Will CW cancel Smallville after 10 episodes?
Is CW cancelling Smallville after the first 10 episodes and replacing it by midseason. * Smallville two top producers have gone to Melrose Place. * Smallville’s top writer is moving to Melrose Place. * CBS/Time Warner funds CW at a loss and is backing CW only as a “go to station for young women ages 18 to 34.” * This was in the Wall Street Journal: “The CW elected to stop airing wrestling on Friday nights — an admission that chasing a young male audience was no longer part of the network’s mission. Wrestling had drawn high ratings, but advertising rates were lower because it draws an audience less desirable to advertisers. At its upfront presentation, the CW redefined its target audience as exclusively 18- to 34-year-old women.” * Wrestling Smackdown had an audience of 5 million viewers when CW canceled the show. CBS showed a loss of $11 billion and threatened to pull out of CW, ending CW existence. Dawn was given two seasons to show some success. Was Smallville renewed only because C
