The Frog is planning one last hurrah before it croaks.
The WB will sign off the air forever on Sunday, Sept. 17, by rebroadcasting the pilot episodes of several of its signature skeins, including "Buffy, the Vampire Slayer," "Felicity" and "Dawson's Creek."

In addition to the pilots, Frog plans to fill its final night with a bevy of classic promos and image campaigns from the WB's 11-year history. There'll also be a final tribute reel featuring the hundreds of thesps who've appeared on WB skeins over the years.
Such a farewell is unprecedented: When one-time fourth network DuMont signed off the air for the last time in 1956, it did so with little fanfare -- and with very little coverage.

Because the Frog's final bow will take place on a Sunday -- a night on which the WB airs programming from 5-10 p.m. -- net's blowout bye-bye will be a full five hours.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2006
The WB's Final Bow
Pilot Episodes From Classic WB Series
5:00 p.m. Felicity
6:00 p.m. Angel
7:00 p.m. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (2 hours)
9:00 p.m. Dawson's Creek

Some shows that would seem a natural for the last night -- such as "Smallville" and "7th Heaven" -- won't appear because they'll live on at the merged WB-UPN, which is called the CW.

The CW premiere Monday, September 18. UPN's final bow is Friday, Sept. 15, but it has not announced if any celebration will take place.

Interesting! Thanks for the post, Pav! I really look forward to watching that!! :D

Sounds great! Thanks for letting us know. Especially excited about the 2 hour Buffy pilot. Understandable why 7th Heaven and Smallville don't get airings, but why no Charmed? Lasted longer than all the other series being rebroadcasted.

Not really sure what UPN would have to celebrate though lol.

The WB has been my favorite network in recent years. I'll miss it.

I'm gonna tape this baby. To be honest, I wasn't expecting them to go out like this. Maybe a goodbye message or two, but like this I'm surprised, but in a good way.

does anybody know if the WB cable network is going off the air?
it is in Television markets that don't have a WB affiliate

does anybody know if the WB cable network is going off the air?
it is in Television markets that don't have a WB affiliate

They're turning that channel into a CW cable station IIRC. I remember reading a press release regarding that.

I just wish that The WB would show an episode of Sister Sister on
There Last Night on The Air

That's an awesome idea and I'll be sure to watch the DC pilot, even though TBS just aired it two weeks ago lol

I'd like to see the old promos.... but none of these shows interest me.
Same here. :)

Why isn't Charmed going to be on? The Charmed pilot used to hold the record for the highest ratings of any WB pilot beating the likes of Felicity, Buffy and Dawson's Creek and yet it isn't being shown. I'm glad the WB is going now. Felicity, Buffy, Dawson, Gilmore Girls and Smallville are pretty much the only shows the WB ever seemed to care about and promote.

Why isn't Charmed going to be on? The Charmed pilot used to hold the record for the highest ratings of any WB pilot beating the likes of Felicity, Buffy and Dawson's Creek and yet it isn't being shown. I'm glad the WB is going now. Felicity, Buffy, Dawson, Gilmore Girls and Smallville are pretty much the only shows the WB ever seemed to care about and promote.
Uh, they didn't care about Charmed, yet kept renewing it year after year, even after it lost its spark?

They had the sense to cancel DC before it got really horrible, even though the last two seasons were nothing to write home about.

I'm really sad to see the WB go because they were one of the few networks to make shows that none of the other networks would do. Mainly because the other networks felt those shows couldn't get the huge numbers they needed. The WB had some high quality shows over its 11 year history but in the past couple of years the quality has gone down. Given time I beleive the quality would have came back but that has we know will never happen.
Farewell

Uh, they didn't care about Charmed, yet kept renewing it year after year, even after it lost its spark?

They had the sense to cancel DC before it got really horrible, even though the last two seasons were nothing to write home about.
The WB always renewed Charmed because they knew it had good ratings, but its obvious that they had no interest in the show from the point of view of promotion etc.

That is going to be terrific news for fans who don't care much about the WB. "Charmed" is still one of my favorites. For those of you in the NYC area, WPIX-TV will drop the WB11 name and it's going to become CW11 by September 18th. In addition WWOR-TV still has My9 on and it's not going to be on the air until September 15th to become My Network TV.

The Frog is planning one last hurrah before it croaks.
The WB will sign off the air forever on Sunday, Sept. 17, by rebroadcasting the pilot episodes of several of its signature skeins, including "Buffy, the Vampire Slayer," "Felicity" and "Dawson's Creek."

In addition to the pilots, Frog plans to fill its final night with a bevy of classic promos and image campaigns from the WB's 11-year history. There'll also be a final tribute reel featuring the hundreds of thesps who've appeared on WB skeins over the years.
Such a farewell is unprecedented: When one-time fourth network DuMont signed off the air for the last time in 1956, it did so with little fanfare -- and with very little coverage.

Because the Frog's final bow will take place on a Sunday -- a night on which the WB airs programming from 5-10 p.m. -- net's blowout bye-bye will be a full five hours.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2006
The WB's Final Bow
Pilot Episodes From Classic WB Series
5:00 p.m. Felicity
6:00 p.m. Angel
7:00 p.m. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (2 hours)
9:00 p.m. Dawson's Creek

Some shows that would seem a natural for the last night -- such as "Smallville" and "7th Heaven" -- won't appear because they'll live on at the merged WB-UPN, which is called the CW.

The CW premiere Monday, September 18. UPN's final bow is Friday, Sept. 15, but it has not announced if any celebration will take place.
So than will this new channel CW be available to everyone? Or do you have to have IO digital cable?

i think The WB should do a Week long event, celebrating their Network. More of their shows, like Charmed, Reba, WILAY, Zoe, Unhappily, Sister Sister, etc. This one night thing sucks...I will be watching though. :).....And they should have montages and perhaps the cast of shows talking during commercial breaks.

So than will this new channel CW be available to everyone? Or do you have to have IO digital cable?

It will be whatever your WB affiliate is now. And there's "MY TV" (I think that's what it's called, LOL) that's taking over the UPN affiliates. ;)

A Bang???..Please! They shouldn't have a one night thing. They should air a week long Bang!!!!

I just wish that they were show former WB sitcoms like Sister Sister.

TIn addition WWOR-TV still has My9 on and it's not going to be on the air until September 15th to become My Network TV.

Um My Network TV starts tomorrow night. 8PM Desire. 9PM Fashion house. Actually it started tonight. They ran a sneak preview of the new shows tonight.

Hmmm...that's strange! The shows around here don't start until the week of the 18th. But, they already changed their look...they are no longer the WB...so strange?!

CW comes on the air on 9/18. My Network tonight at 8PM Eastern.

I have been counting down until The CW Network Debut's This September

Yeah, it will definitely be a change to have all these shows I have never seen from the UPN on a different channel. Most excited to have GG back, though!

i wish they would show the pilots of Popular, Roswell, Popstars, Maybe It's Me (not a big hit, but DEFINETLY a critical hit and a wb signature) and Sabrina......

but oh well...... i'll be tuning in as long as my local station airs this..... we don't have a WB network, we have a UPN affialiate that sometimes airs WB shows......

Can't wait to see the old promos' used to LOVE those "dubba dubba dubba be"

You know what show i used to like "Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane" aka "Zoe..." aka "Zoe"... that launched the career of Selma Blair... great show.

i wish they would show the pilots of Popular, Roswell, Popstars, Maybe It's Me (not a big hit, but DEFINETLY a critical hit and a wb signature) and Sabrina......

Oh I so agree with you on this. Popular and Roswell were such great series before the wb meddled with them. When they made Popular conform to the formula of standard teen dramas like Dawson's Creek, it became horrible and not only did they not pick up new viewers but they alienated the original ones. Popular was a satire on the teen drama genre; it worked best when it was mocking the conventions and subverting the cliches of typical teen dramas. Roswell was another show that suffered under WB's meddling. The WB forced it to become more sci-fi like Buffy but Roswell worked best when it was about the inter-relationships between these aliens and humans and how the aliens struggled to fit in. Another great show was "Gross Pointe" which also poked fun at teen soaps. I also loved "Maybe It's Me", such a quirky and unique show. The WB had no idea how to market and produce shows that were unique, different, and in some cases, irreverent. Thats why they failed.. they constantly tried to emulate the success of Dawson's Creek and Buffy instead of developing new ideas.

I know my Bother is going to be watching The ilot Episode of Dawson Creek This Sunday Afternoon.

I think its funny how the CW doenst launch until Monday, yet our WB station has had a CW logo for like 3 weeks. Even when not in primetime, they are already calling it the CW.

Also, can that CW logo be any bigger?

i think The WB should do a Week long event, celebrating their Network. More of their shows, like Charmed, Reba, WILAY, Zoe, Unhappily, Sister Sister, etc. This one night thing sucks...I will be watching though. :).....And they should have montages and perhaps the cast of shows talking during commercial breaks.

I agree. Though it sucks here. WATL/ch.36 in the Atlanta area is now a MyNetworkTV station, so the last night wont air here.

I think its funny how the CW doenst launch until Monday, yet our WB station has had a CW logo for like 3 weeks. Even when not in primetime, they are already calling it the CW.

Also, can that CW logo be any bigger?

It's funny here too. WATL/ch.36 started calling themselves "myATLtv" at least two weeks before MNTV lauched. WUPA/ch.69 has been calling themselves "CW Atlanta" for at least 3 weeks also.

No big deal to ME, the only WB channel near here wasnt even on cable, and the shows they had, that i did see once or twice ( Like that terrible Married with Children rip-off ) were lousy!

The WB Network sure did have great Programming my Favorite WB show was sister sister and may I add I still watch Sister Sister weeknight's at 12:30 am on The Disney Channel

I liked Sister, Sister too. I dont see how it'll kill WATL to air it. MNTV doesnt even have programming on Sunday nights.

...that had been part of the "WB" network that are now "MyNetworkTV" outlets are those controlled by the FOX [News Corp.] group of TV stations. All other "WB" affiliates will become "CW" carriers next week.

:tv:

I would love to see Sister Sister Return to Local Station's I did not know that My Network Televison was apart of The FOX News Corp

I would love to see Sister Sister Return to Local Station's I did not know that My Network Televison was apart of The FOX News CorpSISTER,SISTER still comes on on DISNEY CHANNELL,but I beleive it comes on early in the morning so you'll have to check your local listings for time.It's nice to see a network at least attempt to try to go out with a bang instead of doing the "usuall"(like a network I usually rant about).

I think Sister Sister has weekend airing now as well but not sure of The weekend Time Slot.

...that had been part of the "WB" network that are now "MyNetworkTV" outlets are those controlled by the FOX [News Corp.] group of TV stations. All other "WB" affiliates will become "CW" carriers next week.

:tv:

It kinda makes me wish that WUPA was the WB affiliate here, not WATL.

I agree. Though it sucks here. WATL/ch.36 in the Atlanta area is now a MyNetworkTV station, so the last night wont air here.

I already looked and although KTWB which is now KMYQ/22 here in Seattle they are still going to have the last night of WB but I been watching a lot of the Three's Company marathon so I don't know if I will watch any of WB's last night or keep on the Three's Company marathon.

I'm so disappointed this isnt airing here. Yeah, I've just got the TC marathon on for right now. Like the 200th airing of My Wife and Kids (and a later episode at that) and Fresh Prince which is just gonna be on later are going to compare to this. ohno: Especially since I've never seen Angel and Buffy before. Oh well, nothing I can do about it. I'll have to check to see if Buffy and Angel are still in reruns.

Earlier tonight, I watched the farewell to the WB Network. It has the cast of "Charmed", "Buffy", "Dawson's Creek" and other WB shows after 11 years on the air. And then, all of a sudden after "Dawson's Creek" was over, I saw the WPIX logo history from the first station in 1948, the "11 Alive" logo from 1976 (as shown on my avatar) and then into 2000 was the WB11 and finally, the WB11 is now the CW11. That's a clever name of the new look and the new logo right brfore the start of the new CW11 "News at Ten". I missed the WB. :(

RIP: WB Network (1995-2006) :crying: :( :crying: :(

WPIX's sister station in Hartford switched over to CW20 logo last Friday the 8th. I noticed it when they were simulcasting the Mets game from WPIX. At the top of the screen was the Mets Logo and next to it was the CW20 logo.

And I can't wait to crawl
I can't wait at all
I can't to crawl
I can't wait anymore
I can't wait anymore
I can't wait anymore

We've been seeing "The CW" logo for months now, they swithced in like July... In my area they only aired "Buffy" and "Dawson's Creek" tonight... i didn't get "Felicity" or "Angel"....


if i had been running this thing it would have been a week-long farewell and it would have consisted of not only the Pilot Episodes, but also the Finale Episodes of many WB shows, along with classic promos and stuff like they did tonight... had i been in charge i would also have not limited it to just series not coming to the CW, since they were apart of the WB legacy i'd include some of them too. It would have been like this:

Sunday, September 17, 2006: Stuff From The "Early" Years
6pm: Sister, Sister Pilot
630pm- Sister, Sister Finale
7pm: The Wayans Brother Pilot
730: The Wayans Brothers Finale
8pm: For Your Love Pilot
830: For Your Love Finale
9pm: Life With Roger Pilot
930pm: Life With Roger Last Episode
10pm: First Time Out Pilot Episode
1030: The Army Show Pilot Episode


Monday, September 18, 2006: WB Short-Lived Series
6pm: Raising Dad Pilot Episode
630: Raising Dad Finale Episode
7pm: Alright Already Pilot Episode
730pm: Alright, Already Finale Episode
8pm: Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane Pilot Episode
830: Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane Finale Episode
9pm: Movie Stars Pilot Episode
930: The Tom Show Pilot Episode
10pm: Kirk Pilot Episode
1030: The Steve Harvey Show Pilot Episode
11pm: The Steve Harvey Show Finale Episode

Tuesday, September 19, 2006:
6pm: The Parent Hood Pilot
630: The Parent Hood Finale
7pm: Nick Freno: Liscenced Teacher Pilot Episode
730: Nick Freno Liscenced Teacher Finale Episode
8pm: Smart Guy Pilot
830: Smart Guy Finale
9pm: Hyperion Bay Pilot
10pm: Savannah Pilot
11pm: Savannah Finale Episode

Wednesday, September 20, 2006:
5pm: Popular Pilot
6pm: Popular Finale
7pm: Safe Harbor Pilot
8pm: D.C. Pilot
9pm: Dawson's Creek Pilot
10pm: Dawson's Creek Finale
11pm: Young American's Pilot Episode

Thursday, September 21, 2006:
4pm: Young American's Pilot
5pm: Young American's Finale
6pm: Bedford Falls Pilot
7pm: One Tree Hill Pilot
8pm: Gilmore Girls Pilot
9pm: Buffy, The Vampire Slayer Pilot (2 Hours)
11pm: Buffy The Vampire Slayer Finale


Friday, September 22, 2006:
4pm: Jack and Jill Pilot
5pm: Jack and Jill Finale
6pm: Greetings From Tuscon Pilot
7pm: Reba Pilot
730: What I Like About You Pilot
8pm: Felicity Pilot
9pm: Felicity Finale
10pm: Charmed Pilot
11pm: Charmed Finale

Saturday, Septebmer 23, 2006:
2pm: Sabrina The Teenage Witch Pilot
230pm: Sabrina The Teenage Witch Finale
3pm: Popstars Pilot
4pm: Popstars Season 1 Finale
5pm: Studio 7 Pilot
6pm: Beauty and The Geek Pilot
7pm: My Guide To Becoming A Rock Star Pilot
8pm: Angel Pilot
9pm: Angel Finale
10pm: Sarbina The Teenage Witch Pilot
1030pm: Sabrina The Teenage Witch Finale
11pm: Smallville Pilot
12pm: Gilmore Girls Pilot

Sunday, September 24th, 2006:
2pm: Dawson's Creek Pilot
3pm: Felicity Pilot
4pm: 7th Heaven Pilot
5pm: Buffy, The Vampire Slayer Pilot (2 Hours)
7pm: Charmed Pilot
8pm: Special: A Look Back: The WB Network- it would be a special documentary honoring The WB network with interviews from stars of WB shows like Kerri Russell, Shannen Doherty, James Van Der Beek etc......
9pm: Angel Pilot
10pm: Reba Pilot
1030: Twins Pilot
11pm: Everwood Pilot

And That would have been my way of honoring the last week of The WB network....

Well it's history folks. :(

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xftR1CqOgyU

^ That you so much for posting that!

The WB Network will be missed

And I can't wait to crawl
I can't wait at all
I can't to crawl
I can't wait anymore
I can't wait anymore
I can't wait anymore

I Was singing this sucker all day yesterday!!!!! It kept getting stuck in my head! LMAO! I Remember when The WB used to show all their stars together, all hanging out outside the studio WB, on that street. So many memories. I'm glad they showed some of those promos again.

Hey Factsoflife, I love your Idea, but I think they only wanted their most popular and successful shows to air. No ides why Angel was part of the farewell, but whatever, LOL.


Maybe Something like this....? (7-10pm)

Monday
7th heaven
Everwood
Reba
Unhappily...Ever After

Tuesday
Buffy (2 Hours)
Angel

Wednesday
Gilmore Girls
Charmed
Popular

Thursday
Dawson's Creek
Felicity
Jack and Jill

Friday
Smallville (2 hours)
Roswell

I kept getting all choked up when they were showing those musical montages of all their stars.....I also liked that Commercial with Cheyanne from "Reba" and Lana from "Smallville", with Michigan J. Frog. That was funny.

The wierd thing is, I can remember where I was when Buffy, Felcity, Angel, and Dawson aired, LOL. Sooo long ago. 8 Years since Dawson and Felcity, and almost 10 since Buffy. Wow. The WB will be missed....The CW will not be the same, and I have a feeling it won't be around for 11 years either....But that's just me.

I kept getting all choked up when they were showing those musical montages of all their stars.....I also liked that Commercial with Cheyanne from "Reba" and Lana from "Smallville", with Michigan J. Frog. That was funny.

The wierd thing is, I can remember where I was when Buffy, Felcity, Angel, and Dawson aired, LOL. Sooo long ago. 8 Years since Dawson and Felcity, and almost 10 since Buffy. Wow. The WB will be missed....The CW will not be the same, and I have a feeling it won't be around for 11 years either....But that's just me.

i agree... it's funny because i was at the end of elementary school when the WB debuted, but i fondly remember each of these shows debuting and they were huge parts of my life.... In fact, "Dawson's Creek" and "Felicity" were such favorites of mine that i used to tell all my friends not to call me AT ALL when they were on... and one of the "big" moments in my life is when a friend called on wed night and i actually said "oh forget felicity, we can talk" it was a BIG moment in my life.....

of all the WB shows i think my favorite one is "Popular", it just left such a big impact on me and i actually still watch all the episodes to this day on DVD. i really wish it had gotten a little bit more time to catch on... i think had they left it alone, not changed it into a typical teen drama and let it continue to be satire it could have been a bigger hit.

i agree... it's funny because i was at the end of elementary school when the WB debuted, but i fondly remember each of these shows debuting and they were huge parts of my life.... In fact, "Dawson's Creek" and "Felicity" were such favorites of mine that i used to tell all my friends not to call me AT ALL when they were on... and one of the "big" moments in my life is when a friend called on wed night and i actually said "oh forget felicity, we can talk" it was a BIG moment in my life.....

of all the WB shows i think my favorite one is "Popular", it just left such a big impact on me and i actually still watch all the episodes to this day on DVD. i really wish it had gotten a little bit more time to catch on... i think had they left it alone, not changed it into a typical teen drama and let it continue to be satire it could have been a bigger hit.

Your definately right about Popular. The WB wanted it to be more of a Dawson-type show, and they really ruined everything. I stil llike Season 2, and we saw that 1st Season whackyness return in later episodes, but by then, they lost their viewers. Moving it to Friday nights didn't help it either.

Your definately right about Popular. The WB wanted it to be more of a Dawson-type show, and they really ruined everything. I stil llike Season 2, and we saw that 1st Season whackyness return in later episodes, but by then, they lost their viewers. Moving it to Friday nights didn't help it either.


ItA... I've always wondered why networks feel the need to change things when a show is getting great reviews and is getting moderate-to-almost-great ratings! But you're right the move to Friday nights was not a smart one, and pairing it with Sabrina and Popstars made little sense, those shows were not at all compatiable, they would have been smarter to have either left popular on Thursdays with Gilmore Girls, which by than had become a critcally accalimed, almost hit... or moving it to either pair it with Felicity or Dawson's which would have been more compatiable.... imho....

ItA... I've always wondered why networks feel the need to change things when a show is getting great reviews and is getting moderate-to-almost-great ratings! But you're right the move to Friday nights was not a smart one, and pairing it with Sabrina and Popstars made little sense, those shows were not at all compatiable, they would have been smarter to have either left popular on Thursdays with Gilmore Girls, which by than had become a critcally accalimed, almost hit... or moving it to either pair it with Felicity or Dawson's which would have been more compatiable.... imho....

Personally, I think The Wb only kept Popular for filler on their schedule. They didn't care about it that much. Afterall, it was a satire of their Network, and I don't think they killed it that much- The real reason they changed the show, IMHO.....I think they only renewed it for filler, and threw it on Friday nights, when they knew nobody would watch.

"Popstars".....VOMIT!!!

OMG... i loved Popstars!

Thanks for the video, Brent! I've seen the last two minutes of the WB sign off right before the WPIX-TV logo montage came on with the history of various logos from its WPIX days from the beginning in 1948 right up until 2000 when it was the WB11 and the new station ID for WPIX-TV was born. It's now being called the CW11. Same channel, new name, same great shows. WPIX-TV did a great job of getting rid of the WB11 logo to become the new home of CW. WWOR-TV had already started its "My Network TV" two weeks ago under the new station affiliate My9 after they dropped off the UPN name to put My9 a few months before the launch. CW is a new network featuring the shows that you've seen on both UPN and WB which it combines into one network. Great to see the CW off and running. Will see what happens if the two new networks are doing well.

Could someone show a Picture of The WPIX CW 11 Logo

Could someone show a Picture of The WPIX CW 11 Logo

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Cw11.jpg

OMG... i loved Popstars!

It was okay...at first. I loved the Cheesyness of it, LOL. I dunno, after a while I got annoyed and stopped watching.

"For 11 years...You brought us into your homes...

We made you smile...and tuggedat your hearts...

And now, it's time to say goodbye.

From all of us at The WB

Thank you"

I liked this message at the end. I just can't let go of The WB.

Could someone show a Picture of The WPIX CW 11 Logo

Here it is.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/90/Cw11.jpg

Oh nooooo! :(

Cant say I'm a fan of the logo that's being used down here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Official_CW_Atlanta_Logo.jpg

Here's some of The very BEST WB Videos that they always showed years ago...My favorite is the last one. Try and watch them all. It brings back a lot of memories.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=SVKl9HSb7Ig

http://youtube.com/watch?v=xftR1CqOgyU

http://youtube.com/watch?v=cx-XpxtjNYs

http://youtube.com/watch?v=9RQ_qA6_Y2o

http://youtube.com/watch?v=h1W8inSwKBE