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The CW has been working to find a place not only in the hearts of 18- to 34-year-old women, but also in the hearts of advertisers who target them. The network, which holds its upfront presentation in New York on Thursday, has showed its advertiser friendliness by coming up with several ways in which...
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OMFG: Three years and nearly 1,000 days after it launched, The CW finally seems to have found its identity—and, more importantly, questions about its viability are fading away. Building on the momentum of 2-year-old pop culture sensation “Gossip Girl,” The CW this season appears to have achieved a breakthough...
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The CW is sticking with the script. That’s the word from CBS Corp.’s Nancy Tellem and Warner Bros.’ Bruce Rosenblum, the executives responsible for overseeing their companies’ interests in the 3-year-old network. While broadcasters such as NBC and MyNetworkTV have begun trimming the amount of time they...
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It’s unlikely The CW’s Dawn Ostroff will ever forget just how important “Gossip Girl” has been to her success. The network’s president of entertainment is constantly reminded of the “Gossip” gang—and not just because the Internet can’t get enough of the sexy soap opera. On the wall right behind her office...
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In the clearest sign yet that The CW will live to fight another season, the network has given early renewals to a half-dozen existing series, including Superman drama “Smallville.” The CW President Dawn Ostroff began telephoning executives at Warner Bros. Television and CBS Paramount Network Television...
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The William S. Paley Television Festival will host panels celebrating shows including “The Big Bang Theory,” “The Mentalist,” “90210” and a combined evening for “Battlestar Galactica” and prequel “Caprica.” The full lineup, announced today by the Paley Center for Media, also features panels for “The...
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The people who get paid to watch TV probably would prefer to pretend the last four months never happened. Always a surly lot, the nation’s TV critics—whose semiannual press tour kicks into high gear this week in Los Angeles—are disappointed, if not downright angry, over what many believe to be one of...
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There is a correlation between program type and the level of digital video recorder playback a show gets, according to a new analysis by a leading media agency. Steve Sternberg, executive VP at Magna Global, said nearly all action and sci-fi drama show above-average DVR playback so far that season. That...
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First “90210,” now ... “Melrose”? The CW and CBS Paramount Network Television are “exploring” the possibility of creating a new version of “Melrose Place,” according to a rep for the studio. “Melrose Place,” of course, was the hugely successful spinoff from Fox’s “Beverly Hills, 90210.” There’s been...
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“90210” and “Privileged” are shrinking for election night, as episodes that will air on Nov. 4 will be one minute shorter to allow election updates from CW affiliates. Ninety percent of CW affiliates are planning to take advantage of the cut-in opportunity. Viewers won’t be missing any cut scenes, as...
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Fox is feeling fine about “Fringe,” ordering a full season of the freshman series from creators J.J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci. The network has ordered nine additional episodes of the sci-fi thriller, for a total of 22. The Bad Robot/Warner Bros. TV-produced series has averaged a 4.2/11...
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It could have been a lot worse. That’s the bottom line from the first few days of the 2008-09 television season, which got under way last week amidst a higher-than-normal level of angst among network suits. With so many shows taking nine-month hiatuses due to the writers strike, and fewer newcomers than...
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The CW’s “90210” received a full-season order, or 22 episodes, today. The "Beverly Hills, 90210" update set several records during its premiere earlier in the month, scoring the highest rating in the network’s key women 18- to 34-year-old demographic with a 4.5 rating/12 share. “The successful...
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The CW and Honda are teaming up for what they call the largest sweepstakes in broadcast history. To enter, all one must do is watch The CW’s prime-time schedule from Sept. 29 through Oct. 2 to have an opportunity to win a 2009 Honda Fit. During the contest, viewers of The CW’s “Gossip Girl,” “One Tree...
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Fox and The CW came out of the starting gate early this season, giving them a wide-open field to strut much-hyped programming like “Fringe” and “90210.” But the advance launches were met with mixed ratings results. The CW, which began its new season on Labor Day, has two full weeks of data to analyze...