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All I have to say is Veronica Mars better stick around.

Hmmm, there are no Tribune stations in my market... so does that mean I lose two network channels and will now have THREE independent stations in town?

CW = Can't Watch


Veronica Mars is sticking around according to CNN's article.

I could never really tell the difference anyway. Except in the 90's where UPN, according to The Onion, had shows such as: Wayans! Wayans! Wayans! Wayans!

Crazy stuff. It'll probably be easier for me, since I won't have to keep track of which shows are on which channel.

Whoa! I never believed that would happen. I never really watched UPN except for Veronica Mars, but I watch alot on the WB Gilmore Girls, Supernatural, One Tree Hill, Smallville, Everwood, and Reba. I would hate to lose a few of those shows due to the merger.

This is good news for HD viewers in Washington assuming that the CW lands on Tribune-owned Channel 50 (currently the WB affiliate). The UPN affiliate's digital signal is very weak here and is not carried on cable systems. Therefore, any UPN HD programming that is retained in this new network, we will now have access to.

Related question: is Everybody Hates Chris shot in HD?

I have no doubt that EHC, Gilmore, and Smallville will live on after this merger. However, I am concerned that my favorite guilty pleasure, One Tree Hill, may not make the cut.

In Columbus, UPN and WB have been the same channel for as long as I've lived out here. It's actually UPN but they play the WB shows as well (not at their "normal" times though).

Hopefully (finally) we'll get those popular WB shows in HD as they've had trouble getting them in HD the past year or so.

Smallville, Top Model, Veronica Mars all on the same network? Should be an interesting Fall for CW.

Those two networks are already dead last, it makes sense for them to merge. They might be stronger that way.

I am a big fan of the WB so I hope Everwood and Gilmore Girls continue, along with Smallville, Supernatural, and Related. The only UPN shows I watch are Veronica Mars and Everybody Hates Chris.

In my market we have both UPN and WB stations so I wonder what will happen to the other station.

Smart move..each station has a couple of good shows, dump out much of the crap, and keep the good shows..you might have something there.

Yup.


Interesting news. I'm interested to hear what will happen on the affiliate level. Since we have both WB and UPN (and it looks like the new network will be on the WB affiliates), my UPN affilate can't be too happy today.

I'm curious what will happen in my market. Our WB isn't really even an official 'local' channel here. It's provided by our cable company (Midcontinent). I suppose worst case scenario I'll have to download all my current WB shows. Best case scenario is we'll finally have access to UPN (although we get some of the shows at weird times on our Fox affiliate).

Otherwise, I'm happy about the news, as long as they cut the right stuff and leave the right stuff. I've always thought Veronica Mars would fit in better with the WB shows anyway. WB is losing 7th Heaven and Related is a non-performer, plus they have several voids they're filling with repeats (Sunday & Wednesday at 9pmEST/8pmCST). Plus Charmed has been on forever and might not last much longer. UPN only has a handful of shows that perform, but they will fill out the lineup nicely. I'd imagine we'll see Everybody Hates Chris, Top Model, Veronica Mars, Smackdown, and some of their Monday comedies like Girlfriends.

I'd say they should move all the comedies to Sunday, the best of both net's offerings. Keep Smackdown on Friday. Everwood & Supernatural on Mondays (a weird pairing but no weirder than Gilmore/Supernatural or Smallville/Everwood), Veronica Mars after Gilmore Girls. Top Model can rotate on the schedule with another reality show like Geek on Wednesdays. New shows here and there. One Tree Hill could go after Model, maybe. Or teh CW could be ballsy and put a few shows in the 10pmEST/9pmCST hour, but even Fox doesn't do that.

Would they maintain the "black night" that WB has? Do they even do that anymore?

Smallville, ANTM, Related and Everybody Hates Chris is all I watch on both chanels so as long as they stick around I'm fine.

It's the exact opposite for me. I get WB, and UPN "hits" are shown late at night.

All I watch anymore on these 2 channels is Supernatural and Everybody Hates Chris. If those 2 programs stick around, I'll be set.

Not necessarily. If CBS owns your local UPN affiliate, it should end up there. If Tribune owns your WB affiliate, it should end up there. If neither, it could go to either - that is yet to be sorted out.

Here in Chicago, WB is on WGN and UPN runs off an independent uhf channel.

Looks like WGN will be our new CW and the uhf will probbably go back to old 60s reruns or turn Spanish.

I was reading the quote lotsofdvds linked from, so it's obviously more complicated than I thought.

How can I found out who owns the affiliate? I can't find anything on their websites.

Edit: Never mind. CBS here: http://www.cbscorporation.com/ and Tribune here: http://www.tribune.com/

Neither own my locals.

hmm CBS owns Atlanta's UPN affiliate (Not in cable HD yet) and Tribune owns WB affiliate (in HD). It better end up on the WB.

I still chuckle when I think about the first Onion TV listing that I read. UPN - Shitload of Wayanses.

From thefutoncritic:

So if you are outside one of the cities mentioned, and have separate WB and UPN affiliates, you'll have to wait and see.

The only UPN shows I watch are Veronica Mars and Smackdown, so I'm glad they'll be part of the new network. I don't watch anything on the WB.

How odd.

What does "CW" stand for, anyway?

CBS and Warner Bros...


So we are losing 1 channel?