OT: New Network Update

[JDWeil]

This is an article from TV Guide to inform you on those UPN affiliates that will be orphaned when the CW starts operations:


Fox Unveils New Net:

CW, the offspring of the merged UPN and WB, won't be the only new broadcast network this fall. Fox, which successfully spun off the Fox News Channel and FX will launch My Network TV on Sept. 5th. The mini-network will debut with 12 hours of original programming on 10 big city stations that carry UPN shows. In a bid to grab younger viewers and possibly lure the growing Hispanic population, the first two offerings will be English language versions of Latin America's hugely popular serialized dramas known as telenovelas. Desire, about two brothers in love with the same woman, and the fashion-world-set Secrets will run six nights a week with a new story line every 13 weeks. Other projectsin developement include reality shows about a modeling competition, tropical romance between celebs and civilians and true-life crime investigations. "We wanted to create an alternative for the 21st-century consumer." says Peter Chernin, COO of Fox's parent company, News Corp. "My Network will be different from anything else on broadcast television today." -- Heame Randolph

[Studio Toledo]

This is an article from TV Guide to inform you on those UPN affiliates that will be orphaned when the CW starts operations:


Fox Unveils New Net:

CW, the offspring of the merged UPN and WB, won't be the only new broadcast network this fall. Fox, which successfully spun off the Fox News Channel and FX will launch My Network TV on Sept. 5th. The mini-network will debut with 12 hours of original programming on 10 big city stations that carry UPN shows. In a bid to grab younger viewers and possibly lure the growing Hispanic population, the first two offerings will be English language versions of Latin America's hugely popular serialized dramas known as telenovelas. Desire, about two brothers in love with the same woman, and the fashion-world-set Secrets will run six nights a week with a new story line every 13 weeks. Other projectsin developement include reality shows about a modeling competition, tropical romance between celebs and civilians and true-life crime investigations. "We wanted to create an alternative for the 21st-century consumer." says Peter Chernin, COO of Fox's parent company, News Corp. "My Network will be different from anything else on broadcast television today." -- Heame Randolph
Would be a neat trend if this leads to more English-dubbed Telenovelas to be exploited north of the border (as if there's any real interest outside the Hispanic groups, but Japanese cartoons proved that long decades before).

[Jeff Harris]

"We wanted to create an alternative for the 21st-century consumer. My Network will be different from anything else on broadcast television today." Yup. My Network TV will be different than anything else on broadcast TV.

Broadcast TV is filled with reality shows, shows about crime scene investigators, glorified karaoke competitions, and serialized soaps. My Network TV is filled with . . . um, more of the same.

Honestly, MNT is a waste of channel space right out of the gate. Honestly, Fox can't even program the 10 PM EST/PST hour. Heck, they can't even program their own network since they only have one show. So what makes them think they can create a separate broadcast network?

What's even more alarming is that this network executive feels that the kind of programming is what the 21st-century viewer wants to see. No, wait, they use the word consumer, we're not even viewers anymore, but rather eyesockets for manufacturers to sell their pointless, shoddily-made junk that they feel we need and must have.

[Studio Toledo]

Yup. My Network TV will be different than anything else on broadcast TV.

Broadcast TV is filled with reality shows, shows about crime scene investigators, glorified karaoke competitions, and serialized soaps. My Network TV is filled with . . . um, more of the same.
Too bad it can't be some raw/subtitled/dubbed Japanese cartoons that the other broadcast networks dare not show. Being reminded Australia has a network like that called "SBS" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Broadcasting_Service) that specializes in being an multi-cultural broadcast network devoted to foriegn programming.

Honestly, MNT is a waste of channel space right out of the gate. Honestly, Fox can't even program the 10 PM EST/PST hour. Heck, they can't even program their own network since they only have one show. So what makes them think they can create a separate broadcast network?
Probablyi should've just called it "FOX 2" while they were at it.

What's even more alarming is that this network executive feels that the kind of programming is what the 21st-century viewer wants to see. No, wait, they use the word consumer, we're not even viewers anymore, but rather eyesockets for manufacturers to sell their pointless, shoddily-made junk that they feel we need and must have.
True. This is the century that will mark the end of television altogether if this is the route we're heading through.

[J Lee]

Too bad it can't be some raw/subtitled/dubbed Japanese cartoons that the other broadcast networks dare not show. Being reminded Australia has a network like that called "SBS" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Broadcasting_Service) that specializes in being an multi-cultural broadcast network devoted to foriegn programming.


Probablyi should've just called it "FOX 2" while they were at it.


True. This is the century that will mark the end of television altogether if this is the route we're heading through.

The really stupid/awful name for the new net is likely due to an attempt by Fox's parent News Corp. to create some type of youth-oriented "synergy", since News Corp. also owns MySpace.com.

[Studio Toledo]

The really stupid/awful name for the new net is likely due to an attempt by Fox's parent News Corp. to create some type of youth-oriented "synergy", since News Corp. also owns MySpace.com.
That's probably true. I have yet to use MySpace at all myself, as I don't think I have a real need for it (almost nearing 30).