Hiatus information plus some spoilers.

Coming off of its highest rated Monday of the season, the CW announced today that it will air all-original episodes of three series Gossip Girl, One Tree Hill and new drama Life UneXpected on Monday nights from mid-January through May 2010. That means no repeats! The three series will air on a revolving schedule. The Shiry Appleby-led Life UneXpected will debut on Monday, January 18th at 9pm following the return of original episodes of veteran drama One Tree Hill at 8pm. On March 8th, Life Unexpected will take One Tree Hill’s timeslot at 8pm and Gossip Girl will return from its winter hiatus at 9pm ET. On April 19th, after Life UneXpected’s initial 13-episode run is complete, the Monday night schedule will return to One Tree Hill at 8pm and Gossip Girl at 9pm for the remainder of the season.

The Monday midseason rotation will be as follows:
January 18 – March 1
8:00 PM -9:00 PM One Tree Hill
9:00 PM – 10:00 PM Life UneXpected

March 8 – April 12
8:00 PM -9:00 PM Life UneXpected
9:00 PM – 10:00 PM Gossip Girl

April 19 – Season Finales
8:00 PM -9:00 PM One Tree Hill
9:00 PM – 10:00 PM Gossip Girl

Can Gossip Girl handle another lengthy midseason break? It’ll be interesting to see how the show creatively responds to such a long hiatus. It certainly is wise of the CW to put new series Life UneXpected on the network’s strongest night, but you have to wonder why the CW has such trouble filling only 10 hours of original primetime programming each week. {source}

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Monty in New Mexico: What’s next on Gossip Girl?

I’m told that after tonight’s threeway, everything will be very messy for Dan, Olivia and Vanessa. “Things are not well,” says my source, and the threesome will have repercussions for all relationships involved, and we’ll see it all play out next week via flashbacks of the dirty deeds that were done dirt cheap. Also next week, a fourth wheel comes into the mix: Lady Gaga! No, she’s not actually hitting the sack for an L-O-V-D foursome (can you imagine?), but her music is the catalyst through which Dan, Olivia and Vanessa have to stay connected and work together even more closely for the time being (thanks to an assignment given to Mr. Humpey…or, make that Humphrey, sorry).
Oh, and for all of you who are sooo tired of hearing about the ménage à trois—can we all just have a cigarette and get cab fare already and be on our merry way?—I have this news to share: A main Gossip Girl character is going to get in a serious accident. One that will send her to the hospital. And that someone is Serena (Blake Lively).

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Question: What’s this I’m hearing about Bart Bass returning from the dead on Gossip Girl? Is he alive or is it a flashback? —Fernanda
Ausiello: It’s neither. Totally unrelated question: Are you a fan of A Christmas Carol, Fernan?