{"id":2099,"date":"2001-08-21T20:11:33","date_gmt":"2001-08-21T18:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crashdown.com\/news\/?p=2099"},"modified":"2008-08-04T20:12:46","modified_gmt":"2008-08-04T18:12:46","slug":"mediaweek-roswell-vs-smallville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crashdown.com\/news\/2001\/08\/mediaweek-roswell-vs-smallville\/","title":{"rendered":"MediaWeek: Roswell Vs. Smallville"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nKey Fall 2001 Match-Up:
\nUPN’s Roswell vs. The WB’s Smallville<\/strong><\/p>\n

Although there is plenty of talk of UPN acquiring Buffy, NBC cooking up Emeril, ABC hoping Bob Patterson is not just a show about nothing and The WB’s Gilmore Girls moving to Tuesday, here is a look at what could be quite a battle, UPN’s Roswell vs. The WB’s Smallville Tuesdays at 9 p.m. Strategically, quite a few people (including myself) have questioned why The WB didn’t leave Angel in the hour and schedule the young Superman saga Mondays at 9 p.m. out of 7th Heaven. Buffy viewers accustomed to Angel could have easily used their remote, right? Regardless, this is one of the more interesting programming match-ups this season.<\/p>\n

The potentially good news for Roswell is core viewer familiarity and a stronger and more compatible lead-in, Buffy. And the positive news for The WB could be interest (at least initially) in a known TV hero. If Fox’s highly touted 24 doesn’t take off (hype doesn’t always mean tune-in) both weblets will obviously benefit.<\/p>\n[…]<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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