This just in: The CW puts the first [of many] nails into THE VAMPIRE DIARIES’ coffin. Or at least that was our initial reaction to yesterday’s news that has the perennial fifth place network in preliminary talks with Kevin Williamson to develop a companion series to THE VAMPIRE DIARIES revolving around a group of [really [...]

This just in: the CW is thisclose to picking up DANNI LOWINSKI for midseason. Based on the German series of the same name, LOWINSKI revolves around a scrappy hairdresser/law student, who after being brushed off by potential employers decides to set up her own practice in a shopping mall kiosk. According to Deadline Hollywood, “feelers [...]

What’s writing got to do with it? When you’re the showrunner of a major network television series, surprisingly little. “I always say the show is a coming of age story and I feel like the experience of running the show has been one for me,” revealed Liz Tigelaar, the talented creator/executive producer of the CW’s [...]

“So what you get from HELLCATS is a wildly derivative wish-fulfillment view of college life made to appeal to junior-high girls, most of whom are too young to recognize how many shows and movies HELLCATS has appropriated.” USA TODAY “Granted, you’ve probably seen this story before. Pre-law student loses scholarship. Pre-law student joins cheerleading squad. [...]

If a show premieres in the Fall and nobody hears about it, does it attract an audience? When said audience lives in an era of unprecedented access to an immeasurable number of entertainment options at the click of a mouse (or fingertip), probably not. And why —following another dismal ratings report from the CW that [...]

By: Aleks Chan Touchy is the subject of one’s self image. We will at the same time glamorize the frail, shining figures of movie starlets as they grace the cover of a magazine as we trumpet the powers of inner beauty as a greater reflection of one’s character. For every show stalked with leggy, tanned [...]

What do you do when your lineup of summer reruns are barely managing to crack the million-viewer-per-episode mark? Well, if you’re the CW network, you get a very early start on the Fall by being first out of the gate with your September premiere dates! Details of which can be found after the jump.

By: Vlada Gelman I’d like to thank my mom for always believing in and my manager and the entire cast and crew, who work tirelessly, and the CW… Yeah, you’re probably not going to hear that at the Primetime Emmy Awards this year, but that hasn’t stopped the CW from mounting its first ever Emmy [...]

Good Moves: After countless seasons that culminated with the inexplicable cancelation of some of our favorite shows (R.I.P: PRIVILEGED and JACK & BOBBY), the CW network finally threw fans of quality television a bone by renewing the critically adored LIFE UNEXPECTED for a second season. Not so unexpected was the audiences seemingly insatiable appetite for [...]

Is the CW making a mistake of MELROSIAN proportions? That’s the question we find ourselves pondering since last week’s announcement that had the perennial fifth place network unveil NIKITA (a reboot of the 90′s action-thriller LA FEMME NIKITA) as the centerpiece of their Fall 2010 Schedule. Now, don’t get us wrong. On a personal level, [...]