Everybody wants a piece of J.J. Abrams. The in-demand producer is teaming up with 'One Tree Hill' creator Mark Schwahn for a new drama project based around a hotel.

According to Deadline, the project is one of the highest-profile projects at the network. Schwahn will pen 'Maine' (tentatively title) with both men executive producing the project. 'Maine,' described as a character-based drama, will follow the staff of a hotel and its guests.

This is a homecoming of sorts for Abrams. He started his TV career on The WB with 'Felicity.'

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'One Tree Hill' has been on the air for seven seasons, which have included a major flash-forward reboot of the show for its fifth season, the ouster of its two biggest stars -- Chad Michael Murray and Hilarie Burton -- after its sixth season and the real-life marriage (and subsequent divorce) of stars Murray and Sophia Bush.

But has the CW teen drama finally hit a wall with news that Bush, its biggest remaining star, is looking to move on to a higher profile show -- and network -- for next season?

Bush, who plays teen queen-turned-fashion mogul Brooke Davis on 'OTH,' has signed on to co-star in the ABC comedy pilot 'Southern Discomfort,' in which she will play the daughter of a Texas couple played by Don Johnson and Mary Steenburgen.

Man, one minute you're breezing along like nobody's business, and the next you're finding your mom passed out dead in the kitchen. Then, you're dumping her ashes in the water.

Such was the case for Haley on 'One Tree Hill' (Mon., 8PM ET on CW). At least it sounds like her mom had the funeral arrangements all in order. That's something anyway. Still, life sucks sometimes.

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On 'The Soup,' Joel McHale revisited a moment from this past March when Dan's donor heart fell to the floor in a hospital and was promptly eaten by a hungry Golden Retriever on 'One Tree Hill.' Yes, that actually happened.

McHale celebrated this awesomely ridiculous moment from the CW show after declaring 2009 as 'One Tree Hill's' "most surprising year of still being on TV yet."

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Alex interferes in Julian and Brooke's relationship and attempts to counsel the couple on their inability to have children, but she only succeeds in creating a rift between the two on 'One Tree Hill.'

Later, Alex professes her love to Julian, and tells him she can provide him with a family unlike Brooke, but Julian is angered by her meddling and storms out. This drives Alex to attempt to end her own life after leaving Julian a teary goodbye message.

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The CW's mid-season drama, 'Life UneXpected,' will debut on Monday, Jan. 18 as a temporary replacement for 'Gossip Girl,' in an effort to combat the ratings slump 'GG' suffers during its cycle of post-sweeps repeats.

According to The Futon Critic, the freshman series will moonlight for 'Gossip Girl' for a number of episodes before moving to the 8 PM ET Monday slot, currently occupied by 'One Tree Hill,' to complete its run in the spring.

Michael Trucco's days of galaxy drifting are definitely over. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the 'Battlestar Galactica' alum has signed on for USA's 'Facing Kate,' a pilot that follows a lawyer named Kate (Sarah Shahi) who leaves her job for a new career as a mediator.

Trucco will play Kate's ex-husband, who also happens to be a lawyer. The show's premise stems on the death of Kate's dad, another lawyer, which sends her into a need for a new career of sorts.

Also signed on is Virginia Williams ('How I Met Your Mother') as an obsessive stepmother.

Fox is negotiating a deal with Simon Cowell to bring 'The X Factor' to the U.S., the CW renews 'One Tree Hill' for a full season, 'SNL''s Jim Breuer lands a new deal with NBC and more of today's top TV headlines.

Robert Buckley has slowly but surely been moving up the Hollywood ranks, kicking off his career with a role in MyNetworkTV's nightly drama 'Fashion House' alongside the likes of Bo Derek and Morgan Fairchild. But his big break came playing Kim Raver's boy toy Kirby on last year's drama 'Lipstick Jungle.'

Now Buckley is joining 'One Tree Hill' as the show enters its seventh season and loses mainstays Chad Michael Murray and Hilarie Burton. With the Sept. 14 premiere on the horizon, Buckley spoke to AOL TV about the direction the show will take, why he's not comfortable being "the hot guy" and his take on Hollywood cougars. -- By Katy Kroll

FX schedules premiere dates for 'Nip/Tuck,' 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' and others, 'Hung' has a big debut, Liza Minnelli is a 'Diva' and more TV news.

'Lost' alum Mark Pellegrino lands one hell of a role, Missy Peregrym joins a new ABC cop drama, Lea Thompson returns to the small screen and more TV news.