Conventional weirdness

News item: CBS Corp. and Time Warner Inc.'s Warner Brothers television network said Tuesday that they will close their respective UPN and WB networks and jointly launch the CW network.

Top ten network names rejected before coming up with "the CW":

10. WU
    
9. VH2
   
8. Way the hell out on channel 37
   
7. SortaEthnicNet
   
6. NotFox
   
5. Mineral Planet
   
4. WCWD (Who Cares, We're Digital)
   
3. ReallyNotFox
   
2. USB Network
   
1. BFD
   

Check your local listings.

Addendum: Any similarity to this is almost certainly deliberate.

Posted at 2:47 PM to Listing to One Side , Overmodulation


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