One Tree Hill's back in primetime, Smallville's got a good (though rather competitive) Sunday night slot and What About Brian and Brothers and Sisters appear to have been shunted out of their big-league slots. E4 seems to have woken and realised what they're about.
Why anyone thought it was a good idea for a youth channel to buy in thirtysomething dramas like Runaway, Brother and Sisters and What About Brian is a mystery. The latter two are darn good telly, but they're not for E4 - no matter how much Willian Devane or Ron Rifkin you drop in them. Brothers and Sisters has More4 written all over it's classily scripted self. And though The Sopranos is excellent, it no longer fits the E4 remit.
Sadly C4 doesn't seem to have anything new to put on E4 this year - Reaper being the only one that could fit its teen dynamic. Thankfully Ugly Betty's making a sooner-than-hoped-for return in October, and we wouldn't be surprised to find something incredibly similar to Celebrity Big Brother (if not identical) coming up next year. And the series five One Tree Hill reboot should prove amazing.
What other teen has noted that its stars are all too old to be playing teenagers and flashing forward four years between seasons?
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