Another source of contention is whether broadcast radio and the TV networks -- ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, and the CW -- should receive treatment differing from their satellite and cable cousins regarding content.
's Fox and MyNetworkTV, and Time Warner 's CW--have collectively lost 1.8 million households, or 11%, year-over-year, even after including time-shifted viewing.
But for the ailing CW--on average, only 2.5 million viewers tuned in this past season, down 21% from a year before, fueling rumors about corporate parents Warner Bros. and CBS plotting to fold it--charming an audience of close to 5 million gives executives cause to celebrate.
If, as seems likely, the CWC has the effect of vitiating the Australia Group mechanism, CW-relevant exports may be permitted even to dubious customers -- but it will be hard to contend that the effect on curbing proliferation of chemical weapons will be a positive one.
After months of hype, speculation and backstage drama, the network's two-hour premiere of 90210 was the highest-rated scripted debut in the CW's two-year history.
As the animal wrangler on the South Africa-based CW series, he makes sure the show's animals (cheetahs, giraffes and lions among them) are ready for their star moments.
Also pulling down the cumulative total was the female-skewing, ratings-light CW, which failed to gain traction with newcomers Melrose Place and the season's first casualty, The Beautiful Life (TBL barely broke the 1 million mark with its second and final episode.) "The prognosis for that network's survival at this point is probably doubtful, " opines Creutz.
Five years later Alloy sold a concept called Pretty Little Liars--something of a Desperate Housewives for teens--to the CW for a television series and to HarperCollins for a book.
The final episode of the CW's brand-establishing soap delivered 1.5 million viewers and a 0.8 rating among adults 18-49, the show's best performance this season.
This may not be a huge demo rating for the network, but "Arrow" marks The CW's most-watched series debut in total viewers since "The Vampire Diaries" in 2009.
Given this highly visible and forward-leaning public position on a CW ban, it was nearly inconceivable in 1987 that the United States government could actually change its mind.
Youth-oriented TV drama factory The CW is hoping that Entertainment Weekly readers are interested in taking Twitter from smartphones and computers to the printed page -- er, at least a printed page with an LCD insert attached.
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Taken together, these add up to an inescapable conclusion: There is simply no effective way to monitor covert CW programs or to ensure that non-compliance with an agreement will be detected.
The CW's outgoing Sunday night lineup -- all four shows move to Monday starting next week -- makes it's second and final appearance while Dexter queues up a second episode on Showtime.
Once a mishmash of sweaty wrestling matches, urban-themed comedies and sappy family dramas, the CW is now home to programming about pretty young things for pretty young things.
Next up, CW head Dawn Ostroff , who explained that the network--like its netlet predecessors--will target 18-to-34 year-olds and only 18-to-34 year-olds.
In a move to redirect what seemed a sinking ship a year ago, CW Entertainment Chief Dawn Ostroff honed in on the advertiser-beloved but notoriously fickle young female demographic.
Last night's "Animal Practice" fell 9 percent to 3.8 million viewers and a 1.0 in the adult demo, ranking as the lowest-rated broadcast show in the hour (including The CW).
It may be no coincidence that this year's success stories are genre shows, like the post-apocalyptic "Revolution" and the post-apocalyptic "Walking Dead, " or even The CW's "Arrow, " about a brooding, hooded superhero.
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According to Ostroff, the three-year-old network--a joint venture of CBS and Time Warner's Warner Brothers--has had more than 200 million videos streamed on CW.com, Gossip Girl has nearly 1.5 million fans on Facebook and people are tweeting about the CW once a minute.
She portrays Tasha Mack on the hit CW series "The Game" and is the owner and co-founder of the Amazing Grace Conservatory.
Due to the inherent character of chemical agents, the ease with which they can be concealed, and the great similarities between facilities that manufacture them and those that make non-military chemical products, there is no effective way to monitor covert CW programs.
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Though international formats often lack the built-in recognition of spin-offs (Fox's upcoming The Cleveland Show) and remakes (CW's upcoming 90210), they can, though they don't always, offer something even more appealing: lower production costs.
The second-season premiere of Gossip Girl drew 3.4 million viewers and gave the CW network some of its highest ratings ever.
On the other, as the public and Congress are encouraged to believe a comprehensive CW accord is imminent, pressure will inevitably grow to dispense with the vitally needed, long-term program for modernizing the U.S. chemical retaliatory stockpile as obsolete munitions are phased out.
New shows include the all-new Help Me Help You starring Ted Danson, and the season premiere of Gilmore Girls on CW. Smith is back on CBS while House and Standoff are new on Fox.
After then-pop cultural sensation Gossip Girl failed to garner ratings to match its buzz, the network decided to yank new episodes from the CW website to see if, left without the convenient digital option, viewers would watch it on ad-supported live TV.
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