The WB is No More!!
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Isnt Invasion on ABC? 
The Incredible Hulk said:Isnt Invasion on ABC?
Yeah but there has been rumors for a long time now that the CW will supposedly be picking it up. Since ABC is not renewing it for a Second Season. With Aquaman being cancelled that does leave room for Invasion
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I cant find anything about what time it happens tomorrow. It's in NYC so it's probably 12 or 1 PM EST
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The Incredible Hulk said:
http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/comenget-your-upfronts-schedule/
I know that Hulk really just wanted to know the time and place for the Maxim Hot 100 Party.
Serene said:http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/comenget-your-upfronts-schedule/
I know that Hulk really just wanted to know the time and place for the Maxim Hot 100 Party.
Thanks Serene
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Strgts said:
I'd be curious to see what would happen if they did that . . . .CW never got the audience the big 4 got. So I wonder what would happen if an "ok" show got dropped by them then picked up by CW.
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Here's som cool news:
WB revisits glory days
Net plans to go out with a bang
By MICHAEL SCHNEIDER, JOSEF ADALIAN
The Frog is planning one last hurrah before it croaks.
The WB will sign off the air forever on Sunday, Sept. 17, by rebroadcasting the pilot episodes of several of its signature skeins, including "Buffy, the Vampire Slayer," "Felicity" and "Dawson's Creek."
Landing the rights to air the series required outgoing WB supremo Garth Ancier and the net's remaining execs to conduct a delicate licensing ballet with the outside studios that own those skeins, and cablers that now play home to the shows.
In addition to the pilots, Frog plans to fill its final night with a bevy of classic promos and image campaigns from the WB's 11-year history. There'll also be a final tribute reel featuring the hundreds of thesps who've appeared on WB skeins over the years.
Such a farewell is unprecedented: When one-time fourth network DuMont signed off the air for the last time in 1956, it did so with little fanfare -- and with very little coverage.
"How do you end a network?" Ancier asked rhetorically. "This will be an homage to our shows."
The planning process began with a group of remaining WB execs, who made a list of the net's most memorable series.
"We kept coming back to the same significant shows," Ancier said. "Certainly 'Dawson's' and 'Buffy' were no-brainers."
Because the Frog's final bow will take place on a Sunday -- a night on which the WB airs programming from 5-10 p.m. -- net's blowout bye-bye will be a full five hours.
Night will kick off at 5 p.m. with the J.J. Abrams- and Matt Reeves-created "Felicity," followed at 6 by Joss Whedon and David Greenwalt's "Angel." The two-hour pilot to Whedon's "Buffy, the Vampire Slayer" will run in primetime from 7-9 p.m.
Appropriately, "Dawson's Creek" -- the Kevin Williamson teen sudser that put the WB on the map -- will be the final show to air on the Frog, running from 9-10 p.m.
Some shows that would seem a natural for the last night -- such as "Smallville" and "7th Heaven" -- won't appear because they'll live on at the merged WB-UPN, which is called the CW.
anding rights to air the series one last time was a sticky process. Most of the shows are airing in off-net syndication on cable, and navigating those license holders was a bit more complicated.
"Every cable network that runs these shows had to give the rights to us," Ancier said. "And they all wanted their own pound of flesh."
That meant breaking the taboo of promoting cablers on the network's air with date-and-time promos. (Usually broadcast networks allow only cable ads that tell viewers to "check local listings" to find the show).
But under this unusual circumstance -- and with the WB folding anyway -- the Frog and its departing affiliates were willing to let it slide.
The shows' creators, producers and studios were game for the idea. But because all of the shows come from outside the WB's Warner Bros. parent, Ancier and company had to find a way to make it attractive for those outside studios to license the shows for a night.
Solution: All the studios involved will get a free on-air promo of the DVD collections of their respective skeins.
Beyond that, Sony Pictures TV (which produced "Dawson's Creek"), Touchstone/Imagine ("Felicity") and 20th Century Fox TV ("Buffy" and "Angel") waived the usual license fee; the WB was required only to pay the necessary residuals.
"Everyone was great about it," Ancier said. "No one was making money off of this."
Three of the five hours to air on the WB's last night ("Buffy," "Angel") will be from 20th Century Fox TV -- ironic, as the WB and 20th had more than a few financial run-ins.
In particular, the night reps a homecoming for "Buffy," which moved to UPN after the studio and Frog couldn't come to terms on a license renewal. It's the first time the show has returned to the WB since leaving for the rival netlet in 2001.
There had been speculation the WB would sign off at the end of August. But the new CW net -- which is replacing the WB in many markets --isn't set to begin broadcasting until Monday, Sept. 18.
Across town, UPN has not yet announced how, or if, it will mark its own demise, which takes place the previous Friday, Sept. 15. One possibility: The netlet may simply shut off the lights after its usual weekly airing of "Friday Night Smackdown."
Date in print: Fri., Jun. 30, 2006, Los Angeles
http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=story&articleID=VR1117946199&cs=1
WB revisits glory days
Net plans to go out with a bang
By MICHAEL SCHNEIDER, JOSEF ADALIAN
The Frog is planning one last hurrah before it croaks.
The WB will sign off the air forever on Sunday, Sept. 17, by rebroadcasting the pilot episodes of several of its signature skeins, including "Buffy, the Vampire Slayer," "Felicity" and "Dawson's Creek."
Landing the rights to air the series required outgoing WB supremo Garth Ancier and the net's remaining execs to conduct a delicate licensing ballet with the outside studios that own those skeins, and cablers that now play home to the shows.
In addition to the pilots, Frog plans to fill its final night with a bevy of classic promos and image campaigns from the WB's 11-year history. There'll also be a final tribute reel featuring the hundreds of thesps who've appeared on WB skeins over the years.
Such a farewell is unprecedented: When one-time fourth network DuMont signed off the air for the last time in 1956, it did so with little fanfare -- and with very little coverage.
"How do you end a network?" Ancier asked rhetorically. "This will be an homage to our shows."
The planning process began with a group of remaining WB execs, who made a list of the net's most memorable series.
"We kept coming back to the same significant shows," Ancier said. "Certainly 'Dawson's' and 'Buffy' were no-brainers."
Because the Frog's final bow will take place on a Sunday -- a night on which the WB airs programming from 5-10 p.m. -- net's blowout bye-bye will be a full five hours.
Night will kick off at 5 p.m. with the J.J. Abrams- and Matt Reeves-created "Felicity," followed at 6 by Joss Whedon and David Greenwalt's "Angel." The two-hour pilot to Whedon's "Buffy, the Vampire Slayer" will run in primetime from 7-9 p.m.
Appropriately, "Dawson's Creek" -- the Kevin Williamson teen sudser that put the WB on the map -- will be the final show to air on the Frog, running from 9-10 p.m.
Some shows that would seem a natural for the last night -- such as "Smallville" and "7th Heaven" -- won't appear because they'll live on at the merged WB-UPN, which is called the CW.
anding rights to air the series one last time was a sticky process. Most of the shows are airing in off-net syndication on cable, and navigating those license holders was a bit more complicated.
"Every cable network that runs these shows had to give the rights to us," Ancier said. "And they all wanted their own pound of flesh."
That meant breaking the taboo of promoting cablers on the network's air with date-and-time promos. (Usually broadcast networks allow only cable ads that tell viewers to "check local listings" to find the show).
But under this unusual circumstance -- and with the WB folding anyway -- the Frog and its departing affiliates were willing to let it slide.
The shows' creators, producers and studios were game for the idea. But because all of the shows come from outside the WB's Warner Bros. parent, Ancier and company had to find a way to make it attractive for those outside studios to license the shows for a night.
Solution: All the studios involved will get a free on-air promo of the DVD collections of their respective skeins.
Beyond that, Sony Pictures TV (which produced "Dawson's Creek"), Touchstone/Imagine ("Felicity") and 20th Century Fox TV ("Buffy" and "Angel") waived the usual license fee; the WB was required only to pay the necessary residuals.
"Everyone was great about it," Ancier said. "No one was making money off of this."
Three of the five hours to air on the WB's last night ("Buffy," "Angel") will be from 20th Century Fox TV -- ironic, as the WB and 20th had more than a few financial run-ins.
In particular, the night reps a homecoming for "Buffy," which moved to UPN after the studio and Frog couldn't come to terms on a license renewal. It's the first time the show has returned to the WB since leaving for the rival netlet in 2001.
There had been speculation the WB would sign off at the end of August. But the new CW net -- which is replacing the WB in many markets --isn't set to begin broadcasting until Monday, Sept. 18.
Across town, UPN has not yet announced how, or if, it will mark its own demise, which takes place the previous Friday, Sept. 15. One possibility: The netlet may simply shut off the lights after its usual weekly airing of "Friday Night Smackdown."
Date in print: Fri., Jun. 30, 2006, Los Angeles
http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=story&articleID=VR1117946199&cs=1
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I'm gonna watch them sign off. I havent seen much of Dawsons Creek and even less of Felicity, but I'm a huge fan of Buffy and Angel. It'll be nice to see what they have done before forming The CW, which has four awesome shows: Smallville, Supernatural, One Tree Hill, and Veronica Mars. But, actually, I'm a little surprised they wont be showing Roswell or Charmed, I guess they cant show everything.
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TV Guide is live-blogging the CW's TCA presentation:
http://community.tvguide.com/forum.jspa?forumID=700000049
http://community.tvguide.com/forum.jspa?forumID=700000049
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was hoping Ausiello was gonna ask about Aquaman, but instead he went off on them about cancelling Everwood.... 
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I was hoping the same thing as well.The Incredible Hulk said:was hoping Ausiello was gonna ask about Aquaman, but instead he went off on them about cancelling Everwood....
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Why do you think SV was such a non-factor at The CW's TCA presentations?
First TVG's report has no mention. And now, Variety doesn't mention SV. I thought Smallville was the network's flagship show?!
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117946937?categoryid=14&cs=1
A 'Model' start for CW
Net kicks off with 'Top' show
By MICHAEL SCHNEIDER
"America's Next Top Model" will launch America's next TV network.
The CW hopes to make a premiere-night splash by unwrapping the seventh edition of the Tyra Banks model competish, which bows Wednesday, Sept. 20.
Speaking with critics Monday during the green-hued netlet's first appearance at the TV Critics Assn. press tour, net's entertainment prexy Dawn Ostroff said the midweek launch allows the fledgling CW network a few days to "iron out the kinks."
The CW will actually hit the airwaves on Monday, Sept. 18 -- a few days earlier than the two-hour "Top Model" premiere -- quietly airing a handful of repeats. That will allow stations to keep the lights on after the WB and UPN sign off for the last time.
Ostroff admitted the transition from old to new will be tricky, and may cause confusion as viewers are asked in many cases to flip the dial in order to find their favorite shows.
The exec pointed out that in 60% of the country, current UPN viewers will have to migrate to their market's former WB station to find the CW; the same is true in 28% of the nation for WB auds, who now will have to seek out the former UPN station in their hometown. And in several markets, the CW will air on a station that was neither a WB nor a UPN affil.
"We have to communicate that we're on a new channel -- that's huge," she said. "It's going to be very confusing at first."
That viewer confusion, Ostroff said, is why the CW is sticking mostly to returning shows and launching just two new ones: "Runaway" and "The Game."
"Our strategy all along has depended on existing franchises to bring in viewers," she said.
The CW now has cleared affils in 93% of the country, the most any startup net (Fox, WB, UPN) has had at launch.
Ostroff said she expects the CW to perform better than the networks it's replacing -- but added, "We're a bit realistic with what our expectations are."
Still, she added after her presentation, "By the end of the season, we'll be in the plus column."
Net also discussed some of its branding and marketing plans -- including the heavy use of lime green in its materials.
"Green is such a happy color," Ostroff said. "It really stands for a lot of what the network is about."
Following the "Top Model" premiere, the CW also will launch "Friday Night Smackdown" during its first week, on Sept. 22. But most of the lineup will debut in week two, including its Monday, Tuesday (except "Veronica Mars"), Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday skeds. "Mars" will return last, on Tuesday, Oct. 3.
Net also confirmed that Whoopi Goldberg has signed on to appear in two episodes of "Everybody Hates Chris."
Date in print: Tue., Jul. 18, 2006, Los Angeles
First TVG's report has no mention. And now, Variety doesn't mention SV. I thought Smallville was the network's flagship show?!
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117946937?categoryid=14&cs=1
A 'Model' start for CW
Net kicks off with 'Top' show
By MICHAEL SCHNEIDER
"America's Next Top Model" will launch America's next TV network.
The CW hopes to make a premiere-night splash by unwrapping the seventh edition of the Tyra Banks model competish, which bows Wednesday, Sept. 20.
Speaking with critics Monday during the green-hued netlet's first appearance at the TV Critics Assn. press tour, net's entertainment prexy Dawn Ostroff said the midweek launch allows the fledgling CW network a few days to "iron out the kinks."
The CW will actually hit the airwaves on Monday, Sept. 18 -- a few days earlier than the two-hour "Top Model" premiere -- quietly airing a handful of repeats. That will allow stations to keep the lights on after the WB and UPN sign off for the last time.
Ostroff admitted the transition from old to new will be tricky, and may cause confusion as viewers are asked in many cases to flip the dial in order to find their favorite shows.
The exec pointed out that in 60% of the country, current UPN viewers will have to migrate to their market's former WB station to find the CW; the same is true in 28% of the nation for WB auds, who now will have to seek out the former UPN station in their hometown. And in several markets, the CW will air on a station that was neither a WB nor a UPN affil.
"We have to communicate that we're on a new channel -- that's huge," she said. "It's going to be very confusing at first."
That viewer confusion, Ostroff said, is why the CW is sticking mostly to returning shows and launching just two new ones: "Runaway" and "The Game."
"Our strategy all along has depended on existing franchises to bring in viewers," she said.
The CW now has cleared affils in 93% of the country, the most any startup net (Fox, WB, UPN) has had at launch.
Ostroff said she expects the CW to perform better than the networks it's replacing -- but added, "We're a bit realistic with what our expectations are."
Still, she added after her presentation, "By the end of the season, we'll be in the plus column."
Net also discussed some of its branding and marketing plans -- including the heavy use of lime green in its materials.
"Green is such a happy color," Ostroff said. "It really stands for a lot of what the network is about."
Following the "Top Model" premiere, the CW also will launch "Friday Night Smackdown" during its first week, on Sept. 22. But most of the lineup will debut in week two, including its Monday, Tuesday (except "Veronica Mars"), Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday skeds. "Mars" will return last, on Tuesday, Oct. 3.
Net also confirmed that Whoopi Goldberg has signed on to appear in two episodes of "Everybody Hates Chris."
Date in print: Tue., Jul. 18, 2006, Los Angeles
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Because UPN is a garbage network. They only promote the shows that require the least amount of braincells for viewing.
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