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19 unusual facts about The CW


Amy Sherman-Palladino

Sherman-Palladino is best known as the creator and executive producer of Gilmore Girls, an hour-long television dramedy that aired initially on The WB network, and concluded on its successor network, The CW.

On April 20, 2006, it was announced that Amy Sherman-Palladino and her husband Daniel could not come to an agreement with The CW to continue their contracts.

Connor Paolo

Connor Paolo (born July 11, 1990) is an American actor, best known of his roles as Eric van der Woodsen in The CW teen drama series Gossip Girl and Declan Porter in the ABC drama series Revenge.

From 2007 to 2011, Paolo had a supporting role as Eric van der Woodsen on The CW series Gossip Girl, where he played Eric van der Woodsen, the brother of lead Serena van der Woodsen's character.

EXXV-TV

MyNetworkTV was a response to The WB and UPN merging their operations in order to form a new network, The CW.

Gray Television

The company’'s 45 secondary channels are affiliated with the major broadcast networks: Fox, ABC, NBC, CBS, and the two minor networks The CW, MyNetworkTV; along with the several new syndicated digital sub-channels (or occasionally referred to as "side-channels") that are offered to various local TV stations across the country: This TV, Me-TV, and Antenna TV.

Justin Deeley

He played the recurring role of California cowboy Austin Tallridge in the fourth season of The CW's 90210.

KMTF

KMTF is a television station in Helena, Montana, broadcasting locally on digital channel 29 (virtual channel 10) as an affiliate of The CW.

Legion of Super Heroes in the 31st Century

Legion of Super-Heroes in the 31st Century is a DC Comics comic book based on the Warner Bros. Animation-produced TV series Legion of Super-Heroes airing since fall 2006 on The CW, which in turn is based on the original DC super-team of the same name appearing in various DC titles since 1958.

Lyndsy Fonseca

She is best known for portraying Colleen Carlton on the CBS soap The Young and the Restless and Alexandra "Alex" Udinov on The CW show Nikita.

Michael Trevino

He is best known for his role as Tyler Lockwood in The CW television series The Vampire Diaries.

As of 2009, Trevino stars as Tyler Lockwood in the hit series The Vampire Diaries on The CW.

Montana Television Network

Four of the full-powered MTN stations, KTVQ, KXLF, KRTV, and KPAX, also carry programming from The CW on their digital subchannels.

Robert Buckley

In 2009, The CW announced that Buckley signed on to appear in a two-episode arc on the television series Privileged as David Besser.

Ryan Eggold

He is best known for his role as Ryan Matthews on The CW teen drama series 90210.

Sarah Wright

She also guest starred on the eleventh season of the CW hit series 7th Heaven as Jane, a best friend of Andrea Morris's character Margaret.

Willa Holland

In September 2008, The CW announced Holland would appear in three episodes of the second season of the teen-drama television series Gossip Girl, created by The O.C. creator Josh Schwartz.

WJTV

On October 1, 2013, WJTV returned programming from The CW to the Jackson market after a five-month absence due to former affiliate WRBJ-TV's sale to the religious Trinity Broadcasting Network.

WMAZ-DT2

On October 3, 2013, WMAZ-TV announced that it will carry The CW on a new sub-carrier, the new channel was launched on October 14, 2013; also with the launch of WMAZ-DT2, it replaced the cable-only CW Plus affiliate "WBMN" and took its place on Cox Cable channel 3.


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2012 Calder Cup playoffs

In the United States, CBS Sports Network picked up the broadcast rights in the United States beginning with game 3, while Norfolk-area CW affiliate WGNT aired the games in simulcast with their Canadian broadcaster.

Ashton Holmes

Ashton Holmes (born February 17, 1978) is an American actor, best known for the role of Jack Stall in A History of Violence, Private Sidney Phillips in the HBO miniseries The Pacific, Thom on the CW action-thriller series Nikita, and as Tyler Barrol on the ABC drama series Revenge.

Brian Hallisay

On The CW's drama Privileged, Hallisay played Will Davis, a charming and wealthy Palm Beach bachelor who is delighted to learn that his next-door neighbors have hired a beautiful tutor named Megan Smith (Joanna García).

Can't Fight This Feeling

It was referred to in The CW show Supernatural (in the second season episode #5, "Simon Said", Jo Harvelle turns this song on for Dean Winchester in Harvelle's Roadhouse, later he sings it in the car claiming the song had stuck in his head).

Christine Willes

Like her Dead Like Me co-star Callum Blue, she was cast as the villain Granny Goodness on The CW's Smallvilles tenth and final season (Blue appeared in the previous season as Zod).

She also appears in a minor recurring role on the show Reaper on The CW, as Gladys, a demon from Hell who works in the DMV.

Elise Gatien

Gatien has also been recently cast as a member in The CW pilot The Selection based on books written by Kiera Cass.

Hot Like Wow

Got Your Number was featured in the thirteenth episode of the first season of the television series Gossip Girl, entitled "The Thin Line Between Chuck and Nate", originally aired in the US on 9 January 2008 via The CW and in the UK on 19 June 2008 via ITV2.

Indiana's NewsCenter

The operation produces a weeknight 10 p.m. newscast for Granite-owned MyNetworkTV affiliate WMYD (channel 20) in Detroit (which utilizes WPTA/WISE staff members from its Fort Wayne studios, along with reports filed by journalists based in Detroit), and previously produced newscasts for WPTA's CW-affiliated subchannel WPTA-DT2 (channel 21.2) and WISE-TV's MyNetworkTV-affiliated subchannel WISE-DT2 (channel 33.2).

Justin Bruening

In 2011, he was cast as Tyler Berrett, a recurring role on The CW series Ringer starring Sarah Michelle Gellar and in 2013, he joined Ravenswood.

KFVS-TV

Owned by Raycom Media, the station is sister to low-powered CW affiliates WQWQ-LP/WQTV-LP and the three share studios in the Hirsch Tower on Broadway Avenue in Downtown Cape Girardeau.

KHTV-CD

That station became KHWB, then KHCW, and is now known as KIAH and became affiliated with The WB (now The CW) in 1999.

KMEG

It also aired selected UPN programming out-of-pattern until the network merged with The WB (carried locally on KTIV-DT2 and cable television) to form The CW in 2006.

KTWT-LD

Locally-owned, KTWT is sister to CBS/CW affiliate KMVT and the two outlets share studios on Blue Lakes Boulevard North/U.S. 93 in Twin Falls.

KWWT

former affiliations = Pax TV (2001-2005)
The WB (2005-2006)
Tr3́s (2009-2012)
RTV (2009-2013)
Promiseland (2010)
Video Zona (2010-2011)
Mexicanal (2011-2012)
The CW

KXTU-LD

The station signed on in 1999 as an affiliate of UPN, but when that network left the air on September 17, 2006, it switched to The CW, which was created by the merger of The WB (which had been available in the market by way of Denver's KWGN-TV) and UPN.

Matthew Settle

Jeffrey Matthew Settle (born September 17, 1969) is an American actor, known for playing Captain Ronald Speirs on the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers and Rufus Humphrey on the CW teen drama series Gossip Girl.

Michael Paxton

He was the Associate Producer on The Lion King 1½ for Disney, Bionicle 3: Web of Shadows for Miramax, and Smallville Legends: Kara and the Chronicles of Krypton for The CW.

Monmouth Academy

Paul Wesley (born 1982), actor known for his role as Stefan Salvatore in The CW TV series The Vampire Diaries.

New York Television Festival

It features a "Premiere Week" screening series, which now debuts new shows from networks including NBC, ABC, Fox, CBS, The CW, and HBO.

Nicole Fiscella

Fiscella bagged the role of Isabel Coates, a "friend"/sidekick of Blair Waldorf and a part of the insider clique in The CW's Gossip Girl in March 2007.

OK Sweetheart

"Home" featured on The CW's 2011 season finale of 90210, WB's One Tree Hill (2011), ABC's Revenge (2012), and Around the World for Free (2011), Nissan Versa Commercial (2011), Gas South Commercials (2011, 2012, 2013)

Social media and television

Television programs such as the CW’s Gossip Girl, Supernatural, 90210 and NBC’s Community rank fairly low on the Nielsen Ratings scale and come in above 100 on the list on 200 most watched programs within original broadcast times.

Tell Me 'bout It

The song was used in the second episode of the premiere season of The CW's series Gossip Girl, entitled "The Wild Brunch", which originally aired on 25 September 2007.

WBUP

Owned by the Marks Radio Group, WBUP is sister to CW affiliate WBKP and the two stations share studios on Ash Street in Ishpeming of Ishpeming Township.

WDTV

Locally-owned by the Withers Broadcasting Company, WDTV is sister to Fox/CW affiliate WVFX and the two share studios on Television Drive in Bridgeport along I-79/Jennings Randolph Expressway.

WPIX, Inc. v. ivi, Inc.

On September 28, a group of copyright holders and broadcasters, including Disney, NBC, ABC, CBS, Fox, The CW, Telemundo, and others, filed a copyright infringement action against ivi in the District Court for the Southern District of New York.

WTHI-DT2

It also made Terre Haute one of the only markets in the United States with all three historical commercial broadcast networks (ABC, CBS and NBC) as primary affiliations with the Fox and MyNetworkTV affiliations on a digital subchannel, but lacking an over-the-air affiliate of The CW (which is currently available via CW Plus affiliate "WBI" on area cable providers).