The sixth season of ''
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* ''One Tree Hill'' (TV series), a 2003–2012 American drama series named for the U2 song
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'', an American
television series
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, began on September 1, 2008, and concluded on May 18, 2009, with a total of 24 episodes. This is the third season to air on
The CW
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television network. The season's seventh episode, "Messin' with the Kid" achieved a series high in Adults 18–34 with a 2.7 rating.
Season six is the final season for original cast members
Chad Michael Murray
Chad Michael Murray (born August 24, 1981) is an American actor and writer. He is best known for playing Lucas Scott in The WB/ CW drama series '' One Tree Hill'' (2003–09, 2012), a recurring role as Tristin DuGray on The WB/ CW series ''Gilm ...
and
Hilarie Burton
Hilarie Ros Burton (born July 1, 1982) is an American actress, businesswoman, author and producer. A former host of MTV's ''Total Request Live'', she portrayed Peyton Sawyer on The WB/ CW drama '' One Tree Hill'' for six seasons (2003–2009). Po ...
. Their characters, Lucas and Peyton, leave Tree Hill with their newborn baby in the finale.
Overview
Season 6 begins by revealing the woman Lucas proposed to over the phone. Peyton is faced with difficult decision regarding her health. Nathan tries to make a comeback in basketball, Haley has to make a decision involving her career, Brooke takes in a young girl named Sam and deals with being attacked in her own store, and Dan spends time with Jamie as he waits on a heart transplant. Meanwhile, a movie producer named Julian Baker comes to Tree Hill and wants to make Lucas's book into a movie.
Cast and characters
Regular
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Chad Michael Murray
Chad Michael Murray (born August 24, 1981) is an American actor and writer. He is best known for playing Lucas Scott in The WB/ CW drama series '' One Tree Hill'' (2003–09, 2012), a recurring role as Tristin DuGray on The WB/ CW series ''Gilm ...
as
Lucas Scott
Lucas Eugene Scott is a fictional character and the main protagonist from The WB /CW television series ''One Tree Hill'' created by Mark Schwahn and portrayed by Chad Michael Murray. Lucas is a talented basketball player and writer. He is rival ...
(24 episodes)
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James Lafferty
James Martin Lafferty (born July 25, 1985) is an American actor, director, and producer. He is best known for his portrayal of Nathan Scott on The WB/ CW teen drama television series ''One Tree Hill'' (2003–2012).
Early life
Lafferty was born ...
as
Nathan Scott
Nathan Royal Scott is a fictional character from the CW television series ''One Tree Hill'' created by Mark Schwahn and portrayed by James Lafferty. Following Lucas Scott's departure, Nathan became the main character and central figure of the ...
(24 episodes)
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Hilarie Burton
Hilarie Ros Burton (born July 1, 1982) is an American actress, businesswoman, author and producer. A former host of MTV's ''Total Request Live'', she portrayed Peyton Sawyer on The WB/ CW drama '' One Tree Hill'' for six seasons (2003–2009). Po ...
as
Peyton Sawyer Scott
Peyton Sawyer is a fictional character from The WB/ CW television series '' One Tree Hill'', portrayed by Hilarie Burton. A talented visual and musical artist, Peyton has a heavily guarded heart due to the number of lost loved ones in her life. ...
(24 episodes)
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Bethany Joy Galeotti
Bethany Joy Lenz (born April 2, 1981) is an American actress, singer-songwriter and filmmaker. She is known for her portrayal of Haley James Scott on The WB / The CW television drama ''One Tree Hill (TV series), One Tree Hill'' (2003–2012). S ...
as
Haley James Scott
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(24 episodes)
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Sophia Bush
Sophia Anna Bush Hughes (born July 8, 1982) is an American actress. She starred as Brooke Davis in The WB/ CW drama series ''One Tree Hill'' (2003–2012), and as Erin Lindsay in the NBC police procedural drama series ''Chicago P.D.'' (2014†...
as
Brooke Davis (24 episodes)
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Paul Johansson
Paul Joseph Otto Johansson (born January 26, 1964) is an American-born Canadian actor and director in film and television, best known for playing Dan Scott on the WB/ CW series, ''One Tree Hill'', and for his role as Nick Wolfe on the short l ...
as
Dan Scott
''One Tree Hill'' is an American television series created by Mark Schwahn for The WB in 2003. After its third season, The WB and UPN merged to form The CW, which then became the broadcaster for the show in the United States. Schwahn served a ...
(13 episodes)
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Barbara Alyn Woods
Barbara Alyn Woods (born ) is an American actress. She is known for her roles in television series ''One Tree Hill'' and ''Honey, I Shrunk the Kids''. She is the mother of actresses Natalie Alyn Lind, Emily Alyn Lind, and Alyvia Alyn Lind.
Car ...
as
Deb Lee
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(8 episodes)
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Antwon Tanner
Antwon Tanner (born April 14, 1975) is an American actor. He is best known for his recurring role as Michael on the UPN sitcom ''Moesha'' (1996–97), and its spinoff ''The Parkers'' (2001) and as Antwon "Skills" Taylor on the drama series, '' On ...
as
Skills Taylor
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(14 episodes)
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Lee Norris
Lee Michael Norris (born September 25, 1981) is an American actor, best known for his roles as Stuart Minkus on ''Boy Meets World'' and its spin-off '' Girl Meets World'', as well as Marvin "Mouth" McFadden on ''One Tree Hill One Tree Hill ma ...
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Mouth McFadden (15 episodes)
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Jackson Brundage
Jackson Timothy Brundage (born January 21, 2001) is a retired American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Jamie Scott on The CW's ''One Tree Hill'', a role he held from 2008 until the series' conclusion in 2012. Brundage was in the Ni ...
as
Jamie Scott
Jamie Scott (born James Christopher Needle; 12 February 1984) is an Ivor Novello Award winning English singer, songwriter and producer.
Career Songwriting
As a writer and producer Scott has sold over 100 million albums, 50 million singles, has ...
(22 episodes)
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Lisa Goldstein
Lisa Goldstein (born Elizabeth Joy Goldstein on November 21, 1953) is an American fantasy and science fiction writer whose work has been nominated for Nebula, Hugo, and World Fantasy Awards. Her 1982 novel '' The Red Magician'' won a Nation ...
as
Millicent Huxtable
''One Tree Hill'' is an American television series created by Mark Schwahn for The WB in 2003. After its third season, The WB and UPN merged to form The CW, which then became the broadcaster for the show in the United States. Schwahn served a ...
(17 episodes)
Recurring
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Ashley Rickards
Ashley Nicole Rickards (born May 4, 1992) is an American actress, known for her role as Jenna Hamilton in the MTV comedy-drama series ''Awkward'', and as Samantha "Sam" Walker, a troubled young girl in The CW's teen drama series ''One Tree Hil ...
as
Sam Walker (19 episodes)
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Austin Nichols
Austin Nichols (born April 24, 1980) is an American actor and director, known for his role as Julian Baker in The CW drama series ''One Tree Hill''. He is also known for his roles in the films ''The Day After Tomorrow'' and '' Wimbledon''. He st ...
as
Julian Baker
''One Tree Hill'' is an American television series created by Mark Schwahn for The WB in 2003. After its third season, The WB and UPN merged to form The CW, which then became the broadcaster for the show in the United States. Schwahn served a ...
(14 episodes)
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Kate Voegele
Kate Elizabeth Voegele (; born December 8, 1986) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. She made her musical debut in 2003, with the release of her ''The Other Side'' extended play. She performed numerous local live shows to promote the a ...
as
Mia Catalano (12 episodes)
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Stephen Colletti as
Chase Adams
''One Tree Hill'' is an American television series created by Mark Schwahn for The WB in 2003. After its third season, The WB and UPN merged to form The CW, which then became the broadcaster for the show in the United States. Schwahn served a ...
(12 episodes)
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Burgess Jenkins
Burgess Jenkins (born October 24, 1973) is an American actor. He is known for work in the film '' Remember the Titans'' opposite Academy Award winner Denzel Washington; and as Hilary Swank's husband David Winter in '' The Reaping'' (2007).
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Bobby Irons (8 episodes)
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Daphne Zuniga
Daphne Eurydice Zuniga (; born October 28, 1962) is an American actress. She made her film debut in the 1982 slasher film '' The Dorm That Dripped Blood'' (1982) at the age of 19, followed by a lead role in another slasher film '' The Initiation ...
as
Victoria Davis (7 episodes)
*Jaden Harmon as
Andre Fields (7 episodes)
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Joe Manganiello
Joseph Michael Manganiello ( ; , ; born December 28, 1976) is an American actor. His professional film career began when he played Flash Thompson in Sam Raimi's ''Spider-Man''. His breakout role was as werewolf Alcide Herveaux in five seasons of ...
as
Owen Morello (7 episodes)
*Michael May as
Chuck Scolnik (7 episodes)
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Vaughn Wilson
Vaughan L. Wilson (born December 24, 1976) is an American actor best known for playing the role of "Fergie Thompson" on the CW's hit show ''One Tree Hill One Tree Hill may refer to:
* "One Tree Hill" (song), a 1987 song by U2 referencing One T ...
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Fergie Thompson (7 episodes)
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Cullen Moss
Cullen Moss (born July 8, 1975) is an American film, television and voice actor. He is best known for his roles on '' One Tree Hill'' and ''The Notebook''.
Early life
Moss is a native of Winston-Salem, North Carolina who graduated from Mount Ta ...
as
Junk Moretti (6 episodes)
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Evan Peters
Evan Thomas Peters (born January 20, 1987) is an American actor. He is known for his multiple roles on the FX anthology series '' American Horror Story''; as Detective Colin Zabel in the HBO crime drama limited series '' Mare of Easttown'', w ...
as
Jack Daniels (6 episodes)
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Kelsey Chow
Kelsey Asbille Chow (born September 9, 1991) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Mikayla in the Disney XD sitcom ''Pair of Kings'', and as Monica Long in the TV Series '' Yellowstone''. From 2005 to 2009, she had a recurring rol ...
as
Gigi Silveri (6 episodes)
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Allison Munn
Allison Munn (born October 7, 1974) is an American actress. She played Caroline Dupree in the Fox sitcom ''That '70s Show'', Tina Haven in The WB sitcom '' What I Like About You'', Lauren in The WB/ CW drama '' One Tree Hill'', and Anne Harper ...
as
Lauren
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(5 episodes)
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Robbie Jones as
Quentin Fields (5 episodes)
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Torrey DeVitto
Torrey Joël DeVitto (born June 8, 1984) is an American actress and former fashion model. Her first starring role was as Karen Kerr on the ABC Family drama series '' Beautiful People'' (2005–2006). She followed this up with recurring roles as ...
as
Carrie
Carrie may refer to:
People
* Carrie (name), a female given name and occasionally a surname
Places in the United States
* Carrie, Kentucky, an unincorporated community
* Carrie, Virginia, an unincorporated community
* Carrie Glacier, Olympic Nati ...
(5 episodes)
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James Van Der Beek
James William Van Der Beek (; born March 8, 1977) is an American actor best known for his portrayal of Dawson Leery in the WB series ''Dawson's Creek'' and Johnny "Mox" Moxon in '' Varsity Blues'' (1999). He played a fictionalized version of hi ...
as
Adam Reese (4 episodes)
*Katherine Landry as
Madison Madison may refer to:
People
* Madison (name), a given name and a surname
* James Madison (1751–1836), fourth president of the United States
Place names
* Madison, Wisconsin, the state capital of Wisconsin and the largest city known by this ...
(4 episodes)
*Devin McGee as
Xavier Daniels (3 episodes)
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John Doe
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as
Mick Wolf (3 episodes)
*Bradley Evans as
Jerry (3 episodes)
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Ernest Waddell
Ernest Waddell (born July 22, 1982) is a New York City-based actor. He is perhaps best known for his recurring roles on two television series: Fin Tutuola's son Ken Randall on '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', and Omar Little's boyfriend ...
as
Derek Sommers
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(2 episodes)
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Michaela McManus
Michaela McManus (born May 20, 1983) is an American actress, known for her portrayals of Lindsey Strauss on ''One Tree Hill'', A.D.A. Kim Greylek on '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', and Grace Karn on the NBC drama ''Aquarius''.
Early life ...
as
Lindsey Strauss
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(2 episodes)
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Gregory Harrison
Gregory Neale Harrison (born May 31, 1950) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Chandler in the 1987 film ''North Shore (1987 film), North Shore'', as Dr. George Alonzo "Gonzo" Gates, the young surgeon assistant of Dr. Trapper John ...
as
Paul Norris
Paul Leroy Norris (April 26, 1914 – November 5, 2007) was an American comic book artist best known as co-creator of the DC Comics superhero Aquaman, and for a 35-year run as artist of the newspaper comic strip '' Brick Bradford''.
Biography ...
(2 episodes)
*Kelley Davis as
Chuck's Mom (1 episode)
Special Guest Star
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Barry Corbin
Leonard Barrie Corbin (born October 16, 1940) is an American actor. He is best known for his starring role as Maurice Minnifield on the television series '' Northern Exposure'' (1990–1995), which earned him two consecutive Primetime Emmy Awar ...
as
Whitey Durham
'' One Tree Hill'' is an American television series created by Mark Schwahn for The WB in 2003. After its third season, The WB and UPN merged to form The CW, which then became the broadcaster for the show in the United States. Schwahn served ...
(1 episode)
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Moira Kelly
Moira Kelly (born on March 6, 1968 in Queens, New York) is an American actress. She is known for portraying Kate Moseley in the 1992 film ''The Cutting Edge'' as well as single mother Karen Roe on the teen drama '' One Tree Hill''. She is also k ...
as
Karen Roe (1 episode)
Episodes
Production
The CW announced on March 3, 2008, that ''One Tree Hill'' was renewed for a sixth season. It was later reported the season would consist of twenty-four episodes, making it the biggest episode order in the series.
Storylines
Brooke begins her battle with her mom, Victoria, who battles to claim Clothes Over Bro's. Lucas and the Ravens basketball team must come to terms with the death of the star player. Nathan begins his comeback, Haley also hits the recording studio, while Peyton and Lucas settle down and begin a family. Brooke, left broken and shaken after her attack, takes in foster child Sam, who was responsible for the attack, and the attacker also turned out to be Q's killer. Nanny Carrie returns, after hitting Dan with a car, and taking him hostage, she lures Haley and Jamie to her, and attacks them, only to be killed by Dan, after weeks of torture. Mouth and Millicent have dramas and depart, while newcomer Julian Baker, rocks Brooke's world and begins to turn Lucas' book into a movie. With Peyton's alarming pregnancy, Lucas' finally allows for a wedding, only for Peyton to collapse at home, and go into a coma. The season finale ends with Brooke and Julian declaring their love for one another, Nathan making it into the NBA, and Lucas and Peyton leave Tree Hill.
Reception
The season opened to 3.24 million viewers and a 1.7 Adults 18–49 rating. Episode 7 hit series highs in Adults 18–34 with a 2.7 rating, it also hit its second best numbers in The CW's target audience of Women 18–34 with a 4.0 rating.
The episode also reached its highest Adults 18–49 rating of the season, with a 1.9.
The finale was seen by 2.67 million viewers and achieved a 1.3 Adults 18–49.
DVD release
The DVD release of season six was released after the season has completed broadcast on television. It has been released in
Region 1. As well as every episode from the season, the DVD release features bonus material such as
audio commentaries on some episodes from the creator and cast, deleted scenes,
gag reels and behind-the-scenes featurettes.
References
External links
Official website*
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2008 American television seasons
2009 American television seasons