Post: UPN + The WB = The CW
The CW = Less Time For Shows Featuring Minorities
UPN + The WB = The CW
The CW = Less Time For Shows Featuring Minorities
"Everybody Hates Chris," but at least he made the cut...
In today's San Francisco Chronicle, TV writer Tim Goodman lays out the probable outcome of the upcoming merger between UPN and The WB:
"Diversity on broadcast network television has been an issue for years and though each network has promised to better reflect the viewing audience -- and in some cases delivered on those promises -- UPN has been the only network to actively program for an African American audience. The network's entire Monday night lineup -- "One on One," "All of Us," "Girlfriends" and "Half & Half" -- targets the demo, as they say. What's more, three of the network's four Thursday night comedies -- "Everybody Hates Chris," "Eve" and "Cuts" -- do the same, with the fourth, "Love, Inc.," using a multiethnic cast.
With the merger, however, 23 hours of programming -- 13 from the WB and 10 from UPN -- will get reduced to 13. Both "Eve" and "All of Us" have been canceled. "Everybody Hates Chris" has already been renewed, and those making educated guesses inside the two networks believe "Girlfriends" is about the only other likely renewal. If that holds, five shows geared for an African American audience would be gone, as would a sixth with an African American lead actress (Holly Robinson Peete on "Love, Inc.")."
Check out the full story here