The CW Makes Its Plans for the Future

The CW has renewed six shows for next season: “Gossip Girl,” “America’s Next Top Model,” “One Tree Hill,” “Smallville,” “Supernatural,” and “Everybody Hates Chris.”

That leaves “Reaper” and “Aliens In America"--two of the critics' top choices before the season began--on the bubble.

The CW also announced that it is cutting its comedy department and merging the drama and current programming units. This means that the CW will back off on developing new sitcoms…