> > This is going to setup an interesting fight in alot of
> major
> > markets...What will probably happen is the station with
> the
> > bigger...audience....will take over the programming...I
> > wonder who it'll be in the dallas market, seeing that
> > UPN(21) and WB(33) affiliates here are fighting for market
>
> > share. MY money is on 21, seeing its already owned by
> viacom
> > and have better facilities than WB33,which is in a pretty
> > run down part of town.
> >
> WB 33 will become the CW affiliate in Dallas. Affiliate
> agreements have already been signed with those stations
> currently owned by Tribune to carry The CW network. WB 33
> is owned by Tribune. What is now UPN 21 will be left
> without a network affiliation.
>
This was the message on the UPN21 website:
"We want to reassure our viewers that the recent announcement regarding the new CW network will have a minimal effect on KTXA TV. UPN Network programming represents 6% of our total programming on KTXA and does NOT include some of the best syndicated programs available, such as DR. PHIL, THE BERNIE MAC SHOW, THAT '70S SHOW, SOUTH PARK, and MY WIFE & KIDS -- all of which will remain on this station.
As for replacement programming for the 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. time slot, our goals for KTXA are to provide as much local news and informational programming as possible and to aggressively pursue the expansion of our sports presence in Dallas / Fort Worth, including additional game broadcasts, when available, from our number one sports franchise, the Dallas Mavericks."
Sounds to me like KTVT/KTXA is trying to downplay the facts that (1) KTXA will lose its network affiliation, and (2) KTVT is now also going to be aligned (at least in a business sense) with KDAF/33.
A question that I would have is, if KTVT produces a local newscast for KTXA (which appears likely), would they also help contribute to KDAF's newscast? Or would the Tribune stations simply go on as before?
Also, I'd speculate that shows like "Veronica Mars," "America's Top Model," and "Everybody Hates Chris" will probably migrate over to the CW. And, given the fact that "Veronica Mars" had a one-episode tryout on CBS a while back, I wouldn't be too surprised to see that show end up on CBS, in order to steal a little thunder from the CW (which will already have "Smallville" and "Supernatural"). What do you guys think? Would "Veronica Mars" pull enough numbers and be a good enough fit with "CSI," "Cold Case," and "Without A Trace?" And, conversely, which shows might possibly leave CBS for the CW?
And they gotta change that name. What about CBS2? Nope, NY and LA already use that. CBS II? ("eye-eye") But "The CW," in my humble opinion, sounds stupid. If nothing else, just continue to call it "The WB" since that's already familiar. Or even WBC (Warner Broadcasting Company), for that matter.
And for those of you who say that stands for the World Boxing Congress (and you'd be correct), remember that back in the '30s and '40s Nabisco (the National Biscuit Company) used the initials NBC (and still does on some of its products).
Forgive my stream-of-consciousness rambling. Trying to edit video with an uncooperative computer. :-( <P ID="signature">______________
"Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity." - Robert Heinlein
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