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Subject: The WB sucks give me UPN and I am happy I watch that a little bit, Superstar looks pretty dumb and lame to me just a ripoff of Idol which the WB is jealous of.


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Ben
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Date Posted: 07:14:30 05/25/04 Tue
In reply to: Glenn 's message, "small article on angel" on 14:34:55 05/19/04 Wed

>
>The youth-skewing network, which took a ratings hit
>this past season, unveiled its new strategy to lure
>tubers back to its airwaves Tuesday in Michigan J.
>Frog's razzle-dazzle upfront presentation to ad buyers
>at New York's Madison Square Garden, which kicked off
>with a three-song set from Lenny Kravitz (news) (more
>on him later).
>
>
>The strategy involves several new shows, including
>two dramas, three comedies, and a bevy of reality
>series, a genre the network had largely ignored until
>now. It also includes the axing of Angel, despite
>heavy protest from fans and decent ratings.

>
>
>"Our bad." Network president Jordan Levin admitted to
>the crowd that the network goofed (we paraphrase) when
>it overlooked the reality series trend last year. To
>make up for it, the WB's tapped ber reality producers
>Mark Burnett (Survivor), Mike Fleiss (The Bachelor)
>and Michael Davies (Who Wants to Be a Millionaire) to
>create programming for the upcoming season.
>
>
>In fact, the net will roll out at least seven reality
>series over the next year, starting with Fleiss'
>Superstar USA, an American Idol spoof showcasing the
>country's worst musical talent, which bowed Monday
>night.
>
>
>this was taken from:
>http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=797&
>e=2&u=/eo/20040518/en_tv_eo/14128


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