One Tree Hill (season 1)
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Season one 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
United States
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 teen drama
Teen drama
A teen drama is a dramatic television series with a major focus on teenage characters. The genre was relatively non-existent for the first 45 years of television; it came into prominence in the early 1990s...

 television series created by Mark Schwahn
Mark Schwahn
Mark Schwahn is an American screenwriter, director and producer. He is best known as creator, head writer and executive producer of The CW Network drama series One Tree Hill.-Career:...

, began airing on September 23, 2003 on the WB
The WB Television Network
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 television network. The season concluded on May 11, 2004, after 22 episodes.

The series premiere was watched by 2.5 million viewers and achieved a 1.9 Adults 18-49 rating on September 23, 2003. However, the following week it rose to 3.3 million viewers and a 2.4 demo, becoming only one of three shows to rise in its second episode in the 2003-2004 TV season.

Warner Home Video
Warner Home Video
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released the complete first season, under the title of One Tree Hill: The Complete First Season, on January 25, 2005, as a six disc boxed set.

Overview

The first season follows junior
Junior (education)
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 Lucas Scott as he joins his High School basketball team and forges a relationship with his brother Nathan Scott, while also coming to terms with who he is and who his father is. The season also explores the love lives of the boys as they develop relationships with characters like Brooke Davis, Haley James and Peyton Sawyer, while the parents of these teens must also face the past in order to move on.

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 Lenz
    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
  • 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...

  • 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
  • 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:...

     as Keith Scott
  • 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

Season Timeslot Season premiere Season finale TV season Rank Viewers
(in millions)
1st Tuesday 9/8C September 23, 2003 May 11, 2004 2003–2004 #173 3.5

DVD release

The DVD release of season one was released after the season has completed broadcast on television. It has been released in Regions 1
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, 2 and 4. 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 words "The WB Presents" were printed on the packaging before the "One Tree Hill" title, although they were not included on international releases as The WB was not the broadcaster.
The Complete First Season
Set details Special features
  • 22 episodes
  • 944 minutes (Region 1); 903 minutes (Region 2); 862 minutes (Region 4)
  • 6-disc set
  • 1.33:1 aspect ratio

  • Languages:
    • English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
  • Subtitles:
    • English, Spanish and French (Region 1)
    • English, Arabic, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, English For The Hearing Impaired (Regions 2 and 4)
  • Audio commentaries:
    • "Pilot" - with creator/executive producer/writer Mark Schwahn and executive producer Joe Davola
    • "To Wish Impossible Things" - with creator/executive producer/writer Mark Schwahn and executive producer Joe Davola
    • "The Games That Play Us" - Commentary 1 with actors Chad Michael Murray, James Lafferty, Hilarie Burton, Bethany Joy Galeotti and Sophia Bush.
      Commentary 2 with actors 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...

      , 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"...

      , 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:...

       and 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:...

      .
  • Deleted Scenes:
    • Episodes: 2, 5, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22
  • "Diaries from the Set"
  • "Building a Winning Team: The Making of One Tree Hill"
  • "Christmas Elf Gag"
  • Exclusive unaired music performance of "Chariot" by Gavin DeGraw
    Gavin DeGraw
    Gavin Shane DeGraw is an American musician and singer-songwriter. He is known for his songs "Chariot", "Follow Through", "I Don't Want to Be" , "In Love with a Girl", and "Not Over You".-Early life:DeGraw grew up in the Catskills in South Fallsburg,...

    with introduction
  • Release dates
    January 25, 2005 September 5, 2005 February 1, 2006
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