Pedzisa mutsara unotevera:
kurova kwakatanga pakati peWriters Guild of America, East (WGAE), Writers Guild of America, west (WGAw) neAlliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). Kuramwa basa kwaifungidzirwa kumanikidza nhepfenyuro dzeterevhizheni kupedza mwaka wadzo nokukurumidza, nokuti kwaisazova nemanyoro emangwana kutozosvikira kugadziriswa kwasvika. Nemhaka yekurova kwevanyori, zvikamu gumi nezviviri chete kubva pazvikamu makumi maviri nezviviri zvakarayirwa zvaifungidzirwa kuti zvakabudiswa. Nokuguma kuri kuoneka, Mark Schwahn akati, "Kunyange zvazvo tine zvikamu zvitanhatu zvitsva zvasara, hapana munhu anofara zvikuru pamusoro pokuguma kwechirwere kupfuura zvatiri paOne Tree Hill". Musi waFebruary 5, 2008 episode, "One Tree Hill"'s ratings yakanga iri yechipiri chete ku "Smallville" yemitambo yakanyorwa paCW. Schwahn akaenderera mberi achiti "tinoda mukana wekuenderera mberi mwaka wechishanu, uye kana chibvumirano chitsva cheWGA chikasimbiswa, ndinovimba tichakwanisa kuita izvozvo. Kana zvisina kudaro, tichakuona mumwaka wechitanhatu". Musi waFebruary 15, CW yakazivisa kuti zvikamu zvitanhatu zvekuwedzera zvaizogadzirwa kuputira mwaka nekuda kwekupera kwekurova.