When The CW launches in the fall, there will be a
bunch of UPN affiliates out there that lose all their programming. At least ten of those affiliates are owned by FOX,
which announced that it will launch its own mini-network on those stations and call it My Network TV. To begin with,
FOX will provide two original dramas, called Desire and Secrets, that will air six nights a
week for 13 weeks (like the telenovelas on Univision). The new network launches in major U.S. cities including New
York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Dallas, on September 5th. The mini-network is going to be run by Roger Ailes, the man
responsible for Fox News Channel.FOX rescuing its UPN stations
When The CW launches in the fall, there will be a
bunch of UPN affiliates out there that lose all their programming. At least ten of those affiliates are owned by FOX,
which announced that it will launch its own mini-network on those stations and call it My Network TV. To begin with,
FOX will provide two original dramas, called Desire and Secrets, that will air six nights a
week for 13 weeks (like the telenovelas on Univision). The new network launches in major U.S. cities including New
York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Dallas, on September 5th. The mini-network is going to be run by Roger Ailes, the man
responsible for Fox News Channel.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
2-23-2006 @ 8:49AM
Brad said...
Dear god, Power50, the former UPN network in Chicago, was doing just fine. Don't destroy it with this horrible attempt.
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2-23-2006 @ 10:16AM
TC said...
Sounds like MySpace TV to me.
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2-23-2006 @ 11:11AM
Eligio Rosa said...
"The mini-network is going to be run by Roger Ailes, the man responsible for Fox News Channel."
God help us
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2-23-2006 @ 3:47PM
Brent said...
Thank god, maybe now we can get some Fair and Balanced(tm) Sitcoms! :P
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2-23-2006 @ 5:43PM
Lampbane said...
What's with that name? It's not like we're going to be able to submit shows... are we?
Considering the markets they're launching it in, I don't think it will be anything like Fox News... I hope.
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2-23-2006 @ 9:35PM
Dean said...
Fox can't even provide 12 hours a week of decent prime-time programming to their current affiliates, so it's hard to believe that these shows will be any good.
Sounds like they will have the production values of a daytime soap, and that won't pull much of an audience in prime time.
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