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The WB is REBORN

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Believing that it can attract a significant audience of young people on the Internet, Warner Bros. announced Monday that it plans to revive its defunct The WB "fifth network" online in August. (Beta testing is set to begin next month.) Although it said that initially it plans to offer reruns of such shows as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Smallville, Roswell, Gilmore Girls and Dawson's Creek on its own site and partner sites, it will eventually offer original programming created specifically for the Internet and has already recruited producers to develop content.
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I wonder how long it'll be until UPN is resurrected...
 
Sounds like a good idea.

If they can actually have a "Best of the WB" type lineup with all the critically or fan-acclaimed WB shows on it, it would put the current CW to utter shame.
 
Apparently it's already begun. I just read in the Sci-Fi/Fantasy Forum that the KidsWB page is up already.
 
nx1701g said:
IMDB:
Believing that it can attract a significant audience of young people on the Internet, Warner Bros. announced Monday that it plans to revive its defunct The WB "fifth network" online in August. (Beta testing is set to begin next month.) Although it said that initially it plans to offer reruns of such shows as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Smallville, Roswell, Gilmore Girls and Dawson's Creek on its own site and partner sites, it will eventually offer original programming created specifically for the Internet and has already recruited producers to develop content.
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I wonder how long it'll be until UPN is resurrected...
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I hope they do resurrect UPN - I can't wait for reruns of "Platypus Man" (for the record, sad as it is, I am not kidding about Platypus Man..."
 
nx1701g said:
I wonder how long it'll be until UPN is resurrected...
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Would UPN still be able to use Star Trek as a crutch? Star Trek: Voyager - Holodeck Adventures? Star Trek: Voyager - Time Travel Adventures? Star Trek: Voyager - Borg Castration Adventures? Star Trek: Voyager - Technobabble Reset Button Adventures?

Or maybe they can try to suck the life out of their other properties? The Adventures of Indiana Jones's Cousin? Transformers (the behind-the-scenes stories of the humans who don't see or interact with Autobots or Decepticons)?

Also, to General Kang, Richard Jeni is dead, FYI.
 
General Kang said:
nx1701g said:
IMDB:
Believing that it can attract a significant audience of young people on the Internet, Warner Bros. announced Monday that it plans to revive its defunct The WB "fifth network" online in August. (Beta testing is set to begin next month.) Although it said that initially it plans to offer reruns of such shows as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Smallville, Roswell, Gilmore Girls and Dawson's Creek on its own site and partner sites, it will eventually offer original programming created specifically for the Internet and has already recruited producers to develop content.
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I wonder how long it'll be until UPN is resurrected...
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I hope they do resurrect UPN - I can't wait for reruns of "Platypus Man" (for the record, sad as it is, I am not kidding about Platypus Man..."
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Don't forget The Secret Files of Desmond Phifer, Homeboys in Outer Space, and the New Love Boat! :devil: :lol:

A bit more about the site...
http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/interactive/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003795445
As first reported by Mediaweek March 10 (to view it, click here.), Warner Brothers Television Group announced on Monday (April 28) that it would launch TheWB.com, a new free, video-centric Web site that will become a home for various former WB hit series, such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Everwood, along with several original shows as well as network hits from the company’s vast library, including former NBC Must See TV staple Friends. During a video segment shown to reporters at the W Hotel in New York, a narrator said “the TV network that spoke to a generation is back,” - however - “The next great network will not be televised.”

Besides launching TheWB.com – which will initially roll out as a private beta site shortly before going public in late August- the company also unveiled KidsWb.com, a similar Web reincarnation of the once popular but much scaled back kids programming block. That site, which is already live, houses videos and games featuring classic Hanna-Barbera animated characters (Scooby-Doo, The Flintstones). Eventually, the site will become the launching pad for multiple kids-aimed virtual worlds, including the comic book-centric DC HeroZone, which is being created in conjunction with toy manufacturer Mattel.

But the attention grabber from Monday’s presentation was clearly the reborn WB, particularly as The CW network struggles mightily in the ratings, and many have speculated that a new Warner Web destination could serve as the foundation for a future cable or broadcast network – particularly were the The CW to fail (To view the original report, click here.).

Bruce Rosenblum, president, Warner Bros. Television Group, said that he hadn’t heard any such cable rumors, and that the new WB site should not be viewed as a sign that any executives had lost faith in The CW. “We are fully committed to the CW,” he said. “This is not a reflection of the CW at all. We’re all on the same page.”
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Since Buffy is owned by 20th Century Fox, I wonder what kind of dealing went on between WBTG and Fox to make it available. :confused:
 
Maybe it's all incestuous? Didn't B5 just appear on Hulu? Maybe Fox giving WB a bone here is some kind of friendly gesture or whatever.
 
I don't blame them, Dawn Ostroff has run The CW into the ground. I wonder if Warner Bros. would be able to take "their" shows that are airing on CW and bring them back to their new channel.
 
I just hope that Everwood is on that channel. My sister told me about the show so i picked up the DVD's and watched the first season and loved it. Found out that was, and likely would be, the only season released.. grrrr....
 
^ My Network TV is still around. I'll admit I watch the local station every night from 6:00pm - 8:00pm because it airs the Simpsons and Family Guy reruns then.
 
Aragorn said:
nx1701g said:
I wonder how long it'll be until UPN is resurrected...
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Would UPN still be able to use Star Trek as a crutch? Star Trek: Voyager - Holodeck Adventures? Star Trek: Voyager - Time Travel Adventures? Star Trek: Voyager - Borg Castration Adventures? Star Trek: Voyager - Technobabble Reset Button Adventures?
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So would this be new stories, or just regroupings of existing Voyager episodes?
 
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