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My Network TV -- A Stinker is Born

Many, including us, saw the merger of UPN and the WB as an opportunity for the "orphaned" stations that would not get the new CW to put on local and independent programming, and thus compete against the same ol', same ol', from the same ol' TV networks. Boy, was that ever wrong. Spectacularly wrong!

"MY NEW NETWORK," will premiere next Fall on the 10 big market orphaned stations owned by Fox/News Corp./Murdoch, airing in primetime two new one-hour soap operas "Desire" and "Secrets," created by -- surprise -- Twentieth Television, Fox's syndication subsidiary. "Other offerings will include reality shows featuring aspiring models, celebrities and single people searching for love "in a fantasy island setting," a crime show examining evidence from "the most compelling crimes committed today," and a quiz show, "America's Brainiest.""

And they're hoping to sell this astoundingly compelling "Must See TV" (insert mirthful Uh-huh chuckle track here) to the other orphaned stations. Gosh, is it too late to undo the CW and bring UPN and The WB back again?