Nostalgia is a powerful thing.
Is CW trapped in the 90s?
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The problem with The CW is the fact the president of the network is a dumbass, no shock there, but their two highest shows are Smallville and Supernatural. Those shows are both watched by older males and everyone knows old males don't buy anything! I guess video games are no big deal!
Apparently not.
Bad shows' ratings suck, yay!
OK in the CW's defense, here's how it works. The CW pitches itself to advertisers as the place to reach the young female demo, because the CW knows they can't compete with the general demographics when wooing advertisers - they'll go to one of the other nets, who are much bigger and have a broader reach.
So the CW ad sales will be to advertisers with young-female-targetted products. Therefore, the shows had better be able to attract that audience.
If the CW didn't pursue a targetted strategy, they would be steamrollered by their stronger competition. A targetted strategy is how the little guys survive, so I really can't fault CW there.
They do appear to love the 90s remakes.
I checked out both the new "90210" back when it first aired, and the new "Melrose Place". Neither really capture the "it factor" of the original shows despite including some of the original cast. They'll probably run for several seasons anyway.
I checked out both the new "90210" back when it first aired, and the new "Melrose Place". Neither really capture the "it factor" of the original shows despite including some of the original cast. They'll probably run for several seasons anyway.
I checked out Melrose Place. It was pretty forgetable and I would have changed the channel two minutes in if it wasn't "Melrose Place", which I was hooked on back in the day. There were a few notable highlights though...
- It was nice to see Thomas Calabro return as Michael Mancini. He was the only cast member who was on the original show from beginning to end.
- Ashlee Simpson was on the show and I wasn't sure if it was her or not until the end. She looked a bit different.
- Nice to see Jessica Lucas. She was on 90210 last year but she's playing a different character on Melrose Place. The producers must have really liked her.
- It was nice to see Thomas Calabro return as Michael Mancini. He was the only cast member who was on the original show from beginning to end.
- Ashlee Simpson was on the show and I wasn't sure if it was her or not until the end. She looked a bit different.
- Nice to see Jessica Lucas. She was on 90210 last year but she's playing a different character on Melrose Place. The producers must have really liked her.
I know, which is why I blame everyone, males over 34 don't buy anything? Someone tell the video game people.
Also they have tried the little girl shows, they are failing! It's time has come to try to make shows that have a "mass" appeal. The ship is sinking and they are going down with it.
Aye. In a way I'm looking forward to the end of Season Five so that I don't have to watch the CW anymore.The only good thing about The CW is Supernatural.
Those bastards had better just let the show end on its own terms.
Agreed. I started watching Supernatural at work (I work at a company that owns and/or runs 5 tv channels and one of them airs Supernatural) starting with season 4, and then I went back and just finished season 1. I know, not the most ideal way to see it, but we started airing the show with S4 and the first 3 seasons I had to borrow off friends. It's a pretty good show, IMO it has a bit of a Buffy feel to it.
"Sympathy For the Devil," Supernatural's season five premiere, airs tonight at 9 p.m., 8 central time. 
And, the self made promo heard 'round the net
O Death
Did you know that Jen Titus is a wannabe singer that worked in one of the CW offices when they had her sing this? The other staffers did the humming.
And, the self made promo heard 'round the net
O Death
Did you know that Jen Titus is a wannabe singer that worked in one of the CW offices when they had her sing this? The other staffers did the humming.
Did they ever bring Luke Perry back onto 90210? I'd have watched it for that.
Their mistake with Melrose Place is not going all dark and gritty with it. They need to do "Ron Moore's Melrose Place."
Their mistake with Melrose Place is not going all dark and gritty with it. They need to do "Ron Moore's Melrose Place."
No. He said that he has no interesting in returning, but he could always change his mind.
I was younger than the original Melrose Place cast when that show aired and now I'm older than this new cast.
Like a trainwreck, I couldn't resist watching the new Melrose Place. It was just as awful as I expected it to be, but then again most soaps take awhile to get rolling in full steam. I am a bit surprised with the murder plot, as I was expecting the victim to stick around longer.
Like a trainwreck, I couldn't resist watching the new Melrose Place. It was just as awful as I expected it to be, but then again most soaps take awhile to get rolling in full steam. I am a bit surprised with the murder plot, as I was expecting the victim to stick around longer.
I only watched WB when they showed BTVS, and for UPN when they showed Voyager (if I had know how bad that was going to be, I would have bettered myself by gettign a hobby) and "7 Days". NEVER watched anything on CW, and always thought the new name and logo were stupid.
I'll just go with Captain Wacky as the name. And I feel Captain Wacky is going to go bye-bye.
I'll just go with Captain Wacky as the name. And I feel Captain Wacky is going to go bye-bye.
Well, the reason why The CW seems to be trending more towards UPN than the WB is because many of the top execs running the network are, in fact, from UPN. I'm not sure how many people from the old WB network stuck around after the merger/transition. And The CW is run by the former UPN president, Dawn Ostroff. My big question is why the WB allowed Ostroff to run the new joint network. She clearly was the wrong pick for the job.
Maybe the CW should resurrect "Blade" since Spike TV canceled it because there were too many female viewers.
Yes! A Blade/Supernatural Thursday night would be so awesome.
The only good thing about The CW is Supernatural.
QFT.
I'd watch Dilbert. The others I would have never known to exist if they weren't advertised ad nauseum during commercial breaks for Enterprise back in the day.
I remember all the ads, too. Shasta McNasty looked like the worst show ever made.
I never watched it, but I remember the previews (and the weird name). I was always kind of curious about Jake 2.0, but never curious enough to watch I guess. Apparently The Vampire Diaries did pretty well last night, proving that teen girls (and their moms) are not over the pretty vampire boy thing yet. I might check it out online, but shows like Buffy and True Blood set the bar pretty high for vampire fare IMO.
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