
Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) haven’t been called “Veneral Diseases” (or VD) since Jheri Curls and Adidas were considered style stapes, but the envelope-pushing Powers-That-Be at The CW are using the outdated medical phrase in a controversial ad campaign promoting the mid-season premiere of its dark primetime drama, The Vampire Diaries.
Parents Television Council will have a conniption in five, four, three, two….
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Fly Girls and High Society are switching timeslots, The CW Network announced on Monday.
Fly Girls – a jet-setting reality series that follows five beautiful Virgin America flight attendants as they zoom around the globe — was originally due to premiere Wednesday, March 24 at 9.30 PM. The slot will instead remain home to High Society, which shadows “Park Avenue Princess” Tinsley Mortimer. Fly Girls will remain in the 9 PM timeslot throughout the season.

The CW Network has commissioned early pickups to five series for next season: The Vampire Diaries, Gossip Girl, 90210, Supernatural, and America’s Next Top Model will all be back for another season, a spokesperson for the network announced this afternoon.
Shows that will have to wait to learn their fate include One Tree Hill and Life Unexpected. Freshman flop Melrose Place and longrunning drama Smallville are not expected back next season.
The CW has picked up a pilot order for a revamped version of the 1990 cult classic French film La Femme Nikita.
Terminator Salvation director McG has been tapped to executive produce the project, in cooperation with Warner Bros’ Peter Johnson and Wonderland Productions, The Hollywood Reporter revealed on Wednesday.

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