The educated guess here in Pittsburgh is that the former MyTV station will become the new CW station.
On Thu, May 18, 2023 at 2:00 PM M-D November <[email protected]> wrote: > It's also going to be interesting to see where some of these programmes > (eh?) will air in 8 major markets where CBS-owned CW stations are dropping > their affiliations (including Philadelphia - Philly57 to be a pseudo-indie). > > On Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 1:56:41 PM UTC-4 Doug Eastick wrote: > >> Well I guess one way to deal with the WGA strike, it to buy scripted and >> shot content from other English countries. >> >> >> >> /Doug >> [email protected] >> > >> On Thu, May 18, 2023, 1:17 p.m. Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> The CW, brought to you by Tim Hortons (OK, enough of the Canadian >>> jokes). Of course, the truth is that the model the network originally ran >>> on of lose money now, make it up for CBS and Warners on the backend >>> overseas sales and Netflix licensing doesn't work anymore and Nexstar wants >>> to see black ink by 2025. To that end, the CDub is now in summer mode all >>> year long with a lineup dominated by overseas pickups and unscripted. Here >>> it is: >>> >>> MONDAY >>> 8:00-9:00PM All American (the only--ONLY--U.S. scripted series with new >>> episodes) >>> 9:00-10:00PM 61st STREET--Dumped by the ailing AMC while the second >>> season was being shot, it's a cop drama set in Chicago that doesn't look >>> much like Dick Wolf's Wednesday night shows on NBC, with Courtney B. Vance >>> and Aunjanaue Ellis. Both completed seasons will air back-to-back. >>> >>> TUESDAY >>> 8:00-8:30PM SON OF A CRITCH--Mark Critch of the long-running CBC >>> sketchcom "This Hour Has 22 Minutes" (which Americans have never seen >>> unless they live on the border) tells stories off-camera of him growing up >>> in the Canadian province Newfoundland (CBC promos: "Tonight at 8, 8:30 in >>> Newfoundland") in the 80s. Malcolm McDowell plays his grandfather. Two >>> 13-ep seasons on the CBC from last year, will air those seasons >>> back-to-back. >>> 8:30-9:00PM RUN THE BURBS--A Vietnamese family moves to the Great White >>> North to start a new life. A cast member of "KIm's Convenience" (in case >>> you watched it on Netflix) created and stars in the show. On the CBC since >>> last year, 25 episodes over two seasons, will air the seasons back-to-back. >>> 9:00-9:30PM CHILDREN RUIN EVERYTHING--From a producer of 'Schitt's >>> Creek" whose last name is not Levy, a standard issue family sitcom (I guess >>> it's a single-cam). Two seasons and 24 episodes for CTV and Roku Channel >>> in the U.S., a third season has been ordered, Roku will continue to stream >>> the show. >>> 9:30-10:00PM EVERYONE ELSE BURNS--A British family holds some, uh, >>> extreme religious views about their fellow man and the world. Started on >>> Channel 4 in the UK earlier this year for a typically-British six episodes >>> (although produced by Universal and JAX Media). >>> >>> WEDNESDAY >>> 8:00-9:00PM SULLIVAN’S CROSSING--A neurosurgeon fleeing from the law >>> moves back to her old home, from a series of novels by Robyn Carr and >>> starring three veterans of old school CW shows, including Chad Michael >>> Murray ("One Tree Hill") and lead Morgan Kohan ("Batwoman"). From the >>> producers of the similar Netflix show "Virgin River" and Fremantle, was on >>> CTV earlier this year, ten episodes. >>> 9:00-10:00PM THE SPENCER SISTERS--Lea Thompson plays a mystery novelist >>> who solves crimes with her daughter, who people mistake for her sister, in >>> a return to the good old days of the blue-sky procedural that kept USA and >>> TNT in business. Started on CTV earlier this year, 10 episodes. >>> >>> THURSDAY >>> 8:00-9:00PM FBOY ISLAND (repeat of previous week) >>> 9:00-10:00PM FBOY ISLAND--The you-gotta-be-kidding HBO Max dating show >>> that got cut by Daddy Zaslav as part of the great cost cut at WBD moves to >>> OTA TV and starts with the first season (a second season is in the can) so >>> you know there's lots of bleeps. Ilana Glazer continues as host, an "FGIRL >>> Island" spinoff will air mid-season. >>> >>> FRIDAY >>> 8:00-9:00PM Penn & Teller: Fool Us (Brooke Burke replaces Alyson >>> Hannigan as the show's fifth wheel) >>> 9:00-9:30PM Whose Line Is It Anyway? (the last season of the >>> long-runner, they'll probably make so many episodes that new shows will air >>> years from now) >>> 9:30-10:00PM Whose Line reruns >>> >>> SATURDAY >>> 8:00-8:30PM Masters of Illusion >>> 8:30-9:00PM Masters of Illusion (previous season repeat) >>> 9:00-9:30PM World's Funniest Animals >>> 9:30-10:00PM World's Funniest Animals (previous season repeat) >>> >>> SUNDAY >>> 8:00-10:00PM I AM FILMS--A series of feature documentary bios I have >>> never heard of before, although I sort of remember the first one, 2012's "I >>> Am Bruce Lee." Three new episodes will be made. >>> >>> And the reboot of "Walker," which I suspect was never a favorite of the >>> CDub hardcore, will return for a 13-episode final season after the first of >>> the year. >>> >>> The wailing and moaning of the faithful can now begin (oh hell, it's >>> already started). >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/52c1e084-24ca-465a-8e67-0fec99a9f122n%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/52c1e084-24ca-465a-8e67-0fec99a9f122n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/0f285096-7275-4cf8-a1b0-62e373184f37n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/0f285096-7275-4cf8-a1b0-62e373184f37n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. 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