{"id":9207,"date":"2006-01-24T10:11:40","date_gmt":"2006-01-24T17:11:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2006\/01\/24\/upn-wb-cw.html"},"modified":"2006-01-24T10:11:40","modified_gmt":"2006-01-24T17:11:40","slug":"upn_wb_cw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/01\/24\/upn_wb_cw.html","title":{"rendered":"UPN + WB = CW"},"content":{"rendered":"

CBS, which owns UPN, and Warner Brothers, which owns the WB, announced they will be creating a new network this fall<\/a> out of the two struggling ones, called the CW.<\/p>\n

Um … now, there’s a catchy name for you.<\/p>\n

I’m thrilled to find we can now have a single somewhat larger failing network to poke fun at.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CBS, which owns UPN, and Warner Brothers, which owns the WB, announced they will be creating a new network this fall out of the two struggling ones, called the CW….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media-tv"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":130597,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/05\/05\/what-will-happen-with-supergirl.html","url_meta":{"origin":9207,"position":0},"title":"What will happen with "Supergirl"?","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 5-May-16 10:12am","format":false,"excerpt":"I hadn't heard that the ratings were poor on the show, but the issue for CBS renewing it seems to be that the ratings weren't great and that it's a very expensive show ($3MM\/ep). 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