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Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="The WB" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_WB" title="The WB – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="The WB" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_WB" title="The WB – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="The WB" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_WB" title="The WB – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="The WB" data-language-autonym="Euskara" 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href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_WB" title="The WB – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="The WB" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_WB_Television_Network" title="The WB Television Network – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="The WB Television Network" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_WB_Television_Network" title="The WB Television Network – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="The WB Television Network" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li 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href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rangkaian_televisyen_WB" title="Rangkaian televisyen WB – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Rangkaian televisyen WB" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_WB_Television_Network" title="The WB Television Network – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="The WB Television Network" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_WB" title="The WB – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="The WB" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_WB" title="The WB – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="The WB" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_WB" title="The WB – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="The WB" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_WB" title="The WB – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="The WB" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_WB" title="The WB – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="The WB" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_WB_Television_Network" title="The WB Television Network – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="The WB Television Network" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_WB" title="The WB – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="The WB" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_WB" title="The WB – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="The WB" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_WB" title="The WB – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="The WB" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_WB_Television_Network" title="The WB Television Network – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="The WB Television Network" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link 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.infobox-header{background-color:hsl(210,100%,10%);color:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard ib-tv-channel"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">The WB Television Network</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="ib-tv-channel-logo" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Logo_of_The_WB.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Logo_of_The_WB.svg/150px-Logo_of_The_WB.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Logo_of_The_WB.svg/225px-Logo_of_The_WB.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Logo_of_The_WB.svg/300px-Logo_of_The_WB.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="248" data-file-height="247" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data">Defunct <a href="/wiki/Terrestrial_television" title="Terrestrial television">broadcast</a> <a href="/wiki/Television_network" class="mw-redirect" title="Television network">television network</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Affiliates</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_former_WB_affiliates" title="List of former WB affiliates">List of former WB affiliates</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Burbank,_California" title="Burbank, California">Burbank</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Ownership</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros." title="Warner Bros.">Warner Bros.</a> (<a href="/wiki/Time_Warner" class="mw-redirect" title="Time Warner">Time Warner</a>) (64%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tribune_Broadcasting" title="Tribune Broadcasting">Tribune Broadcasting</a> (25%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamie_Kellner" title="Jamie Kellner">Jamie Kellner</a> (11%)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (1995–2006)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent</th><td class="infobox-data">The WB Television Network, Inc.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">November 2, 1993<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1993-11-02</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Launched</th><td class="infobox-data">January 11, 1995<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1995-01-11</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jamie_Kellner" title="Jamie Kellner">Jamie Kellner</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Closed</th><td class="infobox-data">September 17, 2006<span class="noprint">; 18 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2006-09-17</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Replaced by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/The_CW" title="The CW">The CW</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Links</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20050702020251/http://www.thewb.com/Index/0%2C%2C%2C00.html">thewb.com</a> (2005 archive)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>The WB Television Network</b> (shortened to <b>The WB</b>, stylized as "<b>THE WB</b>", and nicknamed the "<b>Frog Network</b>" and/or "<b>The Frog</b>" for its former mascot <a href="/wiki/Michigan_J._Frog" title="Michigan J. Frog">Michigan J. Frog</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) was an American <a href="/wiki/Television_network" class="mw-redirect" title="Television network">television network</a> launched on <a href="/wiki/Terrestrial_television" title="Terrestrial television">broadcast television</a> on January 11, 1995,<sup id="cite_ref-lat-wblaunchdate_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lat-wblaunchdate-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as a <a href="/wiki/Joint_venture" title="Joint venture">joint venture</a> between the <a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros." title="Warner Bros.">Warner Bros. Entertainment</a> division of <a href="/wiki/Time_Warner" class="mw-redirect" title="Time Warner">Time Warner</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Tribune_Broadcasting" title="Tribune Broadcasting">Tribune Broadcasting</a> subsidiary of the <a href="/wiki/Tribune_Media" title="Tribune Media">Tribune Company</a>, with the former acting as controlling partner (and from which The WB received its name). The network aired programs targeting teenagers and young adults between the ages of 13 and 35, while its children's division, <a href="/wiki/Kids%27_WB" title="Kids' WB">Kids' WB</a>, targeted children between the ages of 4 and 12. </p><p>On January 24, 2006, Warner Bros. and <a href="/wiki/CBS_Corporation" title="CBS Corporation">CBS Corporation</a> announced plans to replace their respective subsidiary networks, The WB and <a href="/wiki/UPN" title="UPN">UPN</a>, with <a href="/wiki/The_CW" title="The CW">the CW</a> later that same year.<sup id="cite_ref-UPN,_WB_merge_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UPN,_WB_merge-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The WB ceased operations on September 17, 2006, with some programs from both it and competitor UPN (which had shut down on September 15) moving to The CW when it launched the following day, September 18. </p><p>Time Warner re-used the WB brand for an online network that launched on April 28, 2008, and then August 27, 2008. Until it was closed in December 2013, the website allowed users to watch shows aired on the former television network, as well as programming from the defunct <a href="/wiki/In2TV" title="In2TV">In2TV</a> service created prior to Time Warner's <a href="/wiki/Corporate_spin-off" title="Corporate spin-off">spinoff</a> of <a href="/wiki/AOL" title="AOL">AOL</a>. The website could only be accessed within the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_WB&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For a year-by-year chronological history of the network and its programming, see <a href="/wiki/History_of_The_WB" title="History of The WB">History of The WB</a>.</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1993–1995:_Origins"><span id="1993.E2.80.931995:_Origins"></span>1993–1995: Origins</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_WB&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 1993–1995: Origins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Much like its competitor <a href="/wiki/UPN" title="UPN">UPN</a>, The WB was created primarily in reaction to the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Communications_Commission" title="Federal Communications Commission">Federal Communications Commission</a> (FCC)'s then-recent deregulation of media ownership rules that repealed the <a href="/wiki/Financial_Interest_and_Syndication_Rules" title="Financial Interest and Syndication Rules">Financial Interest and Syndication Rules</a>, and partly due to the success of the <a href="/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">Fox</a> network (which debuted in October 1986) and first-run <a href="/wiki/Broadcast_syndication" title="Broadcast syndication">syndicated</a> programming during the late 1980s and early 1990s (such as <i><a href="/wiki/Baywatch" title="Baywatch">Baywatch</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation" title="Star Trek: The Next Generation">Star Trek: The Next Generation</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/War_of_the_Worlds_(1988_TV_series)" title="War of the Worlds (1988 TV series)">War of the Worlds</a></i>), as well as the erosion in <a href="/wiki/Nielsen_ratings" class="mw-redirect" title="Nielsen ratings">ratings</a> suffered by <a href="/wiki/Independent_station_(North_America)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent station (North America)">independent television stations</a> due to the growth of <a href="/wiki/Cable_television" title="Cable television">cable television</a> and movie rentals. The network can also trace its beginnings to the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Time_Entertainment_Network" title="Prime Time Entertainment Network">Prime Time Entertainment Network</a> (PTEN), a programming service operated as a joint venture between <a href="/wiki/WarnerMedia" title="WarnerMedia">Time Warner</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Chris-Craft_Industries" title="Chris-Craft Industries">Chris-Craft Industries</a> group of stations, and launched in January 1989. </p><p>On November 2, 1993, the <a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros." title="Warner Bros.">Warner Bros.</a> division of Time Warner announced the formation of The WB Television Network, with the <a href="/wiki/Tribune_Media" title="Tribune Media">Tribune Company</a> holding a minority interest. As such, <a href="/wiki/Tribune_Broadcasting" title="Tribune Broadcasting">Tribune Broadcasting</a> signed agreements to affiliate six of its seven television stations at the time – all of which were independent stations,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-The_WB_1994_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_WB_1994-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> including the television group's two largest stations, <a href="/wiki/WPIX" title="WPIX">WPIX</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> and <a href="/wiki/KTLA" title="KTLA">KTLA</a> in <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a> – with the network. Only five of these stations, along with a <a href="/wiki/WLVI" title="WLVI">sixth</a> that Tribune acquired the following year, would join The WB at launch; the company's <a href="/wiki/Atlanta" title="Atlanta">Atlanta</a> independent <a href="/wiki/WANF" title="WANF">WGNX</a> would instead agree to affiliate with <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a> in September 1994, as a result of <a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%931996_United_States_broadcast_TV_realignment" class="mw-redirect" title="1994–1996 United States broadcast TV realignment">Fox's affiliation deal</a> with <a href="/wiki/New_World_Pictures#New_World_Communications" title="New World Pictures">New World Communications</a>, then-owner of longtime CBS station <a href="/wiki/WAGA-TV" title="WAGA-TV">WAGA-TV</a>. In contrast, <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a> sister station <a href="/wiki/WGNO" title="WGNO">WGNO</a> did become a WB charter affiliate before joining <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> in January 1996 due to a similar affiliation deal between Fox and <a href="/wiki/SF_Broadcasting" title="SF Broadcasting">SF Broadcasting</a>, owner of longtime ABC station <a href="/wiki/WVUE-DT" title="WVUE-DT">WVUE-TV</a>. </p><p>On December 3, 1993, The WB announced a separate affiliation agreement with Tribune for its <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a> <a href="/wiki/Flagship_(broadcasting)" title="Flagship (broadcasting)">flagship station</a> <a href="/wiki/WGN-TV" title="WGN-TV">WGN-TV</a> (which originally planned to remain an independent station due to concerns about handling its <a href="/wiki/WGN_Sports" title="WGN Sports">sports programming commitments</a> while maintaining a network affiliation);<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> through this deal, WGN's <a href="/wiki/WGN_America" title="WGN America">superstation feed</a> would provide additional national distribution for The WB as a cable-only affiliate, in order to give the network time to fill gaps in markets where it was unable to find an affiliate at launch.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although Tribune had a minority stake in the network, its stations were not technically considered <a href="/wiki/Owned-and-operated_station" title="Owned-and-operated station">owned-and-operated stations</a> of The WB since Time Warner held <a href="/wiki/Controlling_interest" title="Controlling interest">controlling interest</a> in the network's ownership. </p><p>When the network was announced, The WB planned to run a predominantly network-programmed schedule over time. It was originally slated to launch with two nights of <a href="/wiki/Prime_time" title="Prime time">primetime</a> programming in its first year, and two additional nights of primetime programming, a <a href="/wiki/Strip_programming" title="Strip programming">nightly half-hour</a> in late primetime, 4½ hours of weekday daytime programming and a four-hour Saturday morning children's lineup in its second year. By the third year, a fifth night of primetime and 1½ hours of weekday programming outside of primetime would have been added, followed by an additional hour of programming in primetime and 1½ hours on weekday afternoons by the network's fourth year, and a seventh night of primetime in the fifth year of operation.<sup id="cite_ref-The_WB_1994_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_WB_1994-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, this plan was scaled back dramatically, partly to address potential sports-related programming conflicts on WGN and certain other affiliates (including WPIX and KTLA), as The WB launched with only one night of primetime programming; and by September 1995, the network added only one additional night (Sundays), along with a three-hour Saturday morning (later expanded to four, then five hours), one-hour weekday morning and two-hour weekday afternoon children's block.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Warner Bros. appointed many former Fox executives to run the network, including the network's original chief executive <a href="/wiki/Jamie_Kellner" title="Jamie Kellner">Jamie Kellner</a>, who served as president of Fox from 1986 to 1993;<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and president of programming <a href="/wiki/Garth_Ancier" title="Garth Ancier">Garth Ancier</a>, who was the programming chief of Fox from 1986 to 1989. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1995–1997:_Beginnings"><span id="1995.E2.80.931997:_Beginnings"></span>1995–1997: Beginnings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_WB&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1995–1997: Beginnings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The WB Television Network launched on January 11, 1995, with the debut airing of the first episode of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wayans_Bros." title="The Wayans Bros.">The Wayans Bros.</a></i> (a sitcom starring comedians <a href="/wiki/Shawn_Wayans" title="Shawn Wayans">Shawn</a> and <a href="/wiki/Marlon_Wayans" title="Marlon Wayans">Marlon Wayans</a>) as its first program.<sup id="cite_ref-lat-wblaunchdate_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lat-wblaunchdate-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The classic Warner Bros. cartoon character <a href="/wiki/Michigan_J._Frog" title="Michigan J. Frog">Michigan J. Frog</a> appeared on-air as the network's official mascot (with animator <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Jones" title="Chuck Jones">Chuck Jones</a>, in person, drawing him out after <a href="/wiki/Bugs_Bunny" title="Bugs Bunny">Bugs Bunny</a> and <a href="/wiki/Daffy_Duck" title="Daffy Duck">Daffy Duck</a> argued about who should launch The WB during the network's premiere), and would remain as part of the network's branding in one form or another until 2005. </p><p>Much of the network's branding was based around Warner Bros. locations and characters: the television network's original logo (which was originally displayed upright until 1998, and displayed at a titled angle thereafter) was based on the <a href="/wiki/Typography" title="Typography">typography</a> of the iconic Warner Bros. Pictures' "shield" logo; network promotions and imaging campaigns for The WB and the Kids' WB block from their launches until the 2003–2004 season were also respectively centered on the Warner Bros. Studios <a href="/wiki/Backlot" title="Backlot">backlot</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros._Ranch" title="Warner Bros. Ranch">Warner Bros. Ranch Facilities</a>, often involving large neon signs promoting the nights of programming and their component shows (at times including signs for Kids' WB and certain shows from that block); this approach was similar to one used for Fox's 1989–90 "This is the Year" fall campaign (likely borrowed for The WB by former Fox executives Kellner and Ancier). Local station IDs initially used by some WB affiliates until 1997—set to a soft orchestral theme incorporating the musical signature of "<a href="/wiki/Hello!_Ma_Baby" title="Hello! Ma Baby">Hello Ma Baby</a>"—featured moving projections of the "WB" lettering on CGI models of the Warner Bros. studio lot, with the end tag (in which the affiliate's logo is displayed) prominently featuring the lot's <a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros._Water_Tower" title="Warner Bros. Water Tower">water tower</a> next to a translucent outline of the "WB" logotype (which is briefly lit up as the image zooms out to show the tower and model soundstages). </p><p>The WB's scheduling structure was similar to Fox's when it launched, as it started with one night a week of programming and then gradually added additional nights of programming over the course of several seasons: the network started with a two-hour Wednesday night lineup of sitcoms, airing from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">Eastern</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Time_Zone" title="Pacific Time Zone">Pacific Time</a>. The limited amount of network programming in The WB's early years essentially rendered its affiliates as nominal independent stations; because of this, affiliates held the responsibility of programming primetime slots on nights that the network did not program, airing either first-run and/or off-network syndicated programs or more commonly, movies. </p><p>Several of the network's first programs were <a href="/wiki/Black_sitcoms" class="mw-redirect" title="Black sitcoms">black sitcoms</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Four of the five shows that debuted in the network's first nine months were renewed beyond the first year – <i>The Wayans Bros.</i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Unhappily_Ever_After" title="Unhappily Ever After">Unhappily Ever After</a></i> (a dysfunctional family sitcom from <i><a href="/wiki/Married..._with_Children" title="Married... with Children">Married... with Children</a></i> co-creator <a href="/wiki/Ron_Leavitt" title="Ron Leavitt">Ron Leavitt</a>), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Parent_%27Hood" title="The Parent 'Hood">The Parent 'Hood</a></i> (a family sitcom starring and co-created by <a href="/wiki/Robert_Townsend_(actor)" title="Robert Townsend (actor)">Robert Townsend</a>), and <i><a href="/wiki/Sister,_Sister_(TV_series)" title="Sister, Sister (TV series)">Sister, Sister</a></i> (a teen/blended family sitcom starring <a href="/wiki/Tia_Mowry" title="Tia Mowry">Tia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tamera_Mowry" title="Tamera Mowry">Tamera Mowry</a> that was picked up by the network after its cancellation by ABC in the spring of 1995).<sup id="cite_ref-Sister,_Sister_New_Life_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sister,_Sister_New_Life-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The four shows had a lasting impact on audiences, while a fifth show, <i><a href="/wiki/Muscle_(TV_series)" title="Muscle (TV series)">Muscle</a></i> (a sitcom that parodied primetime soap operas), was canceled after one season due to low ratings, and ultimately replaced with <i>Sister, Sister</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On August 17, 1995, the Tribune Company acquired a 12.5% <a href="/wiki/Limited_partnership" title="Limited partnership">limited partnership</a> interest in The WB for $12 million; the deal gave Tribune an option to increase its stake in the network up to a 25% interest;<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tribune would eventually increase its ownership share in The WB to 22.5% on March 31, 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The WB expanded its programming to Sunday nights for the 1995–96 season, but none of the new shows (including the <a href="/wiki/Kirk_Cameron" title="Kirk Cameron">Kirk Cameron</a> vehicle <i><a href="/wiki/Kirk_(TV_series)" title="Kirk (TV series)">Kirk</a></i> and night-time soap opera <i><a href="/wiki/Savannah_(TV_series)" title="Savannah (TV series)">Savannah</a></i>) managed to garner much viewing interest.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The network also launched the <a href="/wiki/Kids%27_WB" title="Kids' WB">Kids' WB</a> programming block in September 1995, which featured a mix of existing Warner Bros. animated series that originated either on <a href="/wiki/Fox_Kids" title="Fox Kids">Fox Kids</a> or in syndication and originally aired on Monday through Saturday mornings.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The WB continued to expand in the 1996–97 season, adding programming on Monday nights.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This season gave The WB modest hits in the <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Spelling" title="Aaron Spelling">Aaron Spelling</a>-produced family drama <i><a href="/wiki/7th_Heaven_(TV_series)" title="7th Heaven (TV series)">7th Heaven</a></i> (centering on a <a href="/wiki/Reverend" class="mw-redirect" title="Reverend">reverend</a> and his family) and comedies <i><a href="/wiki/The_Steve_Harvey_Show" title="The Steve Harvey Show">The Steve Harvey Show</a></i> (starring <a href="/wiki/Steve_Harvey" title="Steve Harvey">Harvey</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Funk_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Funk music">funk</a> musician working as a music teacher at an inner-city Chicago high school), and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Jamie_Foxx_Show" title="The Jamie Foxx Show">The Jamie Foxx Show</a></i> (starring <a href="/wiki/Jamie_Foxx" title="Jamie Foxx">Foxx</a> as an aspiring actor/singer working at a Los Angeles hotel owned by his aunt and uncle). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1997–2000:_Courting_the_teen_market"><span id="1997.E2.80.932000:_Courting_the_teen_market"></span>1997–2000: Courting the teen market</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_WB&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1997–2000: Courting the teen market"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The WB first had success with <i><a href="/wiki/Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer" title="Buffy the Vampire Slayer">Buffy the Vampire Slayer</a></i> (a series based on the 1992 <a href="/wiki/Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer_(film)" title="Buffy the Vampire Slayer (film)">film of the same name</a>) which became a hit with critics when it premiered as a <a href="/wiki/Mid-season_replacement" title="Mid-season replacement">mid-season replacement</a> in March 1997. The series debuted with the highest Monday night ratings in the network's history, attracting not only new teenage viewers, but new advertisers as well.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Inspired by <i>Buffy</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s success, The WB intentionally shifted the focus of its programming, trying to capture what it perceived to be a heavily fragmented market by marketing to the under-courted teen demographic. While the Fox network, the previous destination for teen television (with shows such as <i><a href="/wiki/Beverly_Hills,_90210" title="Beverly Hills, 90210">Beverly Hills, 90210</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Party_of_Five" title="Party of Five">Party of Five</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Parker_Lewis_Can%27t_Lose" title="Parker Lewis Can't Lose">Parker Lewis Can't Lose</a></i>), began to court older audiences with shows such as <i><a href="/wiki/Ally_McBeal" title="Ally McBeal">Ally McBeal</a></i>, The WB began to craft its identity with programs targeted at teenagers. The network's breakout hit and, arguably, its signature series was <i><a href="/wiki/Dawson%27s_Creek" title="Dawson's Creek">Dawson's Creek</a></i>, which debuted in January 1998 to what were then the highest ratings in the network's history (and made stars out of its four principal actors, <a href="/wiki/James_Van_Der_Beek" title="James Van Der Beek">James Van Der Beek</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michelle_Williams_(actress)" title="Michelle Williams (actress)">Michelle Williams</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joshua_Jackson" title="Joshua Jackson">Joshua Jackson</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Katie_Holmes" title="Katie Holmes">Katie Holmes</a>). The series was produced by <a href="/wiki/Columbia_TriStar_Television" title="Columbia TriStar Television">Columbia TriStar Television</a> and it quickly became the highest-rated show on television among teenage girls, and the most popular program on The WB. The popularity of <i>Dawson</i> helped boost the network's other shows, such as <i>Buffy</i>, which served as its lead-in on The WB's new night of programming that also launched in January 1998, branded as "New Tuesday",<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i>7th Heaven</i>, which enjoyed a massive 81% increase in viewership that season. </p><p>With three hit shows in its roster, The WB continued to build its teen fanbase the following season with college drama <i><a href="/wiki/Felicity_(TV_series)" title="Felicity (TV series)">Felicity</a></i> (which made a star out of lead <a href="/wiki/Keri_Russell" title="Keri Russell">Keri Russell</a>) and the <a href="/wiki/Wicca" title="Wicca">wicca</a>-themed <i><a href="/wiki/Charmed" title="Charmed">Charmed</a></i> (which was also produced by Aaron Spelling, and co-starred <a href="/wiki/Alyssa_Milano" title="Alyssa Milano">Alyssa Milano</a>, <a href="/wiki/Holly_Marie_Combs" title="Holly Marie Combs">Holly Marie Combs</a> and <i>90210</i> alumna <a href="/wiki/Shannen_Doherty" title="Shannen Doherty">Shannen Doherty</a>), both of which set new records for the network when they respectively premiered to 7.1 and 7.7 million viewers; <i>Charmed</i> had the highest-rated premiere on the network until <i><a href="/wiki/Smallville" title="Smallville">Smallville</a></i> broke its record, debuting to 8.4 million viewers in October 2001. At the start of the 1998–99 season, the network expanded its programming to Thursday nights.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That season, <i>7th Heaven</i> overtook <i>Dawson's Creek</i> as the network's highest-rated program, and garnered The WB the highest ratings it would ever see – the show's February 8, 1999, episode attracted 12.5 million viewers. </p><p>For the 1999–2000 season, the network concluded its primetime expansion with the addition of programming on Friday nights.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> New shows that season included <i><a href="/wiki/Roswell_(TV_series)" title="Roswell (TV series)">Roswell</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Popular_(TV_series)" title="Popular (TV series)">Popular</a></i>, and the <i>Buffy the Vampire Slayer</i> <a href="/wiki/Spin-off_(media)" class="mw-redirect" title="Spin-off (media)">spin-off</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Angel_(1999_TV_series)" title="Angel (1999 TV series)">Angel</a></i>, the latter of which premiered with 7.5 million viewers – the second-highest rated premiere for the network at the time. During this season, The WB was the only network to have gains in its total audience viewership and in each key demographic. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000–2003:_Broadening_the_focus"><span id="2000.E2.80.932003:_Broadening_the_focus"></span>2000–2003: Broadening the focus</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_WB&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 2000–2003: Broadening the focus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As the teen boom of the late 1990s began to wane, The WB attempted to broaden the scope of its primetime lineup. Although teen-oriented fare like <i>Popular</i> and <i>Roswell</i> had premiered to strong ratings, both series saw serious ratings erosion in their sophomore seasons, leading the network to cancel them both (<i>Roswell</i>, like <i>Buffy the Vampire Slayer</i>, would end up being revived by rival network UPN). Meanwhile, even though ratings for <i>7th Heaven</i>, <i>Buffy</i> and <i>Charmed</i> remained consistent, viewership for flagship series such as <i>Felicity</i> and <i>Dawson's Creek</i> began sagging. The network realized that it could no longer rely merely on the tastes of young teenage girls, and thus began moving back into more family-friendly fare, attempting to launch a successful sitcom, and generally targeting a more diverse audience. </p><p>This new strategy came as The WB had dropped to sixth place in the ratings among all major broadcast networks (behind UPN) during the 1999–2000 season, losing 19% of its household audience. Executives for the network attributed the ratings decline in large part due to the Tribune Company's decision to remove WB network programming from WGN-TV's superstation feed in October 1999, on the pretense that the network's national distribution was large enough that it was no longer necessary for WGN to broadcast The WB's programs outside of Chicago; the network reached several affiliation deals during the prior four years with various station owners (such as the <a href="/wiki/Sinclair_Broadcast_Group" title="Sinclair Broadcast Group">Sinclair Broadcast Group</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pappas_Telecasting_Companies" class="mw-redirect" title="Pappas Telecasting Companies">Pappas Telecasting Companies</a>), buoyed by the September 1998 launch of <a href="/wiki/The_WB_100%2B_Station_Group" title="The WB 100+ Station Group">The WB 100+ Station Group</a>, a national cable-only service that served most of the 110 smallest <a href="/wiki/Nielsen_Media_Research" title="Nielsen Media Research">Nielsen</a> <a href="/wiki/Media_market" title="Media market">media markets</a> in the United States that did not have enough television stations to support an over-the-air affiliate. The removal of The WB's programs from the WGN national feed effectively reduced the network's potential household audience by 10 million homes (WGN-TV continued to carry WB programming over-the-air and on cable within the Chicago market until the network shut down in 2006).<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Despite the slight downturn in the network's fortunes, there were a few bright spots during the era. <i><a href="/wiki/Gilmore_Girls" title="Gilmore Girls">Gilmore Girls</a></i>, which debuted in 2000, netted meager ratings when it debuted in a tough Thursday timeslot (where it competed against <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a>'s powerhouse <a href="/wiki/Must_See_TV" title="Must See TV">Must See TV</a> lineup), but subsequently grew into one of the network's most successful shows after moving to Tuesdays in 2001, where it remained for six seasons (before moving to The CW for its seventh and final season). Also in the fall of 2000, the fantasy sitcom <i><a href="/wiki/Sabrina,_the_Teenage_Witch_(1996_TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (1996 TV series)">Sabrina, the Teenage Witch</a></i> moved from ABC to The WB as part of its Friday night schedule; the show continued on the network for three more seasons before ending in May 2003. </p><p>Time Warner transferred operational duties for The WB from Warner Bros. over to its <a href="/wiki/Turner_Broadcasting_System" title="Turner Broadcasting System">Turner Broadcasting System</a> division in 2001. On November 12, 2002, chairman Jamie Kellner – who became chairman and <a href="/wiki/Chief_executive_officer" title="Chief executive officer">chief executive officer</a> of the Turner Broadcasting System concurrent with that deal – sold his 11% stake in The WB to majority corporate parent <a href="/wiki/WarnerMedia#Merger_with_AOL" title="WarnerMedia">AOL Time Warner</a>, leaving it and minority owner, the Tribune Company, as the only partners in the network.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following Kellner's departure from Turner, AOL Time Warner reassigned the network's operations back to the Warner Bros. unit in 2003. </p><p>In October 2001, the <a href="/wiki/Superman" title="Superman">Superman</a>-inspired <i><a href="/wiki/Smallville" title="Smallville">Smallville</a></i> debuted with 8.4 million viewers, the highest-rated premiere in the history of the network; that show was also important because it was one of the few series that drew a substantial male viewership. 2001 also saw the launch of the <a href="/wiki/Reba_McEntire" title="Reba McEntire">Reba McEntire</a> vehicle <i><a href="/wiki/Reba_(TV_series)" title="Reba (TV series)">Reba</a></i>, arguably the network's most successful comedy; <i>Reba</i> and <i>Sabrina</i> served as the linchpins of a new Friday night sitcom block that debuted in October 2001 (delayed from a mid-September launch, as other networks did with their fall schedules following the <a href="/wiki/September_11_attacks" title="September 11 attacks">September 11 terrorist attacks</a>) and continued for much of the remainder of the network's run (comedies on that night were relegated to one hour in April 2006, with reality series filling the 8:00 p.m. hour). Other series to gain attention during this period were the family drama <i><a href="/wiki/Everwood" title="Everwood">Everwood</a></i>, and the short-lived but critically acclaimed soap satire <i><a href="/wiki/Grosse_Pointe_(TV_series)" title="Grosse Pointe (TV series)">Grosse Pointe</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2003–2006:_Decline"><span id="2003.E2.80.932006:_Decline"></span>2003–2006: Decline</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_WB&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2003–2006: Decline"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Despite some early success, The WB struggled to shift its focus from the female 12–24 demographic to the broader 12–34 range, in its attempt to attract a broader young adult audience. In 2005, The WB retired Michigan J. Frog, as The WB's trademark mascot. The WB's president of entertainment at the time, David Janollari, explained in July 2005 at the network's summer press tour that "[Michigan] was a symbol that perpetuated the young-teen feel of the network. That's not the image we [now] want to put to our audience."<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Still, the move did not seem to help the network. The period from 2003 to 2005 produced only three viable new series, the teen-oriented drama <i><a href="/wiki/One_Tree_Hill_(TV_series)" title="One Tree Hill (TV series)">One Tree Hill</a></i>, social experiment reality competition <i><a href="/wiki/Beauty_and_the_Geek" title="Beauty and the Geek">Beauty and the Geek</a></i>, and fantasy drama <i><a href="/wiki/Supernatural_(American_TV_series)" title="Supernatural (American TV series)">Supernatural</a></i> (all of which ultimately moved to successor network The CW), and even still their ratings paled in comparison to the ratings peaks of <i>Dawson's Creek</i>, which had ended its run in May 2003. Ratings dropped for many of The WB's shows, while also cancelling shows with steady ratings such as <i><a href="/wiki/Angel_(1999_TV_series)" title="Angel (1999 TV series)">Angel</a></i>; the network failed to launch new hit shows to take their places. </p><p>Although The WB's well-known inability to launch successful comedy series was nothing new (<i>Reba</i> being a notable exception), this period saw the network struggling to establish new dramas as well. High-profile failures included <i><a href="/wiki/Birds_of_Prey_(TV_series)" title="Birds of Prey (TV series)">Birds of Prey</a></i> (a series inspired by the <a href="/wiki/Batman" title="Batman">Batman</a> mythos, which premiered in October 2002 with an impressive 8 share), <i><a href="/wiki/Tarzan_(2003_TV_series)" title="Tarzan (2003 TV series)">Tarzan</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Jack_%26_Bobby" title="Jack & Bobby">Jack & Bobby</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Mountain_(TV_series)" title="The Mountain (TV series)">The Mountain</a></i>, the <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Bruckheimer" title="Jerry Bruckheimer">Jerry Bruckheimer</a>-produced legal dramedy <i><a href="/wiki/Just_Legal" title="Just Legal">Just Legal</a></i>, the <a href="/wiki/Marta_Kauffman" title="Marta Kauffman">Marta Kauffman</a>-created dramedy <i><a href="/wiki/Related" title="Related">Related</a></i>, and the <a href="/wiki/Rebecca_Romijn" title="Rebecca Romijn">Rebecca Romijn</a> vehicle <i><a href="/wiki/Pepper_Dennis" title="Pepper Dennis">Pepper Dennis</a></i>. </p><p>During the 2004–05 season, The WB finished behind rival UPN for the first time in four years and fell even further behind in fall 2005. Both networks fell behind Spanish language network <a href="/wiki/Univision" title="Univision">Univision</a> in the overall 18–34 demographic. Between November and December 2005, the network laid off approximately 40 employees amid continued ratings and profit losses (with viewership down 12% by November 2005), with network representatives expecting The WB to lose about $35 million during the 2005–06 fiscal year.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The WB was programming six days and 13 hours per week at this time.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2006:_Network_closure">2006: Network closure</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_WB&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2006: Network closure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2006_United_States_broadcast_television_realignment" title="2006 United States broadcast television realignment">2006 United States broadcast television realignment</a></div> <p>On January 24, 2006, <a href="/wiki/CBS_Corporation" title="CBS Corporation">CBS Corporation</a> and <a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros._Entertainment" class="mw-redirect" title="Warner Bros. Entertainment">Warner Bros. Entertainment</a> announced plans to shut down both <a href="/wiki/UPN" title="UPN">UPN</a> and The WB and partner to launch a new broadcast television network that would include series from both soon-to-be predecessor networks, known as <a href="/wiki/The_CW" title="The CW">The CW</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-UPN,_WB_merge_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UPN,_WB_merge-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Over the next eight months, it was to be seen which shows from the two networks would cross over to The CW, as well as which stations aligned with either UPN or The WB would become future affiliates of the new network. In the end, seven shows from The WB, <i>7th Heaven</i>, <i>Beauty and the Geek</i>, <i>Gilmore Girls</i>, <i>One Tree Hill</i>, <i>Reba</i>, <i>Smallville</i>, and <i>Supernatural</i> were chosen to move to The CW for its inaugural 2006–07 fall schedule. <i>7th Heaven</i> and <i>Reba</i> were originally canceled after the 2005–06 season but were ultimately renewed at the last minute with 13-episode deals (<i>7th Heaven</i> was later given a full-season order, while <i>Reba</i> served as a midseason replacement and, despite becoming The CW's highest-rated comedy of the 2006–07 season, ended rather abruptly). <i>Supernatural</i>, which aired its final (15th) season in the fall of 2020, was the last surviving series from The WB that remained on the CW network schedule. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Tribune_Broadcasting" title="Tribune Broadcasting">Tribune Broadcasting</a> also committed 16 of its 19 WB-affiliated stations at the time to serve as the network's core affiliates (though it relinquished its stake in The WB shortly after the launch announcement for The CW, in order to avoid shouldering shutdown costs for The WB,<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and would not take on an ownership stake in The CW) – alongside 11 UPN O&Os that were named as CW charter stations by CBS Corporation. Starting on August 14, 2006, with the <a href="/wiki/The_CW_Daytime" title="The CW Daytime">Daytime WB</a> block, The WB stopped displaying its on-screen <a href="/wiki/Digital_on-screen_graphic" title="Digital on-screen graphic">logo bug</a> during the network's programming and replaced it with a countdown of days until The CW's premiere. Some stations that either affiliated with <a href="/wiki/MyNetworkTV" title="MyNetworkTV">MyNetworkTV</a> (itself created in response to Tribune and CBS receiving affiliation deals with The CW, leaving UPN affiliates owned by <a href="/wiki/Fox_Television_Stations" title="Fox Television Stations">Fox Television Stations</a>, a subsidiary of <a href="/wiki/MyNetworkTV" title="MyNetworkTV">MyNetworkTV's</a> original parent company <a href="/wiki/News_Corporation_(1980%E2%80%932013)" class="mw-redirect" title="News Corporation (1980–2013)">News Corporation</a>, with the prospect of ending up as independents), became independent stations or became CW charter affiliates received a logo-free feed of the network, while others took the main feed and overlaid the station's own logo bug over The CW's logo. </p><p>The WB aired its final night of programming on September 17, 2006, with <i><b>The Night of Favorites and Farewells</b></i>, a five-hour block of <a href="/wiki/Pilot_episode" class="mw-redirect" title="Pilot episode">pilot episodes</a> of the network's past signature series. Commercial breaks featured re-airings of past image campaigns and network promotions, along with promotional spots given to cable networks carrying these shows in off-network syndication and ads for each series' TV-on-DVD box set.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 60-second montage that closed The WB's existence featured many well-known stars from shows which aired during the 11-year run of the network, ending with the statement: </p> <i><blockquote><p>"For 11 years, you brought us into your homes. We made you smile and tugged at your heart. And now, we say goodbye. From all of us at The WB, thank you."</p></blockquote></i> <p>The final image seen in the montage was former network mascot Michigan J. Frog (who was shown as a silhouette due to the animated character being retired as The WB's mascot the year before), who is shown taking his hat off and bowing, thanking the audience for watching the network for 11 years and marking the end of The WB.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Shortly thereafter, after the studio credits (instead of The WB's standard credits scheme) for the <i>Dawson's Creek</i> pilot aired, several former WB affiliates acknowledged their switch to The CW on their newscasts, with most adopting their new CW branding immediately. One instance of this was New York City affiliate WPIX, who aired a montage of logos the station has used throughout its history, leading up to its new "CW11" logo before the start of its 10:00 p.m. newscast.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The final night of WB programming netted relatively low ratings.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The network scored a 1.0 household rating (amounting to 1% of all U.S. television households) and a share of 2, meaning just 2% of viewers were tuned into The WB on its final night of programming. This was mostly due to the fact that some WB affiliates in certain areas had already joined MyNetworkTV, which debuted on September 5, two weeks before The CW's launch, leaving The WB's final two weeks of programming unavailable in those areas. After its closure, the network's URLs were redirected to The CW's website, cwtv.com. By March 30, 2008, the URLs redirected to the Warner Bros. Studios homepage, before being redirected to the TheWB.com beta website one month later on April 28. </p><p>The CW maintained many operational and scheduling elements from The WB.<sup id="cite_ref-UPN,_WB_merge_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UPN,_WB_merge-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When it launched on September 18, 2006, The CW initially maintained The WB's scheduling model; The WB had carried 30 hours of network programming each week (13 of which were devoted to primetime shows) in comparison to UPN's weekly programming total of 12 hours (10 hours of which were allocated to primetime shows). It also inherited The WB 100+ Station Group – which became <a href="/wiki/The_CW_Plus" title="The CW Plus">The CW Plus</a> – though the distribution model of The CW Plus started to differ from The WB 100+ by mixing <a href="/wiki/Digital_subchannel" title="Digital subchannel">digital subchannel</a> affiliations, alongside the cable-only affiliates and few conventional affiliate stations that were part of the predecessor group at the end of The WB's run. The CW continued the Daytime WB block – which became <a href="/wiki/The_CW_Daytime" title="The CW Daytime">The CW Daytime</a> (and was reduced from two hours to one in 2010), although three blocks that moved to The CW from The WB would eventually be discontinued: Kids' WB continued on The CW until May 17, 2008, when it was replaced with <a href="/wiki/Toonzai" title="Toonzai">The CW4Kids</a> after <a href="/wiki/4Licensing_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="4Licensing Corporation">4Kids Entertainment</a> began programming The CW's Saturday morning block through a time-lease agreement (Kids' WB was later relaunched as an online portal); The CW discontinued its Sunday primetime schedule in September 2009, effectively ending the EasyView block in the process (The CW returned to Sunday primetime nights on October 14, 2018, but with only two hours to program), and dropped the CW Daytime block in the 2021–22 season in favor of a weekly Saturday-night primetime schedule.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2008–2013:_Internet_streaming"><span id="2008.E2.80.932013:_Internet_streaming"></span>2008–2013: Internet streaming</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_WB&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2008–2013: Internet streaming"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_WB_2012.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/The_WB_2012.svg/250px-The_WB_2012.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="54" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/The_WB_2012.svg/375px-The_WB_2012.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/The_WB_2012.svg/500px-The_WB_2012.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="758" data-file-height="164" /></a><figcaption>Logo as an internet-only streaming service, used from August 2010 until TheWB.com's shutdown in December 2013.</figcaption></figure> <p>Warner Bros.' television arm planned on resurrecting the WB brand in the form of a website at TheWB.com, the website domain used for the official site of the broadcast network. The site streamed episodes of series that were broadcast during The WB's 1995–2006 run, including <i>Gilmore Girls</i>, <i>Smallville</i>, <i>Everwood</i>, <i>Buffy the Vampire Slayer</i>, <i>Dawson's Creek</i>, <i>One Tree Hill</i>, <i>Roswell</i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/What_I_Like_About_You_(TV_series)" title="What I Like About You (TV series)">What I Like About You</a></i>. The new incarnation of the TheWB.com began in beta testing on April 28, 2008, and officially launched on August 27, 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The site – whose business model resembled that of free-to-stream services such as <a href="/wiki/Hulu" title="Hulu">Hulu</a> – was ad-supported and geared primarily to men, and women ages 15–39. In addition to older full-length series (among which also included <i><a href="/wiki/All_of_Us" title="All of Us">All of Us</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Hangin%27_with_Mr._Cooper" title="Hangin' with Mr. Cooper">Hangin' with Mr. Cooper</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Martin_(TV_series)" title="Martin (TV series)">Martin</a></i>, <i>Jack & Bobby</i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Veronica_Mars" title="Veronica Mars">Veronica Mars</a></i>), the website featured original serialized web content including short series and vignettes from such well-known television producers as <a href="/wiki/Josh_Schwartz" title="Josh Schwartz">Josh Schwartz</a> and <a href="/wiki/McG" title="McG">McG</a>, including <i><a href="/wiki/Sorority_Forever" title="Sorority Forever">Sorority Forever</a></i>, <i>Pushed</i>, <i>Rockville, CA</i>, <i>The Lake</i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Childrens_Hospital" title="Childrens Hospital">Children's Hospital</a></i> (the latter's popularity was sustained enough to receive a run and eventual move to <a href="/wiki/Cable_television" title="Cable television">cable television</a> as a regular series on <a href="/wiki/Cartoon_Network" title="Cartoon Network">Cartoon Network</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Adult_Swim" title="Adult Swim">Adult Swim</a> block). Each of these 10-episode programs ran for five minutes. </p><p>Many other well-known Warner Bros.-produced series that did not air on The WB, including <i><a href="/wiki/Friends" title="Friends">Friends</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_O.C." title="The O.C.">The O.C.</a></i>, were also made available on the site. However, the website did not include episodes of two of The WB's most popular shows, <i>Charmed</i> and <i>Felicity</i>, as the distribution rights to <i>Charmed</i> are owned by <a href="/wiki/CBS_Television_Distribution" class="mw-redirect" title="CBS Television Distribution">CBS Television Distribution</a> and <i>Felicity</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s rights are owned by <a href="/wiki/Disney-ABC_Domestic_Television" class="mw-redirect" title="Disney-ABC Domestic Television">Disney-ABC Domestic Television</a>. <a href="/wiki/Comcast" title="Comcast">Comcast</a> offers over 1,000 episodes from the <a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros._Television" class="mw-redirect" title="Warner Bros. Television">Warner Bros. Television</a> library on its <a href="/wiki/Video_on_demand" title="Video on demand">video on demand</a> service.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While Warner Bros. Entertainment did not promote the site in any multimedia ads, it had drawn about 250,000 unique viewers a month, according to <a href="/wiki/Mindshare_(firm)" title="Mindshare (firm)">Mindshare</a>'s Mr. Chapman, who had been tracking the site. Some of its original material had been offered on partner sites such as <a href="/wiki/MySpace" class="mw-redirect" title="MySpace">MySpace</a> and <a href="/wiki/Facebook" title="Facebook">Facebook</a>. Data compiled by <i>comScore Video Metrix</i> showed that 62% of visitors to the site were female. </p><p>The McG-produced original series <i>Sorority Forever</i> premiered on the site on September 8, 2008. By 2012, it had accrued more than 7.3 million views from TheWB.com and partner sites. An original reality series, <i>Rich Girl, Poor Girl</i> from <i><a href="/wiki/Laguna_Beach:_The_Real_Orange_County" title="Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County">Laguna Beach</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Newport_Harbor:_The_Real_Orange_County" title="Newport Harbor: The Real Orange County">Newport Harbor</a></i> executive producer Gary Auerbach, in which two teenagers from different economic and social backgrounds swap lives (similar in format to <i><a href="/wiki/Wife_Swap_(American_TV_series)" title="Wife Swap (American TV series)">Wife Swap</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/A_Walk_in_Your_Shoes" title="A Walk in Your Shoes">A Walk in Your Shoes</a></i>), had ranked among the top 100 programs in the teenage category on <a href="/wiki/ITunes" title="ITunes">iTunes</a> since its October 20, 2008, debut.<sup id="cite_ref-Resurrecting_the_WB_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Resurrecting_the_WB-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With the full replacement of the CW's original Internet programming efforts with their <a href="/wiki/CW_Seed" class="mw-redirect" title="CW Seed">CW Seed</a> portal, The WB website was shut down in December 2013. The closure of The WB website ended, after more than eighteen years, the usage of the brand name "The WB". However, the legacy of The WB still lives on as of 2019. Various programs that aired on the network air reruns on various cable networks such as <a href="/wiki/MTV2" title="MTV2">MTV2</a> and <a href="/wiki/TNT_(American_TV_network)" title="TNT (American TV network)">TNT</a>. Also, <a href="/wiki/WMJF-CD" title="WMJF-CD">WMJF</a>, a small student-run television station at <a href="/wiki/Towson_University" title="Towson University">Towson University</a> just outside <a href="/wiki/Baltimore" title="Baltimore">Baltimore</a>, Maryland, still uses the same call letters (WMJF – Michigan J. Frog) from when the station was a WB affiliate. A neon likeness of Michigan J. Frog also adorns the facade of former WB affiliate <a href="/wiki/WBNX-TV" title="WBNX-TV">WBNX-TV</a>'s studio complex in <a href="/wiki/Cuyahoga_Falls,_Ohio" title="Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio">Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio</a>. Similarly, a large Hollywood lights-style sign of the network's logo that was used in the network's "backlot"-themed idents, promos, and bumpers is still located near storage facilities at the Warner Bros. Ranch Facilities in California, where the network's idents, promos, and bumpers were filmed at the same location. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Internet_advertising">Internet advertising</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_WB&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Internet advertising"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The clothing retailer <a href="/wiki/H%26M" title="H&M">H&M</a>, not a traditional television advertiser in the United States, sponsored <i>Sorority Forever</i> and had some of its clothing worn by characters in the series. <a href="/wiki/Unilever" title="Unilever">Unilever</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Axe_(brand)" title="Axe (brand)">Axe</a> brand has sponsored <i>Children's Hospital</i>. <a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros._Television" class="mw-redirect" title="Warner Bros. Television">Warner Horizon Television</a> executive vice president Craig Erwich, who oversaw TheWB.com, said in regards to these tie-ins "If an advertiser has an interest in a series we have in production, we can work in their products or even adjust our launch dates if they want to tie it in to a special promotion."<sup id="cite_ref-Resurrecting_the_WB_54-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Resurrecting_the_WB-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Programming">Programming</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_WB&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Programming"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/List_of_programs_broadcast_by_The_WB" title="List of programs broadcast by The WB">List of programs broadcast by The WB</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_programs_broadcast_by_Kids%27_WB" title="List of programs broadcast by Kids' WB">List of programs broadcast by Kids' WB</a></div> <p>Much, though not all, of The WB's programming during its eleven-year run as a television network was produced by corporate cousin <a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros._Television" class="mw-redirect" title="Warner Bros. Television">Warner Bros. Television</a>. The network's schedule during its first two seasons – the 1995 midseason (when it inaugurated its initial Wednesday lineup) and the first half of the 1995–96 season (when the network expanded its programming to Sundays) – consisted entirely of sitcoms; the first drama series to debut on the network was the <a href="/wiki/Soap_opera#The_primetime_serial" title="Soap opera">primetime soap</a> <i>Savannah</i>, which debuted in February 1996 and ran for two seasons until its cancellation in February 1997. The WB's first <a href="/wiki/Reality_television" title="Reality television">reality</a> series was the U.S. adaptation of <i><a href="/wiki/Popstars" title="Popstars">Popstars</a></i>, which ran for two seasons from 2001 to 2003. </p><p>In addition to live-action programs, the network has experimented with primetime animated series; <i><a href="/wiki/Pinky_and_the_Brain" title="Pinky and the Brain">Pinky and the Brain</a></i> was the first such series, airing as part of the network's Sunday lineup from September 1995 to July 1996, before moving exclusively to the Kids' WB Saturday lineup due to low ratings in its prime time slot. Most of the animated projects that aired afterward were <a href="/wiki/Adult_animation" title="Adult animation">adult animation</a> series; the last such attempts being <i><a href="/wiki/The_Oblongs" title="The Oblongs">The Oblongs</a></i> (running for one season in 2001, and was later revived on corporate sister Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block) and <i><a href="/wiki/The_PJs" title="The PJs">The PJs</a></i> (which moved to the network in 2000 following its cancellation by Fox, and ran for only one additional season on The WB). </p><p>The WB also occasionally aired regularly scheduled <a href="/wiki/Reruns" class="mw-redirect" title="Reruns">repeat episodes</a> of first-run series airing on other nights throughout the television season intermittently throughout its history; <i>Sister, Sister</i> was the first WB series to receive this treatment, with repeats of the sitcom's first two seasons (which originally aired on ABC) from August 1995 to August 1996, in addition to the first-run episodes it aired on Wednesday nights<sup id="cite_ref-Sister,_Sister_New_Life_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sister,_Sister_New_Life-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (this marked the first time that a network aired reruns as part of its regular schedule – outside of the summer months – since December 1993, when NBC removed repeats of <i><a href="/wiki/Concentration_(game_show)#Classic_Concentration_(1987–1991)" title="Concentration (game show)">Classic Concentration</a></i> from its daytime lineup two years after that program's cancellation). From 1998 to 2000, the network also aired episode repeats from the first two seasons of <i>7th Heaven</i> during the first hour of its Sunday lineup under the title <i>7th Heaven Beginnings</i>; this concept was revived during the 2002–03 and 2003–04 seasons with <i>Smallville</i> and <i>Gilmore Girls</i> (which aired repeats from their early seasons under the respective titles <i>Smallville: Beginnings</i> and <i>Gilmore Girls: Beginnings</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Furthermore, from September 2002 until The WB ceased operations, the network ran a two-hour extension of its Sunday lineup (from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Eastern and Pacific Time), known as "EasyView", a block featuring week-behind episode rebroadcasts of select shows from the network's primetime schedule.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Out of all the network's series, <i>7th Heaven</i> – which by the time it ended, had become the longest-running family drama in television history – was the longest-running series ever to have aired on The WB, having run on the network for ten seasons from 1996 to 2006. The program was beaten by <i>Supernatural</i> as the longest-running series to originate on The WB in the 2017–18 season, when the latter series began its thirteenth season (<i>7th Heaven</i> ran for an additional season on The CW from 2006 to 2007; while <i>Supernatural</i> aired on The WB for one season from 2005 to 2006, before moving to The CW in September 2006, ending in 2020). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Children's_programming"><span id="Children.27s_programming"></span>Children's programming</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_WB&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Children's programming"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Kids%27_WB" title="Kids' WB">Kids' WB</a></div> <p>The WB debuted the <a href="/wiki/Kids%27_WB" title="Kids' WB">Kids' WB</a> children's program block in September 1995; the lineup initially featured a mix of Warner Bros.' most popular children's shows (such as <i><a href="/wiki/Tiny_Toon_Adventures" title="Tiny Toon Adventures">Tiny Toon Adventures</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Animaniacs" title="Animaniacs">Animaniacs</a></i>, and later <i><a href="/wiki/Batman:_The_Animated_Series" title="Batman: The Animated Series">Batman: The Animated Series</a></i>, all of which originated either on Fox Kids or in syndication) and newer series (such as <i><a href="/wiki/Freakazoid!" title="Freakazoid!">Freakazoid!</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Histeria!" title="Histeria!">Histeria!</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Superman:_The_Animated_Series" title="Superman: The Animated Series">Superman: The Animated Series</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Road_Rovers" title="Road Rovers">Road Rovers</a></i>, <i>Pinky and the Brain</i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Batman_Beyond" title="Batman Beyond">Batman Beyond</a></i>). After the Turner Broadcasting System was acquired by Time Warner in 1996, Kids' WB formed an alliance with <a href="/wiki/Cartoon_Network" title="Cartoon Network">Cartoon Network</a>, resulting over time in an increasing number of programs being shared between the block and the cable channel. </p><p>In February 1999, Kids' WB began airing the <a href="/wiki/American_English" title="American English">American English</a> dub of <i><a href="/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_(anime)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pokémon (anime)">Pokémon</a></i>. The WB acquired the U.S. rights to the Japanese animated series from <a href="/wiki/TV_Tokyo" title="TV Tokyo">TV Tokyo</a> earlier that year (from its U.S. premiere in the fall of 1998 up to that point, the show was syndicated); the series ultimately became a widespread <a href="/wiki/Pop_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Pop culture">pop culture</a> phenomenon with the added exposure on the network. Kids' WB also acquired the English-language dub of <i><a href="/wiki/Yu-Gi-Oh!_(2000_TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Yu-Gi-Oh! (2000 TV series)">Yu-Gi-Oh!</a></i>, which also saw the type of viewer popularity experienced by <i>Pokémon</i>. Between 2000 and 2005, Kids' WB experimented with some live-action programming, though the block continued to mainly run animated series. A television series adaptation of <a href="/wiki/R._L._Stine" title="R. L. Stine">R. L. Stine</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/The_Nightmare_Room" title="The Nightmare Room">The Nightmare Room</a></i> debuted on the block in 2001; it was cancelled after one season. It also aired the live-action made-for-TV movie <i>Zolar</i>, as well as the JammX Kids All-Star dance specials. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Daytime_WB_logo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1e/Daytime_WB_logo.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="80" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="80" data-file-height="80" /></a><figcaption>Logo for Daytime WB.</figcaption></figure> <p>With Cartoon Network outrating Fox Kids, and The WB sharing more of its children's programming with the cable channel, The WB announced on May 31, 2005, that it would discontinue Kids' WB's weekday afternoon block as it became financially unattractive due to broadcast stations shifting their afternoon target audiences more exclusively to adults by filling the slot with <a href="/wiki/Talk_shows" class="mw-redirect" title="Talk shows">talk shows</a> and sitcom reruns, on the basis that children's viewing options in that time period had gravitated more towards <a href="/wiki/Cable_television" title="Cable television">cable television</a>. Kids' WB's weekday programming continued, but with redundant programs and theme weeks until December 30, 2005 (the block began to increasingly promote Cartoon Network's afternoon <a href="/wiki/List_of_programs_broadcast_by_Cartoon_Network#Former_programming" title="List of programs broadcast by Cartoon Network">Miguzi</a> block and the Kids' WB Saturday morning lineup during the transition). The weekday block was replaced on January 2, 2006, by "Daytime WB," a block that featured repeats of sitcoms and drama series formerly aired by The WB and other networks (such as <i><a href="/wiki/ER_(TV_series)" title="ER (TV series)">ER</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/8_Simple_Rules" title="8 Simple Rules">8 Simple Rules</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/What_I_Like_About_You_(TV_series)" title="What I Like About You (TV series)">What I Like About You</a></i>); five days later on January 7, the Kids' WB Saturday morning lineup was expanded by one hour. </p><p>The Daytime WB block continued on The CW, unofficially renamed <a href="/wiki/The_CW_Daytime" title="The CW Daytime">The CW Daytime</a> (though occasional on-air promos for the block did not refer to this name, the block was discontinued in 2021 when The CW dropped the weekday 3 PM hour in favor of a Saturday primetime night); The CW also kept the Kids' WB name for the network's Saturday morning children's programming. However, on October 2, 2007, The CW announced that it would discontinue the Kids' WB block, due to competition with youth-oriented cable channels. Kids' WB aired for the last time on May 17, 2008, replaced with a new block programmed in conjunction with <a href="/wiki/4Licensing_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="4Licensing Corporation">4Kids Entertainment</a> called <a href="/wiki/Toonzai" title="Toonzai">The CW4Kids</a> (which was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Vortexx" title="Vortexx">Vortexx</a> on August 25, 2012, after <a href="/wiki/Saban_Capital_Group#Saban_Brands" title="Saban Capital Group">Saban Brands</a> and Kidsco Media Ventures took over programming the block as part of its acquisition of much of 4Kids's program library;<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Vortexx continued to run until September 27, 2014, before being replaced a week later by <a href="/wiki/One_Magnificent_Morning" title="One Magnificent Morning">One Magnificent Morning</a> programmed by <a href="/wiki/Litton_Entertainment" class="mw-redirect" title="Litton Entertainment">Litton Entertainment</a>). As a result of its distribution deal with The CW, 4Kids produced Saturday morning blocks for two networks during the 2008–09 season, as it already programmed Fox's <a href="/wiki/4Kids_TV" title="4Kids TV">4Kids TV</a> block (which was discontinued by that network on December 27, 2008).<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Like its parent network, Kids' WB was revived as an online-only network in April 2008. In addition to carrying select previous Kids' WB programs, the site also featured other archived programs to which Time Warner owned or held distribution rights, and programs seen on Cartoon Network and <a href="/wiki/Boomerang_(TV_network)" title="Boomerang (TV network)">Boomerang</a>. The Kids' WB website was shut down on May 17, 2015, when it was split into three sites: DCKids.com, LooneyTunes.com, and ScoobyDoo.com; the latter two were regrouped into WB Kids Go in July 2016. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Differences_between_The_WB_and_the_"Big_Four"_networks"><span id="Differences_between_The_WB_and_the_.22Big_Four.22_networks"></span>Differences between The WB and the "Big Four" networks</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_WB&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Differences between The WB and the "Big Four" networks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Scheduling">Scheduling</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_WB&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Scheduling"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the time of its shutdown, The WB ran only two hours of primetime network programming on Monday through Fridays and five hours on Sundays, compared to the three Monday through Saturday and four Sunday primetime hours offered by the <a href="/wiki/Big_Three_television_networks" class="mw-redirect" title="Big Three television networks">Big Three networks</a> (unlike The WB, UPN never carried any weekend primetime programming, though it did offer a movie package to its affiliates on weekend afternoons until September 2000, when the latter was replaced with a two-hour repeat block of UPN programs). This primetime scheduling allowed for many of the network's affiliates to air local newscasts during the 10:00–11:00 p.m. (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">Eastern</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Time_Zone" title="Pacific Time Zone">Pacific</a>) time period. </p><p>The WB never ran network programming on Saturday nights – despite the fact that the network maintained a children's program block on Saturday mornings – allowing affiliates to run syndicated programs, sports, movies or network programs that were preempted from earlier in the week due to special programming, in the 8:00–10:00 p.m. (Eastern and Pacific) time period. The network's Sunday schedule was originally three hours when The WB began programming that night in September 1995, but expanded to five hours (from 5:00 to 10:00 p.m. Eastern and Pacific Time) in September 2002, with the creation of the "EasyView" repeat block (that block was retained by The CW, which initially adopted The WB's scheduling model until it turned Sunday programming over to its affiliates in September 2009). </p><p>In comparison to ABC and CBS, The WB also had the fewest hours devoted to daytime programming on weekdays between September 2001 (when the network dropped the weekday morning block of Kids' WB programs) and September 2006, running only two hours of programming each weekday afternoon (compared to 4½ hours on CBS and four hours on ABC) – NBC in comparison ran only three hours of daytime programming each weekday (not counting its morning news program <i><a href="/wiki/Today_(American_TV_program)" title="Today (American TV program)">Today</a></i>) until September 2000, when it scaled back its daytime programming block to two hours. Because of these reasons, the schedules of The WB's affiliates were largely composed of <a href="/wiki/Broadcast_syndication" title="Broadcast syndication">syndicated programming</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Affiliate_distribution">Affiliate distribution</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_WB&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Affiliate distribution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The WB was the only <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English language</a> broadcast network that historically did not have any owned-and-operated stations. Although Tribune Broadcasting maintained an ownership stake in The WB, its stations in the three largest television markets of New York City (WPIX), Los Angeles (KTLA) and Chicago (WGN-TV) were <a href="/wiki/Network_affiliate" title="Network affiliate">affiliates</a> of the network since Tribune did not have a controlling ownership interest in the network to allow its stations to be constituted as O&Os (by 2005, Tribune owned 22.5% of the network, while Time Warner held the controlling 77.5% interest). Time Warner did not have a station group of its own at the time (and still does not in the present day); although its <a href="/wiki/Turner_Broadcasting_System" title="Turner Broadcasting System">Turner Broadcasting System</a> division did own Atlanta independent station <a href="/wiki/WPCH-TV" title="WPCH-TV">WPCH-TV</a> (then WTBS, the local feed of then-<a href="/wiki/Superstation" title="Superstation">superstation</a> <a href="/wiki/TBS_(American_TV_channel)" title="TBS (American TV channel)">TBS</a>) at the time, but it never carried WB programming due to the network's affiliation with <a href="/wiki/WATL_(TV)" class="mw-redirect" title="WATL (TV)">WATL</a>, which Tribune Broadcasting had owned from 1999 (when it acquired the station from Qwest Broadcasting, which was part-owned by Tribune) to 2006 (when it sold the station to the <a href="/wiki/Gannett_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Gannett Company">Gannett Company</a>, now <a href="/wiki/Tegna,_Inc." class="mw-redirect" title="Tegna, Inc.">Tegna, Inc.</a>). </p><p>Unlike the other major networks, The WB distributed its programming in markets that did not have enough commercial television stations to support a standalone WB affiliate to cable-only outlets: the superstation feed of WGN-TV (now known as <a href="/wiki/NewsNation" title="NewsNation">NewsNation</a> and since converted into a general news cable channel) carried the network's programming from January 1995 to October 1999 to make The WB available primarily to areas where it did not yet have a full-time affiliate. While viewers in the Chicago area saw primetime and Kids' WB programming on separate stations until September 2004 (primetime shows on WGN-TV and children's programs on <a href="/wiki/WCIU-TV" title="WCIU-TV">WCIU-TV</a>), the WGN superstation feed carried the WB's entire schedule during the four-year period that it carried the network. </p><p>On September 21, 1998, The WB launched <a href="/wiki/The_WB_100%2B_Station_Group" title="The WB 100+ Station Group">The WB 100+ Station Group</a>, an alternate national feed for small and certain mid-sized U.S. markets (generally those within the bottom 110 Nielsen media markets).<sup id="cite_ref-thc-wb100_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thc-wb100-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-tvweek-wb100_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tvweek-wb100-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The service – which transmitted its content via an <a href="/wiki/IBM" title="IBM">IBM</a>-developed <a href="/wiki/Server_(computing)" title="Server (computing)">data server</a> network that digitally transmitted local and national advertisements, <a href="/wiki/Promo_(media)" title="Promo (media)">promos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Station_identification" title="Station identification">station identifications</a> and customized <a href="/wiki/Digital_on-screen_graphic" title="Digital on-screen graphic">logo bugs</a> to each individual affiliate, with the programming feeds and accompanying data being relayed via <a href="/wiki/Communications_satellite" title="Communications satellite">satellite</a> and stored to a wireless <a href="/wiki/Personal_computer" title="Personal computer">PC</a>-based system (known as a "station in a box") – was primarily affiliated with cable-only television channels (which were mainly operated by area cable providers), though it was also carried on full-power or <a href="/wiki/Low-power_broadcasting" title="Low-power broadcasting">low-power stations</a> in some markets. The WB 100+ offered its own master schedule with programs available on the syndication market that were acquired by The WB (including some feature films and <a href="/wiki/Infomercial" title="Infomercial">infomercials</a>) airing outside of network programming hours; the addition of local advertisements and newscasts were at the discretion of the local distributor. Most of the stations that were part of The WB 100+ Station Group joined <a href="/wiki/The_CW_Plus" title="The CW Plus">The CW Plus</a> after The CW's September 2006 launch,<sup id="cite_ref-b&c=cwplus_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-b&c=cwplus-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> though most of the cable-only affiliates that became part of The CW Plus have since been replaced by or converted into <a href="/wiki/Digital_subchannel" title="Digital subchannel">digital subchannels</a> carried by major network affiliates. </p><p>Of the network's cable-exclusive affiliates, "WRWB" in <a href="/wiki/Rochester,_New_York" title="Rochester, New York">Rochester, New York</a> (owned by local cable provider Greater Rochester Cablevision and its operator/successor, WB sister company <a href="/wiki/Time_Warner_Cable" title="Time Warner Cable">Time Warner Cable</a>), <a href="/wiki/WISC-TV#TVW_(WISC-DT2)" title="WISC-TV">TVW (Television Wisconsin Network)</a> in <a href="/wiki/Madison,_Wisconsin" title="Madison, Wisconsin">Madison, Wisconsin</a> (owned by <a href="/wiki/Morgan_Murphy_Media" title="Morgan Murphy Media">Morgan Murphy Media</a>, owner of local CBS affiliate <a href="/wiki/WISC-TV" title="WISC-TV">WISC-TV</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Toledo_5" title="Toledo 5">WT05</a> in <a href="/wiki/Toledo,_Ohio" title="Toledo, Ohio">Toledo, Ohio</a> (owned by <a href="/wiki/Block_Communications" title="Block Communications">Block Communications</a>, operator of Toledo-area cable provider <a href="/wiki/Buckeye_CableSystem" class="mw-redirect" title="Buckeye CableSystem">Buckeye CableSystem</a>) were not part of The WB 100+ Station Group, having all predated that service's launch. Like the national cable feed, their respective owners handled programming for the three channels, running their own schedule of syndicated programs during non-network hours; this model was maintained by TVW and WT05 under their subsequent affiliations: TVW became a UPN affiliate in 2001 (having been added to a subchannel of WISC the year prior) and a MyNetworkTV affiliate in 2006, while WT05 operated as a CW affiliate from 2006 until its shutdown and replacement by <a href="/wiki/WTVG" title="WTVG">WTVG-DT2</a> in October 2014. ("WRWB" moved to a subchannel of ABC affiliate <a href="/wiki/WHAM-TV" title="WHAM-TV">WHAM-TV</a> in November 2006, shortly after becoming a CW affiliate.) In certain mid-sized and smaller markets, some of The WB's stations held dual affiliations with another major network – most commonly, UPN (with The WB often serving as the primary affiliation) – if there were not enough television stations to allow both networks to maintain separate affiliates (though this was also the case in a few markets where enough stations were available for a standalone affiliate). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="News_programming">News programming</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_WB&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: News programming"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>News programming on The WB's affiliates was similar to Fox stations at the time in that the quantity of newscasts varied from station to station. Roughly half of The WB's approximately 200 affiliates aired a local newscast in the 10:00–11:00 p.m. Eastern/Pacific (9:00–10:00 p.m. Central/Mountain) time slot at some point during or throughout their affiliations with the network. Fundamentally, the newscast schedules on WB affiliates varied considerably between stations compared to those affiliated with ABC, CBS, NBC and especially Fox. Most WB affiliates generally ran a two-hour morning newscast on weekdays and/or a half-hour or hour-long 10:00 p.m. newscast on Monday through Fridays only or all seven nights of the week; although there were a few larger market stations that maintained in-house news departments that also produced midday newscasts and had morning newscasts that began in the then-traditional 5:00–7:00 a.m. timeslot; early evening newscasts were largely absent on most of these stations. </p><p>The WB affiliate body had fewer news-producing stations in comparison to stations aligned with the <a href="/wiki/Big_Three_television_networks" class="mw-redirect" title="Big Three television networks">Big Three television networks</a> (NBC, ABC and CBS) and considerably fewer than Fox (which has only around 70 stations with in-house news departments, with most of its stations outsourcing their news programming to a competitor). When the network launched in January 1995, The WB automatically gained five affiliates with functioning news departments through the initial agreement with Tribune Broadcasting, all of whom founded their news operations as either independent stations or during early affiliations with other networks, such as the <a href="/wiki/DuMont_Television_Network" title="DuMont Television Network">DuMont Television Network</a>: WGN-TV in Chicago, WPIX in New York City, KTLA in Los Angeles, <a href="/wiki/KWGN-TV" title="KWGN-TV">KWGN-TV</a> in <a href="/wiki/Denver" title="Denver">Denver</a> and <a href="/wiki/WLVI" title="WLVI">WLVI-TV</a> in <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a> (a fifth news-producing station owned by Tribune at the time, <a href="/wiki/WANF" title="WANF">WGNX</a> in Atlanta, was to become a WB charter affiliate but instead affiliated with CBS after WAGA-TV dropped that network to join Fox in December 1994, through a <a href="/wiki/1994_United_States_broadcast_TV_realignment" class="mw-redirect" title="1994 United States broadcast TV realignment">groupwide affiliation deal</a> between Fox and WAGA owner New World Communications).<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/KPLR-TV" title="KPLR-TV">KPLR-TV</a> in <a href="/wiki/St._Louis" title="St. Louis">St. Louis</a> (which would not be acquired by Tribune until 2003, when it bought the station from <a href="/wiki/ACME_Communications" title="ACME Communications">ACME Communications</a>) also continued to produce a 9:00 p.m. newscast as a WB affiliate; while <a href="/wiki/Phoenix,_Arizona" title="Phoenix, Arizona">Phoenix, Arizona</a>'s <a href="/wiki/KTVK" title="KTVK">KTVK</a> began running expanded newscasts shortly before joining The WB at the network's launch (it had earlier lost the ABC affiliation to <a href="/wiki/KNXV-TV" title="KNXV-TV">KNXV-TV</a>; The WB affiliation moved to <a href="/wiki/KASW" title="KASW">KASW</a>, which KTVK began managing under a <a href="/wiki/Local_marketing_agreement" title="Local marketing agreement">local marketing agreement</a> upon its sign-on, in September 1995). </p><p>In the late 1990s, Tribune asked the company's remaining WB-affiliated stations that did not run newscasts to develop their own news departments; the only stations to do this were <a href="/wiki/KDAF" title="KDAF">KDAF</a> in <a href="/wiki/Dallas" title="Dallas">Dallas</a>–<a href="/wiki/Fort_Worth,_Texas" title="Fort Worth, Texas">Fort Worth</a>, <a href="/wiki/KIAH" title="KIAH">KHWB</a> in <a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston</a>, <a href="/wiki/KSWB-TV" title="KSWB-TV">KSWB-TV</a> in <a href="/wiki/San_Diego" title="San Diego">San Diego</a> and <a href="/wiki/WPHL-TV" title="WPHL-TV">WPHL-TV</a> in <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a> – the first three debuted their newscasts in 1999, while WPHL had debuted a 10:00 p.m. newscast that was produced in conjunction with <i><a href="/wiki/The_Philadelphia_Inquirer" title="The Philadelphia Inquirer">The Philadelphia Inquirer</a></i> in 1994, before WPHL took over production of the program in 1996. KSWB and WPHL would both shutter their news departments in 2005, outsourcing production of their 10:00 p.m. newscasts to <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a> <a href="/wiki/KNSD" title="KNSD">owned-and-operated</a> <a href="/wiki/WCAU" title="WCAU">stations</a> in their respective markets (KSWB restored in-house newscasts after it switched from WB successor The CW to Fox in August 2008).<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/KNTV" title="KNTV">KNTV</a> in <a href="/wiki/San_Jose,_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose</a> became the largest news-producing WB affiliate by market size to be owned by a company other than Tribune (and the only other affiliate of the network to produce early evening newscasts, after KTVK) after it terminated its ABC affiliation, and began carrying WB programming (in a partial simulcast with then-<a href="/wiki/Sister_station" title="Sister station">sister station</a> <a href="/wiki/KOFY-TV" title="KOFY-TV">KBWB-TV</a>) in 2000, before affiliating with – and then ultimately being purchased by – NBC in 2002. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Sinclair_Broadcast_Group" title="Sinclair Broadcast Group">Sinclair Broadcast Group</a> also operated several WB affiliates with local news departments: <a href="/wiki/Raleigh,_North_Carolina" title="Raleigh, North Carolina">Raleigh</a>'s <a href="/wiki/WLFL" title="WLFL">WLFL</a> was the only WB affiliate that the company owned which had an existing news operation at the time it joined the network (WLFL began producing a 10:00 p.m. newscast as a Fox affiliate in 1992, six years before it joined The WB); Sinclair's <a href="/wiki/WTTA" title="WTTA">Tampa</a>, <a href="/wiki/WNYO-TV" title="WNYO-TV">Buffalo</a>, <a href="/wiki/WVTV" title="WVTV">Milwaukee</a>, <a href="/wiki/WSTR-TV" title="WSTR-TV">Cincinnati</a>, <a href="/wiki/KSNV" title="KSNV">Las Vegas</a> and <a href="/wiki/WTVZ" class="mw-redirect" title="WTVZ">Norfolk</a><sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> WB affiliates began producing their own newscasts through Sinclair's local/national hybrid news format <a href="/wiki/News_Central_(American_TV_program)" title="News Central (American TV program)">News Central</a> in the early 2000s. The news departments of all seven of those stations were shut down in 2006 due to companywide cutbacks in Sinclair's news operations and the discontinuance of News Central.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Of the former WB affiliates that produced newscasts during their affiliation with the network, only WGN-TV, WPIX, KTLA, KDAF and KIAH (all of whom became affiliates of The CW) continue to maintain self-supporting news departments as of December 2014<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_WB&action=edit">[update]</a></sup> (KPLR and KWGN respectively merged their news departments with those of Fox affiliates <a href="/wiki/KTVI" title="KTVI">KTVI</a> and <a href="/wiki/KDVR" title="KDVR">KDVR</a> through a 2008 management agreement between Tribune and <a href="/wiki/Local_TV_LLC" title="Local TV LLC">Local TV</a>, while WLVI's news department was shut down after Tribune sold the station to <a href="/wiki/Sunbeam_Television" title="Sunbeam Television">Sunbeam Television</a> in 2006, with production of its 10:00 p.m. newscast taken over by new <a href="/wiki/Sister_station" title="Sister station">sister station</a> <a href="/wiki/WHDH_(TV)" title="WHDH (TV)">WHDH</a>). </p><p>In most markets, the local WB affiliate either outsourced news programming to an NBC, ABC or CBS station in the market (either due to insufficient funds for production of their own newscasts or in later years after the FCC permitted duopolies in markets with at least eight unique station owners in 2000, the station being operated through a legal <a href="/wiki/Duopoly_(broadcasting)" title="Duopoly (broadcasting)">duopoly</a> or <a href="/wiki/Local_marketing_agreement" title="Local marketing agreement">operational agreement</a> with a major network affiliate) or opted to carry syndicated programming in the hour following The WB's primetime programming. As with Fox affiliates, WB-affiliated stations whose newscasts were produced by a same-market competitor tended to have fewer programming hours devoted to news than the station producing the broadcasts. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Affiliates">Affiliates</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_WB&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Affiliates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/List_of_former_WB_affiliates" title="List of former WB affiliates">List of former WB affiliates</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_WB_100%2B_Station_Group" title="The WB 100+ Station Group">The WB 100+ Station Group</a></div> <p>In 2005, The WB had an estimated audience reach of 91.66% of all U.S. households (equivalent to 90,282,480 households with at least one television set); the network was carried by 177 <a href="/wiki/Very_high_frequency" title="Very high frequency">VHF</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ultra_high_frequency" title="Ultra high frequency">UHF</a> stations in the United States. The WB was also available in <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> on <a href="/wiki/Cable_television" title="Cable television">cable</a> and <a href="/wiki/Satellite_television" title="Satellite television">satellite</a> providers through affiliates that are located within proximity to the <a href="/wiki/Canada%E2%80%93United_States_border" title="Canada–United States border">Canada–US border</a> (whose broadcasts of WB shows were subject to <a href="/wiki/Simultaneous_substitution" title="Simultaneous substitution">simultaneous substitution</a> rules imposed by the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Radio-television_and_Telecommunications_Commission" title="Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission">Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission</a> to protect program rights held by a domestically based network), and through two affiliates owned by Tribune Broadcasting (WPIX in New York City and KTLA in Los Angeles) that are classified in that country as superstations, as well as the superstation feed of Chicago affiliate WGN-TV. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Station_standardization">Station standardization</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_WB&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Station standardization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When The WB launched in 1995, the network began branding most of its affiliates with a combination of "WB" or "The WB," and the station's channel number. This meant that, for example, New York City affiliate WPIX and <a href="/wiki/St._Louis,_Missouri" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Louis, Missouri">St. Louis</a> affiliate <a href="/wiki/KPLR-TV" title="KPLR-TV">KPLR-TV</a> were both referred to as "The WB11" and "WB11" respectively (though WPIX branded as "The WB, Channel 11" until 1996, and KPLR as its pre-affiliation brand "St. Louis 11" until 1998). Fox originated such naming schemes, and CBS uses similar on-air branding for most of its <a href="/wiki/Owned-and-operated_station" title="Owned-and-operated station">owned-and-operated stations</a> (NBC and ABC also utilize similar, but less extreme, naming schemes). While Fox and UPN mandated their respective branding schemes on all of their stations, The WB did not. Therefore, other WB affiliates opted to use non-standardized brandings: WGN-TV in Chicago branded as "WGN Channel 9" (or simply "WGN") with The WB's logo placed within the right curve of the station's "9 as an upside-down G" logo after the network launched, and next to a boxed "9" from 2002 to 2006. </p><p>Most of the Tribune Company's WB affiliates only used the network's logo within the logos of each station or used the "WB" name after the callsign in its on-air branding (an example was Los Angeles affiliate KTLA, which branded as "KTLA, The WB", after dropping its longstanding and genericized "Channel 5" brand in 1997). Many WB affiliates used another form of standardized branding: the network's <a href="/wiki/Lakeland,_Florida" title="Lakeland, Florida">Lakeland, Florida</a>, affiliate (serving <a href="/wiki/Tampa,_Florida" title="Tampa, Florida">Tampa</a>) acquired the WWWB call letters and branded on-air as "The WB 32" (it is now known as <a href="/wiki/WMOR-TV" title="WMOR-TV">WMOR-TV</a>). Other stations would take on a 'by city' branding approach (for example, <a href="/wiki/KIAH" title="KIAH">KHWB</a> in <a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston</a> was called "Houston's WB" and <a href="/wiki/WLVI" title="WLVI">WLVI-TV</a> in <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a> was called "Boston's WB" – both used the "WB (channel number)" branding prior to incorporating the station's city of primary service during the final years of the network's run); some stations which followed this scheme used a regional name instead of a specific city (such as "Capital Region's WB" for <a href="/wiki/WCWN" title="WCWN">WEWB</a> in <a href="/wiki/Albany,_New_York" title="Albany, New York">Albany, New York</a>, or "Hawaii's WB" for <a href="/wiki/KHII-TV" title="KHII-TV">KFVE</a> in <a href="/wiki/Honolulu" title="Honolulu">Honolulu</a>, Hawaii), while others also incorporated the channel number (such as <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a> affiliate <a href="/wiki/WPHL-TV" title="WPHL-TV">WPHL-TV</a> as "Philadelphia's WB17", or <a href="/wiki/Mobile,_Alabama" title="Mobile, Alabama">Mobile, Alabama</a>, affiliate <a href="/wiki/WFNA_(TV)" title="WFNA (TV)">WBPG</a> as "The Gulf Coast's WB55"). Many stations affiliated with The WB 100+ Station Group also followed either one of these variations on "The City/Region's WB" scheme (though the group's cable-only affiliates also used fictional call signs). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_WB&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2006_United_States_broadcast_TV_realignment" class="mw-redirect" title="2006 United States broadcast TV realignment">2006 United States broadcast TV realignment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UPN" title="UPN">UPN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DuMont_Television_Network" title="DuMont Television Network">DuMont Television Network</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E!_(Canadian_TV_system)" title="E! (Canadian TV system)">E!</a>, a similarly developed network in Canada, not related to the American cable network</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_CW" title="The CW">The CW</a>, the television network that replaced The WB and <a href="/wiki/UPN" title="UPN">UPN</a>, created by <a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros." title="Warner Bros.">Warner Bros.</a> and <a href="/wiki/CBS_Corporation" title="CBS Corporation">CBS Corporation</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Footnotes">Footnotes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_WB&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Footnotes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFGreenhouse" class="citation web cs1">Greenhouse, Aaron. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~aarong/from-andrew/wb/wb.html">"The WB Television Network (Unofficial)"</a>. <i>cs.cmu.edu</i>. <a href="/wiki/Carnegie_Mellon_School_of_Computer_Science" title="Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science">Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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<li><a href="/wiki/Oxygen_(TV_channel)" title="Oxygen (TV channel)">Oxygen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/True_Crime_Network" title="True Crime Network">True Crime Network</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Classic</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ace_TV" title="Ace TV">Ace TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cozi_TV" title="Cozi TV">Cozi TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Get_(TV_network)" title="Get (TV network)">Get</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MeTV" title="MeTV">MeTV</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/MeTV%2B" class="mw-redirect" title="MeTV+">MeTV+</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MeTV_Toons" title="MeTV Toons">MeTV Toons</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Retro_TV" title="Retro TV">Retro TV</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Films</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Movies!" title="Movies!">Movies!</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NOST" title="NOST">NOST</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Comedy</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antenna_TV" title="Antenna TV">Antenna TV</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rewind_TV" title="Rewind TV">Rewind TV</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catchy_Comedy" title="Catchy Comedy">Catchy Comedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laff_(TV_network)" title="Laff (TV network)">Laff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TBD_(TV_network)" title="TBD (TV network)">TBD</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Westerns</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grit_(TV_network)" title="Grit (TV network)">Grit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Outlaw_(TV_network)" class="mw-redirect" title="Outlaw (TV network)">Outlaw</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Drama & action</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Action_Channel_(US_TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Action Channel (US TV channel)">Action</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charge!_(TV_network)" title="Charge! (TV network)">Charge!</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_(TV_network)" title="Comet (TV network)">Comet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heroes_%26_Icons" title="Heroes & Icons">H&I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ion_Television" title="Ion Television">Ion</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ion_Mystery" title="Ion Mystery">Ion Mystery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ion_Plus" title="Ion Plus">Ion Plus</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Start_TV" title="Start TV">Start TV</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Niche & genre</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Buzzr" title="Buzzr">Buzzr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Family_Channel_(American_TV_network,_founded_2008)" title="The Family Channel (American TV network, founded 2008)">Family Channel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Story_Television" title="Story Television">Story TV</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Religious</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Broadcasting_Network" title="Christian Broadcasting Network">CBN News</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cornerstone_Television" title="Cornerstone Television">Cornerstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daystar_Television_Network" title="Daystar Television Network">Daystar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RadiantTV" class="mw-redirect" title="RadiantTV">RadiantTV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonlife_Broadcasting_Network" class="mw-redirect" title="Sonlife Broadcasting Network">Sonlife</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trinity_Broadcasting_Network" title="Trinity Broadcasting Network">TBN</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/TBN_Inspire" title="TBN Inspire">Inspire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smile_(TV_network)" title="Smile (TV network)">Smile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Positiv" title="Positiv">Positiv</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tri-State_Christian_Television" title="Tri-State Christian Television">TCT</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Home_shopping" title="Home shopping">Home shopping</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HSN" title="HSN">HSN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jewelry_Television" title="Jewelry Television">Jewelry TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/OnTV4U" class="mw-redirect" title="OnTV4U">OnTV4U</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/QVC" title="QVC">QVC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ShopHQ" title="ShopHQ">ShopHQ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shop_LC" title="Shop LC">Shop LC</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:American_broadcast_television_(English)_defunct" title="Template:American broadcast television (English) defunct"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:American_broadcast_television_(English)_defunct" title="Template talk:American broadcast television (English) defunct"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:American_broadcast_television_(English)_defunct" title="Special:EditPage/Template:American broadcast television (English) defunct"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Defunct_English-language_broadcast_television_networks_in_the_United_States" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Defunct English-language <a href="/wiki/Terrestrial_television" title="Terrestrial television">broadcast television</a> <a href="/wiki/Television_broadcasting" class="mw-redirect" title="Television broadcasting">networks</a> <a href="/wiki/Television_in_the_United_States" title="Television in the United States">in the United States</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Major commercial</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/DuMont_Television_Network" title="DuMont Television Network">DuMont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UPN" title="UPN">UPN</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">The WB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ion_Television#PAX_(1998–2005)" title="Ion Television">PAX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Time_Entertainment_Network" title="Prime Time Entertainment Network">PTEN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MyNetworkTV" title="MyNetworkTV">MyNetworkTV</a> (pre-2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Prime_Time" title="Operation Prime Time">OPT</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Minor commercial</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/.2_Network" title=".2 Network">.2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/America_One" title="America One">America One</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Independent_Network" title="American Independent Network">AIN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Channel_America" title="Channel America">Channel America</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheddar_(TV_channel)" title="Cheddar (TV channel)">Cheddar</a><sup>ci</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Circle_Country" title="Circle Country">Circle</a><sup>i</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NOST" title="NOST">Classic Reruns TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Digi-TV" title="Digi-TV">Digi-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hughes_Television_Network" title="Hughes Television Network">Hughes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/JUCE_TV" title="JUCE TV">JUCE TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TheGrio" title="TheGrio">Light TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mizlou_Television_Network" title="Mizlou Television Network">Mizlou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Network_One" title="Network One">N1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NATV_Native_American_Television" title="NATV Native American Television">NATV</a><sup>i</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBC_LX_Home" title="NBC LX Home">NBC LX Home</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NTA_Film_Network" title="NTA Film Network">NTA Film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Omni_Broadcasting_Network" title="Omni Broadcasting Network">Omni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Overmyer_Network" title="Overmyer Network">Overmyer/United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paramount_Television_Network" title="Paramount Television Network">Paramount Television Network</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PBJ_(TV_network)" title="PBJ (TV network)">PBJ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plum_TV" title="Plum TV">Plum TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qubo" title="Qubo">qubo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SFM_Holiday_Network" title="SFM Holiday Network">SFM Holiday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Star_Television_Network" title="Star Television Network">Star</a> (failed 5th network attempt)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/TrueReal" title="TrueReal">TrueReal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theater_Television_Network" title="Theater Television Network">Theater TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/This_TV" title="This TV">This TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuff_TV" title="Tuff TV">Tuff TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twist_(TV_network)" title="Twist (TV network)">Twist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urban_America_Television" title="Urban America Television">UATV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Variety_Television_Network" class="mw-redirect" title="Variety Television Network">VTV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Works_(TV_network)" title="The Works (TV network)">The Works</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Public</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Educational_Television" title="National Educational Television">NET</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MHz_Networks#MHz_WorldView" title="MHz Networks">MHz Worldview</a><sup>i</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ResearchChannel" title="ResearchChannel">ResearchChannel</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Specialty</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">News</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ABC_News_Now" class="mw-redirect" title="ABC News Now">ABC News Now</a><sup>i</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_News_Channel" title="All News Channel">All News Channel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DoD_News_Channel" title="DoD News Channel">DoD News</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Local_AccuWeather_Channel" class="mw-redirect" title="Local AccuWeather Channel">Local AccuWeather Channel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBC_Weather_Plus" title="NBC Weather Plus">NBC Wx+/NBC+</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newsmax_TV" title="Newsmax TV">Newsmax TV</a><sup>ci</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TouchVision" title="TouchVision">TouchVision</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sports</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_Sports_Network" title="American Sports Network">American Sports Network</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stadium_(sports_network)" title="Stadium (sports network)">Stadium</a><sup>i</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SportsGrid" class="mw-redirect" title="SportsGrid">SportsGrid</a><sup>i</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sportsman_Channel" title="Sportsman Channel">Sportsman</a><sup>c</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TVS_Television_Network" title="TVS Television Network">TVS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Universal_Sports" title="Universal Sports">Universal Sports</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Home shopping</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/America%27s_Store" title="America's Store">America's Store</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gems_TV_(USA)" title="Gems TV (USA)">Gems TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_TV" title="Gun TV">Gun TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ion_Television#Ion_Shop" title="Ion Television">Ion Shop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shop_at_Home_Network" title="Shop at Home Network">Shop at Home</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Music</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bohemia_Visual_Music" title="Bohemia Visual Music">Bohemia Visual Music</a><sup>i</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Box_(American_TV_channel)" title="The Box (American TV channel)">The Box</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV2" title="MTV2">MTV2</a><sup>c</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Tres" title="MTV Tres">Tr3s</a><sup>c</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Retro_Jams" title="Retro Jams">Retro Jams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TheCoolTV" title="TheCoolTV">TheCoolTV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Tube_Music_Network" title="The Tube Music Network">The Tube</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><sup>c</sup> - Now cable-only, <sup>i</sup> - Now internet-only</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:American_broadcast_television_(Spanish)" title="Template:American broadcast television (Spanish)"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:American_broadcast_television_(Spanish)" title="Template talk:American broadcast television (Spanish)"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:American_broadcast_television_(Spanish)" title="Special:EditPage/Template:American broadcast television (Spanish)"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Spanish-language_broadcast_television_networks_in_the_United_States" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Spanish-language_television_networks_in_the_United_States" title="List of Spanish-language television networks in the United States">Spanish-language broadcast television networks in the United States</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Major domestic</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Estrella_TV" title="Estrella TV">Estrella TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telemundo" title="Telemundo">Telemundo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Univision" title="Univision">Univision</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Minor domestic</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Am%C3%A9rica_TeV%C3%A9" class="mw-redirect" title="América TeVé">América TeVé</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuestra_Visi%C3%B3n" title="Nuestra Visión">Nuestra Visión</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ve_Plus_TV" title="Ve Plus TV">Novelisima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LATV" title="LATV">LATV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mega_TV_(American_TV_network)" title="Mega TV (American TV network)">Mega TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TeleXitos" title="TeleXitos">TeleXitos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KWIZ" title="KWIZ">Visión Latina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UniM%C3%A1s" title="UniMás">UniMás</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Major imported</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/FOROtv" class="mw-redirect" title="FOROtv">FORO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canal_6_(Mexico)" title="Canal 6 (Mexico)">Canal 6/Multimedios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milenio_Televisi%C3%B3n" title="Milenio Televisión">Milenio Televisión</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mexicanal" title="Mexicanal">Mexicanal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canal_Once_(Mexico)" class="mw-redirect" title="Canal Once (Mexico)">Canal Once</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/XEIMT-TDT" title="XEIMT-TDT">Canal 22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telemax_(TV_network)" title="Telemax (TV network)">Telemax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teleritmo" title="Teleritmo">Teleritmo</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Religious</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Almavision" title="Almavision">Almavision</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KBEH" title="KBEH">Canal de La Fe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3ABN_Latino" class="mw-redirect" title="3ABN Latino">3ABN Latino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enlace" title="Enlace">Enlace</a></li> <li>Esperanza TV</li> <li>ESNE</li> <li><a href="/wiki/EWTN" title="EWTN">EWTN en Español</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tele_Vida_Abundante" title="Tele Vida Abundante">Tele Vida Abundante</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Specialty</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Cine Mexicano</li> <li>Tele N</li> <li>MiCasa Network</li> <li>Mira TV</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C2%A1Sorpresa!" title="¡Sorpresa!">¡Sorpresa!</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=TeLe-Rom%C3%A1ntica&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="TeLe-Romántica (page does not exist)">TeLe-Romántica</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Am%C3%A9rica_CV_Network" title="América CV Network">América CV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azteca_Am%C3%A9rica" title="Azteca América">Azteca América</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hispanic_Television_Network" title="Hispanic Television Network">Hispanic Television Network</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inmigrante_TV" title="Inmigrante TV">Inmigrante TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LAT_TV" title="LAT TV">LAT TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MundoMax" title="MundoMax">MundoMax</a></li> <li>Soi TV</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Tres" title="MTV Tres">Tr3s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TuVisi%C3%B3n" title="TuVisión">TuVisión</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VasalloVision" title="VasalloVision">VasalloVision</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V-me" title="V-me">V-me</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:American_broadcast_television_(Religious)" title="Template:American broadcast television (Religious)"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:American_broadcast_television_(Religious)" title="Template talk:American broadcast television (Religious)"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:American_broadcast_television_(Religious)" title="Special:EditPage/Template:American broadcast television (Religious)"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Religious_broadcast_television_networks_in_the_United_States" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Religious_broadcasting" title="Religious broadcasting">Religious broadcast</a> television networks in the United States</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">TBN Networks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Trinity_Broadcasting_Network" title="Trinity Broadcasting Network">TBN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TBN_Inspire" title="TBN Inspire">TBN Inspire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Positiv" title="Positiv">Positiv</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smile_(TV_network)" title="Smile (TV network)">Smile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enlace" title="Enlace">Enlace</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Spanish language)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TBN_Salsa" title="TBN Salsa">Salsa</a></li> <li>TBN Francophone <span style="font-size:85%;">(French language)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">English</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Al Karma TV</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adventist_Review" class="mw-redirect" title="Adventist Review">Adventist Review</a> TV</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amazing_Facts" title="Amazing Facts">Amazing Facts</a> TV</li> <li><a href="/wiki/BYU_TV" title="BYU TV">BYU TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CatholicTV" title="CatholicTV">CatholicTV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Faith_Network" title="Catholic Faith Network">CFN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Broadcasting_Network" title="Christian Broadcasting Network">CBN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Television_Network" title="Christian Television Network">CTN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cornerstone_Television" title="Cornerstone Television">Cornerstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daystar_Television_Network" title="Daystar Television Network">Daystar</a></li> <li>EICB TV</li> <li><a href="/wiki/EWTN" title="EWTN">EWTN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Family_Broadcasting_Corporation" title="Family Broadcasting Corporation">FBC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GEB_Network" title="GEB Network">GEB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/God%27s_Learning_Channel" title="God's Learning Channel">GLC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GOD_TV" title="GOD TV">GOD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hope_Channel" title="Hope Channel">Hope</a></li> <li>IQRA TV</li> <li><a href="/wiki/It_Is_Written" title="It Is Written">It Is Written</a> TV</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loma_Linda_Broadcasting_Network" title="Loma Linda Broadcasting Network">LLBN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonlife_Broadcasting_Network" class="mw-redirect" title="Sonlife Broadcasting Network">SBN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Three_Angels_Broadcasting_Network" title="Three Angels Broadcasting Network">3ABN</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/3ABN_Dare_to_Dream" class="mw-redirect" title="3ABN Dare to Dream">3ABN Dare to Dream</a> Network</li> <li>3ABN International <span style="font-size:85%;">(with 3ABN Australia)</span></li> <li>3ABN Kids Network</li> <li>3ABN Praise Him Music Network</li> <li><a href="/wiki/3ABN_Proclaim!" class="mw-redirect" title="3ABN Proclaim!">3ABN Proclaim!</a> Network</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PTL_Television_Network" class="mw-redirect" title="PTL Television Network">PTL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RadiantTV" class="mw-redirect" title="RadiantTV">RadiantTV</a></li> <li>SafeTV</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Total_Living_Network" title="Total Living Network">TLN)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tri-State_Christian_Television" title="Tri-State Christian Television">TCT</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Unity_Broadcasting_Network&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Unity Broadcasting Network (page does not exist)">UBN</a></li> <li>The Walk TV</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Word_Network" title="The Word Network">Word</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Family_Broadcasting_Corporation#World_Harvest_Television_(WHT)" title="Family Broadcasting Corporation">WHT</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Spanish</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Aliento Vision</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Almavision" title="Almavision">Almavisión</a></li> <li>Aviva TV</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Television_Network" title="Christian Television Network">CTNi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daystar_Television_Network" title="Daystar Television Network">Daystar Español</a></li> <li>Esperanza TV</li> <li>ESNE</li> <li>Familia TV</li> <li>Fe-TV</li> <li>HCCN</li> <li>Iglesia JEMIR</li> <li>Red AdVenir</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tele_Vida_Abundante" title="Tele Vida Abundante">Tele Vida Abundante</a></li> <li>3ABN Latino Network</li> <li>Tvida Vision</li> <li>Visión Latina</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">French</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>3ABN Français Network</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/INSP_(TV_network)" title="INSP (TV network)">The Inspiration Network</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kids_%26_Teens_TV" title="Kids & Teens TV">Kids & Teens TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Angel" title="Sky Angel">Sky Angel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Worship_Network" title="The Worship Network">Worship</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:North_American_TV" title="Template:North American TV"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:North_American_TV" title="Template talk:North American TV"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:North_American_TV" title="Special:EditPage/Template:North American TV"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Additional_resources_on_North_American_television" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Additional resources on North American television</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">North America</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:Television_stations_in_North_America" title="Template:Television stations in North America">List of local television stations in North America</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:North_American_DTV" title="Template:North American DTV">DTV transition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:North_American_TV" title="Template:North American TV">North American TV mini-template</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Canada</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:Canadian_television_networks" title="Template:Canadian television networks">Canadian networks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Canadian_television_networks" title="List of Canadian television networks">List of Canadian television networks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Canadian_television_channels" title="List of Canadian television channels">List of Canadian television channels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Canadian_specialty_channels" title="List of Canadian specialty channels">List of Canadian specialty channels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Canadian_television_stations" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Canadian television stations">Local Canadian TV stations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_stations_available_in_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States stations available in Canada">List of United States stations available in Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Vancouver_TV_realignment" title="2001 Vancouver TV realignment">2001 Vancouver TV realignment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Canada_broadcast_TV_realignment" class="mw-redirect" title="2007 Canada broadcast TV realignment">2007 Canada broadcast TV realignment</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Mexico</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:Mexican_broadcast_television" title="Template:Mexican broadcast television">Mexican networks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_television_stations_in_Mexico" title="List of television stations in Mexico">Local Mexican TV stations</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">United States</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:American_broadcast_television" title="Template:American broadcast television">American networks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_cable_and_satellite_television_channels" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States cable and satellite television channels">List of American cable and satellite networks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_over-the-air_television_networks" title="List of United States over-the-air television networks">List of American over-the-air networks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_television_stations_in_the_United_States_by_call_sign_(initial_letter_W)" title="List of television stations in the United States by call sign (initial letter W)">Local American TV stations (W)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_television_stations_in_the_United_States_by_call_sign_(initial_letter_K)" title="List of television stations in the United States by call sign (initial letter K)">Local American TV stations (K)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Spanish-language_television_networks_in_the_United_States" title="List of Spanish-language television networks in the United States">Spanish-language TV networks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_South_Florida_television_affiliation_switch" title="1989 South Florida television affiliation switch">1989 South Florida television affiliation switch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%931996_United_States_broadcast_television_realignment" title="1994–1996 United States broadcast television realignment">1994–1996 U.S. TV realignment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_United_States_broadcast_television_realignment" title="2006 United States broadcast television realignment">2006 U.S. TV realignment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Canadian_television_stations_available_in_the_United_States" title="List of Canadian television stations available in the United States">List of Canadian television stations available in the United States</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:North_American_DTV" title="Template:North American DTV"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:North_American_DTV" title="Template talk:North American DTV"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:North_American_DTV" title="Special:EditPage/Template:North American DTV"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Digital_television_in_North_America" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Digital_television" title="Digital television">Digital television</a> in North America</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Digital_terrestrial_television" title="Digital terrestrial television">Terrestrial</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:11em"><a href="/wiki/Digital_broadcasting" title="Digital broadcasting">Digital broadcasting</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ATSC_tuner" title="ATSC tuner">ATSC tuners</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Digital_subchannel" title="Digital subchannel">Digital subchannels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virtual_channel" title="Virtual channel">Virtual channels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Distributed_transmission_system" title="Distributed transmission system">Distributed transmission system</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Datacasting" title="Datacasting">Datacasting</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Guide_Plus" title="Guide Plus">Guide Plus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Datacast" title="National Datacast">National Datacast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UpdateLogic" class="mw-redirect" title="UpdateLogic">UpdateLogic</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Television_Alliance" title="Metropolitan Television Alliance">Metropolitan Television Alliance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Alliance_(HDTV)" title="Grand Alliance (HDTV)">Grand Alliance</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:11em"><a href="/wiki/Digital_television_transition" title="Digital television transition">Digital switchover</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/All-Channel_Receiver_Act" title="All-Channel Receiver Act">All-Channel Receiver Act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short-term_Analog_Flash_and_Emergency_Readiness_Act" title="Short-term Analog Flash and Emergency Readiness Act">SAFER Act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Digital_channel_election" title="Digital channel election">Digital channel election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Set-top_box" title="Set-top box">Set-top boxes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Digital_television_adapter" title="Digital television adapter">Digital television adapter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coupon-eligible_converter_box" title="Coupon-eligible converter box">U.S. Converter Box Coupon Program</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Digital_Transition_and_Public_Safety_Act_of_2005" title="Digital Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005">legislation</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Analog_passthrough" title="Analog passthrough">Analog passthrough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DVD_recorder" title="DVD recorder">DVD recorders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Digital_video_recorder" title="Digital video recorder">Digital video recorders</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:11em">Digital standards</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ATSC_standards" title="ATSC standards">ATSC standards</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Advanced_Television_Systems_Committee" title="Advanced Television Systems Committee">ATSC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ATSC-M/H" title="ATSC-M/H">ATSC-M/H</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8VSB" title="8VSB">8VSB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A-VSB" title="A-VSB">A-VSB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E-VSB" title="E-VSB">E-VSB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Program_and_System_Information_Protocol" title="Program and System Information Protocol">PSIP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Programming_Metadata_Communication_Protocol" class="mw-redirect" title="Programming Metadata Communication Protocol">PMCP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ATSC_standards" title="List of ATSC standards">full list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Standard-definition_television" title="Standard-definition television">Standard-definition TV</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/480i" title="480i">480i</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/576i" title="576i">576i</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enhanced-definition_television" title="Enhanced-definition television">Enhanced-definition TV</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/480p" title="480p">480p</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/576p" title="576p">576p</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High-definition_television" title="High-definition television">High-definition TV</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/720p" title="720p">720p</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1080i" title="1080i">1080i</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1080p" title="1080p">1080p</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ultra-high-definition_television" title="Ultra-high-definition television">Ultra high-definition TV</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2160p" class="mw-redirect" title="2160p">2160p</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serial_digital_interface" title="Serial digital interface">Serial digital interface</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smart_antenna" title="Smart antenna">Smart antennas</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/CEA-909" title="CEA-909">CEA-909</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:11em">Digital networks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Digital_multicast_television_network" title="Digital multicast television network">Digital multicast television network</a></li> <li>see <a href="/wiki/Template:American_broadcast_television" title="Template:American broadcast television">Template:American broadcast television</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Canadian_television_networks" title="Template:Canadian television networks">Template:Canadian television networks</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:11em">National deployment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_digital_television_deployments_by_country" title="List of digital television deployments by country">List by country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Digital_television_in_Canada" title="Digital television in Canada">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Television_in_Mexico" title="Television in Mexico">Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Digital_television_in_the_United_States" title="Digital television in the United States">United States</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/High-definition_television_in_the_United_States" title="High-definition television in the United States">HDTV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Digital_television_transition_in_the_United_States" title="Digital television transition in the United States">transition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_wireless_spectrum_auction" title="2008 United States wireless spectrum auction">wireless spectrum auction</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cable_television" title="Cable television">Cable</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:11em"><a href="/wiki/Digital_cable" title="Digital cable">Digital cable</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cable-ready#Digital_cable" title="Cable-ready">Digital-cable-ready TV</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/QAM_(television)" title="QAM (television)">QAM tuners</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cable-ready#Digital_cable" title="Cable-ready">Interactive-digital-cable-ready TV</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/OpenCable_Application_Platform" title="OpenCable Application Platform">OpenCable Application Platform</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Television_encryption#Digital_cable_and_satellite_television_encryption" title="Television encryption">Encryption</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Must-carry#Digital_must-carry" title="Must-carry">Must-carry</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:11em"><a href="/wiki/Pay_television" title="Pay television">Subscription TV</a></th><td 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/.2_Network" title=".2 Network">.2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/America_One" title="America One">America One</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Independent_Network" title="American Independent Network">AIN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Channel_America" title="Channel America">Channel America</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheddar_(TV_channel)" title="Cheddar (TV channel)">Cheddar</a><sup>ci</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Circle_Country" title="Circle Country">Circle</a><sup>i</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NOST" title="NOST">Classic Reruns TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Digi-TV" title="Digi-TV">Digi-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hughes_Television_Network" title="Hughes Television Network">Hughes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/JUCE_TV" title="JUCE TV">JUCE TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TheGrio" title="TheGrio">Light TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mizlou_Television_Network" title="Mizlou Television Network">Mizlou</a></li> <li><a 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Television">NET</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MHz_Networks#MHz_WorldView" title="MHz Networks">MHz Worldview</a><sup>i</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ResearchChannel" title="ResearchChannel">ResearchChannel</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Specialty</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">News</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ABC_News_Now" class="mw-redirect" title="ABC News Now">ABC News Now</a><sup>i</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_News_Channel" title="All News Channel">All News Channel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DoD_News_Channel" title="DoD News Channel">DoD News</a></li> <li><a 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selflink">The WB</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Original programming</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Main</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_programs_broadcast_by_The_WB" title="List of programs broadcast by The WB">Full list</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_programs_broadcast_by_The_WB_100%2B_Station_Group" title="List of programs broadcast by The WB 100+ Station Group">The WB 100+</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kids%27_WB" title="Kids' WB">Kids' WB</a> (1995–2006) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_programs_broadcast_by_Kids%27_WB" title="List of programs broadcast by Kids' WB">programs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kids%27_WB_Specials" title="Kids' WB Specials">specials</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_CW_Daytime" title="The CW Daytime">The WB Daytime</a> (2006)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s debuts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/7th_Heaven_(TV_series)" title="7th Heaven (TV series)">7th Heaven</a></i> (1996–2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Alright_Already_(TV_series)" title="Alright Already (TV series)">Alright Already</a></i> (1997–98)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Angel_(1999_TV_series)" title="Angel (1999 TV series)">Angel</a></i> (1999–2004)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Army_Show" title="The Army Show">The Army Show</a></i> (1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Brotherly_Love_(1995_TV_series)" title="Brotherly Love (1995 TV series)">Brotherly Love</a></i> (1996–97)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer" title="Buffy the Vampire Slayer">Buffy the Vampire Slayer</a></i> (1997–2001)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Charmed" title="Charmed">Charmed</a></i> (1998–2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cleghorne!" title="Cleghorne!">Cleghorne!</a></i> (1995)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dawson%27s_Creek" title="Dawson's Creek">Dawson's Creek</a></i> (1998–2003)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Felicity_(TV_series)" title="Felicity (TV series)">Felicity</a></i> (1998–2002)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/First_Time_Out" title="First Time Out">First Time Out</a></i> (1995)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/For_Your_Love_(TV_series)" title="For Your Love (TV series)">For Your Love</a></i> (1998–2002)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hyperion_Bay" title="Hyperion Bay">Hyperion Bay</a></i> (1998–99)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Invasion_America" title="Invasion America">Invasion America</a></i> (1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jack_%26_Jill_(TV_series)" title="Jack & Jill (TV series)">Jack & Jill</a></i> (1999–2001)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Jamie_Foxx_Show" title="The Jamie Foxx Show">The Jamie Foxx Show</a></i> (1996–2001)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Katie_Joplin" title="Katie Joplin">Katie Joplin</a></i> (1999)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kelly_Kelly_(TV_series)" title="Kelly Kelly (TV series)">Kelly Kelly</a></i> (1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kirk_(TV_series)" title="Kirk (TV series)">Kirk</a></i> (1995–96)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Life_with_Roger" title="Life with Roger">Life with Roger</a></i> (1996–97)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mission_Hill_(TV_series)" title="Mission Hill (TV series)">Mission Hill</a></i> (1999–2000)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Movie_Stars_(TV_series)" title="Movie Stars (TV series)">Movie Stars</a></i> (1999–2000)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Muscle_(TV_series)" title="Muscle (TV series)">Muscle</a></i> (1995)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nick_Freno:_Licensed_Teacher" title="Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher">Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher</a></i> (1996–98)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Parent_%27Hood" title="The Parent 'Hood">The Parent 'Hood</a></i> (1995–99)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Popular_(TV_series)" title="Popular (TV series)">Popular</a></i> (1999–2001)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rescue_77" title="Rescue 77">Rescue 77</a></i> (1999)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Roswell_(TV_series)" title="Roswell (TV series)">Roswell</a></i> (1999–2001)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Safe_Harbor_(1999_TV_series)" title="Safe Harbor (1999 TV series)">Safe Harbor</a></i> (1999)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Savannah_(TV_series)" title="Savannah (TV series)">Savannah</a></i> (1996–97)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sister,_Sister_(TV_series)" title="Sister, Sister (TV series)">Sister, Sister</a></i> (1995–99)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Smart_Guy" title="Smart Guy">Smart Guy</a></i> (1997–99)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Steve_Harvey_Show" title="The Steve Harvey Show">The Steve Harvey Show</a></i> (1996–2002)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Three_(TV_series)" title="Three (TV series)">Three</a></i> (1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Tom_Show" title="The Tom Show">The Tom Show</a></i> (1997–98)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wayans_Bros." title="The Wayans Bros.">The Wayans Bros.</a></i> (1995–99)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Unhappily_Ever_After" title="Unhappily Ever After">Unhappily Ever After</a></i> (1995–99)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/You%27re_the_One_(TV_series)" title="You're the One (TV series)">You're the One</a></i> (1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Zoe,_Duncan,_Jack_and_Jane" title="Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane">Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane</a></i> (1999–2000)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s debuts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/All_About_the_Andersons" title="All About the Andersons">All About the Andersons</a></i> (2003–04)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Baby_Blues_(American_TV_series)" title="Baby Blues (American TV series)">Baby Blues</a></i> (2000)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Beauty_and_the_Geek_(American_TV_series)" title="Beauty and the Geek (American TV series)">Beauty and the Geek</a></i> (2005–06)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Bedford_Diaries" title="The Bedford Diaries">The Bedford Diaries</a></i> (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Birds_of_Prey_(TV_series)" title="Birds of Prey (TV series)">Birds of Prey</a></i> (2002–03)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Black_Sash_(TV_series)" title="Black Sash (TV series)">Black Sash</a></i> (2003)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Blue_Collar_TV" title="Blue Collar TV">Blue Collar TV</a></i> (2004–06)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Brutally_Normal" title="Brutally Normal">Brutally Normal</a></i> (2000)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/D.C._(TV_series)" title="D.C. (TV series)">D.C.</a></i> (2000)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dead_Last" title="Dead Last">Dead Last</a></i> (2001)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Do_Over" title="Do Over">Do Over</a></i> (2002)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Drew_Carey%27s_Green_Screen_Show" title="Drew Carey's Green Screen Show">Drew Carey's Green Screen Show</a></i> (2004)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Everwood" title="Everwood">Everwood</a></i> (2002–06)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Family_Affair_(2002_TV_series)" title="Family Affair (2002 TV series)">Family Affair</a></i> (2002–03)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gilmore_Girls" title="Gilmore Girls">Gilmore Girls</a></i> (2000–06)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Glory_Days_(2002_TV_series)" title="Glory Days (2002 TV series)">Glory Days</a></i> (2002)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Greetings_from_Tucson" title="Greetings from Tucson">Greetings from Tucson</a></i> (2002–03)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Grosse_Pointe_(TV_series)" title="Grosse Pointe (TV series)">Grosse Pointe</a></i> (2000–01)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Grounded_for_Life" title="Grounded for Life">Grounded for Life</a></i> (2003–05)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Help_(TV_series)" title="The Help (TV series)">The Help</a></i> (2004)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/High_School_Reunion_(TV_series)" title="High School Reunion (TV series)">High School Reunion</a></i> (2003–05)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hype_(TV_series)" title="Hype (TV series)">Hype</a></i> (2000–01)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jack_%26_Bobby" title="Jack & Bobby">Jack & Bobby</a></i> (2004–05)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Jamie_Kennedy_Experiment" title="The Jamie Kennedy Experiment">The Jamie Kennedy Experiment</a></i> (2002–04)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Just_Legal" title="Just Legal">Just Legal</a></i> (2005–2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Like_Family" title="Like Family">Like Family</a></i> (2003–04)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Living_with_Fran" title="Living with Fran">Living with Fran</a></i> (2005–06)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Maybe_It%27s_Me_(TV_series)" title="Maybe It's Me (TV series)">Maybe It's Me</a></i> (2001–02)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Modern_Men" title="Modern Men">Modern Men</a></i> (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Mountain_(TV_series)" title="The Mountain (TV series)">The Mountain</a></i> (2004–05)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/My_Guide_to_Becoming_a_Rock_Star" title="My Guide to Becoming a Rock Star">My Guide to Becoming a Rock Star</a></i> (2002)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nikki_(TV_series)" title="Nikki (TV series)">Nikki</a></i> (2000–02)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Oblongs" title="The Oblongs">The Oblongs</a></i> (2001)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Off_Centre" title="Off Centre">Off Centre</a></i> (2001–02)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_O%27Keefes" title="The O'Keefes">The O'Keefes</a></i> (2003)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/On_the_Spot_(2003_TV_series)" title="On the Spot (2003 TV series)">On the Spot</a></i> (2003)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/One_Tree_Hill_(TV_series)" title="One Tree Hill (TV series)">One Tree Hill</a></i> (2003–06)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pepper_Dennis" title="Pepper Dennis">Pepper Dennis</a></i> (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_PJs" title="The PJs">The PJs</a></i> (2000–01)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Popstars" title="Popstars">Popstars USA</a></i> (2001–03)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Raising_Dad" title="Raising Dad">Raising Dad</a></i> (2001–02)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Reba_(TV_series)" title="Reba (TV series)">Reba</a></i> (2001–06)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Related" title="Related">Related</a></i> (2005–06)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Run_of_the_House" title="Run of the House">Run of the House</a></i> (2003–04)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sabrina_the_Teenage_Witch_(1996_TV_series)" title="Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996 TV series)">Sabrina the Teenage Witch</a></i> (2000–03)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Smallville" title="Smallville">Smallville</a></i> (2001–06)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Starlet" title="The Starlet">The Starlet</a></i> (2005)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Steve_Harvey%27s_Big_Time_Challenge" title="Steve Harvey's Big Time Challenge">Steve Harvey's Big Time Challenge</a></i> (2003–05)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Studio_7" title="Studio 7">Studio 7</a></i> (2004)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Summerland_(TV_series)" title="Summerland (TV series)">Summerland</a></i> (2004–05)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Supernatural_(American_TV_series)" title="Supernatural (American TV series)">Supernatural</a></i> (2005–06)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Superstar_USA" title="Superstar USA">Superstar USA</a></i> (2004)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Surreal_Life" title="The Surreal Life">The Surreal Life</a></i> (2003–04)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Survival_of_the_Richest" title="Survival of the Richest">Survival of the Richest</a></i> (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tarzan_(2003_TV_series)" title="Tarzan (2003 TV series)">Tarzan</a></i> (2003)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Twins_(TV_series)" title="Twins (TV series)">Twins</a></i> (2005–06)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/What_I_Like_About_You_(TV_series)" title="What I Like About You (TV series)">What I Like About You</a></i> (2002–06)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Young_Americans_(TV_series)" title="Young Americans (TV series)">Young Americans</a></i> (2000)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Affiliates</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_former_WB_affiliates" title="List of former WB affiliates">Affiliate list</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tribune_Broadcasting" title="Tribune Broadcasting">Tribune Broadcasting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_WB_100%2B_Station_Group" title="The WB 100+ Station Group">The WB 100+ Station Group</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related 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