Saturday, December 26, 2009

StarNews: Top Stories of ‘09 – No. 9: ‘One Tree Hill’ continues success


The Feb. 24 announcement that The CW wanted a 22 episode seventh season of the locally filmed TV series “One Tree Hill” opened the door to a milestone, secured more than 100 jobs and boosted confidence in the local film industry.

Season six put “One Tree Hill” even with “Dawson’s Creek” as far as number of seasons. And many local filmmakers will tell you that “Dawson’s” is what all other Wilmington TV series want to live up to.

“‘Dawson’s Creek’ is a huge, big, wonderful show that when you come to Wilmington to make a pilot, you have this spectre of this show looming over you and it seems unattainable to go as long as they would,” said show creator Mark Schwahn in a March 2008 interview.


Read the full article here: Top Stories of ‘09 – No. 9: ‘One Tree Hill’ continues success | StarNewsOnline.com | Star News | Wilmington, NC.




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