THE WB GETS SET TO LEAPFROG RIVALS: SALES, RATINGS GAINS PROPEL NETWORK,...

Crain's New York Business;  August 31, 1998 ;     700+ words ......four years ago, it took a gamble on The WB, with its goofy Michigan J. Frog logo and...grabber Star Trek Voyager, WPIX opted for The WB's strong management team, which had a track...gripping the hearts of the under-20 set, The WB is on a tear. It is the only network that...

THE WB GETS SET TO LEAPFROG RIVALS: SALES, RATINGS GAINS PROPEL NETWORK,...

Crain's New York Business;  August 31, 1998 ;     700+ words ......four years ago, it took a gamble on The WB, with its goofy Michigan J. Frog logo and...grabber Star Trek Voyager, WPIX opted for The WB's strong management team, which had a track...gripping the hearts of the under-20 set, The WB is on a tear. It is the only network that...

A Modern TV Success Story; Thriving Network Grew From a Focus on Young...

TelevisionWeek;  January 17, 2005 ;     700+ words ......TelevisionWeek With 10 years under its belt, The WB is healthy and looking to the future-a noteworthy...its initial season. Seldom will one find WB programs listed among television's most...attracting a broad audience is hardly the idea. WB programmers maintain a laserlike focus on...

The WB is growing out of its tearful-teen phase.

The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Fla.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service);  July 17, 2003 ;     700+ words ......on a solid foundation of teen angst, the WB could stand for the Weepy Boys network...it enters its 10th season this fall, the WB is scheduling adventure, TGIF-style comedies...young fans: This isn't your older brother's WB. The network is branching out and pushing...

The WB prepares for life after WGN-TV. (WB Television Network)

Broadcasting & Cable;  January 13, 1997 ;     518 words ...The WB is working hard to build local broadcast and...carriage of the network. With that in mind, The WB is working on two fronts to build its local...mission is to build or acquire (or persuade WB-friendly broadcasters to build or acquire) TV...

Garth Ancier Returns to WB as Chairman; Succeeds Kellner; Does Not...

TelevisionWeek;  October 6, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Leslie Ryan The WB announced a changing of the guard last week...all been here since the beginning of The WB. I was the heretic who left and went to...differences of opinions between ourselves.'' When WB Chairman and CEO Jamie Kellner steps down...

WB's pioneers are leaving the air.

South Florida Sun-Sentinel (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service);  April 22, 2003 ;     700+ words ......sweeps represents a watershed occasion for the WB and contemporary television in general. The WB says it is completing its first season in the...possible _ even though one no longer is on the WB, and one never was _ are all preparing to leave...

THE WB PUTS A FACE TO ITS PLEDGE FOR MORE DIVERSITY.(Television)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  July 21, 1999 ;     548 words ...The ``WB'' in The WB doesn't stand for white bread. But if you looked only at the network's hourlong...and cultural diversity in prime-time programming, the producers of two new WB series - ``Roswell'' and ``Jack & Jill'' - said they are keenly aware...

The second season for the WB and UPN: 2 nights, more shows

The Boston Globe;  August 27, 1995 ;     700+ words ...When the WB and United Paramount networks premiered last...haven't anything to fret about from The WB and UPN . . . just yet. The new networks have...completed, will keep the powerful owners of The WB and UPN from buying one of the bigger networks...

WB woes slow Trib growth; WB launches a more diverse fall lineup after...

Crain's Chicago Business;  September 27, 2004 ;     579 words ......Dawson's Creek'' sweetheart Katie Holmes, the WB Network has thrown itself into the arms...guy-comedian Drew Carey. Not a pretty picture to WB's enviable core of young female viewers...Tribune Co., owner of a 22% stake in the WB and broadcaster of WB programs in 19 of...

WB on Hot Streak Early in TV Season

AP Online;  October 10, 2002 ;     633 words ......challenged mother-and-daughter team, the WB television network is on a hot streak. Two...last year. The season's second week was the WB's best ever among people age 18 to 34, the...know where to turn, said Jed Petrick, the WB's president. Wednesday's premiere of the...

WB DRINKS FROM FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH.(Entertainment/Weekend/Spotlight)

Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  January 11, 1999 ;     700+ words ......if feel to be sort of the grandpa of the WB?'' Hamlin laughed (or maybe he was grimacing...the older stars on the young and growing WB network. The lead in Movie Stars, an upcoming...as the sexiest man in America. Still, by WB standards, Hamlin definitely qualifies as...

Catch a rising star: WB is building a stable of sexy, young actors.(Knight...

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  July 23, 2003 ;     700+ words ......detective to Silly Putty in the upcoming WB drama Tarzan, does not so much arrive at...moment, the line of limos waiting to send WB wannabe stars onto the red carpet is organized...this good, one could assume that God is a WB fan. But it isn't divine intervention as...

WB spreading its wings

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  October 22, 2002 ;     561 words ...WB spreading its wings By MEG JAMES Los Angeles Times Tuesday, October 22, 2002 Hollywood -- The 8-year-old WB network is, like, growing up. Ratings for the young network...Smallville," "Dawson's Creek," and "Gilmore Girls" have helped the WB for the first time beat its entrenched elders -- NBC, CBS...

Road to the Upfront: Turner and WB.(News)(WB Television Network)

Advertising Age;  March 7, 2005 ;     394 words ...Upfront hosts: WB President-Entertainment David Janollari...President-Entertainment Mark Lazarus Other side of the table: WB, Exec VP-Ad Sales Bill Morningstar; TNT/TBS...Ad Sales David Levy Performance in 18-49s: WB is down 6.7% to a 1.4 rating; TBS is up 12...