September 10, 2007
Tonight, ABC Family will air the highly anticipated season finale of Greek. Helping to seal its first season is Charisma Carpenter, actress popularly known for playing Cordelia Chase on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and its spin-off series Angel.
In the season finale episode entitled "Black & White and Read All Over," the whole campus will be engulfed with chaos and controversy when the entire Greek system, which includes sorority secrets and fraternity fraud, are revealed in a shocking college newspaper article. The brothers and sisters of Omega Chi, Zeta Beta Zeta, as well as Kappa Tau are raging to figure out who the undercover culprit could be. Meanwhile, after navigating some troubled waters with her boyfriend, Ashleigh (Amber Stevens) turns to Calvin (Paul James) for support and even goes so far as to hit on him, only to learn he has a secret.
September 5, 2007
The first season finale of Greek will air next week, and according to actor Paul James, viewers can expect a lot from the episode, including something that involves his character revealing his homosexuality to the fraternity.
“Something happens in the tenth episode, the season finale, which has [Calvin's coming out to the fraternity] in it. I can't give away that,” Paul James told After Elton. “But the tenth episode is… very dramatic and there's a lot of stuff going on. It's like the [expletive] hits the fan pretty much. And then next season we just sort of explore what the house means to Calvin.”
September 3, 2007
While networks are seeking ways to accommodate commercials, advertisers are finding ways to slip in their brand messages directly into programming. ABC Family's Greek solves this dilemma by becoming the grounds of a multiplatform ad campaign.
Greek is a teen drama that follows the story of Rusty (Jacob Zachar), a college freshman who aspires to join a fraternity to leave his geeky high school reputation behind. The cast also includes Spencer Grammer (Casey Cartwright), Scott M. Foster (Cappie), Jake McDorman (Evan Chambers) and Paul James (Calvin Owens) among others.
August 29, 2007
Earlier this month, the British cable network, BBC Three, bought the UK rights to ABC Family's new dramedy, Greek. The series is centered on the U.S. college experience and how the Greek system serves as a social minefield for the student community.
All 20 episodes of Greek's debut season have been licensed to the BBC Three by Disney-ABC International Television. Of the show, BBC Three Controller Danny Cohen said, "I'm delighted to have Greek as part of our BBC Three drama offering. It brings a very different kind of flavor to the channel, and is a further enrichment of the drama plans we're developing for the channel, including the pilots announced last month."
August 23, 2007
Real-life fraternities and sororities have criticized ABC Family's Greek for its stereotypical depiction of the Greek life, but according to the cast and crew, the show is really more about getting the chance to start anew and finding a second family in an unfamiliar environment.
“College is the time to say nobody knows who I am. I can be whoever I want. It's liberating and exciting,” series creator Sean Smith told the Fresno Bee. “And it gives you the opportunity to try new things and, more importantly, make mistakes in doing so. I think that's something we also want to see with our characters."
August 13, 2007
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Real-life greek communities from around the country have continued to share their opinions of ABC Family's new dramedy, Greek, and although many of the comments have been negative, there are some who admit that overall, the series is harmless enough.
"It's just a TV series that's entertaining for others to look into greek life," Caihlin Durkin, director of new members at Penn State's Delta Gamma sorority, said. "Even though it doesn't portray the greek community, I don't think Penn State students would take a television show into high consideration and base off that if they wanted to pledge."
August 6, 2007
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The new college dramedy, Greek, has been picked up for an additional 10 episodes by ABC Family. The new series has been doing well in the ratings, with its third episode scoring high in key demographics, including females 12-34 (476,000), teens (370,000) and female teens (302,000). It drew in an average of 1 million viewers.
Greek, which premiered on ABC's sister cable network on July 9, follows its central character, Rusty (Jacob Zachar) as he attempts to erase his geeky high school persona by entering the most popular fraternity in college. Meanwhile, Rusty's older sister, Casey (Spencer Grammer), a well-established sorority member, is not too happy about his plans to infiltrate the Greek system.
July 30, 2007
Previously, it was reported that the real-life sorority, Tri Delta, expressed their displeasure with the premiere episode of ABC Family new dramedy, Greek. The collegiate organization said that the series depicted the greek system inaccurately, with the show's opening scene “geared towards the superficial.” As it turns out, Tri Delta is not the only collegiate group that has reacted negatively about the show.
Numerous members of the greek community in Iowa State have also voiced their disapproval of the new drama series, claiming that it represents greek life in a bad light.