(Bush),
Haley (Galeotti),
"Mouth" (Norris),
"Skills" (Tanner),
Nathan (Lafferty),
Peyton (Burton) and
Lucas (Murray). On May 17, 2007, The CW announced that the show would return for a fifth season as a mid-season replacement. The show was dramatically retooled and set four years into the future – after the characters have already graduated from college. Until the show's return to the schedule, the
network planned to post
diaries online to fill in the intervening years in the characters' lives. The fifth season began shooting on July 30, 2007, and premiered January 8, 2008.
Dawn Ostroff confirmed on July 20, 2007, that
One Tree Hill had a 22-episode order. Hilarie Burton confirmed on
TRL that the show's fifth season would focus on their lives after college, citing the reason for this as "We've seen the high school dramas not do so well while they're in college, and another thing, we've done everything that everyone does in college". She said this will "enable them to do flashbacks and a lot of cool stuff with the characters".
Writers Strike On November 5, 2007, a
strike began between the
Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE),
Writers Guild of America, west (WGAw) and the
Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). The strike was speculated to force television shows to end their seasons early, because there would be no future scripts until a settlement was reached.
New and returning characters For season five, Jackson Brundage was cast as
James Scott, the child of
Nathan and
Haley Scott. later revealed to be her mother. Robbie Jones joined the cast as
Quentin Fields, a difficult student and member of the
Ravens. as well as singer/songwriter
Kate Voegele who portrays
Mia.
Joe Manganiello has also been added as
Owen, a bar tender at
Tric. Mary Kate Englehardt returned to play the role of Lily Roe Scott. ==
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