CBS Creates CW From UPN & WB

Time Warner and CBS are combining their UPN and WB into a new network, The CW, that will launch in the Fall of 2006. The "C" is from CBS and the "W" is from Warner. Top UPN shows include "Everybody Hates Chris," "Girlfriends," and "Veronica Mars." Top WB shows include "Smallville," "Beauty & the Geek." Dawn Ostroff, the current president of UPN, will become president of entertainment at CW. Les Moonves heads CBS since the Jan 3 split of Viacom into two companies. Chicago Defender article