tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3633585361283916034.post7337793992600592114..comments2024-02-25T03:23:37.876-05:00Comments on TV-aholic's TV Blog: Ratings Archives: Winter 1994-95mccollumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04656489275106486957noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3633585361283916034.post-75187909454185276602012-04-07T10:51:54.683-04:002012-04-07T10:51:54.683-04:00Yup. The WB used the same "backlot" loo...Yup. The WB used the same "backlot" look Fox used in its early days. Lots of Fox execs were involved in the WB.Myke25noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3633585361283916034.post-13129385571768927422012-04-05T20:20:27.406-04:002012-04-05T20:20:27.406-04:00The USA TODAY changed the size of the chart about ...The USA TODAY changed the size of the chart about mid season. I know I caught them for next week's posting, but I might have missed some in this week's posting.mccollumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04656489275106486957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3633585361283916034.post-36042362296860089842012-04-05T15:29:23.663-04:002012-04-05T15:29:23.663-04:00What's with the weird format in the last 5 or ...What's with the weird format in the last 5 or 6 that are hard to read?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3633585361283916034.post-52652947255755667502012-04-05T12:29:52.110-04:002012-04-05T12:29:52.110-04:00I had not heard of the "Country and Western&q...I had not heard of the "Country and Western" take on the CW. That is pretty funny!<br /><br />The WB was way more like the early days of FOX. Even the marketing was similar. IIRC, wasn't one, or more, of the people behind the launch of the WB also behind the launch of FOX?mccollumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04656489275106486957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3633585361283916034.post-25078144816403259612012-04-05T10:03:37.644-04:002012-04-05T10:03:37.644-04:00It was a weird history the two netlets had. They ...It was a weird history the two netlets had. They both launched using a Fox model...UPN going after young men and The WB going after African Americans. UPN, on the wings of Voyager, was the stronger network out of the gate. <br />Then they each shifted focus and kind of became each other, though as UPN shifted to Urban, The WB targeted young women. The balance of Power shifted when The WB signed a deal with Sinclair, turning most of its UPN affiliates into WB stations. <br />As The WB began to accumulate series with strong pop culture buzz (Buffy, Dawson), UPN began poaching them, nabbing Buffy and Roswell from The WB. Both limped along for a couple more seasons. <br />Then came the merger that created the beast with two heads: The CW. (We can be Urban AND Female!) The CW has never achieved the buzz, or the ratings, of either of it's parents. <br /><br />IMO, since The CW is clearly going after the same audience as The WB in its heyday, they should have kept The WB brand after the merger. Too many people still think that "CW" stands for Country and Western! :)Myke25noreply@blogger.com