January 25, 2006

WB and UPN Networks to Become One

Did you hear the exciting news? The WB and UPN networks are combining to become WAYBORING. Okay, I made the last part up. Both WB and UPN are going off the air and merging to become the CW network. According to Newsday.com:

Calling the elimination of UPN and the WB and the creation of the CW a "pretty historic announcement," CBS Corp. president Leslie Moonves said during a morning news conference in Manhattan that the new network will "draw upon the programming and executive assets" of its predecessors, adding that it will program six nights a week. And commenting on the name, Moonves joked, "We couldn't call it the WC for obvious reasons."
Dennis FitzSimons, chairman and president of Tribune Co. (parent of Newsday), described the new network as "the best of all worlds," saying "we get to continue working with our longtime partners [while] our TV stations will have a stronger prime-time lineup and better lead-ins for late news programming."

"Pretty historic announcement" and "the best of all worlds". Huh? How about "no one really cares"!

At Newsday.com