Re: Not much hope for MyNetwork TV, while new net just asks for a chance in year 2

jack ak <akjack@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Taylor wrote:

Can you believe this will be the second year of the ill-fated The CW.
It's truly dreadful!!! Looking back, I'm SURE they regret their
decision to create a new name for the combined 5th and 6th Network.
The WB had MORE cache than UPN, and The CW has absolutely ZIP!

Not many folks care as much as you do. WB and UPN were niche networks
and the same was to have been expected from a merger. UPN and WB
were as irrelevant as The CW is now.

In the early days of UPN, we got lots of Science Fiction programs
produced in Canada that were a damn sight better than certain shows on a
certain SciFi channel I won't name.

What's unfortunate is that PTEN never turned into a full fledged network
what with Warner Brothers backing two horses in the same race; sheesh.

As little as there was to watch on WB, I never imagined that there would
be less to watch on CW. Thus far, there's been nothing worthwhile among
their own series which was never true of early days of WB and UPN. And
as soon as CW cancels the last show I still watch inherited from UPN
(Everybody Hates Chris) I'll ignore it.
.

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