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5/15: WATL adding telenovelas
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
WATL-TV, abandoned by the WB when it combines UPN this fall to become the CW (WUPN-TV locally gets that), has signed on with Fox Twentieth Television’s My Network TV. That means 13-week telenovela soaps in the beginning starting Sept. 5. They’d run from 8 to 10 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays with Saturday being recap day. WATL will fend for itself on Sunday nights.
As for other new syndicated programming, WATL will add a new talk show starring comic Greg Behrendt, “According to Jim,” old episodes of “American Idol,” “Scrubs” and “The Shield.” Other main stars of WATL, such as Jerry Springer, Maury, Friends, Sex & the City, Everybody Loves Raymond, My Wife & Kids and Family Feud will remain. A fuller schedule is forthcoming.
For now, the WB primetime leftovers will air on WATL until the end of August.
Here’s a fuller story.
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