What exactly is the new channel called CW?

Question

Did this take over WB or something....is it completely new? What kind of channel is this trying to be?

Answer 1

The CW Television Network, the result of merging together The WB and UPN.

http://www.cwtv.com/

Answer 2

The CW is the combination of the WB and UPN. The best shows from each channel are now shown there and some new shows.

Answer 3

Merging of the WB and UPN. The best shows with the highest ratings from each of the respective channels.

Answer 4

It's the WB, with a different name.

Answer 5

Merging of WB and UPN.

Answer 6

If your talking about the shows with tvx34, then yes they changed with alot of new shows and could be on channel 34.

Answer 7

yea..it took over wb...they basically salvage show that other networks kicked off...like america's top model...veronica mars, everybody hates chris, according to jim, still standing, my wife and kids

Answer 8

The WB and UPN's love child......

Answer 9

The CW Television Network is a television network in the United States and Canada launched during the 2006-07 television season. It features a mixture of programming from both UPN and The WB television networks, which ceased independent operations on September 15 and September 17, 2006 respectively. The network, which targets younger viewers[1], is a joint venture between CBS Corporation, owner of UPN, and Warner Bros. Entertainment, a subsidiary of Time Warner, majority owner of The WB.

The network began operations on Monday, September 18, 2006 with last season's 7th Heaven finale and then an Entertainment Tonight-produced show entitled ET Presents: The CW: The Launch of a New Network. On September 19, the same format was used with last season's Gilmore Girls finale and an encore showing of ET Presents with additional footage of the launch party from Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank. However, the network marketed its formal launch date as Wednesday, September 20, with the 2-hour season premiere of America's Next Top Model. [1]
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Origins

The WB and UPN both launched in January, 1995 just as the Fox network had begun to secure a foothold in the American viewing lineup. Both launched to limited fanfare and generally poor results. In the eleven-and-a-half seasons since, despite a number of minor-hit or cult-hit series, neither network was able to attain the stature Fox had gained in its first decade, much less that of the longstanding Big Three of ABC, CBS, and NBC. Both networks were losing money, although The WB had been profitable a few seasons earlier. Reports indicated that the prospects for both networks were fading quickly. Nonetheless, the January 24, 2006 announcement that CBS and Warner Bros. would effectively combine the two networks' operations came as a surprise to most in the industry.
The original CW logo introduced at the announcement of launch
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The original CW logo introduced at the announcement of launch

Like both UPN and The WB, The CW will air programming targeted to younger audiences. CBS and Warner Bros. hope that by combining their networks' schedules and station lineups, The CW will strengthen into a fifth "major" broadcast network. Unlike the "Big Four" broadcast networks, The CW does not seem to have any current plans to offer national news or sports programming to their affiliates, however, many stations may broadcast local news and/or sports.

CBS chairman Les Moonves explained that the name of the new network is an amalgamation of the first initials of CBS and Warner Bros. Moonves joked "we couldn't call it the WC for obvious reasons." Although some executives reportedly disliked the new name, that March Moonves stated that there was “zero chance” the name would change, citing research claiming 48% of the target demographic was already aware of the "CW" name. At the network's first upfront presentation — May 18, 2006 — a new logo was unveiled to replace the provisional blue-rectangle logo used in January. The logo is a green-white insignia which has drawn comparisons to the CNN (another company with Time Warner ownership interest) logo.

The WB closed their network on Sunday, September 17 with a five-hour block of pilot episodes of their past signature series, including Felicity, Angel, Buffy (which was a two-hour episode) and Dawson's Creek, and during commercial breaks, re-airings of past image campaigns and network promotions. It also involved promo spots given to the cable networks currently carrying these shows in off-network syndication, along with ads for each series' TV-on-DVD box set [2].

UPN closed their network on Friday, September 15, with its usual airing of WWE Friday Night SmackDown!; in addition some stations aired the network's usual, but optional, weekend repeat block. The low-key closure is not surprising given that in nine media markets, including the three largest, UPN was not available because the local affiliates are owned by Fox Television Stations Group and switched to its new network, MyNetworkTV, on September 5. UPN programs ended on WPWR in Chicago and KUTP in Phoenix on September 1, and on the other seven Fox-owned stations (including WWOR-TV in New York City and KCOP in Los Angeles) the day before, August 31.

Several CW-to-be affiliates began airing Smackdown and some CW-renewed UPN programming a few weeks early to replace UPN affiliates who had made the switch to MyNetworkTV. [3] Otherwise, it was unclear whether MNTV affiliates would air UPN or WB programs at all in most of the markets outside the 10 in which the MNTV station is owned by Fox. [4]

On September 11, 2006, a new, full version of the network website, www.cwtv.com, was launched. The website now contains links to Kids WB and now features more in depth information of CW shows.

The network launched with a premiere special/launch party from CBS-produced Entertainment Tonight at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank on September 18, after a repeat of the 7th Heaven 10th season finale [5]; the same schedule was repeated on September 19 with Gilmore Girls' 6th season finale [2]. The network will continue to air season finales from the previous season through the rest of the first week, except for America's Next Top Model and Friday Night Smackdown, which will launch their new seasons on September 20 and 22 respectively, with full-night premieres. The network's second week will consist of all season/series premieres for all other series from September 25-October 1, with the exception of Veronica Mars, which will debut its third season on October 3