Season four of One Tree Hill

One Tree Hill (TV series)

One Tree Hill is an American television drama created by Mark Schwahn, which premiered on September 23, 2003, on The WB Television Network. After its third season, The WB merged with UPN to form The CW Television Network, and, since September 27, 2006, the network has been the official broadcaster...

, an American

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 teen drama

Teen drama

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 television series, began airing on September 27, 2006. The season concluded June 13, 2007, after 21 episodes. This is the first season to air on the newly formed CW

The CW Television Network

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 television network.

Season four regular cast members include Chad Michael Murray

Chad Michael Murray

Chad Michael Murray is an American actor, former fashion model and spokesperson. Murray is well known for portraying Lucas Scott in The CW young adult drama series One Tree Hill, in addition to the commercially successful films A Cinderella Story, Freaky Friday and House of Wax...

, James Lafferty

James Lafferty

James Martin Lafferty is an American actor, director and producer. He currently portrays Nathan Scott on the CW television drama One Tree Hill. In addition to his role on the young adult drama, Lafferty is also known for his appearance as Justin in S...

, Hilarie Burton

Hilarie Burton

Hilarie Ross Burton is an American actress. A former host of MTV's Total Request Live, she portrayed Peyton Sawyer on The CW drama One Tree Hill for six seasons...

, Bethany Joy Galeotti

Bethany Joy Galeotti

Bethany Joy Galeotti is an American actress, musician, director, writer, and producer.Galeotti is best known for her on screen portrayals of Michelle Bauer Santos on Guiding Light and Haley James Scott on One Tree Hill...

, Paul Johansson

Paul Johansson

Paul Joseph Otto Johansson is an American-born Canadian actor, writer and director, best known for playing Dan Scott on the WB/CW television series, One Tree Hill, and for his role as Nick Wolfe on the short lived Highlander: The Series spin-off Highlander: The Raven...

, Sophia Bush

Sophia Bush

Sophia Anna Bush is an American actress, director and spokesperson. She currently stars in the CW television series One Tree Hill where she portrays Brooke Davis. Bush is additionally known for her film portrayals in the 2007 remake The Hitcher, John Tucker Must Die and The Narrows.-Early...

, Barbara Alyn Woods

Barbara Alyn Woods

Barbara Alyn Woods is an American actress. She is best known for her roles in One Tree Hill, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show, and Striptease.-Filmography:...

, Lee Norris

Lee Norris

Lee Michael Norris is an American actor, best known for his roles as Stuart Minkus on Boy Meets World and Marvin "Mouth" McFadden on One Tree Hill.-Early life:...

, Antwon Tanner

Antwon Tanner

Antwon Tanner is an American actor, mostly known for his role as Antwon "Skills" Taylor on the CW drama series One Tree Hill.-Biography:...

, Danneel Harris

Danneel Harris

Danneel Ackles , better known by her stage name Danneel Harris, is an American actress and model. She is best known for her roles as Shannon McBain on One Life to Live and Rachel Gatina on One Tree Hill.-Early life:Elta Danneel Graul was born in Lafayette, Louisiana, and was raised in the small...

, Barry Corbin

Barry Corbin

Leonard Barrie Corbin, known as Barry Corbin , is an American actor with more than one hundred film, television and video game credits.-Early life:...

 and Moira Kelly

Moira Kelly

Moira Kelly is an American actress. She is best known for playing single mother Karen Roe on the teen drama One Tree Hill. She also directed two episodes of the series: "Resolve" and "I Slept with Someone in Fall Out Boy and All I Got Was This Stupid Song Written About Me"...

.

The season picks up directly after the events of the season three finale car accident. It focuses on the remainder of senior year at Tree Hill High and ends with the graduation of the teenage characters. In this season, most episodes were named after rock albums rather than after songs. Season four rose in ratings, averaging 2.9 million viewers weekly, becoming #136 in the Nielsen ratings

Nielsen Ratings

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 system.

Starring

• Chad Michael Murray
  Chad Michael Murray
  Chad Michael Murray is an American actor, former fashion model and spokesperson. Murray is well known for portraying Lucas Scott in The CW young adult drama series One Tree Hill, in addition to the commercially successful films A Cinderella Story, Freaky Friday and House of Wax...
  
   as Lucas Scott
  Lucas Scott
  Lucas Eugene Scott is a fictional character and formerly the main protagonist from The CW television series One Tree Hill, portrayed by Chad Michael Murray. Lucas is a talented basketball player and writer. He is rival to half-brother Nathan Scott, before the two eventually become close friends...
  
  
• James Lafferty
  James Lafferty
  James Martin Lafferty is an American actor, director and producer. He currently portrays Nathan Scott on the CW television drama One Tree Hill. In addition to his role on the young adult drama, Lafferty is also known for his appearance as Justin in S...
  
   as Nathan Scott
  Nathan Scott
  Nathan Royal Scott is a fictional character on The CW television series One Tree Hill, portrayed by James Lafferty. He was the second protagonist during the first six seasons; but following Lucas Scott's departure, Nathan has become the main character and central figure of the show. Nathan is Lucas...
  
  
• Hilarie Burton
  Hilarie Burton
  Hilarie Ross Burton is an American actress. A former host of MTV's Total Request Live, she portrayed Peyton Sawyer on The CW drama One Tree Hill for six seasons...
  
   as Peyton Sawyer
  Peyton Sawyer
  Peyton Elizabeth Scott is a fictional character from The 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...
  
  
• Bethany Joy Galeotti
  Bethany Joy Galeotti
  Bethany Joy Galeotti is an American actress, musician, director, writer, and producer.Galeotti is best known for her on screen portrayals of Michelle Bauer Santos on Guiding Light and Haley James Scott on One Tree Hill...
  
   as Haley James Scott
  Haley James Scott
  Haley Bob James Scott is a fictional character on The CW television series One Tree Hill, portrayed by Bethany Joy Galeotti. Haley is initially introduced as Lucas Scott's best friend and eventual sister-in-law after her marriage to Nathan Scott in her junior year of high school...
  
  
• Paul Johansson
  Paul Johansson
  Paul Joseph Otto Johansson is an American-born Canadian actor, writer and director, best known for playing Dan Scott on the WB/CW television series, One Tree Hill, and for his role as Nick Wolfe on the short lived Highlander: The Series spin-off Highlander: The Raven...
  
   as Dan Scott
• Sophia Bush
  Sophia Bush
  Sophia Anna Bush is an American actress, director and spokesperson. She currently stars in the CW television series One Tree Hill where she portrays Brooke Davis. Bush is additionally known for her film portrayals in the 2007 remake The Hitcher, John Tucker Must Die and The Narrows.-Early...
  
   as Brooke Davis
  Brooke Davis
  Brooke Penelope Baker is a fictional character on The CW television series One Tree Hill, portrayed by Sophia Bush. Throughout her experiences, Brooke grows from a wild and generally carefree girl to a more mature and grounded young woman...
  
  
• Barbara Alyn Woods
  Barbara Alyn Woods
  Barbara Alyn Woods is an American actress. She is best known for her roles in One Tree Hill, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show, and Striptease.-Filmography:...
  
   as Deb Lee
• Lee Norris
  Lee Norris
  Lee Michael Norris is an American actor, best known for his roles as Stuart Minkus on Boy Meets World and Marvin "Mouth" McFadden on One Tree Hill.-Early life:...
  
   as Marvin "Mouth" McFadden
• Antwon Tanner
  Antwon Tanner
  Antwon Tanner is an American actor, mostly known for his role as Antwon "Skills" Taylor on the CW drama series One Tree Hill.-Biography:...
  
   as Antwon "Skills" Taylor
• Danneel Harris
  Danneel Harris
  Danneel Ackles , better known by her stage name Danneel Harris, is an American actress and model. She is best known for her roles as Shannon McBain on One Life to Live and Rachel Gatina on One Tree Hill.-Early life:Elta Danneel Graul was born in Lafayette, Louisiana, and was raised in the small...
  
   as Rachel Gatina
• Barry Corbin
  Barry Corbin
  Leonard Barrie Corbin, known as Barry Corbin , is an American actor with more than one hundred film, television and video game credits.-Early life:...
  
   as Whitey Durham
• Moira Kelly
  Moira Kelly
  Moira Kelly is an American actress. She is best known for playing single mother Karen Roe on the teen drama One Tree Hill. She also directed two episodes of the series: "Resolve" and "I Slept with Someone in Fall Out Boy and All I Got Was This Stupid Song Written About Me"...
  
   as Karen Roe

Episodes

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№	#	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Production code	U.S. viewers (millions)

Reception

The season premiere was seen by 3.64 million U.S. viewers and achieved a 1.7 Adults 18-49 rating, up 19% in viewers and 55% in demo from the season 3 finale. Episode 2 hit a season high in the Adults 18-49 demo with a 2.0 rating, while episode 10 hit season highs in viewers with 4.24 million. The season finale was seen by 2.5 million viewers.

Season	Timeslot	Season premiere	Season finale	TV season	Rank	Viewers (in millions)	Rating (Adults 18-49)
4	Wednesday 9/8C	September 27, 2006	June 13, 2007	2006–2007	#136	2.9	1.3

Overview

This season focuses on the final half of senior year at Tree Hill High School. The season begins with the effects of the car accident from the season three finale, and continues with Prom to graduation. Storylines included meeting Peyton

Peyton Sawyer

Peyton Elizabeth Scott is a fictional character from The 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...

's (Burton) internet stalker and the pregnancies of Haley

Haley James Scott

Haley Bob James Scott is a fictional character on The CW television series One Tree Hill, portrayed by Bethany Joy Galeotti. Haley is initially introduced as Lucas Scott's best friend and eventual sister-in-law after her marriage to Nathan Scott in her junior year of high school...

 (Galeotti) and Karen (Kelly). The Tree Hill Ravens play the much anticipated State Final, and the characters react to the revelation that Dan (Johansson) was the person who killed Keith (Craig Sheffer

Craig Sheffer

Craig Eric Sheffer is an American film and television actor. He is known for his leading role as Norman Maclean in the film A River Runs Through It and of Keith Scott on the television series One Tree Hill.-Early life:...

).

DVD release

The DVD release of season four was released after the season has completed broadcast on television. It has been released in Region 1

DVD region code

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. As well as every episode from the season, the DVD release features bonus material such as audio commentaries

Audio commentary

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 on some episodes from the creator and cast, deleted scenes, gag reels

Blooper

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 and behind-the-scenes featurettes.

The Complete Fourth Season
Set details			Special features
21 episodes 880 minutes (Region 1); 840 minutes (Region 2) 845 minutes (Region 4) 6-disc set 1.78:1 aspect ratio Languages: English (Dolby Digital 5.1) Subtitles: English, Spanish French (Region 1)			Audio commentaries "Some You Give Away" - with creator/executive producer/writer Mark Schwahn, and actor Rick Fox Rick Fox Ulrich Alexander "Rick" Fox is a Canadian television actor and retired professional basketball player who last played for the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers in 2004.-Early life:... "It Gets the Worst at Night" - with creator/executive producer/co-writer Mark Schwahn and executive producers Joe Davola and Greg Prange. "All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone" - with creator/executive producer/writer/director Mark Schwahn and actors James Lafferty, Lee Norris and Stephen Coletti. Deleted scenes Episodes: 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17 & 18 Gag reel "One Tree Hill In Your Town" "Tree Hill's Charity Basketball Game Highlights" "Tree Hill High Time Capsule"
Release Dates
December 18, 2007	April 7, 2008	June 4, 2008