![]() ![]() The company had already been responsible for shutting down Warner Bros.' in-house animation department and for selling off major portions of the conglomerate, such as the 2004 sale of Warner Bros. By 2003, however, Time Warner became mired in several debt problems. Chris-Craft Industries, Viacom, and Time Warner officials had discussed a possible merger of UPN and The WB as early as September 1995, only eight months after their respective launches however, discussions ultimately broke down over issues on how to combine Chris-Craft and Tribune Broadcasting's station interests in the proposal to merge the networks, since the two companies' station portfolios overlapped with one another in several major markets. In the eleven years that UPN and The WB were in operation, the two networks lost a combined $2 billion. Towards the end of their first decade on the air, The WB and UPN were in decline, unable to reach the audience share or have the effect that Fox had gained within its first decade, much less than that of the Big Three networks ( ABC, CBS and NBC). However, over the subsequent 11 + 1⁄ 2 seasons, both were able to air several series that became quite popular (such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Star Trek: Voyager, 7th Heaven, Dawson's Creek, Charmed, Smallville, and America’s Next Top Model). The two networks launched to limited fanfare and generally mediocre to poor results. UPN and The WB both began just as the Fox network had started to secure a foothold with American television audiences. The CW is the successor to The WB and UPN, both of which launched within one week of each other in 1995. are receivable over-the-air in border areas depending on the station's signal coverage. In both Canada and Mexico, some free-to-air CW affiliate signals originating from the U.S. border (such as KFMB-DT2- San Diego/ Tijuana, KECY-DT3 in El Centro, California, KVIA-DT2 in El Paso, and KCWT-CD with simulcast network KMBH-LD2 in McAllen/ Brownsville, Texas) on pay television providers. The network is also available in southern Canada on pay television providers through stations owned-and-operated by Nexstar and on affiliates owned by Paramount and others that are located within proximity to the Canada–United States border (whose broadcasts of CW shows are subject to simultaneous substitution laws imposed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, if a Canadian network holds the broadcast rights) it is also available through two Nexstar-controlled stations that are classified in the United States as superstations – New York City-based de facto flagship WPIX and Los Angeles-based secondary flagship KTLA.Īdditionally, The CW is available in northern Mexico through affiliates located near the Mexico–U.S. The network runs programming seven days a week: airing nightly in prime time, along with a Saturday morning live-action educational programming block produced by Hearst Media Production Group called One Magnificent Morning. As of August 2017, The CW's audience is 50% male and 50% female. The network's programming lineup is intended to appeal mainly to viewers between the ages of 18 and 34, although from 2008 to 2011, the network shifted its programming to appeal to women in that demographic. ![]() ![]() The CW marked its formal launch date on September 20, 2006, with the two-hour premiere of the seventh cycle of America's Next Top Model. The CW's first two nights of programming – on September 18 – consisted of reruns and launch-related specials. The CW debuted on September 18, 2006, after its two predecessors, the United Paramount Network ( UPN) and The WB Television Network, respectively ceased operations on September 15 and 17 of that year. ![]()
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