The CW upfront

So...

The CW (worst network name ever) held their upfront yesterday. They are bringing back "thanks for making Vampires cool, Twilight, so that we can now have a show" show The Vampire Diaries, as well as 90210, Supernatural and Smallville (why is this show still on?) for it's 10th and final season -- that is unless it does well in the ratings, in which case it will be back for it's 11th and (we mean it this time!) final season. There's some other crap, too, but it's not even worth talking about because it probably won't last the whole year.

Among the cancelled shows are Melrose Place - big surprise. When will the talking suits learn that putting a young female singer into a project doesn't mean anything. Off the top of my head I can't think of one time it has actually worked. And Ashlee Simpson can't even sing without a computer (as seen on SNL), so what makes anyone think she can act?

New shows include Hellcats, which is Bring it On set in the South, and Nikita, a remake of the syndicated TV show from the '90s, which itself was a remake of a French film. Okay, I'm willing to give Nikita a chance. The concept of a female assassin forced into working for the bad guys and trying to take them down from within has potential. It's a bit of a worn concept, so let's just hope it leans more toward Alias and Mission Impossible than Boronic... I mean Bionic Woman or the recent and utterly craptacular Dull... I mean Dollhouse. As long as Nikita steers clear of anyone who worked on either of those two stinkers it should be fine.