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Once one of the biggest nights on television, home of such hits as Golden Girls, Saturday has become a scripted wasteland where cancelled series go to air their final episodes. The CW may change that. The network recently reached an agreement with its affiliates to take over Saturday primetime starting next fall…

The CW has detailed its latest diversity statistics. Mark Pedowitz, chairman and CEO of The CW Network, said Tuesday that he's proud of the progress that the youth-skewing network has made but said that will continue to push forward its efforts. Pedowitz revealed during the CW’s upfronts press call today that 67% of…

The CW chairman and CEO Mark Pedowitz got out in front of any questions about how the WarnerMedia-Discoevry mega-deal would impact the youth-skewing network. The CW is jointly owned by WarnerMedia and ViacomCBS, and airs original series from both of its corporate owners. Pedowitz addressed the topic Tuesday before…

The long-gestating spinoff of The 100 is still in the works at The CW, according to boss Mark Pedowitz. “There are still discussions going on — it is not done in any way, shape or form,” he said during The CW’s upfront press call. “The discussions are still happening.” Pedowitz’s update on the spinoff of one of the…

The CW Network and its ad-supported cable sibling on the WarnerMedia side, TBS and TNT, have teamed up to give two tentpole new series an extra promotional boost with a one-episode cross-network rebroadcasts. On Feb. 27 at 9 PM, TNT will air an encore presentation of the premiere of The CW's Superman & Lois, starring…

Opting for a pandemic-proof fall lineup of mostly scripted acquisitions and alternative fare, the CW will launch its 2020-21 season starting next week. That makes for a compact regular season, a late spring “midseason”, a summer featuring a record number of scripted originals and a likely stable 2021-22 schedule with…

The CW on Tuesday made decisions on its four remaining traditional pilots, picking up two, Kung Fu and The Republic of Sarah, to series, and rolling the other two, The Lost Boys and Maverick. The decision added yet another chapter in the long journey to the screen for Rob Thomas' The Lost Boys reboot. The Lost Boys…

The CW President Mark Pedowitz has been upped to Chairman and CЕО of тhe network, a joint venture between Warner Bros. Entertainment and ViacomCBS. Along with the promotion, Pedowitz has signed a new multi-year contract to continue to oversee all creative and business aspects of the network. The new title is…

The CW is keeping a close eye on the abortion ban situation in Georgia, where Black Lightning films, and will have discussions with its studio partners if the law is passed. President Mark Pedowitz gave a strong, personal take on the issue but said that the youth-skewing network would follow the path of its parent…

The initial ground-breaking output deal between Netflix and the CW parents CBS and Warner Bros. had been already in discussions when Mark Pedowitz joined the network in 2011 as President. For the first time since Pedowitz has been at the helm, past seasons of the CW’s new 2019-20 series won’t automatically go to…

The DC universe will continue to expand on the CW, at least for now, according to network president Mark Pedowitz. During a Q&A with reporters at TCA Thursday, Pedowitz said he doesn’t have a specific number of shows in mind, but “We haven’t hit that saturation point in my mind.” The CW has renewed all five DC…

One of the ways the CW makes money for its two owners, Warner Bros. and CBS, is through the rich SVOD deal for their CW’ series the two supplying studios, Warner Bros. TV and CBS TV Studios, have with Netflix. But with CBS and new Warner Bros. parent AT&T both laying out big streaming ambitions for Warner Media’s…