The CW
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| The CW | |
| Founded | September 17, 2006 |
| Company | CBS Corporation
Warner Bros. Entertainment |
| President | Dawn Ostroff |
| Current Popular Series | America's Next Top Model
Friday Night SmackDown! Smallville |
The CW is the product of the merger of The WB and UPN. The CW is a national broadcast network in the United States. Its acronym comes from the first letters of CBS Corporation and Warner Bros. Entertainment. Shows originating from The WB and UPN have migrated to The CW, as well as some new pilots being developed specifically for the network (or pilots developed for CBS that were not picked up by that network).
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[edit] History
[edit] Before the 2006–2007 Television Season
During the 2006–2007 upfronts, it was revealed that The CW only had two new shows set to premiere in the fall, one of which is a spinoff of a current show. Another two new shows were set to premiere during midseason, but one of them, Hidden Palms, was pushed to the summer. In a surprising move, The CW opted to renew low-rated One Tree Hill over the higher-rated and more acclaimed family drama Everwood, possibly in an effort to appeal to younger viewers, which is a target demographic One Tree Hill achieves that Everwood does not.
[edit] 2006-2007 Television Season
The only new drama launched by The CW, Runaway, was cancelled after only three episodes. At the 2007–2008 upfronts, cult and critic favorite Veronica Mars was not renewed. Also cancelled were long-running shows Reba, Gilmore Girls and 7th Heaven.
[edit] Cancelled Series
- 7th Heaven (eleven seasons, 243 episodes)
- All of Us (four seasons, 88 episodes)
- Gilmore Girls (seven seasons, 153 episodes)
- Hidden Palms (one season, 8 episodes)
- Reba (six seasons, 125 episodes)
- Runaway (one season, 6 episodes)
- Veronica Mars (three seasons, 64 episodes)
[edit] In-Depth
- Program Listing: A master listing of all original programming broadcast on The CW.
[edit] Current Shows (Season 2007–2008)
- Scripted Series (Primetime)
- Everybody Hates Chris (Season 3) (renewed)
- The Game (Season 2) (renewed)
- Gossip Girl (Season 1) (renewed)
- One Tree Hill (Season 5) (renewed)
- Reaper (Season 1) (renewed, midseason)
- Smallville (Season 7) (renewed)
- Supernatural (Season 3) (renewed)
- Non-scripted Shows (Primetime)
- America's Next Top Model (Season 10) (renewed)
- Farmer Wants a Wife (Season 1)
- Friday Night SmackDown! (Season 9) (moving to MyNetworkTV at end of summer)
[edit] Cancelled Shows
- Aliens in America (Season 1)
- Beauty and the Geek (Season 5)
- Crowned: The Mother of All Pageants (Season 1)
- CW Now (Season 1)
- Eight Days a Week (Unaired)
- Girlfriends (Season 8)
- Life Is Wild (Season 1)
- Online Nation (Season 1)
- Pussycat Dolls Present (Season 2)
[edit] Upcoming Shows
[edit] Ordered to Series
[edit] MRC Series Ordered
Right before the 2008 upfronts The CW announced they were selling the programming rights to Sunday nights to Media Rights Capital Corporation. These are the series MRC has currently ordered to fill that block.
[edit] Schedules
[edit] Current Primetime Schedule
| Day | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | Gossip Girl | One Tree Hill | ||||
| Tuesday | Beauty and the Geek (repeats) | Reaper | ||||
| Wednesday | Farmer Wants a Wife (encores) | Farmer Wants a Wife | ||||
| Thursday | Smallville | Supernatural | ||||
| Friday | Friday Night SmackDown! | |||||
| Sunday | America's Next Top Model (encores) | Everybody Hates Chris | Aliens in America | The Game | Girlfriends (repeats) | |
[edit] Current Kids WB on The CW Schedule (Saturday Mornings)
| 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 | 11:00 | 11:30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will & Dewitt | Magi-Nation | Skunk Fu! | Tom and Jerry Tales | Tom and Jerry Tales | The Spectacular Spider-Man | The Spectacular Spider-Man | World of Quest | Johnny Test | Eon Kid |
[edit] Current Daytime Schedule (Daily)
| 3:00 | 3:30 | 4:00 | 4:30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| All of Us | What I Like About You | Reba | Reba |


