CW's "One Tree Hill" Season 5 Cast Stills

The CW has already confirmed "One Tree Hill" is returning to its schedule with as many as 6 all-new episodes, in a new timeslot (Mondays at 9/8c, following "Gossip Girl") on April 14. But will the show be renewed for a 6th season?

The final decision may depend on the performance of those 6 episodes, but season thus far, the show's groundbreaking, time-leaping 5th season has shown a promising growth in the ratings.

The show's ratings suffered most in 2005, following its move to a new timeslot on The WB (or perhaps due to stars Chad Michael Murray and Sophia Bush calling it quits?), when they declined from 4.3 to 2.8 million.

This season, "One Tree Hill" has averaged 3.28 million viewers through February 17, 2008, up from 2.9 million it averaged last season. That means the show is now one of struggling CW's top-rated scripted dramas.

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"One Tree Hill" Chad Michael Murray Promos

As you may know, "One Tree Hill" is coming back to The CW on January 8 with a special 2-hour episode which leaps four years into the future. Here's a recently released poster for the 5th season along with promotional images of star Chad Michael Murray.



Murray recently made headlines in Wilmington where the show is filmed by purchasing over $1,600 worth of action figures, stuffed animals and various board games at Toys "R" Us; filling up an entire back of a Hummer H2 truck and donating them to Toys for Tots.

"One Tree Hill" was renewed for an unprecedented 5th season of 13 episodes which flashes 4 years forward. 12 of those 13 episodes have already been completed, before the production was interrupted due to the writers' strike. The show will air on Tuesday nights at 9:00pm.

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"One Tree Hill" Leaps Forward in Season 5

"One Tree Hill" is about to go where not many TV dramas have gone before - in an unprecedented move the show will leap forward 4 years ahead of last season's finale. Check out the details and first stills from the 2-hour 5th season premiere which The CW has scheduled for Tuesday, January 8 from 8-10 p.m. EST/PST.

Season four ended as the young characters graduated high school and season five begins, post-college, four years later.

Some of the characters have found success while others have failed. Some are the same, some are very different.

And while their storylines will actively move forward, the show will also dip into the past, returning to incidents and events of the last four years.

Sometimes the flashbacks will take only a moment or a scene, other times they may take an entire episode.

The show will replace "Reaper" airing on Tuesday nights at 9/8c. "Reaper" may return later in the season in as yet to be determined timeslot.

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