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Is It Time To Cancel The CW?

It is sort of an abnormality as for the last four weeks the network has been on rerun auto-pilot, so their ratings should be going back up starting this week. But judging from how their new show ReModeled had around only 700,000 viewers for its premiere last night, even lower than H8R's bow...some kind of change is definitely needed.
 
It will be around at least until the affiliation agreements expire. Most of its shows are scripted teen dramas that don't do well in reruns. The netflix deal will probably make it break even.
 
As Lucy said in the salad dressing episode (dressed as a bag lady)
"Cancel, cancel".

Some say the CW is only 2 hours a night..........others say that's enough bad apples
to spoil the whole bunch (station).
 
I wish the CW would just go into oblivion. They're worse than the WB ever was, & to a lesser extent, UPN. In Chicago, WGN-TV would be better as an Independent than as part of the CW. Since Tribune Company has a share in the CW, they have the affiliation agreement in most of their markets for 10 years, starting 2006. Unless CBS & Warner Brothers pull the plug on the CW, the network will continue for up to 4 more seasons, ending in 2016. I personally would prefer to see movies or sportscasts in the 7-9pm CT timeslot on WGN-TV over any CW programming.
 
They need a sitcom block at least. Dont air them on Fridays like The Game and Everybody Hates Chris. That faded real quick.
 
Does the Tribune have a share of the CW? I thought they pulled out when UPN and the WB combined. And that is how they got first choice affiliation.

As for falling behind the Spanish nets? Well there are 45 million people in the USA that use Spanish as a first or second language at home. So that's 14.6% of the total US population that can use it fluently, and more to a lesser degree. So it would make sense to a degree.

With the way TV is going, I don't see that the CW stations going independent would help much. Especially with the Tribune in bankruptcy for so long. Instead of going back to the glory days of WGN, WPIX, etc, you'd probably get 2nd and 3rd airing of talk shows and court shows and more infomercials.
 
What I always thought was a terrible shame, was that in their limited appeal to a 18 to 34 year old female audience, a few great shows that may have been a better fit elsewhere got lost in the shuffle.

I know I'm not alone in this, as "the Vampire Diaries" is one of my favorite shows on television, and it made several best of 2011 TV lists, but it gets no recognition because its on a network geared towards teens and young women. The same could have been said for "Buffy, the Vampire Slayer" back when it was critically acclaimed.

If they had been on cable networks, they probably would have had a better chance at getting the recognition they deserve.
 
I don't care anything about the CW, but if it went away I don't see WLMT, their station in Memphis, doing anything other than moving MNTV programming from their subchannel to replace it. That actually might be better in some cases, but they still won't go independent and it will be the same garbage of trash talk, courtroom shows, and infomercials the rest of the day. :p

One good thing that might come out of it though would be for ME-TV to be available in prime time. ;D
 
Maybe they could bring back "The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer". It would still be set in the Civil War era, but Desmond is sent to a household with two Southerners instead of the Lincoln White House. And it would be called "Two and Three-Fifths Men".
 
The reason why the network is in the dumps is its appeal to only 18-24 year old white females. The lack of diversity in terms of shows and cast makeup of these shows is also an contributing factor. CBS and Time Warner could do better and did in the beginning but found their way to the stupidity route they are on now with the foolishness started by the former network head Dawn whateverherlastname. They could turn things around and like prying the Game back out of BET's grasps, attempt to get more sitcoms, and more dramas that appeal to a group beyond white females. However, that is if they are interested in saving this sinking ship of a network.
 
I think many of these networks like this need to look back to the old days of FOX when it was new. They weren't afraid to push the envelope and produce shows that appealed to a wide range of viewers. Some were kind of raw, others a bit risque, but overall they found their way with some pretty big hits and TV changing shows. They are still around and in the running with the big ones. The aforementioned WB, UPN and now it seems CW are fading into oblivion.

Quite frankly there isn't anything CW offers that would make me want to watch. I can get reruns anywhere.
 
The CW would function perfectly as a cable channel as compared to being on a terrestrial outlet. The audience is niche enough and is the same audience already watching MTV and ABC Family. I think the major problem with The CW is that the programming simply too niche to be competing with the other terrestrial outlets. But financially, I think The CW will eventually turn cash flow positive with streaming and syndication deals. The advantage of being on a cable channel, as compared to their terrestrial affiliate setup right now, is that many of the affiliates give little consideration to what types of audience The CW caters to and decide to put on older skewing sitcoms, news, court shows and talk shows. With The CW on cable, they would have the advantage of being able to rerun their shows throughout the day and be able to gain an audience. An audience will also most likely be gained through the streaming deal with Netflix.
 
I have heard in the past that the reason they keep the network alive is because the shows do great on DVD. I don't know if this is still the case or not. The affiliation agreements used to heavily favor CW, requiring the majority of the spot time, so that may be another reason.

Does anyone know when the initial round of affiliation agreements expire? Unless affiliates start leaving, I'd say CW is sticking around.
 
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