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The CW Lives!

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...

Published Sun, Mar 1 2009 10:35 PM by News

Filed under: Broadcast, The CW, 90210, Print Edition, Dawn Ostroff, Gossip Girl, Bruce Rosenblum, Nancy Tellem, One Tree Hill, America's Next Top Model, Supernatural, Melrose Place, The Game, John Maatta, Everybody Hates Chris, WWE Smackdown!, Thom Sherman

Q&A: CBS, Warner Bosses Talk About Their Baby, The CW

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...

Published Sun, Mar 1 2009 10:30 PM by News

Filed under: Broadcast, The CW, 90210, Print Edition, Dawn Ostroff, Gossip Girl, CBS Corp., Warner Bros., Bruce Rosenblum, Nancy Tellem

Can CW’s Ostroff Extend the Streak?

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...

Published Sun, Mar 1 2009 10:25 PM by News

Filed under: Broadcast, The CW, 90210, Print Edition, Dawn Ostroff, Gossip Girl, Melrose Place

Critics Have Harsh Words for Networks

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...

Published Sun, Jan 11 2009 10:10 PM by News

Filed under: Broadcast, Fox, ABC, CBS, NBC, Grey's Anatomy, The CW, 90210, Print Edition, Kath & Kim, Heroes, Knight Rider, Criminal Minds, Melrose Place, Critics Poll, Skins

Prime-Time Ratings Keep Angst at Bay

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...

Published Sun, Sep 28 2008 11:45 PM by News

Filed under: Fringe, Broadcast, Ratings, Grey's Anatomy, Dancing With the Stars, How I Met Your Mother, 90210, Print Edition, Heroes, Knight Rider, The Mentalist, Do Not Disturb, Worst Week, Boston Legal, Criminal Minds, Two and a Half Men

CW, Fox Attempt to Jump-Start Fall

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...

Published Sun, Sep 14 2008 11:42 PM by News

Filed under: Fringe, Broadcast, Fox, The CW, 90210, Print Edition

Young CW Strives for Popularity

Spotted: a young, sexy TV network desperately strutting its stuff. That not-so-blind item is, of course, referencing The CW, which hopes it is about to see a turnaround in its fortunes. The network is promoting the heck out of “Gossip Girl” and a remake...

Published Sun, Sep 7 2008 11:50 PM by News

Filed under: Broadcast, The CW, 90210, Print Edition, Gossip Girl, Tribune

Ten Questions for The CW Boss Dawn Ostroff

That giant whooshing noise heard by residents of Burbank, Calif., last week was the sound of the entire staff of The CW exhaling. After another painful summer filled with barely-on-the-radar ratings and rumblings about the future, the first week of September...

Published Sun, Sep 7 2008 11:45 PM by News

Filed under: Broadcast, The CW, 90210, Print Edition

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