Just as ABC's new Wednesday night lineup indicates that network's belief that the sitcom is alive and well, The CW's new fall lineup indicates the weblet's belief that it is dead, or, at the very least, that they can't launch a successful one. They are however sticking with their basic plan of doing everything in their power to attract teens, including adding to their schedule an updated Melrose Place to go with their updated 90210. The schedule The CW announced today looks as follows:

So, there it is, all nicely laid out in black and white: Mondays stay the same, Tuesdays get Melrose to go with 90210, Wednesdays get a scripted show on models to go with the "reality" one, Thursdays get a vampire drama, and Smallville gets punted to Fridays as a "thank you" for its years of loyal service to the network (the rest of the week actually has very compatible programming on every night, so there's more to it than that, even if fans will see it that way). As for Reaper? It's been taken to a better place, as perhaps has sidekick "Sock" (Taylor Labine), who is starring in a new comedy over on FOX.

This fall The CW will also be handing back to the affiliates Sunday nights. Last year's attempt to sell the entire night to MRC fizzled early on in the season, so this new plan does make some sense as it allows The CW to really focus on their five night lineup rather than put out fires on Sunday.

The Beautiful Life, as mentioned above, is a drama which focuses on the beautiful people, is created by Ashton Kutcher, and stars some beautiful people, including Mischa Barton, Sara Paxton, Elle Macpherson, and High School Musical's Corbin Bleu.

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