Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te 5 o Noema 2007, he
I tīmata te patu i waenganui i te Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE), Writers Guild of America, west (WGAw) me te Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). I whakapaehia te patu ki te akiaki i nga whakaaturanga pouaka whakaata ki te whakamutu wawe i a raatau waa, na te mea kaore he tuhinga a muri ake nei kia tae ra ano ki te whakataunga. Na te patu a te kaituhi, tekau ma rua noa iho o nga waahanga e rua tekau ma rua i whakahaua i whakaarohia kia whakaputaina. I te mutunga o te tirohanga, i kii a Mark Schwahn, "Ahakoa e ono nga waahanga hou kua toe, kaore tetahi e tino harikoa mo te mutunga o te patu i a maatau i One Tree Hill". I te wāhanga o te Hui-tanguru 5, 2008, ko te "One Tree Hill"'s ratings i tuarua ki a "Smallville" mo nga whakaari whakaari i te CW. I haere tonu a Schwahn ki te kii "ka koa matou ki te whai waahi ki te haere tonu i te waa tuarima, ana mena ka whakaaetia te kirimana hou a te WGA, ko te tumanako ka taea e taatau te mahi pera. Ki te kore, ka kite anō mātou i a koe mō te tau ono". I te Hui-tanguru 15, i kii te CW e ono nga waahanga taapiri ka whakaputahia hei whakaoti i te waa na te mutunga o te patu.