Gossip Girl, One Tree Hill, Smallville, Supernatural, Everybody Hates Chris and America’s Next Top Model are a lock to return in the fall on The CW, the network announced today.

Top Model was a no-brainer, as it’s the network’s most popular show. It’s getting not one, but two “cycles,” the 11th and 12th.

From there on out, it’s interesting how The CW described the other five shows.

Gossip Girl was “buzz-worthy” and a “freshman hit.” That and One Tree Hill (sixth season) are “the top-ranked shows on television with a concentration of women 18-34 viewers.” Well, then!

The two sci-fi shows were dubbed the “long-running Thursday night team” of Smallville (its 8th season) and Supernatural (its fourth).

Poor Everybody Loves Chris. It’s merely a “critically acclaimed comedy” (fourth season). (But its reruns did get picked up by Nick at Night.)

No word on how many shows each will get, but that’s good news for the actors and writers and everyone else associated with the six shows.

Will Reaper get a season 2? Aliens in America? One can hope. Aliens started its run of eight new episodes Sunday and Reaper gets its first new episode in months this next Thursday in Supernatural’s regular slot (up against Lost. Yeah, that’s good scheduling.) (Note, being of little brain, I snagged the wrong scheduling press release from The CW and thought I had the current week; Reaper is on this week, but it’s the one where he starts dating Cady, the final one before its long, horrible hiatus. Below are the descriptions for the next two new episodes, which start next week, not this. Sorry (and thanks!), Erika!)

Both have so much promise and intelligent humor. And besides, Ray Wise as Satan is just the best bit of casting, like, ever.

Here’s the info on the March 13 episode:

JAMIE KENNEDY GUEST STARS — Sam (Bret Harrison) tries to save an untalented musician (guest star Jamie Kennedy) from selling his soul to the Devil (Ray Wise) to become a rock star. Meanwhile, Sock (Tyler Labine) is stunned when his mother (guest star Marilyn Norry) returns from Las Vegas and announces she got married. He refuses to accept her new husband (guest star Henry Nah), so he moves in with Sam. Rick Gonzalez, Missy Peregrym, Valarie Rae Miller, Donavan Stinson and Andrew Airlie also star. James Head directed the episode written by James Eagan (#111).

SOCK CONVINCES SAM AND BEN TO MOVE IN WITH HIM — After his mom kicks him out of the house, Sock (Tyler Labine) convinces Sam (Bret Harrison) and Ben (Rick Gonzalez) to move with him to a condo. The three are overjoyed after they meet their new neighbors, Steve (guest star Michael Ian Black) and Tony (guest star Ken Marino), a gay couple who spoiled them with home-cooked meals and their favorite drinks. The guys become overly dependent on Steve and Tony and decide they are their new replacement parents. Strange things start happening whenever Sam is around Cady (guest star Jessica Stroup), reopening his suspicions that she is the Devil’s (Ray Wise) daughter. Missy Peregrym, Valarie Rae Miller, Donavan Stinson and Andrew Airlie also star. Michael Robison directed the episode written by Treena Hancock & Melissa Byer (#112).

INTO THE WOODS — When the high school conducts career aptitude testing, Raja (Adhir Kalyan) is told he should become a doctor, but Justin (Dan Byrd) shows no aptitude for any particular career. Franny (Amy Pietz) and Gary (Scott Patterson) put so much pressure on Justin to choose a career path, that he escapes to the home of his buddy Dooley (Adam Rose), where he notices that Dooley’s father is a stay-at-home-dad. Justin’s announcement that he has found his calling and plans to stay home and nurture his future family convinces Gary that a “manly” hunting trip with the boys is in order. Unfortunately, Raja’s fascination with Gary’s crossbow results in an embarrassing accident. Meanwhile, the normally close mother/daughter relationship between Franny and Claire (Lindsey Shaw) turns combative and leads to a confrontation in a local nightclub. Daisy Mayer directed the episode written by Robia Rashid (#111).

JUSTIN AND FRANNY STAR IN “RENT” — Franny’s (Amy Pietz) community theater group puts on a production of “Rent,” and when she can’t get Justin (Dan Byrd) to audition for a part, she convinces him to at least join the stage crew so they can have some quality mother/son time. When Justin meets the cute, artsy leading actress Zoe (guest star Larisa Oleynik), he auditions for the male lead and lands the part, giving him an excuse to spend time with Zoe. The two become inseparable, but the friendship is damaged when Zoe discovers that Justin has let his buddies believe that he and Zoe are having sex. Meanwhile, Claire (Lindsey Shaw) joins the teen hotline at school, but finds that she isn’t able to help anyone. Feeling bad for her, Raja (Adhir Kalyan) calls in using a fake name and an American accent and begins telling Claire his troubles. Michael Fresco directed the episode written by Sam Lyborune (#112).

RAJA RUNS AWAY — The Tolchucks are set to fly to Vancouver for a family vacation, but when Raja (Adhir Kalyan) begins praying at the airport, the family is questioned and the trip is postponed. Feeling that the family resents him and has never understood him, Raja leaves the Tolchuck’s home and asks Mr. Matthews (Christopher B. Duncan) to place him with a new family. Guilt-ridden and frantic to find Raja, the Tolchucks turn to the local mosque, where Franny (Amy Pietz) and Claire (Lindsey Shaw) meet a Muslim mother (guest star Nimet Kanji) and teenage daughter (guest star Sunita Prasad) who are hosting a German exchange student (guest star Lars Anderson). Meanwhile, Gary (Scott Patterson) and Justin (Dan Byrd) set off in search of Raja and share a rare father/son bonding moment. Fred Savage directed the episode written by Richard Day (#113).

Photos (top row: Gossip Girl, One Tree Hill; center row: America’s Next Top Model; bottom row: Everybody Hates Chris, Smallville, Supernatural) courtesy of The CW.