Dr. Walsh ,'Potential'
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
I'm thinking (hoping) the new network will be a "best of" the two other networks. Though best will likely mean highest-rated with a side of critically acclaimed.
My one concern in all of this is the drastic effect it's going to have on what new shows actually get picked up. I don't think "Veronica Mars", for instance, would even if exist if the WB and UPN had already merged, though I think its prospects for surviving on the new network are pretty good.
In addition the WWE's "Smackdown," which has been a mainstay at UPN, is expected to play a role in the schedule.
Ugh. I didn't even think about the fact they're going to have to find room for wrestling. That's going to hurt the number of shows.
I could definitely go for Veronica Mars with a Gilmore Girls lead-in.
That sounds porny.
It wasn't, but it is now. Mmm. Happy place.
On the upside, if my local WB station is the one that takes over, Veronica Mars in HD. (Our my UPN affiliate doesn't have an HD cable channel.)
I didn't even think about the fact they're going to have to find room for wrestling.
Right now the WB airs 10 hours of new programming a week, and UPN airs 9. I don't think that finding room for things in the schedule will be too difficult.
I could never understand why they launched two brand new network channels in the same year.
Change in the law. Until that year, each network had to buy a certaibn percentage of their shows from companies not directly owned by their parent company. UPN and WB were launched to make sure that their respective companies would have a network to sell TV shows to.
Remember, in theory the new network can broadcast 22 hours of prime time material (8-11 M-Sat, 7-11 Sun) but not even FOX does that.
Superman and Aquaman for superhero broadcast block would not be unexpected either.
You're not the only one thinking of that, Gris.
Eh, if I were going to cross-slash the shows, I think it'd have to be Veronica and Paris. Or maybe Mac and Paris. Rory and Veronica would fight over their respective Logans.