The CW Will not Maintain a Conventional Upfront Week Presentation

The CW is switching up its upfront presence for 2023.

Prime line

At present, the community introduced it’s dropping its annual upfront week presentation in favor of a special presence throughout the promoting showcase.

In lieu of a proper presentation, the corporate will unveil its fall programming lineup in its common Thursday morning timeslot on Might 18. Fairly than a large-scale occasion, the community will host a press breakfast at Park Lane Resort in New York Metropolis, adopted by a press convention with Dennis Miller, president of The CW Community, and Brad Schwartz, president of leisure at The CW Community.

Between the strains

The CW has lengthy been rumored to go away formal upfront week shows, with mum or dad firm Nexstar beforehand saying it’d maintain an occasion in New York on April 25 for media consumers that will showcase the community, together with NewsNation, TheHill, Nexstar Digital and over 200 native stations.

Following the announcement of the April occasion, an in-person upfront week affair showcasing The CW grew to become much less possible.

With the information, The CW turns into the second main writer to exit conventional upfront week shows. Paramount beforehand introduced it was withdrawing from its conventional Wednesday night time slot at Carnegie Corridor in favor of smaller conferences with shoppers and companions.

Along with the autumn lineup announcement, The CW might be internet hosting an intimate luncheon for the community’s affiliate house owners on the Park Lane Resort.

Backside line

Moreover Paramount and The CW forgoing giant, formal shows to entrepreneurs throughout Might’s upfront week, the annual occasion has gone by a number of different adjustments in 2023.

Among the many tweaks, Disney, Fox and TelevisaUnivision are all altering venues. Plus, YouTube and Netflix rapidly crammed Paramount’s vacated Wednesday night slot.

Although The CW may have a presence by its fall lineup announcement throughout upfront week, YouTube and Netflix at the moment are slated to shut out formal shows on Wednesday night, Might 17.