Jessica Lucas seems to be the go-to girl for the CW's soapy remakes. After appearing on the big screen in Cloverfield, Lucas turned up on 90210 as an undercover cop posing as a transfer student. Now she's staying in the Aaron Spelling reboot family as newly engaged elementary school teacher Riley in the new Melrose Place. At the TCA press tour, Lucas had a few things to say about her new job: Read more

Kevin Williamson's Dawson's Creek helped make the WB into a buzzworthy network. Now, can The Vampire Diaries do the same for The CW? Williamson and writing partner Julie Plec will be bringing that other vampire book series to the small screen on the show's premiere tonight, and at the TCA press tour, he talked to me about what it's like to launch a new vampire show in a post-Twilight world. Read more

For a little while, it seems like Michael Rady has been everywhere, turning up on the small screen in Greek, Swingtown, and even Grey's Anatomy while also romancing Alexis Bledel in the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants movies. At the CBS/CW party at the TCA Press Tour, I chatted with Rady about playing a nice guy, whether or not his Melrose engagement is doomed, and those Swingtown sideburns. Read more

We already know that everything old is new again, but this morning at the Melrose Place panel at TCA, it was clear that not everyone is ready to let go of the past. Almost the whole cast took the stage with producers Todd Slavkin and Darren Swimmer, but the spotlight was on MP vets Thomas Calabro and Laura Leighton, with questions about their characters' returns and which other alums could join Read more

It's CW day at the TCA press tour, where panelists wearing sparkles abound. The network has spent the morning launching its new shows, starting with The Vampire Diaries and The Beautiful Life. Read on to learn more about the CW's take on models and vampires — and see lots of new photos of both shows. First, The Vampire Diaries: Not surprisingly, many of the questioners wanted to know why Read more