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gadz · Wysłany: Wto 23:01, 21 Mar 2006 Temat postu: USA Today - o ramówce The CW II

14.03.2006
Gary Levin dla USA TODAY

Will CW equal UPN plus WB, or something more?

That's the equation viewers of both lame-duck networks are mulling as plans are made for the CW to sprout in September, targeting the same 18-to-34 crowd its predecessors did.

Network executives will unveil development plans to advertisers at a meeting in L.A. today. But don't look for many new shows from the network, which was announced in January as a replacement for UPN and WB. The CW is already well stocked with best-of-both returning series.

CW entertainment president Dawn Ostroff says five series — WB's Gilmore Girls, Smallville and Beauty and the Geek, and UPN's America's Next Top Model and Everybody Hates Chris — are a virtual lock for the CW lineup this fall, along with WWE Smackdown, expected to keep its Friday berth.

Upcoming WB series Pepper Dennis, starring Rebecca Romijn as a TV reporter, also is a contender for CW, and others, such as Girlfriends, Supernatural and Veronica Mars, are on the fence, though odds favor their return. But a rumored revival of 7th Heaven, canceled by WB for financial reasons, is a long shot.

"We already have established franchises from both networks, and shows that speak specifically to the 18-to-34 demographic," says Ostroff, who also runs UPN. "We're hoping one plus one will equal three."

Confirming a cost-saving rationale for combining the two money-losing networks, CW has ordered just six pilots, down from the 15 or so each commissioned last spring. "Obviously we'd like to see one thing new on the schedule, and there could be two," Ostroff says, plus others as midseason replacements. Candidates include:

•Aquaman, another superhero franchise from the Smallville team.

•Palm Springs, a mystery soap from Kevin Williamson (Dawson's Creek).

•Runaway, about a man falsely accused of murder who moves his family to a small town under assumed names while proving his innocence.

•Split Decision, a drama about a teenage girl who vacillates between the cheerleader and rebel crowds and is seen as two separate characters inhabiting both worlds.

•She Said, He Said, an ensemble romantic comedy in the Men Are from Mars mode: a guy, a girl and their different worldviews. Nick Lachey is in talks for the male lead.

•The Game, a Girlfriends spinoff about football players' girlfriends.

Analyst Steve Sternberg of the Magna Global USA ad firm says it's a "mistake to start out with too much new product," and says "neither WB nor UPN has been particularly successful over the past few seasons in developing new scripted series. It's much better to just take one or two new shows to start, and then focus on developing potential replacements."

Starcom's Laura Caraccioli-Davis is unenthused: "They're creating something so similar to what they had, there's no sense of excitement in the ad community," she says. And with a "tech-savvy" target audience, the CW's traditional network blueprint "seems very old-school to me."

CW so far has agreements with 49 stations, covering 60% of the USA's TV homes, to carry the network. Meantime, WB and UPN are hanging in even as some current affiliates have begun pre-empting their lineups. Ratings for Chris and Smallville are down, though Top Model returned last week with a record-high season opener.

"We obviously know it's going to be challenging for the rest of the season," Ostroff says. "But shows that are good franchises and are known will have an easier time relaunching."

Anuś · Wysłany: Śro 1:41, 22 Mar 2006 Temat postu:

jakos te nowe seriale mi chyba raczej nie przypadna do gustu. nie wiem jakos brzmia nudo..

louve · Wysłany: Śro 7:57, 22 Mar 2006 Temat postu:

mogą się okazać nie takie znowu najgorsze...

dziunia · Wysłany: Śro 14:58, 22 Mar 2006 Temat postu:

poczekamy zobaczymy...

louve · Wysłany: Śro 22:59, 22 Mar 2006 Temat postu:

a co innego możemy zrobić... Wink

Anuś · Wysłany: Czw 1:31, 23 Mar 2006 Temat postu:

przygotowac choc odrobinke wolnego miejsca na dysku?

louve · Wysłany: Czw 22:12, 23 Mar 2006 Temat postu:

niewykonalne... za dużo rzeczy czeka u mnie na sciągnięcie... Smile

Anuś · Wysłany: Czw 23:49, 23 Mar 2006 Temat postu:

hmm u mnie ostatnio rozpoczelo sie sciaganie na trzy komputery: moj, mojego brata ( nie ma go w miescie na dwa tygodnie) i na laptopa, wiec nadborilam duuzo zaleglosci. ponato moj tata kupil nam te 10 sezonow przyjaciol, co pozwolilo mi pozbyc sie wieelu rzeczy Very Happy

louve · Wysłany: Czw 23:54, 23 Mar 2006 Temat postu:

ja niestety mam do dyspozycji tylko swój komputer... przynajmniej mam 2 dyski... Smile

Anuś · Wysłany: Pią 0:04, 24 Mar 2006 Temat postu:

u mnie w stacjonarnym tez sa dwa, tylko ze jeden jest stosunkowo maly i dosyc mocno wypelniony zdjeciami. mam taka sklonnosc, ze gdziekolwiek idziemy kino, kregle, restauracja) czy wyjezdzamy ( nawet tylko za miasto) to zawsze mam ze soba aparat i robie tony zdjec. ludzie najpierw sie dziwia dlaczego robie 4 fotki tego samego drzewa a potem przychodza je przegrac Very Happy

louve · Wysłany: Pią 0:06, 24 Mar 2006 Temat postu:

dobrze mieć jakieś hobby Wink

Anuś · Wysłany: Pią 0:18, 24 Mar 2006 Temat postu:

owszem, ale musze przyznac ze juz nie mam polowy zdjec ze swoim palcem albo paskiem od aparatu, przez te wsszystkie lata wyrobilam sie Very Happy

moja kolezanka smieje sie i mowi ze sama zostane fotografem na swoim slubie Very Happy

louve · Wysłany: Pią 0:21, 24 Mar 2006 Temat postu:

to będzie fajnie wygladało... Wink

Anuś · Wysłany: Pią 0:22, 24 Mar 2006 Temat postu:

swietnie

louve · Wysłany: Pią 0:34, 24 Mar 2006 Temat postu:

Panna młoda w białej sukni... z welonem... kwiatami... i aparatem fotograficznym w ręku... dobre Razz