In an attempt to “suck less”, the television networks WB and UPN will be
combining to form a new network, CW. “C” stand for “CBS”, which owns UPN, while “W” stands for Warner Brothers. They decided against using three letters like the other networks because “it might raise expectations too much,” according to one executive. “Small steps, people. Small steps.”
“We’re hoping to have at least one or two shows with decent ratings between the two of us,” CBS CEO Les Moonves said of the merger. “It’s been very hard for both networks to compete. Maybe if we combine and spread our shows out over seven nights, someone, somewhere, will actually watch.” Quality is, of course, a concern. "If it gets in the way of good ratings, it has to go."
“You know what this means, don’t you?” said Cindy Morris, an avid television viewer and fan fiction writer. “A
Smallville/
Veronica Mars crossover is finally possibly.
Chloe and
Veronica are
so long lost twins!” Other crossover possibilities created by the merger include
Beauty and the Geek with
America’s Next Top Model and
WWE Smackdown with
7th Heaven.
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