CW Network - there's more UPN than I realized

I've been sitting here thinking of CW as 'WB 2.0', but last night while
checking the schedule on wikipedia, I discovered how wrong that
thinking is:

WB = 5 hours
UPN = 4.5 hours

I guess the difference in perception is that the WB half of CW is
'serious' drama. Whereas UPN's portion is mostly forgettable comedies,
a wrestling program + that Tyra Banks reality show. The WB seems to

Brian Thorn...

You left out the excellent VERONICA MARS.

provide more 'substance' than UPN.

evwill...

5.5 hours actually of returning UPN shows

2 for Smackdown, 1 for Top Model (not counting the Sunday replay), 1.5
for returning sitcoms and 1 for Veronica Mars.

Everett W.

1 hour

.

What becomes of the former UPN and WB employees? Are they now
out-of-work?

Barry Margolin...

My guess is that it's like most other corporate mergers. Initially all
the original companies' employees are employees of the new company, but
there are usually layoffs after the merger to get rid of the
redundancies.

Aside - I wish Star Trek was still alive. Enterprise season 6 would
make a great Sunday 9 p.m. show. X-Files drew great ratings in that
slot, and I'm sure Trek would too. And we'd get to see more of those
great Dark Universe episodes.

Brian Thorn...

That is where our FOX affiliate (we didn't have UPN) aired both
Voyager and Enterprise (Central Time Zone).

Star Trek simply is not a Sunday night show, in my opinion.

Anim8rFSK...

Enterprise wasn't a show at all.