July 19, 2008
The TCA panel with CW president Dawn Ostroff was a bit like a firing squad. Between the loss of WWE Friday Night Smackdown and two of its urban comedies and the outsourcing of Sunday nights to Media Rights Capital, Ostroff had a lot to answer for.
In addition, Ostroff spoke about many of the dramatic upcoming changes for the network, including a possible very early start for next season, the strength of online content over traditional ratings for Gossip Girl, and she finally previewed the new horror reality series 13.
June 10, 2008
Here's one for the seriously lacking in excitement – a reality contest, where whoever doesn't suffer a coronary after living out terrifying challenges straight from the best that horror films have to offer, wins. Though details remain sketchy at this point, from what we've got already floating out there, contestants will be taken on a journey of fright and terror, much like characters stuck in the bowels of some blood-curdling nightmare in our favorite horror flicks.
With no less than horror specialist Sam Raimi (earlier of The Evil Dead flicks and more recently, the Spiderman movies, as well as Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess on TV) responsible, you know you're in the fright of your life in The CW's upcoming new show, aptly called 13.