talking about you Ashlee Simpson-Wentz)…
…If nothing else, Melrose Place 2.0 might spawn a fun drinking game centered around Ashlee Simpson-Wentz attempting to utter catty lines. What can I say? I’m a sucker for a mystery.
…Moving on…my expectations for The Vampire Diaries were admittedly lower. Vampires have always been my thing, from Buffy the Vampire Slayer to that season of daytime soap Port Charles. However, Twilight disappointed me and since this latest book series adaptation looked like a blatant ripoff of that Hollywood blockbuster, I expected it to disappoint me as well. Boy, was I wrong!
This show was fantastic. Literally, I cannot think of enough superlatives to describe the pilot. Immediately, I was sucked in by Kevin Williamson’s script and direction. Granted, he’s one of my favorite writers with his Scream series, but I was shocked to see him bring his A-game to his latest TV offering considering that it’s been so long since we’ve seen anything from him…
…Basically, I’m ordering you to watch Vampire Diaries. Even though it’s in the ridiculously competitive timeslot of Thursdays at 8pm, find anyway to catch it, even if it means ordering another Tivo. Rating: 11 out of 10 couches.
For anyone wondering about a possible Vampire Diaries panel at Comic Con International in San Diego this July, here’s some clarification straight from executive producer Julie Plec:
TheCW released a few clips from The Vampire Diaries, only posting the one with Elena and Stefan for obvious reasons. They also released a teaser trailer:
TheCW hasreleased an official FACEBOOK profile for The Vampire Diaries, also the official TV trailer:
Looks sooo GOOD! The graveyard scene reminds me so much of the graveyard scene between Clark and Lana in the Smallville pilot. I swear I saw the same angel sculpture in the background!
Last week TheCW premiered The Vampire Diaries and Melrose Place and the clear winner in the rating war was The Vampire Diaries, it got the highest series premiere rating in the history of TheCW, with a grand total of 4.84 million viewers! Melrose Place on the other hand sadly didn’t make a big impression at all, with just 2.3 million viewers. Which where I’m standing, isn’t all that surprising, the promos for Melrose Place 2.0 didn’t make the series look all that interesting… unlike The Vampire Diaries which managed to won my heart with some of its first promos!
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They also released a teaser trailer: