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The CW today announced pickups of six of its series for the 2008-2009 season. Getting the thumbs up were "America's Next Top Model," "Gossip Girl," "One Tree Hill," "Smallville," "Supernatural" and "Everybody Hates Chris."

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Brothers Sam (JARED PADALECKI) and Dean (JENSEN ACKLES) continue their battle of good against evil -- spirits that is -- on the second season of "Supernatural," airing on Thursday nights at 9 p.m. on The CW.

ET caught up with Jared on a rare trip down to Los Angeles from the Vancouver location of the series.

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The CW's "Supernatural" is looking for a few good "X-Files" fans to beef up its ratings.

After all, the show is in what has to be the toughest timeslot on TV -- Thursday at 9 p.m. against "Grey's Anatomy" and "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" -- and while it has been doing okay, a larger cult following of viewers couldn't hurt its chances of getting picked up for a third season.

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TV Guide's going for some hot fun in the summertime with its Hottest Men issue -- and on tonight's ET, we have your exclusive preview of the A to Z of it, actually the A to W of it as JENSEN ACKLES ("Supernatural"), JAMIE BAMBER ("Battlestar Galactica"), DAVID BOREANAZ ("Bones"), RICARDO ANTONIO CHAVIRA ("Desperate Housewives"), DAVID CONRAD ("Ghost Whisperer"), SCOTT FOLEY ("The Unit"), CARMINE GIOVINAZZO ("CSI: NY"), DANIEL DAE KIM ("Lost"), WENTWORTH MILLER ("Prison Break"), JESSE SPENCER ("House"), ISAIAH WASHINGTON ("Grey's Anatomy") and MICHAEL WEATHERLY ("NCIS") pose for photographer RODOLFO MARTINEZ for the issue on the stands Thursday, June 15.

"I don't want to say that I'm supporting that kind of egotism, but any kind of positive exposure at this point in my career, I am all for," says a modest Isaiah, on being named one of the sexiest men on TV.

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There's a lot of new sci-fi TV shows on the fall schedule: "Invasion," "Threshold" and "Surface," but "Supernatural," airing Tuesdays at 9 p.m. on The WB, stands out with its combination of small town ghost stories and exploration of American urban myths. It has been such a ratings success for the network in its time period that it just received a full-season pickup.

The paranormal drama is from "The O.C." exec producer McG, and stars two WB alumni JARED PADALECKI ("Gilmore Girls") and JENSEN ACKLES ("Smallville"), playing brothers searching for evil creatures in a show that each week will take a journey into the dark side.

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The launch of the fall TV season marks the end of the big summer of reality series, so pop the popcorn, park yourself on the sofa, grab the remote and get ready for the new season of scripted dramas.

"With all the new shows coming out, there are a lot of great shows coming up that remind us there is great writing in television," says DEBRA BIRNBAUM, executive editor of Inside TV.

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