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CW Network yanked from Detroit airwaves over business spat

The CW has reportedly picked up an NWA wrestling show and a companion reality series.

Looks like CW may have quietly expanded Sundays to 7/6c. There's network repeats scheduled in that timeslot starting on 10/1.

Saturday's ratings are in. CW's ACC game (0.11/617k) nearly matched NBC's Big Ten game (0.11/665k).

KUSI is airing the ACC game instead of KFMB. I assume the other Tegna affiliates are preempting as well?

An affiliation switch flew under the radar. The CW departed Scripps' MTN group of stations for Nexstar's KSVI.

How will college football broadcasts on The CW work? Q&A with network president Dennis Miller

Comet is essentially syndicated programming. It's as watchable as any other station's lineup. I'll take reruns of The X-Files over a Byron Allen court show. It wouldn't be out of place on an independent station in another era. I'm surprised we don't see more stations fill non-network/news hours with programming from their in-house diginet rather than spending money on dwindling syndicated fare. If Nexstar wants to cut CW's programming costs, why not nuke the syndicated CW+ shows and fill the time with a mix of programming from their diginets?

KAUT's switch to CW was made official today as well. It's still an odd, isolated decision. Horse trading between Nexstar and Sinclair? Either way, Freedom 43 gives way to CW 43.

TMZ spilled the beans on CW rebooting Trivial Pursuit with LeVar Burton hosting.

WADL has finally updated their ancient website and unveiled their new logo.

AJC briefly had an article up announcing CW's new Atlanta affiliate, but it was taken down. I didn't catch which station was announced.

According to WGN's schedule, they will be airing CW's ACC football games instead of WCIU.

Nexstar readies new CW Network affiliates in Pittsburgh, Seattle In the Seattle market, a deal is being finalized to bring CW Network programming to KONG (Channel 16), an independent station owned by TEGNA that operates as a duopoly with NBC affiliate KING-TV (Channel 5) Despite not being a full-time independent station, WATL has a slight edge as the Atlanta area’s next CW Network affiliate, because the deal could cover both it and KONG in Seattle. WPCH is also being considered, because its status as an independent station means it can more-easily accommodate CW Network shows by moving around some syndicated programming. But the channel’s distribution in Canada — which dates back to its ownership by Turner, when it was called WTBS (later TBS Superstation) — proves somewhat problematic for Nexstar, in part because the network is relying on older Canadian series to fill some of its prime-time schedule and has secured live sports programming whose rights are held by other broadcasters in the country.

WADL posted a promo video on their front page announcing their CW affiliation.

WPNT's listings show CW programming starting on Sept. 1

The CW Lands Rights To Atlantic Coast Conference College Football & Basketball Games Through 2026-27

In addition to finding a strategic partner for ESPN, Iger said that he was “open to selling or spinning off Disney’s legacy cable networks, including FX and NatGeo, and its broadcast group, ABC Networks.” Man, Fox made out like bandits when they did.

The CW President Dennis Miller on Reinventing a Broadcast Network and the Future of Upfronts (Video)

The last exec from the old CW regime is leaving.

For the month of May, NewsNation was up triple digits in both total primetime viewership and in the key advertising demographic of viewers aged 25-54—with 102-percent year-over-year growth in the former and 100-percent growth in the latter.

The company’s next distribution challenge comes up in August when Sinclair Broadcast Group’s affiliation agreements are up for renewal. Sinclair has reportedly not been happy with the lack of communication from Nexstar regarding some of its decisions and declined to be interviewed for this story. Another key affiliate, Weigel’s WCIU Chicago, has another year on its affiliation agreement.

Nexstar has found some pocket change to renew it, albeit with a smaller cast and budget.

With Inside the NFL taking a slot in the fall, CW is revising their schedule.