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Post by matthewsee on Jan 30, 2006 2:44:56 GMT
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Post by DreamDangerously on Jan 30, 2006 13:32:00 GMT
the link doesn't work properly, you have to cut and paste it and this could probably have gone in the Buffy thread, it just takes a bit of hunting around for it.  |
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Post by matthewsee on Jan 31, 2006 0:22:43 GMT
this could probably have gone in the Buffy thread, it just takes a bit of hunting around for it. I keep that in mind the next time there is a Buffy-related news. As to the link you could try to copy it and then paste it on the url. The article is very long so here is the first five paragraphs of it: "When the obituary is written of the WB network, the cause of death should probably read: complications resulting from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." Last week, when the money-losing WB and UPN networks announced that they were pulling the plug to form a single new broadcast network, many television veterans traced the roots of the decision back five years, when a fight over the fate of "Buffy" drove what would prove to be a fatal stake through the WB's heart. The show, produced by 20th Century Fox Television, was a runaway hit with teenage girls. But in early 2001, the WB balked when Fox executives demanded $44 million to license a single season. That fall, the show shifted to UPN, and with it went the WB's identity as the go-to destination for young viewers. Now, as CBS Corp. and Time Warner Inc. develop the CW, their new jointly owned network, what killed the WB and UPN is a hot topic in the offices of TV executives all over town. In the end, many agree, the WB's loss of "Buffy" — which breathed new life into the struggling UPN — set in motion a pitched battle for the coveted youth market that would eventually doom both networks." |
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