"Veronica Mars" at the press tour

from Kristin at E!Online and with spoilers

Again, in a super rush to get to The CW red carpet, which starts now!
Here's what you need to know from the Veronica session for now:

The first mystery will last nine episodes, the second mystery will
last for seven and the third will last for six. They will each play

jayembee...

I thought it was starting Oct 3rd.

jayembee...

Actually, the initial description has to be wrong. It's been said
several times that CW is only ordering 13 episodes initially, and
will order the back nine if it does well. If that's the case, and
they don't want to leave any arcs hanging if the back nine isn't
ordered, then the 9-episode arc has to be the last one.

So, it's either 7-6-9 or 6-7-9

videonovels...

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No preemptions? That's not something the CW network can control; last
year I'm sure my local station pre-empted the show several times for
Philly games & I'm sure they'll do it again this year.

Barry Margolin...

No *network* preemptions. If your local affiliate chooses not to show
what the network transmits, that's not the same thing.

jayembee...

What they mean is that the network will schedule each block for
n sucessive weeks, with no scheduled pre-emptions for reruns or
Top Model specials. If the local station pre-empts for sports,
that's not the networks' doing.

So, does this mean we'll get three separate blocks, one for each
mystery?

jayembee...

Yes, that's exactly what it means.

out in uninterrupted blocks, with no repeats and no preemptions. The
personal character arcs however are not going to be split up, of
course. They won't stop and start according to the mysteries. The
personal storylines, such as the relationship between Logan and
Veronica, will play out as usual throughout the course of the whole
season.

Tina Majorino (Mac) will be a series regular, although she won't
appear in all the episodes. She will be attending Hearst College along
with Veronica, Wallace, Logan and ****! There will be an explanation
of how Logan and **** ended up at Hearst. Veronica will continue to
live at home with Keith. There will be two new series regulars, as we
reported before: Piz and Parker. "Piz" is named after the director of
the Veronica pilot, Mark Piznarski! Parker will be Mac's roommate and
she is everything that Mac is not, bubbly and effervescent. At first
they won't have anything in common, but Parker has a heart of gold and
will probably win Mac over...

Interesting fact: after Stephen King's high praise of Veronica Mars,
Rob did attempt to get Stephen on the show (just as he did with Kevin
Smith), but received a very polite decline, saying he was already
booked, but to keep him in mind for stuff in the future.

Charisma Carpenter will be back for "at least one episode." But Rob
didn't want to give away more than that on that subject. He said the
whole briefcase thing does not have to do with the first 9 episode
mystery, and will be wrapped up in episode two.

Re: Teddy Dunn, he is not returning to the show this year. That
decision was really made by fan response to Veronica's two possible
love interests. One of the love interests seemed to get much more
attention, and seemed to really win out...