The first wave of nominees for the annual Teen Choice Awards have been announced and The CW has copped quite a handful of kudos! Here are some highlights:

Gossip Girl leads with 6 nominations including Choice TV Show Drama, Actor/Actress in a Drama, and TV Villain! Gossip Girl tied Iron Man 2 for most nominations and edged out both The Twilight Saga: New Moon and Fox’ Glee, which received 5 nominations each!

90210 is nominated for Choice TV Show Drama and Actor in a Drama!

The Vampire Diaries, Smallville and Supernatural are all nominated for Choice Fantasy/Sci-fi TV Show!

The Vampire Diaries’ Paul Wesley and Nina Dobrev are up for TV Choice Actor/Actress in a Drama, while co-star Ian Somerhalder is up for Choice TV Villain! Race to watch: Nina Dobrev Vs. True Blood’s Anna Paquin!

America’s Next Top Model is up for Choice TV Reality Competition Show!

One Tree Hill’s Sophia Bush is nominated for Choice Actress in a Drama, alongside Gossip Girl’s Blake Lively and Leighton Meester!

Winners will be announced at a special ceremony in early August!

For a complete list of all nominees, click here!

To vote for your favorite CW shows and stars, click here.

Just because the TV season is over, doesn't mean you have to wait until September to get a taste of The CW's new hits in waiting. The network has generously posted trailers for both Hellcats and Nikita and I have generously decided to pass them on to you right here.

Hellcats will air on Wednesdays following an-all new cycle of America's Next Top Model (the winner of which will, for the first time, grace the cover of Italian Vogue). Nikita will follow The Vampire Diaries on Thursdays at 9pm.

Tell us what you think!

The CW is shaking things up this fall by moving three programs (not including Supernatural's move to Fridays this June) to new time periods and adding two new series to its schedule.

Here are the deets:

Mon/8-9pm 90210 (New Time Period)
Mon/9-10pm Gossip Girl

Tue/8-9pm One Tree Hill (NTP)
Tue/9-10pm Life Unexpected (NTP)

Wed/8-9pm America's Next Top Model
Wed/9-10pm HELLCATS (New)

Thu/8-9pm The Vampire Diaries
Thu/9-10pm NIKITA (New)

Fri/8-9pm Smallville (Final Season)
Fri/9-10pm Supernatural

The network has not made any announcements regarding mid-season plans.

Below are descriptions of the two new shows:

Hellcats

After a pre-law student (Aly Michalka) loses her scholarship, she has to join the college's competitive cheerleading squad. The ensemble cast includes Aly Michalka, Ashley Tisdale, Ben Browder, Elena Esovolova, Gail O'Grady, Heather Hemmens, Matt Barr, Robbie Jones and Sharon Leal.

Nikita

Based on the movie and TV franchise, Maggie Q (Mission Impossible III) plays a spy and assassin for a top U.S. government agency who will stop at nothing to bring their powerful operation to an end. The cast includes Melinda Clarke (The Vampire Diaries), Lyndsy Fonseca (Desperate Housewives), Ashton Holmes, Tiffany Hines, Aaron Stanford, Shane West (ER) and Xander Berkeley (24).

The CW is giving its viewers a unique opportunity to interact with the stars and executive producers of their favorite CW programs during Watch & Tweet Week, all next week beginning Monday, May 3rd.

Such CW stars as The Vampire Diaries' Nina Dobrev (Elena), Smallville's Erica Durance (Lois Lane) and 90210's Shenae Grimes (Annie) will be tweeting live during their shows next week. Fans can visit tweet.cwtv.com for their chance to tweet with the stars. Who will be tweeting and when? Take a look below and find out!

Monday, May 3

One Tree Hill

Robert Buckley (Clay) will Tweet from 8-9pm.

Gossip Girl

Executive Producer Josh Schwartz and Zuzanna Szadkowski (Dorota) will Tweet from 9-10pm.


Tuesday, May 4

90210

Shenae Grimes (Annie), Michael Steger (Navid), Tristan Wilds (Dixon) and Trevor Donovan (Teddy) will Tweet from 8-9pm.

Life Unexpected

Kristoffer Polaha (Nate), Shiri Appleby (Kate) and Austin Basis (Math), along with executive producer Liz Tigelaar will Tweet from 9-10pm.


Wednesday, May 5

America's Next Top Model

Jay Manuel and Nigel Barker will Tweet from 8-9pm. A surprise guest will Tweet from 845-9pm.


Thursday, May 6

The Vampire Diaries

Nina Dobrev (Elena Gilbert) will Tweet from 8-9pm. If you're up at 11pm, Executive producers Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec will join Nina Dobrev for the West Coast audience.

Supernatural

Misha Collins (Castiel) will Tweet from 9:00-10:00 p.m.


Friday, May 7

Smallville

Erica Durance (Lois Lane) will Tweet from 8-9pm.

Will you be tweeting?

Smile and pose, it's America's Next Top Model. Actually that's the name of tonight's episode...Smile And Pose.

In tonight's installment of the competition, the girls pose with comedian Ross Mathews (The Tonight Show and Chelsea Lately) before heading off to the garment district to be completely transformed in a faux fashion wardrobe. Uhhhhhhh....OK.

Here's a preview or two or three:

Top Model airs tonight at 8pm. Then stay tuned for an all-new Fly Girls and High Society. Yup, it's reality night on The CW!

The 2009-2010 season is almost over. The network has announced the season finale dates for all of its current series. Here they are!

Life Unexpected - Monday, April 12
Melrose Place - Tuesday, April 13
High Society - Wednesday, April 28
Fly Girls - Wednesday, May 5
America's Next Top Model - Wednesday, May 12
The Vampire Diaries - Thursday, May 13
Supernatural- Thursday, May 13
Smallville - Friday, May 14
One Tree Hill - Monday, May 17
Gossip Girl- Monday, May 17
90210 - Tuesday, May 18

Set your DVR's now!

The CW has given early pick-ups to five series, guaranteeing that they will be around next fall with all-new episodes.

The five series are:

America's Next Top Model
Gossip Girl
Supernatural
Vampire Diaries
90210

The network cited strong ratings as the reason for the early renewals.

Still waiting word on whether they will be back for another season are such shows as
Smallville, Life Unexpected, One Tree Hill and Melrose Place, but there's still plenty of time so keep watching.

The CW will announce its fall schedule during upfront season in mid-May.

Check out these previews for the new season of America's Next Top Model! Cycle 14 premieres on Wednesday, March 10th at 8pm!

Here's your first look at the women who will be vying for the title of America's Next Top Model when the new cycle unfolds on Wednesday, March 10th in an extended episode that will air from 8-930pm! Who is your favorite to take home the big prize?

ALASIA
Hometown; Marietta, Georgia
Age: 18
Occupation: Student

ALEXANDRA
Hometown: Kerrville, Texas
Age: 21
Occupation: Student

ANGELEA
Hometown: Buffalo, New York
Age: 23
Occupation: Answering Service Operator

ANSLEE
Hometown: Dacula, Georgia
Age: 23
Occupation Bar Tender

BRENDA
Hometown: Houston, Texas
Age: 23
Occupation: Administrative Assistant

GABRIELLE
Hometown: St. Louis, Missouri
Age: 18
Occupation: Student

JESSICA
Hometown: Conway, Arkansas
Age: 18
Occupation: Model

KRISTA
Hometown: Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Age: 26
Occupation: Retail Manager

NADUAH
Hometown: San Diego, California
Age: 22
Occupation Full-time mother

RAINA
Hometown: Minnetonka, Minnesota
Age: 22
Occupation: Student

REN
Hometown: Grand Prairie, Texas
Age: 22
Occupation: Living

SIMONE
Hometown: Lenexa, Kansas
Age: 19
Occupation: Student

TATIANNA
Hometown: Ewa Beach, Hawaii
Age: 21
Occupation: Student

Tyra's back with a brand new edition of America's Next Top Model on Wednesday, March 10th at 8pm.

In fact, Top Model will be supersized (the show...not the ladies) for the first two weeks with 90-minute episodes on both March 10th and 17th!

Cycle 14 was filmed on location in New Zealand and will feature a new judging panel. Joining returnees Tyra and Nigel Barker are model, designer and entrepreneur Kimora Lee Simmons and American Vogue's Editor-At-Large André Leon Talley. While Miss J will no longer be on the judging panel, he will appear on the show as a mentor and to teach his signature runway walk to the aspiring models.

If that's not good enough, The CW has finally announced the premiere of two new half-hour reality shows that will follow Top Model beginning in March.

On March 10th following the Cycle 14 premiere of Top Model, The CW will unveil High Society. According to a CW press release, High Society is a...

docu-series that lifts the curtain on New York’s most talked-about “Park Avenue Princess,” Tinsley Mortimer, and her young, elite society friends. The series follows Tinsley, who is currently embroiled in the city’s most high-profile divorce, as she and her circle of often-controversial friends circulate through New York’s most prestigious black-tie affairs, outrageous parties and fashion exclusives, with never-before-seen access from behind the velvet rope. Shot on location in New York, Paris, London, Palm Beach, Newport and St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands, the series takes us inside the often-brutal, always-dramatic rat race to stay atop the elite social pyramid and sheds new light on the young socialites competing for the best invites, parties, outfits and press coverage.

Then on March 24th, High Society moves to Wed/9pm to make room for Fly Girls at 930pm. Here's the description...directly from the network:

Over the course of eight half-hour episodes, five beautiful Virgin America flight attendants jet from one glamorous location to the next, including Las Vegas, South Beach and New York City, while pursuing good times, great parties, adventure and love. From their shared home-base “crash pad” in Los Angeles, California, the young women will deal with work lives that include split-second decision-making, demanding and sometimes fascinating passengers, long hours in the air and layovers in interesting locales. Their personal lives are filled with romance, family, friendships and more than a few roommate conflicts.

What do you think?

When are your favorite CW shows returning with original episodes and how many can you look forward to? I have the scoop. Here are the dates you're going to want to remember followed by the number of episodes left for the season:

January 18:

One Tree Hill (10 episodes)
Life Unexpected (13 episodes)

January 21:

The Vampire Diaries (12 episodes)
Supernatural (12 episodes)

January 22:

Smallville (12 episodes including the 2-hour movie, Absolute Justice.)

March 8:

Gossip Girl (10 episodes)

March 9:

90210 (10 episodes)
Melrose Place (6 episodes)

March (Date TBA)

America's Next Top Model: Cycle 14 (13 episodes)
Fly Girls (8 episodes)
Tinsley Mortimer (8 episodes)

Keep the faith. They'll be here before you know it!!

Happy Holidays to all!!

The CW will relaunch its season with brand-new episodes of all (OK..most of) your favorite shows in January...and coming later in the year are two new reality series to float your boat.

It's not even officially winter yet, but just in time for the spring thaw comes Fly Girls and Tinsley Mortimer!

Fly Girls is a docu-series that takes viewers into the private and public lives of 5 beautiful flight attendants on Virgin America.

"This show is about real, down-to-earth young women who happen to have landed in an exceptionally glamorous, high-flying career filled with exotic locations and handsome strangers," said Kristen Vadas, Senior Vice President For Alternative Programming at The CW. "We're thrilled to be working with Virgin America for this unique peek into a whirlwind lifestyle that shows how tough it is to be grounded when you work 35,000 feet in the air."

Tinsley Mortimer, who has been called "New York's pre-eminent young socialite" stars in a docu-series of her own. In this real-life Gossip Girl, the lives of the young, rich and beautiful are explored and dissected.

...going to be revealed on the next page in deference to those who haven't seen it yet.

Last night's winner came to the PIX Morning News for an interview. Check it out below.

According to Gatecrasher, America's Next Top Model will get a nip and tuck before its spring cycle is unveiled in 2010.

Gone will be the weekly guest judges. They are being replaced by model and fashionista Kimora Lee Simmons. Kimora Lee Simmons is no stranger to Top Model, having appeared sporadically on the show since 2003.

Additionally, word is that Miss J will be exclusively teaching the prospective top models how to walk the runway and will be giving up his judging chair. In his place, Andre Leon Talley, Vogue's editor-at-large will be seated at the table with Tyra, Kimora Lee and photographer Nigel Barker.

America's Next Top Model's Miss J Alexander visited PIX yesterday to discuss his new book Follow The Model: Miss J's Guide to Unleashing Presence, Poise, and Power. While he was here, he also gave a clinic on how to walk the runway.

Take a look at his PIX Morning News interview:

If you would like to meet Miss J, he will be signing copies of his new book TONIGHT at 7pm at Barnes & Noble located at 97 Warren Street in Tribeca.

...and don't forget to tune into The Tyra Banks Show TODAY at 4pm for a full hour of Miss J!

Next week, hide the couch and the drapes because Tyra Banks chews the scenery and then some when she guest stars on Gossip Girl as Ursula Nyquist, an actress who proves to be quite the handful for new publicist Serena, the patsy assigned to keep tabs on the diva at a blockbuster movie premiere.

Here's a short clip starring "the fierce one" to hold you until Monday.

...and for all of the Little 'J' fans out there (you know who you are), here's another (non-Tyra) clip for good measure.

The episode titled Dan de Fleurette also marks the coming out for new 'Gossip' girl Hilary Duff, below sporting a nifty Mets t-shirt. Yeah...I'm a Mets fan...whadaya gonna do about it?

These women are all in the running to be America's Next Top Model this fall: