WB makes a ‘Mountain’

“Reality” may be TV’s current craze, but the WB Network isn’t about to throw away its reputation as a haven for youth-oriented scripted drama. The network on Tuesday said the fall schedule will include 13 episodes of “The Mountain,” starring Oliver Hudson of “Dawson’s Creek” as a young man who takes over his family’s ski resort. Barbara Hershey costars.

This is the second new drama picked up by the WB in advance of its official fall schedule announcement next week. It’s also ordered “Jack & Bobby,” with Christine Lahti as the mother of a future president. The WB -- part owned by Tribune Co., parent company of The Times -- needs to fill several scheduling holes, including one left by the departing “Angel,” a spinoff of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.”

-- Scott Collins