The WB Is Back, with Gilmore Girls and More!
Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel courtesy The CW
Two years after signing off the airwaves, the WB is returning with new programming - as well as some of its most memorable series - but not on TV. According to an article in the
Hollywood Reporter, the Warner Bros. Television Group is reviving the network as a website, where viewers will be able to watch free streaming episodes of
Gilmore Girls,
What I Like About You and
Everwood, as well as all other WB-produced shows. (The site's "working title,"
wb.com, currently jumps to a general Warner Bros. Studios roundup of movies, TV, DVDs, etc.)
The WB, which merged with UPN in 2006 to become the bastion of twentysomething programming that is the CW, aired a string of fan-favorite shows in its 10-year existence, including
Dawson's Creek,
Buffy the Vampire Slayer and
Angel. It's not clear yet whether non-Warner Bros. shows will be available on the site, but new Web-minisodes are reportedly in the works, with series aimed at the WB's core audience.
Warner Bros. hasn't confirmed the details, but the
Reporter's sources say that wb.com will have a preliminary launch next month and a "major rollout" in the fall. Whether or not anyone will be watching
Jack & Bobby still remains a mystery.
What's your take? Which now-defunct WB series do
you most hope ends up streaming on this new site? -
Nina Hämmerling Smith
