They Cancelled UPN For THIS?

Why, what’s up with this. Wondering what I am talking about? I’m sure you’re catching on. But, if you haven’t been into TBT, you do not know what I am referencing. So, here goes, I’m talking about The CW’s 2008-2009 schedule. Their new shows consist of “Stylista,” “90210,” “Priviliged,” “4Real,” “In Harm’s War,” “Valentine,” and “Easy Money.” This is what this network has chosen over their “promised” diverse programming that was their UPN chapter. When The CW first started, they said that they were going to devote a good portion of their programming to the African-American audience that UPN gave every night. What happened to that? When The CW first launched, I was trying to watch it so bad, but in my area, I don’t get a good signal for The CW, so I missed my black shows. But, I only missed one season because they scrapped all of them before the end of 2007. Now, The CW may be scrapped before the end of 2009. Ain’t karma something. That’s why you shouldn’t lie to your devoted viewers. When The WB and UPN first merged in 2006, The CW promised half of both networks. Its almost 2009, and only one half has been delivered. Now, lets move to my question. Why is The WB’s half the half that’s being promoted when The WB came back in May. There is no need for two networks in the exact same company being exactly the same. Now for the final two years of The WB-UPN rivalry, UPN was learning the formula and was kicking some major butt. On a nightly basis from 2004 until 2006, UPN was beating The WB’s shows quite easily. So, because of taking five years to find themselves combined with only being able to beat Ion Television (then known as iEntertainment), UPN had to fold. The WB had experienced a few successful seasons, but they had began to get watered down. So, what you have is two networks, one finding its stride, while the other is beginning to wash up. But, the problem is they both have lost so much that they cannot afford to keep going, so what you do. You merge, right, of course, so what’s going to be your marquee entertaininment. If I had been the head of the new network, I would have thought logical. Alright, for the past two years, UPN has found its audience, and has a few breakout shows (Girlfriends, Half & Half, and All of Us). Now, The WB is really starting to fall apart, so what do they bring to the table. They bring a lot, but they are declining. Here’s what should have happened, place two UPN shows per night around a WB show. That would build WB ratings, and the higher-rated UPN shows would still be able to be found. See, then you would keep UPN’s black audience, and maybe introduce them into The WB’s audience. You know, what they planned to do, but no, for some reason they had to ax UPN, and the ratings go down the toilet. Do you know that some CW executives don’t even know why. They don’t know while I have been telling you for the past three months. If I was over a network after my first one failed, I would hope that I had enough since to keep what was working and attempt to improve what was failing. But, not this grande ol’ CW. They make CW stand for Colored White instead of going after the money. So, they make room for FOX to make MyNetworkTV into what both UPN and The WB imitated. NEN (Negro Entertainment Network) The WB raced out of the gate with this, and was looked at as the clear winner in this one-sided battle with UPN. While The WB was preparing to jump ship, UPN was beginning to cater to an audience the so-called “black television networks” weren’t even doing. Give the world some entertaining black sitcoms. For about two years, The WB and UPN looked like twins “to those not into black entertaining.” It was almost like people that said that DMX sounded just like Tupac, if you are not into it, you just assume. I watched UPN all of the time, so I knew the difference. After that, it took UPN around three years to work out the kinks, but they began to get the ratings, moving up to fifth place, but never to that of FOX, ABC, NBC, and CBS. But, they never turned a profit. If these “professionals” had used their brains a little more, they would have known to put out what’s popular, but they didn’t, they did the exact opposite of what they were supposed to do. The bulk of UPN’s shows were lost, while the lower-rated, WB shows were wrapped around the occassional UPN show. The bad part is, still UPN’s shows got the higher ratings still. But, when the debut season ended, so did the hopes of a mixed television network, just in time for The WB to return after a one year hiatus. Times are really hard for the black sitcom, now even BET is living up to their promise as they are planning a few more scripted programs, and TV One is interested. But, its always best to support the underdog. Now, I have mentioned quite a few networks. To be exact, I have listed The CW, MyNetworkTV, BET, and TV One. So, this is Viacom, Warner Bros., News Corp., and Comcast. These are superpowers in the corporate world. Then, there’s me, a kid from the south with internet, saying that he can do better than these powers. I don’t have the technology to do a real animation, but I took Art I, so I can draw a picture and change my voice, so that’s what I’m going to do, until I can afford to secure locations for my shows with actual people in them. I will use my animated strips to gain revenue to hire actors, and buy props, then come with my real sitcoms. Then, its on to television. Big dreams, huh, I know, but I think its possible, you just have to watch. So, come check me out, I’d be glad to have you just click to the right http://www.youtube.com/TrueBlackTelevision.