Roswell on UPN?

[ozias43]

As I posted before I think that Roswell may move to UPN
if the WB drops it. This is just my theory, but below is what was posted at sci-fi wire.

E! Online's "Watch with Wanda" column has reported a rumor that UPN may pick up The WB's faltering teen alien series Roswell next year if the frog network cancels it after its second season ends this month. Officially, The WB has said it hasn't made up its mind about the low-rated show, but reruns of Roswell are not currently on the network's summer schedule.

UPN has already agreed to pick up The WB's hit series Buffy the Vampire Slayer for two years, following the failure of producers to renew their contract with The WB. UPN also made a commitment to adopt the Buffy spinoff series Angel for two years if The WB dumps it as well.

:alienooh:

 

[browser8]

As long as SOMEBODY picks it up...

Of course if UPN picked up Roswell that would save me the trouble of watching the WB on Monday nights and UPN most other nights. I can completely forget about the WB and become a full time UPN devotee.

Devoted Tess Fan,
Browser8

 

[jooshh]

Spice Up Your Lineup!

I copied this from the crashdown...

Spice Up Your Lineup -- Add Roswell to UPN!

April 26, 2001 Posted by NetRanger   Thanks to the Campagin Crew and the Roswell 2 mods for sending this in! Please take a little time to try to show the power of the Roswell fan base to the UPN network! This campaign should take priority over all of the other various things going on, so that we can make this goal.

Check the thread on Ros2 for updates:
http://bbs2.fanforum.com/Forum12/HTML/003050.html

Spice Up Your Lineup -- Add Roswell to UPN!
okay everyone ... listen up!
HOT off the presses -- we've just gotten a green light (or "red" light) to
start sending in tabasco bottles to the UPN network, to let them know what
kind of fanbase and support roswell has!

We don't know yet what the WB will do with the show. We hope it stays there, but want to be prepared for the possibility that it won't. The Roswell fan base would follow the show to PBS if it came to that, and the UPN looks like the best alternative if the WB doesn't act.

just like last year, we're asking EVERYONE to send in a short, polite,
positive letter about roswell explaining how much you'd love to see roswell
on UPN, along with a bottle of tabasco.

Emily_A came up with the brilliant tag line: "Spice Up Your Lineup -- Add
Roswell to UPN!"

we want to make the tabasco mail in from last year look lukewarm by
comparison -- we're aiming to surpass the 6,000 bottles we sent in last year! We have 25,000 active Roswell fans who post on the boards, or visit crashdown, so there should be no reason for us not to reach our goal. But we need you!!!

but time is of the essence here! UPN makes their decision on may 17 -- which
is just over 3 weeks away! we need to get everyone working together ASAP to
pull this off!

here's who you should be sending your letters and tabasco to:

Dean Valentine
President & CEO
United Paramount Network
11800 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA
90025

Tom Nunan
President, Entertainment
United Paramount Network
11800 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA
90025

please do your part and write and send in tabasco now! may 17th is not that far away!

 

[jooshh]

Spice Up Your Lineup pt 2

Also, the current bottle count to the UPN is 9183. I'm headin down to the post office right now to make it 9184, as long as the Tobasco Jabenero Sauce counts.

 

[ozias43]

Damn it! Why the hell do they decide to cancell shows on my birthday? May 17 is when networks decide what shows to keep, last year CBS cancelled "Now and again"
on My birthday, and the WB better not do the same with Roswell.

 

[jooshh]

Your B-Day

Hmmmmmm.... Somehow it must be your fault!

j/k of course

 

[ozias43]

Hmmmmmm I think your on to something here. Most things are my fault.

 

[jooshh]

Keep the faith dude. I mean, after what is gonna go down on Buffy this Tuesday, I thought the whole series was gonna end forever, but look, even it's coming back on UPN next season.

 

[jooshh]

Roswell Definately Not on WB

Ok, I snagged this from some dude called "Postman" on the Emilie De Ravin official site, and I think he snagged it from Variety.          

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Sunday May 13 11:28 PM ET
WB locks in top series to avoid ``Buffy'' replay

By Michael Schneider and Josef Adalian
NEW YORK (Variety) - Taking great lengths to avoid losing another series, in the wake of ``Buffy the Vampire Slayer's'' defection to UPN, the WB has sealed multiple-year deals with four of its top-rated series.
Meanwhile, the network has also locked in an ambitious ``Buffy''-free fall schedule that includes eight new series, with major changes on every night of the week except Wednesday.
The WB negotiated a one-year extension with Columbia TriStar TV that keeps ``Dawson's Creek'' on the network through the 2002-2003 season.
Also finalized are deals that mean Spelling's ``7th Heaven'' and Viacom's ``Sabrina, the Teenage Witch'' will remain on the WB for at least two more years.
In addition, the WB is close to pacting with Spelling to hold on to ``Charmed'' (sans Shannen Doherty, who announced her intention to depart the show Friday) through the 2003-2004 season.
``We're picking up our three highest rated shows and our most important sitcom, and we were able to do it in a way that wasn't public and wasn't acrimonious,'' the WB's co-entertainment president Jordan Levin said.
Levin and co-president Susanne Daniels said the network had been in talks to renew the quartet of series even before 20th Century Fox moved ``Buffy'' to UPN late last month.
As for the fall schedule, which will be unveiled to advertisers Tuesday morning, Levin defended the decision to make a number of major moves.
``It's a fair amount of change but it's not that much different from last year,'' Levin said. ``Every 8 p.m. show is a returning show.''
The WB's new lineup also includes former ``Buffy'' companion series ``Angel,'' but not fellow 20th Century Fox TV stablemate ``Roswell.''
In a surprise switch, ``Angel'' will shift to Mondays at 9 p.m. following ``7th Heaven''; UPN is now seriously considering picking up ``Roswell,'' though a deal is not yet in place.
The executives said they ultimately opted to hold on to ``Angel'' in the hopes that it will recruit its own audience in the tough post-``7th Heaven'' timeslot (opposite ``Ally McBeal''). WB execs were also reluctant to give up ``Angel,'' which would have then been paired with ``Buffy'' on UPN, giving the rival latter a strong night.
``(But) we suspected that (UPN) would put 'Roswell' behind 'Buffy,' so either way we're handing them a night,'' Daniels said. ``It's also important for us to keep and grow our male audience, and 'Angel' ranks high with men.''
Also, apparently there are no hard feelings between the WB and 20th Century Fox TV, despite the ``Buffy'' situation. Not only is the WB picking up the 20th laffer ``Deep in the Heart,'' starring Reba McEntire, but it also gave up its option on ``Roswell'' early enough for UPN to seriously consider the show.
``Picking up the Reba show is doing what's best for ourselves,'' Levin said.
``Deep in the Heart'' will be part of the WB's strong play for family audiences on Fridays, launching four half-hour laffers geared at the same teen and young adults viewers who once watched ABC's ``TGIF'' grid.
``This represents an idea of what we want family shows on the WB to be,'' Levin said. ``Smart and funny with an emotional core.''
The WB will also resurrect its Wednesday 9 p.m. ``wheel,'' this time alternating ``Felicity'' with the Miramax drama ``Glory Days.'' The WB has ordered a full 22 episodes of ``Felicity'' but will air eight editions of ``Glory'' half-way through the year.
The WB will also launch a ``reality wheel'' Sundays at 7 p.m., airing the skeins ``Lost in the USA'' and ``No Boundaries.''
Overall, the WB will add just one new drama in the fall: ``Smallville,'' a retelling of the young Superman mythology. By contrast, the WB is scheduling five new comedies and two new non-fiction series.
Besides ``Roswell,'' other series not expected to return include the dramas ``Popular'' and ``Jack & Jill,'' as well as the laffers ``Grosse Point,'' ``The PJs,'' and ``Jamie Foxx,'' which already aired its final episode. The network may still opt to pick up other series, such as ``The Oblongs,'' while ``For Your Love'' has already been picked up.
The WB has also given a midseason order to ``Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star.'' Other midseason announcements are forthcoming; the drama ``Dead Last'' will bow in this summer, while the WB will also air a Turner movie on Wednesdays.
Reuters/Variety REUTERS