Remarkableriots Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 The CW Spells Out Quest to Be Considered a Major Network Alongside the ‘Big 4’; Explains Deal with Controversial LIV Golf VARIETY.COM New CW heads Dennis Miller and Brad Schwartz came to the TCA armed with a message: Consider us a Big 5 network, right alongside ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox. Quote “We have ambitious goals, but we recognize where we’re coming from,” Schwartz said. “We’re the underdog competing against titans. But ultimately what we are striving for is to have everyone stop writing ‘Big 4 networks’ and start writing ‘Big 5.’ We know it’s gonna take some time, but that’s the goal.” The CW appears to be currently in a major volume push, as Schwartz noted that the CW will be airing more than 500 hours of sports and more than 450 hours of original series this year. “We’re trying lots of new things,” he said. “We want to be a big five network. And now with news sports talk scripted unscripted live events, game shows, we’re getting there… we couldn’t operate this as a niche kind of cable brand anymore. And specifically only targeted audience that they need isn’t watching as much broadcast TV as they used to.” It's hard to imagine that happening when they will be making less content worth watching. When they no longer have DC content, I doubt I'll be watching that station at all. Maybe to watch WWE NXT if it doesn't stay available on Peacock? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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