The first season of The Vampire Diaries began airing in the United States on Thursday, September 10, 2009. It is a TV adaption of L. J. Smiths series of young adult. This years festival featured a handful, including Queer as Folk, Journeyman and Gilmore Girls. But Saturdays Dawsons Creek panel marked a first for the festival, which staged its first ever writers room reunion. The teen angst drama made stars of James Van Der Beek Dawson, Katie Holmes Joey, Josh Jackson Pacey and Michelle Williams Jen. The drama helped put the then WB Network on the map and establish a tone for the eventual CW. Writers on the series who reunited Saturday at the ATX Television Festival in Austin included creatorshowrunner Williamson, Anna Fricke who started as a PA on Dawsons and whose credits include creating Being Human, Gina Fattore Gilmore Girls, Jenny Bicks Sex and the City, The Big C, Paul Stupin who helped develop Dawsons and is now on Switched at Birth and Rob Thomas who got his first job on the show and went on to create Veronica Mars, i. Zombie. The panel was moderated by frequent Williamson collaboratorfriend Julie Plec The Vampire Diaries. It followed an amusing and emotional session in which the longtime friends and frequent collaborators were quizzed about their longstanding relationship and more during which Williamson, who at the time was emotionally reeling after a friends passing, revealed he almost didnt do The CW vampire drama because it was too much like Twilight. Dawsons Creek was originally sold to Fox before they dumped it. Stupin, who had a deal with Sony Pictures Television at the time, said no one was selling feature writers to television at the time and saw Scream then called Scary Movie in the trades. It was Stupin who eventually came up with Pacey, with the idea that Dawson and Joey needed a Jim Belushi like friend. Stupin took the finished script to Fox, and around the Christmas break learned that Dawsons wasnt going to go to pilot because the network was struggling with Party of Five. The exec, he recalled, said Dawsons felt like. The original script took place the week before school started, and after landing at WB Network, had to show more of what high school would look like at the networks request. Stupin and Williamson removed a lot of Jens relationship with her grandmother from the pilot. He later learned about. Added Williamson. The Joey Dawson kiss in the season one finale was done because Williamson wanted to defy all the standard teen shows at the time. Jens grandfather seen almost exclusively on a vent in a coma, was going to come back to life in season one, with Jen ultimately being pushed toward Dawson. Mike White School of Rock, Enlightened was a consulting producer early on and wanted everyone to pretend they were Scientologists for the new writer who was coming in, Bicks recalled of the writers room jokes. Williamson gave Stupin a lot of credit for his work as a nonwriting producershowrunner Dawsons was Stupins first show as well. It was Stupin who helped assemble the shows impressive writing staff including Tom Kapinos Californication and Greg Berlanti The Flash, Arrow who had his first TV writing job ever on Dawsons Creek. Plec, who also was a writer on Dawsons, recalled Stupin auditioning potential writers by assigning them to write the short teasers. Watch The Starving Games Online Free 2016 here. The network and studio eventually hired a showrunner to work over self professed. As for story points that theyre most proud of, Fatore pointed to season threes Thanksgiving episode, which she called a real low point. Dawson Creek Season 5 Episode 9' title='Dawson Creek Season 5 Episode 9' />On the flipside, the 2. Rashomon style hour in which Dawson finds out that Joey and Pacey are together stands out. Bicks pointed to Jacks Kerr Smith coming out storyline in season two, with Williamson and Plec noting that at the time, the show needed to expand the universe. He was terrified to discuss the story with the network. As for the poem that Jack reads that ultimately leads to his coming out, Williamson said that was partially inspired by events in Berlantis life. It led to the first ever gay kiss on TV. Fatore recalls the network note was to film the scene from a distance but having Berlanti insist that the landmark kiss. Golden Globes 2017 Dawsons Creek cast reunite as Stranger Things kids, Amy Adams more sparkle on red carpet. Chicago Fire Episode 5. My Miracle Season Finale Promo, 3 Sneak Peeks, Promotional Photos Press Release. I visited Wilmington for the first time in February, and you would absolutely love it I was amazed at how much has been filmed there. I didnt do much in the way. Its the end of something simple. And the beginning of everything else. Set in the fictional town of Capeside, MA, Dawsons Creek is the coming of age story of four. With Jen in the hospital, the gang tries not to be too sad about it. Dawson helps Jen make a video for her infant daughter, asking her to never stop loving and dreaming. Your one stop shop for news, weather, and activities in Battle Creek and surrounding areas. Dawson was the last role to be cast. On the way to the audition in Los Angeles, Van Der Beek actually sat next to future Entourage star Adrian Grenier on the plane. Williamson said he knew early on that Joey and Pacey would explore a romantic relationship. On the series finale, Stupin recalled the penultimate episode of the show originally planned as the. On having Joey ultimately end up with Pacey, Williamson said that wasnt always how he envisioned the conclusion. Halfway through, Kevin calls me and says, I changed my mind. Maybe thats where it started but it evolved and it ended up as something else. I wanted it to be a twist on the teen genre but also wanted it to be surprising, honest and real and say something about soul mates and what soul mates can be. HBOs official website contains schedule information, original video content, episode guides, polls, bulletin boards, and more Latest Stories. Game of Thrones Final Season Might Not Air Until 2019 This is a bummer CancerFree Kassie DePaiva Will Be Returning to Days of Our Lives DePaiva. Thats why we did it that way. There was fulfillment and they were all happy. Williamson said he opted to kill Jen off as the last piece in the shows coming of age concept. Plec was the one who insisted Andie Meredith Monroe return for the finale in a scene that ended up on the cutting room floor but is included on the DVD set. She felt it was incredibly important for Pacey and his first love Andy to have some sort of a resolution. Alanis Morissettes. Williamson said the network wouldnt let him say the word. Other things that the network didnt love was Paceys relationship with his teacher, Mrs. Jacobs Leann Hunley. He noted that the network didnt hate the story but at the same time,. Operation Daisy explained Fricke said Dawson and Joey fans sent constant daisies to the writers room after he gave her one on their first date. Were you Team Pacey or Team Joey Sound off in the comments below.