The CW
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| The CW | |
| Founded | September 17, 2006 |
| President | Dawn Ostroff |
| Company | CBS Corporation
Warner Bros. Entertainment |
| Current Popular Series | America's Next Top Model
Gossip Girl Smallville |
The CW is a US broadcast network that began broadcasting on September 17, 2006. It was the product of a merger of the networks The WB and UPN. Its acronym comes from the first letters of CBS Corporation and Warner Bros. Entertainment.
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[edit] History
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.
In its first 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] In-Depth
- Program Listing: A complete listing of shows that aired new episodes on The CW.
[edit] Current Shows (2009–2010 Season)
[edit] Primetime
- Scripted Series
- 90210 (Season 2)
- The Beautiful Life (Season 1)
- Gossip Girl (Season 3)
- Life UneXpected (Season 1) (mid-season)
- Melrose Place (Season 1)
- One Tree Hill (Season 7)
- Smallville (Season 9)
- Supernatural (Season 5)
- The Vampire Diaries (Season 1)
- Non-scripted Series
- America's Next Top Model (Seasons 13-14)
- Blonde Charity Mafia (Season 1) (mid-season)
[edit] Non-Primetime
- Daytime Dramas
- N/A
- Daytime News
- N/A
- Daytime Talk / Game / Reality Shows
- The Tyra Banks Show (Season 5)
- Late Night Shows
- N/A
- Saturday Morning Children Shows (CW4Kids)
- Chaotic
- Dinosaur King
- GoGoRiki
- Huntik: Secrets and Seekers
- Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight
- TMNT: Back to the Sewer
- Viva Piñata
- Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's
[edit] Current Primetime Schedule
| Day | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | One Tree Hill | Gossip Girl | ||||
| Tuesday | 90210 | Melrose Place | ||||
| Wednesday | America's Next Top Model | The Vampire Diaries (encores) | ||||
| Thursday | The Vampire Diaries | Supernatural | ||||
| Friday | Smallville | America's Next Top Model (encores) | ||||
| Sunday | no network programming on Sunday | |||||
[edit] Current Non-Primetime Schedule
[edit] Morning
| Day(s) | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 | 11:00 | 11:30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday | GoGoRiki | Winx Club (repeats) | RollBots | Dinosaur King | Yu-Gi-Oh! (repeats) | Sonic X (repeats) | Sonic X (repeats) | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (repeats) | Chaotic: Secrets of the Lost City | Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight |
[edit] Afternoon and Evening
| Day(s) | 3:00 | 3:30 | 4:00 | 4:30 | 5:00 | 5:30 | 6:00 | 6:30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weekday | The Tyra Banks Show (encores) | The Tyra Banks Show | ||||||
| Sunday | ||||||||
[edit] Late Night
The CW does not have a late night network programming.


