Poll of the Day > what's the deal with the cw

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hera
09/25/22 7:47:29 PM
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they make so many mediocre shows that run for so many seasons

how do they do it

who is letting them do it

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Metalsonic66
09/25/22 7:52:27 PM
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What's the deal with airline food?

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papercup
09/25/22 7:53:50 PM
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what's the deal with the wheel

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Count_Drachma
09/25/22 9:35:17 PM
#4:


hera posted...
they make so many mediocre shows that run for so many seasons

"Why are some mediocre shows popular?"

(Although not all of them are popular.)

hera posted...
how do they do it

who is letting them do it

Corporate America?

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KodyKeir
09/25/22 10:11:55 PM
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I think right now they are in the process of being sold off from Paramount or Discovery or both? IDK

Either way it looks like a conservative entity is buying it so expect all the hot young sexy teens to start wearing abstinence rings while they pine how hard it is to wait until marriage, or face eternity in Hell.


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InfernalFive
09/25/22 10:43:14 PM
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It feels like all their shows are written for teenagers.

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Metalsonic66
09/25/22 10:49:11 PM
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InfernalFive posted...
It feels like all their shows are written for teenagers.
Probably because they are

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Judgmenl
09/25/22 10:49:34 PM
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How would I know? I haven't had a television since 2008.

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Revelation34
09/26/22 2:28:01 AM
#9:


KodyKeir posted...
I think right now they are in the process of being sold off from Paramount or Discovery or both? IDK

Either way it looks like a conservative entity is buying it so expect all the hot young sexy teens to start wearing abstinence rings while they pine how hard it is to wait until marriage, or face eternity in Hell.



Wat.

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ParanoidObsessive
09/26/22 2:42:40 AM
#10:


hera posted...
they make so many mediocre shows that run for so many seasons

how do they do it

The same way that Titanic became the highest grossing movie ever when it came out.

Teenagers are stupid, and like shit things.

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KodyKeir
09/26/22 3:16:39 AM
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Revelation34 posted...
Wat.

KodyKeir posted...
they are in the process of being sold off

KodyKeir posted...
a conservative entity is buying it so expect all the hot young sexy teens to start wearing abstinence rings while they pine how hard it is to wait until marriage, or face eternity in Hell.


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Revelation34
09/26/22 5:06:07 AM
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Sounds like your personal opinion.

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KodyKeir
09/26/22 1:45:11 PM
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Revelation34 posted...
Sounds like your personal opinion.

We'll see, the picked up Kung Fu for a third season and that was a surprise; with the flash ending the arrowverse is coming to an end, Stargirl is airing it's third and probably final season, who knows if the retooled powerpuff pilot ever got the light of day, Superman & Lois (& the Cushing's) will get at least on more season (with a son having been recast do to mental health issues) not much else left that I watch over there. No Batwoman, no Legends of Tomorrow, no Green Arrow and the Canaries, but we are getting a Gotham Knights (filmed in Toronto) but it is divorced from the other CW properties.

I am hearing worries about the direction the new owners will take the network. Fears of another Cracked situation (they got bought out by a conservative entity that fired everyone and switched to a user based model that never took off, though at least one of the writers went to work for John Oliver as a result) I don't think they will fire everyone, but they have certainly been editorial decisions for the affiliate news desks that are reminiscent of Sinclair. The move to effect editorial control of the programming as well, will change the landscape of programming in a negative way.


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wolfy42
09/26/22 5:00:24 PM
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It's not just teenagers but many were made for them, especially as time went on. Believe they evolved from the WB back in the day, and even back then they had shows like hurculeas/xena etc that were kinda aimed at teens etc (though as an adult I enjoyed them).

They had smallville as well, and then eventually the arrowverse. Toss in things like vampire diaries and the spin offs and especially Supernatural (great show) and you had quite a few hits on the channel over the year.

Most think it has gone downhill recently though with the arrowverse especially getting ughish. Supernatural didn't have a great last few seasons (in many peoples opinions) and nothing was really drawing in people lately (buncha of Meh new shows in the past years that just didn't really work).

Was a very good channel for a looooong time though, so it's sad to see what happened with it. Heck the CW incorporated a bunch of stuff from the WB which had buffy/angel etc as well, so many of the great sci fi/fantasy shows of the last 20 years were on the WB or CW basically.

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ParanoidObsessive
09/26/22 5:27:32 PM
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KodyKeir posted...
Fears of another Cracked situation (they got bought out by a conservative entity that fired everyone and switched to a user based model that never took off

That had nothing to do with a "conservative" entity and everything to do with a corporation wanting to save money.

The mindset was "Why are we paying all of you when we can outsource content from the audience for free?" (see also, the GameFAQs model) combined with "The future of Internet comedy is clearly in video production" (see also the CollegeHumor model crossed with the WhatCulture model). Their assumption was that they'd make even more money and have to spend less to make it.

It just didn't work out the way they expected.

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KodyKeir
09/26/22 6:23:42 PM
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ParanoidObsessive posted...
That had nothing to do with a "conservative" entity and everything to do with a corporation wanting to save money.

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It just didn't work out the way they expected.

The initial buyout and firing was a way to buy stories that cracked controlled and prevent staff from continuing to write in certain topics. Cracked was starting to get really hard hitting with some of their pieces (as evidenced by at least one of them going to work for John Oliver) and it was becoming a thorn in people's side. Yes there are profit motives to the decisions made, but it was very much part of an organized efforts by a united international conservative movement.

The intent was to shut down a potential threat, and to a certain extent, almost succeeded; Cody and Katy are still doing Some More News, and John Oliver has been fire on small issues that fall through the cracks.

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ParanoidObsessive
09/27/22 1:10:33 PM
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KodyKeir posted...
The initial buyout and firing was a way to buy stories that cracked controlled and prevent staff from continuing to write in certain topics.

This isn't even remotely true, and borders on conspiracy theory BS.

Cracked was bought because it was becoming one of the most popular humor sites on the web, and corporations love buying growing websites and services (in exactly the same way GameFAQs got bought by C|Net and CBS when it was one of the highest-traffic game sites on the web). Unfortunately, corporations also tend to be utterly shit at monetizing and maintaining the success of those websites (in exactly the same way C|Net and CBS kind of ruined GameFAQs and then sold it off once it was damaged goods).

If anything, it sounds like something Cody would say, because Cody's gone full left-wing flake since then (or David Wong/Jason Pargin, but he was always kind of an asshole from day one). But most of the other main personalities and writers have always been pretty open about the fact that it was a money-motivated deal (even ones like Michael Swaim who've always been pretty far Left themselves in terms of outlook and content).

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KodyKeir
09/27/22 1:27:37 PM
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ParanoidObsessive posted...
This isn't even remotely true, and borders on conspiracy theory BS.

Downplay the risks of the global united right at your peril. Stephen Harper's International Democrat Union is no joke.

It's old school playbook, don't like what's being written, buy the paper. Too many locals bought up by conservative interests over the past two decades.

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ParanoidObsessive
09/27/22 4:23:45 PM
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KodyKeir posted...
Downplay the risks of the global united right at your peril.

Ahh, so you are batshit. Got it.

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hera
09/27/22 7:22:00 PM
#20:


nothing he said was untrue po

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KodyKeir
09/27/22 8:24:58 PM
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ParanoidObsessive posted...
Ahh, so you are batshit. Got it.

Have to be to stay alive on a daily basis, I've largely been on vacation the past ten years, but I will very soon have to get back in the game; it's play or death.

hera posted...
nothing he said was untrue po


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KodyKeir
09/27/22 8:27:58 PM
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ParanoidObsessive posted...
If anything, it sounds like something Cody would say, because Cody's gone full left-wing

I call him California Cody and my Mum is having a hard time telling us apart if she hears me listening to an episode.

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Revelation34
09/27/22 8:43:41 PM
#23:


hera posted...
nothing he said was untrue po


Lol.

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