Is The CW Becoming A Sci-Fi Channel?

January 31, 2011

"Friday, the CW ordered a pilot of a script entitled “Awakening,” which Deadline describes as “‘The Walking Dead‘ for young females,” about two sisters battling both each other and a zombie uprising.

A funny thing has happened to the teen girl network.  It has gone from the go-to destination for shows about pretty, wealthy teens wearing designer clothes, to a younger, female-skewing SyFy channel."

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Supernatural Fans Unite To Show The CW The Power Of Fandom

January 31, 2011

"In short the internet fan base is going around urging as many fans to watch the Wednesday evening re-runs of the show as possible. The aim being to outgun the first run episodes of Nikita and Vampire Diaries, which benefited from the switch and bait and likely lost Supernatural some new viewers and potential returning viewers after the success of the show winning the right to be featured on the cover of TV Guide in December."

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‘Smallville’ Schedules Episode About Congresswoman Getting Shot

January 28, 2011

In an article written January 13, the episode of Smallville that was originally scheduled to air tonight is described as "eerie how similar this storyline seems" to the shooting of Representative Gabrielle Giffords.

"However, logic dictates that this episode of Smallville will be preempted. Given the way the Giffords shooting has impacted the country, to have TV show feature a plot line about a congresswoman getting shot at a rally would be in bad taste, even if it is a super hero fantasy series."

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After Friday Switcheroo, Revised Schedules for ‘Supernatural’ and ‘Smallville’

January 28, 2011

"On Thursday, the CW announced that the return dates of 'Supernatural' and 'Smallville' had been pushed back a week — instead of returning from their winter breaks tonight, Jan. 28, they're now returning Feb. 4. I know, grrr.

The main reason for the switcheroo is to give 'The Vampire Diaries' and 'Nikita' another airing on Friday, which they may well need after going up against 'American Idol' on Thursday."

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Smallville, Supernatural Returns Delayed a Week

January 28, 2011

"The programming strategy is sound, but the timing of the decision… well, it could’ve been better. Regardless, The CW announced just this Thursday evening that Smallville and Supernatural will not resume their seasons this Friday, as planned, but a week later, on February 4."

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