The WB overlooks Charmed AGAIN.

[coolwave17]

The WB will be closing it's network with a mini tribute by airing the pilot episodes of some of it's more popular series. Included in the final broadcast line up are Buffy, Ange, Felicity, and Dawson's Creek. Although Charmed ran for 8 years, and was the WB's highest rated show for a while, the pilot episode will not be aired on the final day of broadcast.

Isn't that a shame? Overlooked AGAIN!

[charmedgoddess]

Its the last and final blow the wb can give to charmed by not airing its pilot. It seems that almost since its inception the WB has done this to one of its best shows and second longest running, not to mention the longest running show with female leads. Yes, it truly is a shame!!

[coolwave17]

btw, the Wb didn't say "most popular series" they said "signature series" and if Charmed wasn't a signature WB series, then I don't know what is. The only thing that makes me feel even slightly better about this is that 7th Heaven won't be shown either.

[charmedfan4evr]

^ Well that's because unfortunately 7th Heaven will be moving on to the CW network.

"Several hit WB series, including 7th Heaven, Smallville, Gilmore Girls, and Reba, will not be part of the sign-off because they are currently airing and will join The CW lineup in the fall."

And I am very upset and mad that Charmed's pilot eppy will not be shown, I really can not stand the WB. It's like Charmed has never ever has occured to them. I don't want to get into this.

[Primrose_Empath]

I just don't get how their brains work over there at the WB. How on earth can you manage to overlook a series that ran on your network for 8 years? *shakes head sadly and sighs*

[charmed3]

when is the last day of the wb?

[oldwitch]

It's probably because they couldn't come to an agreement with Shannen. I think it's a huge slap in the face to Charmed, but then again, I don't think the WB cared anymore about the series. They were just looking at the bottom line and the series had become too expensive. Personally, I have seen the previews here in Vegas for the new shows on the CW and our old WB that is now MYLVTV. Major stink bombs here! They have been reduced to stealing telenovelas from Telemundo and translating the plots or ideas into English. Gosh, I wonder how longs these dogs will last. Hopefully, someone will think about a Charmed related show.

[Lisa M]

The reason why Charmed is not one of the shows they are showing their last night is because Charmed is currently still on the air. If you notice which shows they have chosen, they are all shows that have been off the air for several years. Charmed will continue to run on the WB until the end, just not the last night, while those other shows haven't been on in years. So this was not the WB ignoring Charmed.

BTW, Charmed was also never the WB's highest rated show. It was their second highest rated show (behind 7th Heaven) for it's first three seasons, but it has never been it's highest rated show.

[vandergraafk]

Really, I'm rather glad that the WB won't be showing the pilot of Charmed. Does anyone wish to see "Free to Be" splashed across the bottom of Charmed. It disgusted me that they've marred the last several weeks of Charmed with this CW crap.

Regardless whether Charmed Season 8 has been airing, as well as classic Charmed from Seasons 4 and 5, when you talk about signature shows, clearly Charmed belongs in that category. Whether it was the second rated show for three years is immaterial, neither Buffy nor Angel ever had to run in that Sunday night slot. When Charmed was moved from - what was it - Thursday night to Sunday night, what could those now (C)lueless (W)arlocks have expected? Look at the lack of success just this season that the WB had in the nine o'clock hour alone: Supernatural bombed, Blue Collar TV was put on hiatus, Pepper Dennis (nevermind). Yeah, you might as well run Classic Charmed and see whether it beat out Season 8 (which it did several weeks). An insult is an insult no matter how it's disguised!

What interests me and what we should follow are the ratings that the CoW will achieve during this Sunday night slot. I expect that they will not attain the ratings that "fresh episodes" of Charmed attained. Crap is crap no matter how thinly disguised or how widely distributed.

I suppose that explains why my Avatar is the angry boy!

And, now for the spell:

HOW TO VANQUISH A CoW

Hear these words, our plaintive cry
Demonic forces control the sky
Let their evil deeds go unseen
By the old, the young and the in-between
Deceit through TV they would have spun
Derail their plans, their deeds undone.
Cast one and all to their wasteland
Return us Charmed as we demand!

Repeat as needed every Sunday night!

[charmedfan4evr]

vandergraafk said:

Really, I'm rather glad that the WB won't be showing the pilot of Charmed. Does anyone wish to see "Free to Be" splashed across the bottom of Charmed. It disgusted me that they've marred the last several weeks of Charmed with this CW crap.

First, I am not glad that the WB won't be showing the pilot episode, I want it to be shown. But I deffinitely agree with you on the whole "CW-Free to Be" issue. It also disgusted me over the past weeks that advertisements for the CW were flashing across our T.V. screens as we watched Charmed. Also during brakes right before Charmed came back on, the last commerical to be shown was a CW commercial. I mean the nerve! Charmed isn't coming back, and you are one main reason as to why it is not returning so don't show your commercial on a show that you aren't showing and that you didn't accept on your new network. All over I see adds for the CW and I can't look at them! Nobody is going to watch it anyways! Argh I am so angry!

BTW I love the vaquishing spell lol!

[vandergraafk]

Isn't it good to know that a re-run of Charmed beat out Supernatural in the last ratings for the WB with Charmed in the mix? True, it was second to Reba. But, still a good sign, nonetheless!

[charmedfan4evr]

vandergraafk said:

Isn't it good to know that a re-run of Charmed beat out Supernatural in the last ratings for the WB with Charmed in the mix? True, it was second to Reba. But, still a good sign, nonetheless!

Sure it feels good. Charmed deserves to be on the CW more than a lot of other shows that were put through.

[coolwave17]

Don't forget guys that even though the CW didn't pick Charmed up for a 9th season, the girls were done. You can't have Charmed without the Charmed ones. A spin off would be great, but then you're paying for story rights and everything else. I wouldn't be surprised if a Wiccan themed show appears mid season to try and regain Charmed's audience.

The girls were done, Kern was done, Holly wanted to be a mom, Alyssa and Rose are working on other projects, or at least being consideref for them. Just think of season 8 as a bonus, for all our devotion, and stop focusing on not having a 9.

I still feel Charmed's Pilot should be part of the final line-up, but whatever, what's done is done. I'm sure it had NOTHING to do with Shannen, because she has a syndication contract that allows for the show to be shown on syndicated television, regardless of the network or time slot. She would have gotten the same check she gets if it were to air on TNT the WB, or The CW, so that wasn't the issue.

[charmedfan4evr]

coolwave17 said:

Don't forget guys that even though the CW didn't pick Charmed up for a 9th season, the girls were done. You can't have Charmed without the Charmed ones. A spin off would be great, but then you're paying for story rights and everything else. I wouldn't be surprised if a Wiccan themed show appears mid season to try and regain Charmed's audience.

The girls were done, Kern was done, Holly wanted to be a mom,

I said the CW was ONE major reason why Charmed wasn't renewed. And Holly I don't think had a problem with doing a 9th Season. She was the only one out of TCO's that wanted to continue Charmed. Rose and Alyssa acc. to sources were not the ones that wanted to continue. Brian and Holly I don't think had any problems with doing another season. I may be wrong about that, I don't want to post anything that I am unsure about, so please correct me if i'm wrong. But from a spin-off view, what other people are saying it looks as if Brian and Holly would be involved in a spin-off, so i'm taking that as they wouldn't mind doing another season of Charmed.

[vandergraafk]

Early on during Season 8, I was already imagining a Charmed 9th Season - or whatever you wanted to call it. Piper and Billie going through this grueling process of redemption (for Billie). Or, Piper and her children, etc. Alyssa and Rose probably would have been available for one offs. Having said that, the CW people/WB people had the audacity to announce on March 7 that Charmed had been cancelled. How exactly do you cancel a show when two of the three major stars don't have contracts for a new season and had no interest in extending existing contracts (probably at a lower rate)? This is the disrespect that has been shown towards Charmed.

As for Mr. Kern: I believe he saw the handwriting on the wall, especially after what had happened at the end of Season 7. Plan for the series finale regardless and go out on your own terms. That's what he did, and we are all the better for it. Even though many of us may have been disappointed by the events leading up to the Ultimate Battle, there was a clear attempt to arc towards a series finale.

From the comments I've read from Holly, Alyssa and Rose (mostly in Charmed magazine), the common thread is that none of the actresses felt that Charmed was accorded the respect it deserved. However great the Charmed production family was, the dealing with network people were less than happy! Now, does anybody think the Clueless Warlocks will fare any better than the Warlock B**stards!

[Xenith]

Wow, I think I've been duped... I could of sworn the WB and UPN were ending and forming one new network the CW. And then we were told about a new network forming called MYTV.

Funny I just checked the program guide and it appears that it was more of a program shuffling than anything as MYTV appears to be CW2: Friends, Frasier, Raymond, Blind Date, Saturday movies, all those crappy judge and talk shows all still live on on MYTV. They even rerun CW shows like Smallville, Veronica Mars, ect. The big difference between the CW and MYTV is that MYTV's primetime programming sucks...
They have those 2 telenovellas that air every night. Although I have faith in my fellow Americans and their attention spans of gnats that aren't likely to tune in every single night, so I give it a year before they realize that the telenovella idea was bad and they start making new series... (Might be a good network to campaign for the Charmed Sons at that time.)

[rebeccamatthews]

vandergraafk, most Supernatural fans, like myself, watched the show on Tuesday/Thursday nights when it was on. Someof the fans I talk to were and are dissappointed that they stopped airing the show in repeat on Sunday night.

Sure it feels good. Charmed deserves to be on the CW more than a lot of other shows that were put through.

Like?

Isn't it good to know that a re-run of Charmed beat out Supernatural in the last ratings for the WB with Charmed in the mix? True, it was second to Reba. But, still a good sign, nonetheless!

vandergraafk, take a stick a put it somewhere where the sun. don't shine.

[carlylenz]

rebeccamatthews said:

Isn't it good to know that a re-run of Charmed beat out Supernatural in the last ratings for the WB with Charmed in the mix? True, it was second to Reba. But, still a good sign, nonetheless!

vandergraafk, take a stick a put it somewhere where the sun. don't shine.

This is unnecesary and not allowed.

vandergraafk said:

Really, I'm rather glad that the WB won't be showing the pilot of Charmed. Does anyone wish to see "Free to Be" splashed across the bottom of Charmed. It disgusted me that they've marred the last several weeks of Charmed with this CW crap.

What's wrong with The CW?

Back on topic:

I understand why the WB isn't showing Charmed on their goodbye thing.

[vandergraafk]

I have nothing against Supernatural. Rather, I find it highly ironic that an episode of a non-renewed, non-carried over show, albeit a truly great finale, manages to outrate a show carried over. Really, I could have chosen any other comparison, but 7th Heaven was not aired during that ratings period. I don't recall whether Gilmore Girls was. The point is simply: here's a show that still has a ratings pull. Why was little thought given to a restructured Charmed or a complete spin-off when the new network schedule was created? Their seemed to be a built-in bias against anything Charmed. And, that's what Holly was complaining about when she railed against the WB simply ignoring Charmed. That the WB went out of its way to publicly announced that the show had been cancelled when, in fact, it would have been difficult to renew a show - without major changes - when two of the lead actresses had already expressed a desire to move on! So, if you like Supernatural, great! I hope it enjoys more support from the CoW than Charmed did in its final years. That Supernatural failed during the 9 pm slot may be more indicative not of the failings of that show, but the strong competition it faced: Desperate Housewives. That Charmed fans did not stay with Supernatural (such as me) might need some explaining, but it could be just a matter of taste. I much rather preferred classic Charmed after new Charmed. I would not, however, have shown Witches in Tights - although a great episode - at the conclusion of Forever Charmed. I would have shown Something Wicca This Way Comes. End and beginning. An infinite loop. Charmed lives!

[misskitty66]

all i can say is the wb sucks............. i saw the commecials for the shows they say good bye to and they can all jump in the lake and drown. charmed didnt get alot of credit for anything... they suck! VIVA LA CHARMED!