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| Type | Free-to-air television network |
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| Availability | National |
| Founded | January 24, 2006 |
| Slogan | Dare to Defy |
| Headquarters | Burbank, California, U.S. |
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| Parent | The CW Network, LLC |
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| Launch date | September 18, 2006 |
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| Language | English |
The CW Television Network (The CW) is a television network in the United States launched at the beginning of the 2006–2007 television season. It is a joint venture between CBS Corporation, the former owner of United Paramount Network (UPN), and Time Warner's Warner Bros., former majority owner of The WB Television Network. The "CW" name is derived from the first letter of the names of these corporations (CBS and Warner Bros.). According to its former President of Entertainment Dawn Ostroff, the network tries to "appeal to people 18 to 34-years-old". The network currently airs programming six days a week: Monday through Friday afternoons and evenings (in prime time), and Saturday morning children's programming (under their The CW4Kids block).
The network started after its two predecessors, UPN and The WB, ceased independent operations on September 15 and September 17, 2006 respectively. The CW's first two nights of programming—Monday and Tuesday, September 18 and September 19, 2006—consisted of reruns and launch-related specials. The CW marked its formal launch date on Wednesday, September 20, 2006, with a two-hour season premiere of America's Next Top Model.
The CW offers a mixture of programming that originated on both UPN and The WB along with its own original programs, mostly targeted towards women and young adults.
Television
Acquired Programming
- Dawson's Creek
- Drama
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Charmed
- Friends
- My Wife & Kids
- That '70s Show
- Two and a Half Men
- Angel
- WWE Saturday Morning Slam
- Jackie Chan Adventures
- Taz-Mania
- Tiny Toon Adventures
- Animaniacs
- Pinky and the Brain
- Batman: The Animated Series
- Scrubs
- The New Adventures of Old Christine
- Wheel of Fortune
- The Amazing Race
- Yes, Dear
- Survivor
- Still Standing
- Seinfeld
- Everybody Loves Raymond
- WWE SmackDown
- ER
- The Tyra Banks Show
- Sonic X
- Yu-Gi-Oh!
- Dragon Ball Z Kai
- Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's
- Magi-Nation
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Back to the Sewer
- Dinosaur King
- Whose Line Is It Anyway?
- Mike & Molly
- How I Met Your Mother
- Two and a Half Men
- 2 Broke Girls
- Person of Interest
- Family Guy
- The Simpsons
- The Cleveland Show
- American Dad!
- Bones
- Napoleon Dynamite
- Allen Gregory
- The Big Bang Theory
- Bob's Burgers
- Tom and Jerry Tales
- Scooby-Doo
- Spider Riders
- Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
- Smart Guy
- Pham Viet Dung
- Pokemon
- The Powerpuff Girls
- Tom and Jerry
- MADtv
- Clarence
- Work at a Pizza Place
- The Love Boat: The Next Wave
- Star Trek: Phase II
- The Twilight Zone
- Star Trek: Enterprise
- Star Trek: Voyager
- XFL
Original Programming
- Black Lightining
- Arrow
- All American
- The 100
- DC's Legend's of Tomorrow
- The Flash
- Smallville
- Supernatural
- America's Next Top Model
- The Game
- Whose Line Is It Anyway? (Revival Version)
- Supergirl
- 7th Heaven
- Gilmore Girls
- Gossip Girl
- The Vampire Diaries
- Veronica Mars
- The Carrie Diaries
- Hart of Dixie
- Jane the Virgin
- One Tree Hill
- Ringer
- 90210
- Nikita
- The Frame
- Vixen
- H8R
- Remodeled
- The Secret Circle
- Hellcats
- Life Unexpected
- Shedding for the Wedding
- The L.A. Complex
Images for kids
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The CW's original pre-launch logo. At the network's first upfront presentation on May 18, 2006, the provisional blue-and-white rectangle logo that was used during the network's formation announcement in January was replaced by a green-and-white, curved-letter insignia that drew comparisons to the logo used by CNN, another company with Time Warner ownership interest.
