Daryle, Smith launched it with a boom. Problem was, the show couldn't sustain the boom.
---------[ Received Mail Content ]---------- Subject : Re: [RE][scifinoir2] The CW: Ain't No Beautiful Black People Date : Sun, 31 May 2009 19:50:18 -0400 From : Daryle Lockhart <dar...@darylelockhart.com> To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com THAT'S IT!! that's what I watched..the first episode of "Reaper", which was directed by Kevin Smith! I never watched the show again, and I never turned back to the CW again! On May 31, 2009, at 3:52 PM, Martin Baxter wrote: > Daryle, if it weren't for Reaper, I wouldn't know that it existed. > > > > > > ---------[ Received Mail Content ]---------- > > Subject : Re: [RE][scifinoir2] The CW: Ain't No Beautiful Black > People > > Date : Sun, 31 May 2009 14:58:02 -0400 > > From : Daryle Lockhart > > To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > > > The CW ain't exactly GM. If it went away tomorrow I wonder f anybody > would even notice. I haven't watched the channel in... > > On May 31, 2009, at 11:40 AM, Martin Baxter wrote: > >> Well, DAY-UM... if i don't exist, then I might as well stop paying >> this $60/month internet bill, save myself the money. >> >> To date, there are three channels I've removed from memory on my >> TV; BET, Golf Channel and CW. 'Nuff said. >> >> >> >> >> >> ---------[ Received Mail Content ]---------- >> >> Subject : [scifinoir2] The CW: Ain't No Beautiful Black People >> >> Date : Sun, 31 May 2009 12:48:27 -0000 >> >> From : "ravenadal" >> >> To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com >> >> >> www.chicagotribune.com/features/arts/chi-0524-cwmay24,0,3868838.story >> >> chicagotribune.com >> >> TELEVISION >> >> CW bets on beautiful people >> >> By Maria Elena Fernandez >> >> Tribune Newspapers >> >> May 24, 2009 >> >> >> NEW YORK -- Last season was do-or-die for the CW network -- and it >> did not die. The two scripted shows the young network needed the >> most, the freshman "90210" and the sophomore "Gossip Girl," >> succeeded well enough to show that the CW can reach its target >> audience of 18- to 34-year-old women as well as create a brand. And >> veteran series "One Tree Hill," "Supernatural" and "America's Next >> Top Model" continued to perform well. >> >> Next season, the network, which canceled its only comedies, "The >> Game" and "Everybody Hates Chris," will air only dramas and reality >> shows starring young, attractive people in alluring settings. The >> network announced three new dramas for fall and one for midseason, >> and will order new reality series for midseason, CW President Dawn >> Ostroff said last week during a press conference after her >> presentation to advertisers at Madison Square Garden. >> >> "Honestly, I think we've had a lot of disappointments in comedy," >> Ostroff said. "It's not to say that we couldn't find the right >> comedy. But we did several shows, like 'Chris' and 'Aliens in >> America,' which we were really proud of. We thought they were >> different. They were about something. The writing was wonderful, >> and we just couldn't make a go of it. So we decided to stick with >> what's working for us now." >> >> Of the new series, the most highly anticipated is the remake of >> "Melrose Place," the Fox hit and spinoff of the original "Beverly >> Hills, 90210." Fans of the Heather Locklear-starring series will be >> pleased about the return of Laura Leighton, as the resurrected >> Sydney -- does anyone really die on TV anymore? -- and Thomas >> Calabro as Michael Mancini. From the clip shown at Madison Square >> Garden, there is a love triangle of sorts involving Sydney, Michael >> and his son, and a death in the pool. "Melrose Place" will air >> Tuesdays after "90210." >> >> Also on the fall roster is "The Beautiful Life," set in the high- >> fashion modeling world and, yes, it's full of beautiful people. >> "The Vampire Diaries" is centered on two vampire brothers vying for >> the same woman. >> >> Ostroff also ordered a midseason drama, "Parental Discretion >> Advised," which is set in Portland, Ore., and is the story of a 16- >> year-old girl who has lived in the foster system her whole life and >> finds her biological parents, who had her when they were in high >> school. >> >> The CW probably will pick up another midseason drama, but Ostroff >> said she wanted to wait and see how the season plays out before >> making a decision. The network developed six drama pilots, >> including a "Gossip Girl" spinoff starring Brittany Snow, which >> aired as part of a "Gossip Girl" episode earlier this month and was >> not received very well by fans. That series could make an >> appearance next year, Ostroff said. >> >> Although it's been reported that "Smallville," which will air >> Fridays, will enter its ninth and final season next year, Ostroff >> said a final decision had not been made, and she hoped the show >> could continue. >> >> Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune >> >> >> >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
