The WB Television Network (shortened to The WB , stylized as " THE WB ", and nicknamed the " Frog Network " and/or " The Frog " for its former mascot Michigan J. Frog ) was an American television network launched on broadcast television on January 11, 1995, as a joint venture between the Warner Bros. Entertainment division of Time Warner and the Tribune Broadcasting subsidiary of the Tribune Company , with the former acting as controlling partner (and from which The WB received its name). The network aired programs targeting teenagers and young adults between the ages of 13 and 35, while its children's division, Kids' WB , targeted children between the ages of 4 and 12.
168-579: Lori Anne Loughlin ( / ˈ l ɒ k l ɪ n / ; born July 28, 1964) is an American actress. From 1988 to 1995, she played Rebecca Donaldson Katsopolis on the ABC sitcom Full House , and reprised the role for its Netflix sequel Fuller House (2016–2018). Loughlin is also known for her roles of Jody Travis in The Edge of Night (1980–1983), Debbie Wilson in The CW series 90210 (2008–2012), Jennifer Shannon in
336-727: A man child , particularly the fact that he still watches cartoons as an adult and has an extensive knowledge of animation. Joey has moved to Las Vegas in Fuller House and is now married with four kids that he refers to as the Gladstone Four. His wife Ginger (portrayed by Laura Bell Bundy ) is a magician and their kids Phyllis (portrayed by Ruby Rose Turner), Lewis (portrayed by Finn Carr), Joan (portrayed by Kingston Foster), and Jerry (portrayed by Noah Salsbury Lipson) are very loud and obnoxious where they cause problems for Jackson, Max, Ramona, and even D.J., Stephanie, and Kimmy. After botching
504-462: A reverend and his family) and comedies The Steve Harvey Show (starring Harvey as a funk musician working as a music teacher at an inner-city Chicago high school), and The Jamie Foxx Show (starring Foxx as an aspiring actor/singer working at a Los Angeles hotel owned by his aunt and uncle). The WB first had success with Buffy the Vampire Slayer (a series based on the 1992 film of
672-627: A July 2013 episode of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon , following a reunion performance by Jesse and The Rippers . She has since made several appearances as Rebecca on the Full House sequel series Fuller House , which premiered its first season on Netflix on February 26, 2016. As a result of her involvement in the 2019 college admissions bribery scandal , the Hallmark Channel terminated their on-going business relationship with Loughlin on March 14, and edited out her previously recorded scenes from
840-496: A WB charter affiliate before joining ABC in January 1996 due to a similar affiliation deal between Fox and SF Broadcasting , owner of longtime ABC station WVUE-TV . On December 3, 1993, The WB announced a separate affiliation agreement with Tribune for its Chicago flagship station WGN-TV (which originally planned to remain an independent station due to concerns about handling its sports programming commitments while maintaining
1008-569: A bid over the phone. Danny goes on his first date since his wife's death in the season one episode "Sea Cruise", as part of a fishing trip that was intended to only include himself, Jesse and Joey. He is seen going out on dates on occasion throughout the series. While Rebecca goes on maternity leave in season five just before giving birth to his nephews Nicky and Alex, Danny ends up falling in love with her co-host replacement, Vicky Larson. The two of them begin dating in season five's "Easy Rider", becoming Danny's most serious relationship since he became
1176-845: A classmate's child abuse (in season six's "Silence is Not Golden"), as well as the death of her mother when she was only five. In her early years, she is very sentimental about Mr. Bear, a stuffed animal that her mother gave to her after Michelle was born (this was the focal point of the season two episode "Goodbye Mr. Bear"). She and Jesse are the most abrasive when it comes to how they feel about Kimmy Gibbler. In Fuller House , Stephanie volunteers to give up her life in London to move back into her childhood home to help take care of her sister's three kids. Kimmy volunteers to move in as well much to Stephanie's dismay but she soon puts her abrasive feelings aside, and becomes friends with her. Stephanie confesses to D.J. that she can't have kids but wants to. Stephanie starts
1344-439: A drunk driver. At the beginning of the series, he works as a sportscaster for Channel 8 News . In the season two episode "Tanner vs. Gibbler", he is chosen by his station's general manager Mr. Strowbridge to be the co-host for the station's new morning talk show, Wake Up, San Francisco , alongside Rebecca Donaldson . In season one's "The Big Three-O", Danny's beloved car, "Bullet", is severely damaged after another driver rear-ends
1512-516: A former serviceman in the United States Army , with whom Joey did not get along with growing up due to his strict parenting style and his disapproval of Joey's dream of being a comedian. His father realizes that Joey made the right career decision when he sees him perform as an opening act for Wayne Newton in Las Vegas . Joey has held various jobs in addition to his work as a stand-up comic. For
1680-493: A heavily fragmented market by marketing to the under-courted teen demographic. While the Fox network, the previous destination for teen television (with shows such as Beverly Hills, 90210 , Party of Five and Parker Lewis Can't Lose ), began to court older audiences with shows such as Ally McBeal , The WB began to craft its identity with programs targeted at teenagers. The network's breakout hit and, arguably, its signature series
1848-484: A kiss. Her best friend throughout the show, next-door neighbor Kimmy Gibbler, is the complete opposite of D.J. in every way. In season eight, D.J. gets accepted to University of California, Berkeley , and it is implied she will attend there after graduating high school, having been rejected from her first choice, Stanford University . In Fuller House, D.J. is a recent widow and mother of three kids Jackson, Max, and Tommy Jr. after her firefighter husband Tommy Sr. dies in
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#17328589930822016-648: A large Hollywood lights-style sign of the network's logo that was used in the network's "backlot"-themed idents, promos, and bumpers is still located near storage facilities at the Warner Bros. Ranch Facilities in California, where the network's idents, promos, and bumpers were filmed at the same location. The clothing retailer H&M , not a traditional television advertiser in the United States, sponsored Sorority Forever and had some of its clothing worn by characters in
2184-439: A major trait throughout the series. He is a die hard Elvis Presley fan and Elvis was his inspiration to be a musician. His obsession with Elvis is fully established in the season two premiere "Cutting it Close", which focuses on Jesse's tough time coping when Stephanie accidentally cuts off a hunk of his mullet , which leads to him getting into a motorcycle accident that lands him in a full arm cast; later episodes reveal that he has
2352-468: A mass feng shui habit in the next episode, "Is It True About Stephanie?", which his family acknowledges is his way of trying to cope with his breakup. Danny eventually meets fellow single parent Claire Mahan in season eight episode "Making Out Is Hard to Do", and they go on a date in the episode "Claire and Present Danger". Although he is not established with this trait early on (season one's "The Return of Grandma" depicts him as begrudgingly trying to clean
2520-632: A mid-September launch, as other networks did with their fall schedules following the September 11 terrorist attacks ) and continued for much of the remainder of the network's run (comedies on that night were relegated to one hour in April 2006, with reality series filling the 8:00 p.m. hour). Other series to gain attention during this period were the family drama Everwood , and the short-lived but critically acclaimed soap satire Grosse Pointe . Despite some early success, The WB struggled to shift its focus from
2688-460: A national cable-only service that served most of the 110 smallest Nielsen media markets in the United States that did not have enough television stations to support an over-the-air affiliate. The removal of The WB's programs from the WGN national feed effectively reduced the network's potential household audience by 10 million homes (WGN-TV continued to carry WB programming over-the-air and on cable within
2856-485: A nationally syndicated talk show called, Wake Up USA . Becky gets baby fever when around D.J.'s youngest son, Tommy. She and Jesse end up adopting a baby girl whom they name Pamela. Becky and Danny get fired from Wake Up USA when they ask for too much money. They ask for their old jobs back at Wake Up San Francisco but the station wants only her back. They want her to host an all-women's talk show called The Gab . She, Jesse and Pamela move back to San Francisco. The Gab
3024-453: A network affiliation); through this deal, WGN's superstation feed would provide additional national distribution for The WB as a cable-only affiliate, in order to give the network time to fill gaps in markets where it was unable to find an affiliate at launch. Although Tribune had a minority stake in the network, its stations were not technically considered owned-and-operated stations of The WB since Time Warner held controlling interest in
3192-406: A new broadcast television network that would include series from both soon-to-be predecessor networks, known as The CW . Over the next eight months, it was to be seen which shows from the two networks would cross over to The CW, as well as which stations aligned with either UPN or The WB would become future affiliates of the new network. In the end, seven shows from The WB, 7th Heaven , Beauty and
3360-433: A new nationally syndicated talk show called, Wake Up USA . Stephanie is similar to her Uncle Jesse and decided to help DJ take care of her nephews like her Uncle Jesse did for them. In the season two finale, Jesse and Becky adopt a baby girl whom they name Pamela after his sister. Somewhere along the line, Jesse became a stay at home dad. When Becky and Danny get fired from Wake Up USA , they try to get their old jobs back but
3528-536: A party planning business called Gibbler Style. Kimmy volunteers to be Stephanie and Jimmy's surrogate mother. At the end of season four, Kimmy gives birth to Stephanie and Jimmy's baby girl. Kimmy and Fernando get remarried in the series finale in a triple wedding with D.J. and Steve, Stephanie and Jimmy. Steven "Steve" Hale (portrayed by Scott Weinger ) is D.J.'s first steady boyfriend. In the season five episode "Sisters in Crime", Weinger first guest-stars as Steve Peters, who
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#17328589930823696-491: A previous marriage. Olivia has a YouTube channel and an Instagram account, both with more than 1 million subscribers/followers as of 2024. In 2020, Loughlin and her husband Giannulli sold their Bel Air estate for $ 18.75 million to Tinder co-founder Justin Mateen. The home was built in 1929 and was previously lived in by Harry Cohn , Johnny Hyde and Charles Bronson . Loughlin and her husband Giannulli were indicted by
3864-472: A private class-action lawsuit brought by Stanford University graduates, who alleged their education and degrees had been devalued due to their school's association with the case. Loughlin poked fun at herself and the scandal in a cameo appearance in Curb Your Enthusiasm season 12 episode 6, where having been sponsored to get into an exclusive golf club she then fakes having a disability, cheats at
4032-442: A relationship with Kimmy's younger brother Jimmy. Becky schedules Stephanie for a pelvic exam and turns out she has three viable eggs and can have a baby via surrogacy. Since she hasn't been dating Jimmy for that long, she doesn't want to put pressure on him for being the father, and throwing him into a lifelong commitment so soon in their relationship. He wants to be the father. They are able to make embryos and Kimmy volunteers to be
4200-406: A retiree. He eventually realizes that he misses being on air and gets his old job back after Becky's co-host is injured. Joseph Alvin "Joey" Gladstone (portrayed by Dave Coulier ) is the childhood best friend of Danny Tanner, and adulthood best friend of Jesse Katsopolis. Joey moved in with Danny shortly after the death of Danny's wife, Pam, to help raise D.J., Stephanie, and Michelle. Joey works as
4368-404: A special comb called Mr. Goodpart (which gets damaged in a melee to purchase a Mighty Mutant Super Kids Super Fortress for Michelle in season eight's "I've Got a Secret") and that he gives pep talks to his hair (as revealed in season seven's "Wrong-Way Tanner"). Jesse moves into the house with virtually no experience in taking care of young children or babies, but learns the ropes along the way. He
4536-437: A stand-up comedian, whose act usually includes vocal imitations of cartoon characters such as Popeye , Bullwinkle J. Moose , Pepé Le Pew , and others. Joey initially slept in the alcove of Danny's living room. However, after complaining of not being able to find privacy, Danny reconstructs his basement garage into a bedroom for him in the season one episode "Joey's Place" (prior to the reveal, Joey contemplates moving out after
4704-512: A star out of lead Keri Russell ) and the wicca -themed Charmed (which was also produced by Aaron Spelling, and co-starred Alyssa Milano , Holly Marie Combs and 90210 alumna Shannen Doherty ), both of which set new records for the network when they respectively premiered to 7.1 and 7.7 million viewers; Charmed had the highest-rated premiere on the network until Smallville broke its record, debuting to 8.4 million viewers in October 2001. At
4872-514: A successful sitcom, and generally targeting a more diverse audience. This new strategy came as The WB had dropped to sixth place in the ratings among all major broadcast networks (behind UPN) during the 1999–2000 season, losing 19% of its household audience. Executives for the network attributed the ratings decline in large part due to the Tribune Company's decision to remove WB network programming from WGN-TV's superstation feed in October 1999, on
5040-649: A television network was produced by corporate cousin Warner Bros. Television . The network's schedule during its first two seasons – the 1995 midseason (when it inaugurated its initial Wednesday lineup) and the first half of the 1995–96 season (when the network expanded its programming to Sundays) – consisted entirely of sitcoms; the first drama series to debut on the network was the primetime soap Savannah , which debuted in February 1996 and ran for two seasons until its cancellation in February 1997. The WB's first reality series
5208-524: A two-hour Wednesday night lineup of sitcoms, airing from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. Eastern and Pacific Time . The limited amount of network programming in The WB's early years essentially rendered its affiliates as nominal independent stations; because of this, affiliates held the responsibility of programming primetime slots on nights that the network did not program, airing either first-run and/or off-network syndicated programs or more commonly, movies. Several of
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5376-473: A week later by One Magnificent Morning programmed by Litton Entertainment ). As a result of its distribution deal with The CW, 4Kids produced Saturday morning blocks for two networks during the 2008–09 season, as it already programmed Fox's 4Kids TV block (which was discontinued by that network on December 27, 2008). Like its parent network, Kids' WB was revived as an online-only network in April 2008. In addition to carrying select previous Kids' WB programs,
5544-457: A while during seasons two and three, Joey and Jesse run an advertising business, J&J Creative Services, in which they compose jingles for television and radio commercials. In season four's "Joey Goes Hollywood", Joey wins a role he secretly auditions for in a sitcom co-starring Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello called Surf's Up . Joey's most successful job was portraying "Ranger Joe", on an afternoon children's variety television show. He
5712-561: A widower, and the two later become engaged in the season six finale "The House Meets the Mouse". However, their relationship changes to long-distance when Vicky is assigned reporting jobs away from San Francisco. In season seven's "The Perfect Couple", Vicky ends up getting her dream job of anchoring the network news in New York City, but a long-distance relationship does not work for either of them. Danny decides to break up with her, leading him to
5880-426: A young child; she began her career at age 11 as a print model, recalling: My mom had a friend that was going into Manhattan to meet with an agency for modeling. She was taking her teenage daughters in and she asked my mom if I wanted to go along. My mom reluctantly let me go, but I don't think she ever thought anything would come of it. And I went in and they handed me a contract and said, "We'll take you." At 15, she
6048-419: Is D.J.'s date to a movie that she ends up taking Michelle and Stephanie to. Weinger returns to the series as a regular character in the season six premiere "Come Fly With Me", in which D.J. introduces him to her family as Steve Hale (establishing Weinger's previous role of "Steve Peters" to have been a separate character). Steve is two years older than D.J. and is a star member of the high school wrestling team. He
6216-593: Is Danny and Pam's oldest child. Over the course of the show's run, D.J. attends Frasier Street Elementary, Van Atta Junior High and Bayview High School. In the pilot episode "Our Very First Show", she ends up having to share her bedroom with Stephanie in order to allow Jesse to move into Stephanie's old bedroom; due to problems with privacy regarding Stephanie, in the season five episode "Take My Sister, Please", she sells Danny on an idea to switch rooms with Michelle, who in turn would move in with Stephanie (only after convincing Michelle to move in with Stephanie, after she rejects
6384-453: Is Danny's brother-in-law , Pam's younger brother, making him the maternal uncle to DJ, Stephanie, and Michelle. Later in the series, he marries Rebecca Donaldson, Danny's co-host on Wake Up, San Francisco , with whom he has twin sons Nicholas and Alexander, better known as Nicky and Alex. The character underwent several name changes throughout the series' development and filming. He was originally named Adam Cochran during production, though this
6552-410: Is a hit but turns back into Wake Up San Francisco . When the show starts back up Danny refuses to audition to be her co-host, which results in her being stuck with a Neanderthal co-host, but not long after he is able to get his old job back. Kimberly Louise "Kimmy" Gibbler (portrayed by Andrea Barber , recurring since season one and upgraded to a series regular in season five) is D.J.'s best friend and
6720-740: Is a sarcastic, practical, but very loving and well-educated woman who becomes the love interest and later wife of Jesse Katsopolis. Becky was born in Valentine, Nebraska and decided to pursue journalism as a career while in high school. Becky moves to San Francisco to become the co-host of Wake Up, San Francisco , being paired with Danny as her co-host; the two become close friends, although she often quips about Danny's quirks and tendency to ramble in his conversations. Reluctant to admit her feelings for Jesse, she initially resists his advances but eventually falls in love with him. The two almost elope in Lake Tahoe in
6888-483: Is his wise-cracking woodchuck marionette puppet "Mr. Woodchuck" (first seen in "The Legend of Ranger Joe" and last seen in "Michelle Rides Again"). Joey quits his job in season six's "Radio Days", after he becomes disgruntled with his boss Mr. Strowbridge's wife as his co-host. Jesse and Joey subsequently become co-hosts of a successful afternoon show on radio station KFLH called, Rush Hour Renegades . Besides his impressions, much of Joey's humor comes from his depiction as
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7056-546: Is known for having a healthy appetite, and often eats at the Tanners' when he visits. The WB On January 24, 2006, Warner Bros. and CBS Corporation announced plans to replace their respective subsidiary networks, The WB and UPN , with the CW later that same year. The WB ceased operations on September 17, 2006, with some programs from both it and competitor UPN (which had shut down on September 15) moving to The CW when it launched
7224-573: Is known for her many recurring catchphrases such as "you got it, dude!", "you're in big trouble, mister!", "oh, puh-lease!", "aw, nuts!", "duh!", and "no way, José!" Michelle does not appear in Fuller House . Characters mention that she is now living in New York and owns a fashion company—a reference to the Olsen twins' then-current occupation and location—while looking directly into the camera . Rebecca Donaldson "Becky" Katsopolis (portrayed by Lori Loughlin )
7392-711: Is more into rock-and-roll), Danny has a taste for 1970s disco music; one of his favorite songs is " Play That Funky Music " by Wild Cherry . In the first episode of Fuller House , Danny and Becky relocate to Los Angeles for their new talk show, Wake Up USA , and it is revealed that Danny got remarried to a woman named Teri. During the second season, Danny goes through a minor midlife crisis , having just turned 60. In season three, Danny reveals that he and Teri got divorced. Danny and Becky ask for raises, but since they demand too much, they are fired and replaced by Mario Lopez . After feeling sorry for themselves, they go back to Wake Up San Francisco to ask for their old jobs back, but
7560-517: Is not capable of committing a crime make him believe that the rest of the family thinks of him as a big joke. It is in this episode that Joey reveals that he had wished he had siblings. He grew up as an only child (even imagining that he was part of The Brady Bunch ), and being part of the Tanner family gave him the extended family he always wanted. In season four's "Viva Las Joey", Joey is reunited with his estranged father (arranged by Stephanie and D.J.),
7728-540: Is portrayed as irresponsible most of the time, but occasionally serves as a responsible adult when one is needed (such as when he discovers Stephanie's classmate is a child abuse victim in the season six episode "Silence is Not Golden"). Jesse is revealed to be high school dropout in season six's "Educating Jesse", though in an earlier plot (in season four's "One Last Kiss") about a high school reunion, he mentions not wearing his cap to graduation because he did not want to mess up his hair. Jesse's obsession with his hair becomes
7896-423: Is pregnant. Michelle Elizabeth Tanner (portrayed by twins Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen ), is Danny and Pam's youngest daughter. Danny is more overprotective of Michelle than the other girls. Michelle was just a baby when Pam died, so she hardly remembers her mom. Jesse and Joey's misadventures in taking care of her when she was a baby provided a great deal of humor. Once Michelle started to grow up, she became
8064-470: Is shown taking his hat off and bowing, thanking the audience for watching the network for 11 years and marking the end of The WB. Shortly thereafter, after the studio credits (instead of The WB's standard credits scheme) for the Dawson's Creek pilot aired, several former WB affiliates acknowledged their switch to The CW on their newscasts, with most adopting their new CW branding immediately. One instance of this
8232-863: Is shown to be cleaning his vacuum cleaner with a handheld vacuum. He says the family motto is "clean is good, dirt is bad". Danny views spring cleaning as his equivalent to Christmas and home movies as his New Year's Eve (as revealed in the season two episode "Goodbye, Mr. Bear"). His quirkiness and generally "unhip dad" personality are targets for humor. He is a skilled pool player, darts player, and guitarist (revealed respectively in season four's "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" and season eight's "To Joey, with Love"). Like most other characters, he generally cannot stand Kimmy Gibbler, considering her as "an annoying, obnoxious nuisance"; at times, urging D.J. to make new friends whenever Kimmy does something that irritates him. Danny also has one brother and one sister, and his parents are divorced. Unlike his brother-in-law Jesse (who
8400-481: Is the Year" fall campaign (likely borrowed for The WB by former Fox executives Kellner and Ancier). Local station IDs initially used by some WB affiliates until 1997—set to a soft orchestral theme incorporating the musical signature of " Hello Ma Baby "—featured moving projections of the "WB" lettering on CGI models of the Warner Bros. studio lot, with the end tag (in which the affiliate's logo is displayed) prominently featuring
8568-660: Is the worst kisser in the school ("Oh Where, Oh Where Has My Little Girl Gone); when she storms out of the house after Danny forbids her to see Steve due to her neglect of homework and other responsibilities; when Danny provokes Steve to break up with D.J. at school; when Danny wrestles Steve ("Lovers And Other Tanners"); and when she runs away a second time after Danny tells her he won't lend her his car keys to go see Viper, to which she responds by taking Kimmy's car instead ("On The Road Again"). As D.J. enters middle school , she deals with issues like puberty and dating. She has her first serious relationship with Steve Hale (introduced in
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#17328589930828736-565: The Garage Sale Mystery television film series (2013–2018), and Abigail Stanton in When Calls the Heart (2013–2019). She was a co-creator, producer, and star of the two seasons of The WB series Summerland (2004–2005). In 2020, Loughlin and her husband, Mossimo Giannulli , pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud in connection with the 2019 college admissions bribery scandal . She
8904-721: The Batman mythos, which premiered in October 2002 with an impressive 8 share), Tarzan , Jack & Bobby , The Mountain , the Jerry Bruckheimer -produced legal dramedy Just Legal , the Marta Kauffman -created dramedy Related , and the Rebecca Romijn vehicle Pepper Dennis . During the 2004–05 season, The WB finished behind rival UPN for the first time in four years and fell even further behind in fall 2005. Both networks fell behind Spanish language network Univision in
9072-624: The Buffy the Vampire Slayer spin-off Angel , the latter of which premiered with 7.5 million viewers – the second-highest rated premiere for the network at the time. During this season, The WB was the only network to have gains in its total audience viewership and in each key demographic. As the teen boom of the late 1990s began to wane, The WB attempted to broaden the scope of its primetime lineup. Although teen-oriented fare like Popular and Roswell had premiered to strong ratings, both series saw serious ratings erosion in their sophomore seasons, leading
9240-509: The Daytime WB block, The WB stopped displaying its on-screen logo bug during the network's programming and replaced it with a countdown of days until The CW's premiere. Some stations that either affiliated with MyNetworkTV (itself created in response to Tribune and CBS receiving affiliation deals with The CW, leaving UPN affiliates owned by Fox Television Stations , a subsidiary of MyNetworkTV's original parent company News Corporation , with
9408-599: The FBI and U.S. Attorney for fraud and bribery offenses on March 12, 2019, in a nationwide college bribery scandal. The following day, Loughlin and her husband surrendered to federal authorities in Los Angeles . On May 22, 2020, Loughlin pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud, and her husband pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud and honest services wire and mail fraud. Sentencing took place on August 21, 2020. Loughlin
9576-516: The Kids' WB children's program block in September 1995; the lineup initially featured a mix of Warner Bros.' most popular children's shows (such as Tiny Toon Adventures , Animaniacs , and later Batman: The Animated Series , all of which originated either on Fox Kids or in syndication) and newer series (such as Freakazoid! , Histeria! , Superman: The Animated Series , Road Rovers , Pinky and
9744-483: The Kids' WB programming block in September 1995, which featured a mix of existing Warner Bros. animated series that originated either on Fox Kids or in syndication and originally aired on Monday through Saturday mornings. The WB continued to expand in the 1996–97 season, adding programming on Monday nights. This season gave The WB modest hits in the Aaron Spelling -produced family drama 7th Heaven (centering on
9912-538: The Warner Bros. division of Time Warner announced the formation of The WB Television Network, with the Tribune Company holding a minority interest. As such, Tribune Broadcasting signed agreements to affiliate six of its seven television stations at the time – all of which were independent stations, including the television group's two largest stations, WPIX in New York City and KTLA in Los Angeles – with
10080-468: The 10:00–11:00 p.m. ( Eastern and Pacific ) time period. The WB never ran network programming on Saturday nights – despite the fact that the network maintained a children's program block on Saturday mornings – allowing affiliates to run syndicated programs, sports, movies or network programs that were preempted from earlier in the week due to special programming, in the 8:00–10:00 p.m. (Eastern and Pacific) time period. The network's Sunday schedule
10248-410: The 11-year run of the network, ending with the statement: "For 11 years, you brought us into your homes. We made you smile and tugged at your heart. And now, we say goodbye. From all of us at The WB, thank you." The final image seen in the montage was former network mascot Michigan J. Frog (who was shown as a silhouette due to the animated character being retired as The WB's mascot the year before), who
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#173285899308210416-704: The 2006–07 season, ended rather abruptly). Supernatural , which aired its final (15th) season in the fall of 2020, was the last surviving series from The WB that remained on the CW network schedule. Tribune Broadcasting also committed 16 of its 19 WB-affiliated stations at the time to serve as the network's core affiliates (though it relinquished its stake in The WB shortly after the launch announcement for The CW, in order to avoid shouldering shutdown costs for The WB, and would not take on an ownership stake in The CW) – alongside 11 UPN O&Os that were named as CW charter stations by CBS Corporation. Starting on August 14, 2006, with
10584-707: The Brain , and Batman Beyond ). After the Turner Broadcasting System was acquired by Time Warner in 1996, Kids' WB formed an alliance with Cartoon Network , resulting over time in an increasing number of programs being shared between the block and the cable channel. In February 1999, Kids' WB began airing the American English dub of Pokémon . The WB acquired the U.S. rights to the Japanese animated series from TV Tokyo earlier that year (from its U.S. premiere in
10752-525: The CW Daytime block in the 2021–22 season in favor of a weekly Saturday-night primetime schedule. Warner Bros.' television arm planned on resurrecting the WB brand in the form of a website at TheWB.com, the website domain used for the official site of the broadcast network. The site streamed episodes of series that were broadcast during The WB's 1995–2006 run, including Gilmore Girls , Smallville , Everwood , Buffy
10920-596: The Chicago market until the network shut down in 2006). Despite the slight downturn in the network's fortunes, there were a few bright spots during the era. Gilmore Girls , which debuted in 2000, netted meager ratings when it debuted in a tough Thursday timeslot (where it competed against NBC 's powerhouse Must See TV lineup), but subsequently grew into one of the network's most successful shows after moving to Tuesdays in 2001, where it remained for six seasons (before moving to The CW for its seventh and final season). Also in
11088-499: The Geek , Gilmore Girls , One Tree Hill , Reba , Smallville , and Supernatural were chosen to move to The CW for its inaugural 2006–07 fall schedule. 7th Heaven and Reba were originally canceled after the 2005–06 season but were ultimately renewed at the last minute with 13-episode deals ( 7th Heaven was later given a full-season order, while Reba served as a midseason replacement and, despite becoming The CW's highest-rated comedy of
11256-550: The Heart . She later appeared in other GAC original movies. In 2020, Loughlin and her husband, Mossimo Giannulli , pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud in connection with the 2019 college admissions bribery scandal . She was sentenced to two months in prison and was released in December 2020. Laughlin also appeared in two episodes of Blue Bloods , one on January 4th, 2020 titled The Greater Good, and New York Minute, which aired on November 8th, 2024. She plays Grace Edwards,
11424-455: The Kids' WB block from their launches until the 2003–2004 season were also respectively centered on the Warner Bros. Studios backlot and the Warner Bros. Ranch Facilities , often involving large neon signs promoting the nights of programming and their component shows (at times including signs for Kids' WB and certain shows from that block); this approach was similar to one used for Fox's 1989–90 "This
11592-646: The Rippers (in the earlier part of the series). However, his increasing responsibilities to his family, radio job, and as owner of a club, lead his band members to kick him out of the band in the season eight premiere "Comet's Excellent Adventure". In "Making Out is Hard to Do", he decides to quit being a musician until he has a nightmare in which he appears on Downbeat (a Behind the Music -style show-within-a-dream-sequence) where he dreams that his family hates him, Rebecca has divorced him (and moved on with Joey) and Jesse himself
11760-449: The Tanner girls. Her best friends in school are Gia Mahan and Mickey, whom she meets in season seven (the former is the only one who appears through to season eight). Of the three sisters, Stephanie has dealt with the toughest issues, such as peer pressure into smoking (in season seven's "Fast Friends"), "make-out" parties (in season eight's "Making Out is Hard to Do"), joyriding (in season eight's "Stephanie's Wild Ride"), and uncovering
11928-492: The Tanners and Joey when she discovers how much Jesse misses them, living together in the attic (which Jesse and Joey have converted into an apartment). Becky helps to transform Jesse, although she still teases him about his obsession with his hair and love of Elvis. She also serves as a mother figure to the girls at times; most prominently giving advice to D.J. as she becomes a teenager. Becky gives birth to twin boys Nicholas and Alexander on Michelle's fifth birthday in part two of
12096-681: The Tanners' annoying but well-meaning next-door neighbor. Kimmy and D.J. have been best friends since the Gibblers moved next door to the Tanners, despite their differing personalities; the two have temporarily ended their friendship multiple times during the show's run due to disputes over various situations, but always end up reconciling and forgiving each other. Most of the Tanner family cannot stand her (Danny, Stephanie and Jesse are especially annoyed by her, with Stephanie often making jabs at her lack of intelligence and other unusual quirks and Danny urging D.J. to make new friends and often asking Kimmy to leave
12264-577: The TheWB.com beta website one month later on April 28. The CW maintained many operational and scheduling elements from The WB. When it launched on September 18, 2006, The CW initially maintained The WB's scheduling model; The WB had carried 30 hours of network programming each week (13 of which were devoted to primetime shows) in comparison to UPN's weekly programming total of 12 hours (10 hours of which were allocated to primetime shows). It also inherited The WB 100+ Station Group – which became The CW Plus – though
12432-502: The Turner Broadcasting System concurrent with that deal – sold his 11% stake in The WB to majority corporate parent AOL Time Warner , leaving it and minority owner, the Tribune Company, as the only partners in the network. Following Kellner's departure from Turner, AOL Time Warner reassigned the network's operations back to the Warner Bros. unit in 2003. In October 2001, the Superman -inspired Smallville debuted with 8.4 million viewers,
12600-670: The United States. Much like its competitor UPN , The WB was created primarily in reaction to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)'s then-recent deregulation of media ownership rules that repealed the Financial Interest and Syndication Rules , and partly due to the success of the Fox network (which debuted in October 1986) and first-run syndicated programming during the late 1980s and early 1990s (such as Baywatch , Star Trek: The Next Generation , and War of
12768-548: The Vampire Slayer , Dawson's Creek , One Tree Hill , Roswell , and What I Like About You . The new incarnation of the TheWB.com began in beta testing on April 28, 2008, and officially launched on August 27, 2008. The site – whose business model resembled that of free-to-stream services such as Hulu – was ad-supported and geared primarily to men, and women ages 15–39. In addition to older full-length series (among which also included All of Us , Hangin' with Mr. Cooper , Martin , Jack & Bobby , and Veronica Mars ),
12936-611: The Worlds ), as well as the erosion in ratings suffered by independent television stations due to the growth of cable television and movie rentals. The network can also trace its beginnings to the Prime Time Entertainment Network (PTEN), a programming service operated as a joint venture between Time Warner and the Chris-Craft Industries group of stations, and launched in January 1989. On November 2, 1993,
13104-540: The advice about his kids at the time when Joey was attending Thanksgiving, Kimmy was able to get it right during the Gladstone Four's next visit where Joey finally got them to behave or else they won't be going to Disneyland . Joey and the Gladstone Four move back to San Francisco since his wife will be working as a magician on a cruise ship for six months. He also bought back the Smash Club with Jesse. Donna Jo Margaret "D.J." Tanner-Fuller (portrayed by Candace Cameron Bure )
13272-492: The animated projects that aired afterward were adult animation series; the last such attempts being The Oblongs (running for one season in 2001, and was later revived on corporate sister Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block) and The PJs (which moved to the network in 2000 following its cancellation by Fox, and ran for only one additional season on The WB). The WB also occasionally aired regularly scheduled repeat episodes of first-run series airing on other nights throughout
13440-508: The aunt who raises three children after their parents die in a car accident. The series was canceled after two seasons due to low ratings on July 11, 2005. In 2007, Loughlin co-starred in the ABC sitcom In Case of Emergency with David Arquette . She appeared in the film Moondance Alexander (2007), co-starring with her former Summerland castmate Kay Panabaker . Loughlin also was in attendance at Comedy Central 's The Roast of Bob Saget which
13608-415: The block did not refer to this name, the block was discontinued in 2021 when The CW dropped the weekday 3 PM hour in favor of a Saturday primetime night); The CW also kept the Kids' WB name for the network's Saturday morning children's programming. However, on October 2, 2007, The CW announced that it would discontinue the Kids' WB block, due to competition with youth-oriented cable channels. Kids' WB aired for
13776-583: The block in 2001; it was cancelled after one season. It also aired the live-action made-for-TV movie Zolar , as well as the JammX Kids All-Star dance specials. With Cartoon Network outrating Fox Kids, and The WB sharing more of its children's programming with the cable channel, The WB announced on May 31, 2005, that it would discontinue Kids' WB's weekday afternoon block as it became financially unattractive due to broadcast stations shifting their afternoon target audiences more exclusively to adults by filling
13944-494: The deal gave Tribune an option to increase its stake in the network up to a 25% interest; Tribune would eventually increase its ownership share in The WB to 22.5% on March 31, 1997. The WB expanded its programming to Sunday nights for the 1995–96 season, but none of the new shows (including the Kirk Cameron vehicle Kirk and night-time soap opera Savannah ) managed to garner much viewing interest. The network also launched
14112-579: The distribution model of The CW Plus started to differ from The WB 100+ by mixing digital subchannel affiliations, alongside the cable-only affiliates and few conventional affiliate stations that were part of the predecessor group at the end of The WB's run. The CW continued the Daytime WB block – which became The CW Daytime (and was reduced from two hours to one in 2010), although three blocks that moved to The CW from The WB would eventually be discontinued: Kids' WB continued on The CW until May 17, 2008, when it
14280-585: The fall of 1998 up to that point, the show was syndicated); the series ultimately became a widespread pop culture phenomenon with the added exposure on the network. Kids' WB also acquired the English-language dub of Yu-Gi-Oh! , which also saw the type of viewer popularity experienced by Pokémon . Between 2000 and 2005, Kids' WB experimented with some live-action programming, though the block continued to mainly run animated series. A television series adaptation of R. L. Stine 's The Nightmare Room debuted on
14448-549: The fall of 2000, the fantasy sitcom Sabrina, the Teenage Witch moved from ABC to The WB as part of its Friday night schedule; the show continued on the network for three more seasons before ending in May 2003. Time Warner transferred operational duties for The WB from Warner Bros. over to its Turner Broadcasting System division in 2001. On November 12, 2002, chairman Jamie Kellner – who became chairman and chief executive officer of
14616-426: The family's behavior makes him believe that Jesse and Danny can handle taking care of the girls and that he is not needed). Joey nearly quits comedy in the season one episode "But Seriously, Folks", after Phyllis Diller (who was there as an audience member) hogs his slot at a comedy club, deciding to change his name to Joe and become a serious businessman. He reverses his decision after D.J. decides to quit practicing
14784-451: The female 12–24 demographic to the broader 12–34 range, in its attempt to attract a broader young adult audience. In 2005, The WB retired Michigan J. Frog, as The WB's trademark mascot. The WB's president of entertainment at the time, David Janollari, explained in July 2005 at the network's summer press tour that "[Michigan] was a symbol that perpetuated the young-teen feel of the network. That's not
14952-763: The film In the Line of Duty: Blaze of Glory . In 2000, Loughlin co-starred opposite Treat Williams in the Fred Olen Ray -directed thriller film Critical Mass . She also guest starred in Suddenly Susan , Spin City , Seinfeld , The Drew Carey Show , and as the superhero Black Canary in the Birds of Prey series in 2002. From 2004 to 2005, Loughlin co-created, produced, and starred in The WB drama series Summerland . She played Ava,
15120-512: The focus of more of the show's storylines. Her best friends, Teddy and Denise, appear frequently in later seasons. She also has other friends, such as Derek Boyd, Lisa Leeper, and bossy Aaron Bailey, who Michelle has an uneasy friendship with. Her favorite toys (in earlier seasons) are Barney, a plush bear who hangs on the wall above her bed, and her stuffed pig. It is apparent that Jesse is somewhat closer to her than her sisters, and he gives her nicknames such as "munchkin", "shorty" and "rugrat". She
15288-416: The following day, September 18. Time Warner re-used the WB brand for an online network that launched on April 28, 2008, and then August 27, 2008. Until it was closed in December 2013, the website allowed users to watch shows aired on the former television network, as well as programming from the defunct In2TV service created prior to Time Warner's spinoff of AOL . The website could only be accessed within
15456-512: The game, and issues bribes to get popular tee times. List of Full House and Fuller House characters#Rebecca Donaldson Katsopolis The American television sitcom Full House ran for eight seasons on ABC from September 22, 1987, to May 23, 1995. Its sequel series Fuller House followed 21 years later, airing on Netflix , beginning February 26, 2016; the two parts of its fifth and final season were released in 2019 and 2020, respectively. Jesse Katsopolis (portrayed by John Stamos )
15624-426: The guitar, realizing that he is not setting a good example. Although there was some tension between Joey and Jesse when they first move in with the Tanners, they quickly become good friends to the point where Jesse asks Joey to be his best man at his wedding. Even so, Joey's perceived immaturity does irritate Jesse at times. Joey usually handles the day-to-day raising of the kids by doing chores like making meals, driving
15792-455: The highest-rated premiere in the history of the network; that show was also important because it was one of the few series that drew a substantial male viewership. 2001 also saw the launch of the Reba McEntire vehicle Reba , arguably the network's most successful comedy; Reba and Sabrina served as the linchpins of a new Friday night sitcom block that debuted in October 2001 (delayed from
15960-496: The house). She is often known to be a poor student in school, and had copied D.J.'s homework during most of the early seasons. Kimmy is the subject of a recurring gag in the series, regarding her terrible foot odor , which becomes noticeable to other people mainly once she removes her shoes; Kimmy also becomes aware of this in a scene in the season seven episode "The Apartment" in which she accidentally grabs one of her shoes while searching for her phone when Danny calls her to find out
16128-419: The image we [now] want to put to our audience." Still, the move did not seem to help The WB. The period from 2003 to 2005 produced only three viable new series, the teen-oriented drama One Tree Hill , social experiment reality competition Beauty and the Geek , and fantasy drama Supernatural (all of which ultimately moved to successor network The CW), and even still their ratings paled in comparison to
16296-414: The job. After a few months Steve quits his job so that he can date DJ. Steve proposes to D.J. in season five, and get married in the series finale in a triple wedding with Stephanie and Jimmy, Kimmy, and Fernando. Stephanie Judith Tanner (portrayed by Jodie Sweetin ) is the witty, sarcastic middle child of Danny and Pam, the younger sister of D.J., and the older sister of Michelle. Her mother died when she
16464-408: The kids to school appointments, and after school activities, taking care of Michelle as a baby, and helping the kids with their homework. Joey buys D.J. her first car for her 16th birthday in the season six episode "Grand Gift Auto", which ends up getting repossessed after the police discover that the car had been stolen. Joey nearly moves out again after the family's attempts to try to prove that Joey
16632-399: The last time on May 17, 2008, replaced with a new block programmed in conjunction with 4Kids Entertainment called The CW4Kids (which was replaced by Vortexx on August 25, 2012, after Saban Brands and Kidsco Media Ventures took over programming the block as part of its acquisition of much of 4Kids's program library; Vortexx continued to run until September 27, 2014, before being replaced
16800-593: The line of duty; she lives with Stephanie and Kimmy. D.J. is similar to her father Danny and becomes head of the household and her sister Stephanie and childhood best friend Kimmy helped look after her sons and Kimmy's daughter. D.J. has since become a veterinarian . When her boss retires, his son, Matt Harmon, and D.J. take over the pet clinic. Matt and Steve fight for D.J.'s affection, but both end up dating other people after D.J. says she's not ready to commit someone new yet. Realizing they have feelings for each other, Matt breaks up with his girlfriend and starts dating D.J. On
16968-408: The lot's water tower next to a translucent outline of the "WB" logotype (which is briefly lit up as the image zooms out to show the tower and model soundstages). The WB's scheduling structure was similar to Fox's when it launched, as it started with one night a week of programming and then gradually added additional nights of programming over the course of several seasons: the network started with
17136-458: The messy house with Jesse and Joey after their mothers threaten to move in if they cannot keep the place clean), much of the humor surrounding Danny's character comes from his obsession with cleaning and cleanliness. Danny can often be found cleaning for cleaning's sake, sometimes even cleaning his cleaning products . In a version of the season three opening titles, seen during episodes in which Lori Loughlin does not appear as Rebecca Donaldson, Danny
17304-451: The network added only one additional night (Sundays), along with a three-hour Saturday morning (later expanded to four, then five hours), one-hour weekday morning and two-hour weekday afternoon children's block. Warner Bros. appointed many former Fox executives to run the network, including the network's original chief executive Jamie Kellner , who served as president of Fox from 1986 to 1993; and president of programming Garth Ancier , who
17472-490: The network air reruns on various cable networks such as MTV2 and TNT . Also, WMJF , a small student-run television station at Towson University just outside Baltimore , Maryland, still uses the same call letters (WMJF – Michigan J. Frog) from when the station was a WB affiliate. A neon likeness of Michigan J. Frog also adorns the facade of former WB affiliate WBNX-TV 's studio complex in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio . Similarly,
17640-479: The network to cancel them both ( Roswell , like Buffy the Vampire Slayer , would end up being revived by rival network UPN). Meanwhile, even though ratings for 7th Heaven , Buffy and Charmed remained consistent, viewership for flagship series such as Felicity and Dawson's Creek began sagging. The network realized that it could no longer rely merely on the tastes of young teenage girls, and thus began moving back into more family-friendly fare, attempting to launch
17808-473: The network's first programs were black sitcoms . Four of the five shows that debuted in the network's first nine months were renewed beyond the first year – The Wayans Bros. , Unhappily Ever After (a dysfunctional family sitcom from Married... with Children co-creator Ron Leavitt ), The Parent 'Hood (a family sitcom starring and co-created by Robert Townsend ), and Sister, Sister (a teen/blended family sitcom starring Tia and Tamera Mowry that
17976-400: The network's other shows, such as Buffy , which served as its lead-in on The WB's new night of programming that also launched in January 1998, branded as "New Tuesday", and 7th Heaven , which enjoyed a massive 81% increase in viewership that season. With three hit shows in its roster, The WB continued to build its teen fanbase the following season with college drama Felicity (which made
18144-439: The network's ownership. When the network was announced, The WB planned to run a predominantly network-programmed schedule over time. It was originally slated to launch with two nights of primetime programming in its first year, and two additional nights of primetime programming, a nightly half-hour in late primetime, 4½ hours of weekday daytime programming and a four-hour Saturday morning children's lineup in its second year. By
18312-472: The network's premiere), and would remain as part of the network's branding in one form or another until 2005. Much of the network's branding was based around Warner Bros. locations and characters: the television network's original logo (which was originally displayed upright until 1998, and displayed at a titled angle thereafter) was based on the typography of the iconic Warner Bros. Pictures' "shield" logo; network promotions and imaging campaigns for The WB and
18480-642: The network's series, 7th Heaven – which by the time it ended, had become the longest-running family drama in television history – was the longest-running series ever to have aired on The WB, having run on the network for ten seasons from 1996 to 2006. The program was beaten by Supernatural as the longest-running series to originate on The WB in the 2017–18 season, when the latter series began its thirteenth season ( 7th Heaven ran for an additional season on The CW from 2006 to 2007; while Supernatural aired on The WB for one season from 2005 to 2006, before moving to The CW in September 2006, ending in 2020). The WB debuted
18648-418: The network. Only five of these stations, along with a sixth that Tribune acquired the following year, would join The WB at launch; the company's Atlanta independent WGNX would instead agree to affiliate with CBS in September 1994, as a result of Fox's affiliation deal with New World Communications , then-owner of longtime CBS station WAGA-TV . In contrast, New Orleans sister station WGNO did become
18816-408: The offer to move in with her older sister). D.J. is typically the daughter who acts the most practical, often giving advice to her younger sisters, Michelle and Stephanie. Although she sometimes bickers with them, she cares for them deeply. Even though she is sweet and kind at times, she can be rebellious, out of control, and disrespectful. These traits emerge when, for example, rumors spread that she
18984-492: The other Tanners (except for D.J.) pick on her. He finally tries to stop picking on her and tells the Tanners to try to go easy on her. However, their behavior towards her remains the same in later episodes, although she never seems to mind it anymore. Kimmy's only serious relationship is with Duane (who is introduced in season eight episode "Taking the Plunge"), a very air-headed boy who was only known to say "whatever". Ironically, he
19152-522: The overall 18–34 demographic. Between November and December 2005, the network laid off approximately 40 employees amid continued ratings and profit losses (with viewership down 12% by November 2005), with network representatives expecting The WB to lose about $ 35 million during the 2005–06 fiscal year. The WB was programming six days and 13 hours per week at this time. On January 24, 2006, CBS Corporation and Warner Bros. Entertainment announced plans to shut down both UPN and The WB and partner to launch
19320-474: The pretense that the network's national distribution was large enough that it was no longer necessary for WGN to broadcast The WB's programs outside of Chicago; the network reached several affiliation deals during the prior four years with various station owners (such as the Sinclair Broadcast Group and Pappas Telecasting Companies ), buoyed by the September 1998 launch of The WB 100+ Station Group ,
19488-777: The prospect of ending up as independents), became independent stations or became CW charter affiliates received a logo-free feed of the network, while others took the main feed and overlaid the station's own logo bug over The CW's logo. The WB aired its final night of programming on September 17, 2006, with The Night of Favorites and Farewells , a five-hour block of pilot episodes of the network's past signature series. Commercial breaks featured re-airings of past image campaigns and network promotions, along with promotional spots given to cable networks carrying these shows in off-network syndication and ads for each series' TV-on-DVD box set. The 60-second montage that closed The WB's existence featured many well-known stars from shows which aired during
19656-517: The ratings peaks of Dawson's Creek , which had ended its run in May 2003. Ratings dropped for many of The WB's shows, while also cancelling shows with steady ratings such as Angel ; the network failed to launch new hit shows to take their places. Although The WB's well-known inability to launch successful comedy series was nothing new ( Reba being a notable exception), this period saw The WB struggling to establish new dramas as well. High-profile failures included Birds of Prey (a series inspired by
19824-403: The respective titles Smallville: Beginnings and Gilmore Girls: Beginnings ). Furthermore, from September 2002 until The WB ceased operations, the network ran a two-hour extension of its Sunday lineup (from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Eastern and Pacific Time), known as "EasyView", a block featuring week-behind episode rebroadcasts of select shows from the network's primetime schedule. Out of all
19992-452: The same name ) which became a hit with critics when it premiered as a mid-season replacement in March 1997. The series debuted with the highest Monday night ratings in the network's history, attracting not only new teenage viewers, but new advertisers as well. Inspired by Buffy ' s success, The WB intentionally shifted the focus of its programming, trying to capture what it perceived to be
20160-537: The season five episode "Happy Birthday, Babies". She and Jesse name Alexander after a teacher who inspired her to become a journalist and Nicholas after Jesse's father. Becky is offered a producer role on Wake Up, San Francisco in the season eight episode "The Producer", which results in Danny briefly quitting the show due to him being passed over for such a promotion. In Fuller House , she, Jesse, and Danny all move to Los Angeles to start their new jobs. She and Danny now host
20328-528: The season five episode "Sisters in Crime"), who later becomes a fixture in her life (and a regular character beginning in season six) when their characters return from a summer abroad in Spain. Their relationship lasts until they break up in the season seven episode "Love on the Rocks", when they realize that the passion in their relationship is gone, but they agree to remain friends. D.J. has on-and-off relationships (during
20496-430: The season two finale "Luck Be a Lady", but back out when Becky realizes that she and Jesse are not really ready to get married. They eventually get married (in the second part of the season four episode "The Wedding") on Valentine's Day . After Jesse has a bittersweet farewell to the rest of the family when he decides to move into Rebecca's apartment in the season four episode "Fuller House", Rebecca agrees to move in with
20664-433: The series, in season seven's "Smash Club: The Next Generation", Jesse becomes the new owner of The Smash Club. Although he was depicted as a sports fan as well as a good athlete in the earlier seasons, it is revealed in later seasons that Jesse hated all sports (especially basketball, in "Air Jesse" from season eight) and was not very athletic. Jesse's main passion is music, and struggles to "hit it big" with his band, Jesse and
20832-457: The series. Unilever 's Axe brand has sponsored Children's Hospital . Warner Horizon Television executive vice president Craig Erwich, who oversaw TheWB.com, said in regards to these tie-ins "If an advertiser has an interest in a series we have in production, we can work in their products or even adjust our launch dates if they want to tie it in to a special promotion." Much, though not all, of The WB's programming during its eleven-year run as
21000-510: The show's final season) with guitarist Viper (a member of Jesse's new band Hot Daddy and the Monkey Puppets) and rich kid Nelson, but neither relationship lasts. The two vie for D.J.'s affections in the season eight episode "D.J.'s Choice", only for D.J. to reject them both after their fighting becomes too much to bear. In the series finale "Michelle Rides Again", Steve shows up at the Tanner house to take D.J. to her senior prom and they share
21168-507: The site also featured other archived programs to which Time Warner owned or held distribution rights, and programs seen on Cartoon Network and Boomerang . The Kids' WB website was shut down on May 17, 2015, when it was split into three sites: DCKids.com, LooneyTunes.com, and ScoobyDoo.com; the latter two were regrouped into WB Kids Go in July 2016. At the time of its shutdown, The WB ran only two hours of primetime network programming on Monday through Fridays and five hours on Sundays, compared to
21336-413: The site in any multimedia ads, it had drawn about 250,000 unique viewers a month, according to Mindshare 's Mr. Chapman, who had been tracking the site. Some of its original material had been offered on partner sites such as MySpace and Facebook . Data compiled by comScore Video Metrix showed that 62% of visitors to the site were female. The McG-produced original series Sorority Forever premiered on
21504-464: The site on September 8, 2008. By 2012, it had accrued more than 7.3 million views from TheWB.com and partner sites. An original reality series, Rich Girl, Poor Girl from Laguna Beach and Newport Harbor executive producer Gary Auerbach, in which two teenagers from different economic and social backgrounds swap lives (similar in format to Wife Swap and A Walk in Your Shoes ), had ranked among
21672-444: The site. However, the website did not include episodes of two of The WB's most popular shows, Charmed and Felicity , as the distribution rights to Charmed are owned by CBS Television Distribution and Felicity ' s rights are owned by Disney-ABC Domestic Television . Comcast offers over 1,000 episodes from the Warner Bros. Television library on its video on demand service. While Warner Bros. Entertainment did not promote
21840-400: The slot with talk shows and sitcom reruns, on the basis that children's viewing options in that time period had gravitated more towards cable television . Kids' WB's weekday programming continued, but with redundant programs and theme weeks until December 30, 2005 (the block began to increasingly promote Cartoon Network's afternoon Miguzi block and the Kids' WB Saturday morning lineup during
22008-500: The start of the 1998–99 season, the network expanded its programming to Thursday nights. That season, 7th Heaven overtook Dawson's Creek as the network's highest-rated program, and garnered The WB the highest ratings it would ever see – the show's February 8, 1999, episode attracted 12.5 million viewers. For the 1999–2000 season, the network concluded its primetime expansion with the addition of programming on Friday nights. New shows that season included Roswell , Popular , and
22176-407: The station only wanted her back to co-host an all women's talk show. Jesse, Becky, and Pamela are all moving back to San Francisco, and he also bought back the Smash Club (which is now a laundromat) along with Joey. Daniel Ernest "Danny" Tanner (portrayed by Bob Saget , John Posey in the unaired pilot) is left with three young daughters to raise after his wife, Pam, dies in a car accident caused by
22344-525: The station only wants Becky back. To cheer him up, the girls somehow track down Vicky and surprise him with a visit from her. He invites her to the 30th "Dadi-versary" party the girls threw for him, Jesse, and Joey. Since Becky, Jesse, and Joey are all moving back to San Francisco, Danny announces he's moving back too, and back into the house. In season four, Becky's talk show The Gab is a success, but it reverts back to Wake Up San Francisco . Danny refuses to audition to be her co-host, briefly living life as
22512-503: The summer months – since December 1993, when NBC removed repeats of Classic Concentration from its daytime lineup two years after that program's cancellation). From 1998 to 2000, the network also aired episode repeats from the first two seasons of 7th Heaven during the first hour of its Sunday lineup under the title 7th Heaven Beginnings ; this concept was revived during the 2002–03 and 2003–04 seasons with Smallville and Gilmore Girls (which aired repeats from their early seasons under
22680-441: The surrogate mother. Kimmy is able to get pregnant with the embryos. At the end of season four Kimmy gives birth to a baby girl, and Jimmy proposes to Stephanie which she accepts. Stephanie names the baby Danielle "Danni" Jo, named after her dad and D.J. Stephanie and Jimmy get married in the series finale in a triple wedding with D.J. and Steve, Kimmy, and Fernando. The day after the wedding Stephanie reveals to D.J. and Kimmy that she
22848-409: The television season intermittently throughout its history; Sister, Sister was the first WB series to receive this treatment, with repeats of the sitcom's first two seasons (which originally aired on ABC) from August 1995 to August 1996, in addition to the first-run episodes it aired on Wednesday nights (this marked the first time that a network aired reruns as part of its regular schedule – outside of
23016-577: The third year, a fifth night of primetime and 1½ hours of weekday programming outside of primetime would have been added, followed by an additional hour of programming in primetime and 1½ hours on weekday afternoons by the network's fourth year, and a seventh night of primetime in the fifth year of operation. However, this plan was scaled back dramatically, partly to address potential sports-related programming conflicts on WGN and certain other affiliates (including WPIX and KTLA), as The WB launched with only one night of primetime programming; and by September 1995,
23184-496: The three Monday through Saturday and four Sunday primetime hours offered by the Big Three networks (unlike The WB, UPN never carried any weekend primetime programming, though it did offer a movie package to its affiliates on weekend afternoons until September 2000, when the latter was replaced with a two-hour repeat block of UPN programs). This primetime scheduling allowed for many of the network's affiliates to air local newscasts during
23352-439: The top 100 programs in the teenage category on iTunes since its October 20, 2008, debut. With the full replacement of the CW's original Internet programming efforts with their CW Seed portal, The WB website was shut down in December 2013. The closure of The WB website ended, after more than eighteen years, the usage of the brand name "The WB". However, the legacy of The WB still lives on as of 2019. Various programs that aired on
23520-467: The transition). The weekday block was replaced on January 2, 2006, by "Daytime WB," a block that featured repeats of sitcoms and drama series formerly aired by The WB and other networks (such as ER , 8 Simple Rules , and What I Like About You ); five days later on January 7, the Kids' WB Saturday morning lineup was expanded by one hour. The Daytime WB block continued on The CW, unofficially renamed The CW Daytime (though occasional on-air promos for
23688-479: The two-part series finale "Michelle Rides Again", she tries to find D.J. a blind date for prom and ends up surprising her with her ex-boyfriend Steve instead. Sometime after high school Kimmy married a race car driver named Fernando, and had a daughter named Ramona. In the Fuller House sequel series, she gets separated from Fernando, then she and Ramona move into the Tanner family home after D.J's husband died. She moved in to help her along with Stephanie. Kimmy starts
23856-500: The vehicle, leading it roll out of park and become submerged in the San Francisco Bay while Jesse and Joey shop for new seat covers for the car to surprise Danny with as a present for his 30th birthday. Jesse and Joey end up bidding for a new car that is identical in appearance, unknowingly competing with Danny, who purchases the car (and later named it "Walter") after he calls the car dealership that Jesse and Joey are at, and places
24024-476: The way to Steve's wedding in Japan, D.J., wearing a sleeping mask – and thinking she's talking to Kimmy – unknowingly tells Steve that she is going to pick him over Matt, and she feels like she's losing her soulmate. Steve tells Kimmy about D.J.'s confession and his intention to confront D.J. but changes his mind after he witnesses Matt proposing to D.J. The next day, before the wedding starts, Kimmy tells D.J. that Steve
24192-632: The website featured original serialized web content including short series and vignettes from such well-known television producers as Josh Schwartz and McG , including Sorority Forever , Pushed , Rockville, CA , The Lake , and Children's Hospital (the latter's popularity was sustained enough to receive a run and eventual move to cable television as a regular series on Cartoon Network 's Adult Swim block). Each of these 10-episode programs ran for five minutes. Many other well-known Warner Bros.-produced series that did not air on The WB, including Friends and The O.C. , were also made available on
24360-480: The whereabouts of D.J. (who had fallen asleep on her boyfriend Steve's couch while watching a movie in his apartment). She is also known to be addicted to shopping. In the episode "Another Opening, Another No Show", Jesse and Kimmy get locked in a closet on the night of the grand re-opening of The Smash Club, after the door handle breaks off in Jesse's hand; while there, Kimmy finally tells Jesse how much it hurts when he and
24528-481: The widowed mother of an NYPD hopeful, Louis Edwards. Loughlin is Catholic . She married investment banker Michael R. Burns in 1989, and they divorced in 1996. On Thanksgiving 1997, Loughlin eloped with fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli , the creator of the Mossimo clothing line, whom she met in 1995. They have two daughters, Isabella Rose and Olivia Jade , and Loughlin is a stepmother to Gianni, Giannulli's son from
24696-524: The yet un-aired season six of When Calls the Heart . On March 16, Netflix dropped her from Fuller House , and technology firm Hewlett-Packard announced it would remove Loughlin and her daughter Olivia Jade Giannulli from its advertising. When the spinoff series When Hope Calls was renewed for a second season by GAC Family , however, Loughlin appeared in the late 2021 season premiere—her first television acting appearance since her arrest—reprising her role as Abigail Stanton, her character from When Calls
24864-465: Was Dawson's Creek , which debuted in January 1998 to what were then the highest ratings in the network's history (and made stars out of its four principal actors, James Van Der Beek , Michelle Williams , Joshua Jackson , and Katie Holmes ). The series was produced by Columbia TriStar Television and it quickly became the highest-rated show on television among teenage girls, and the most popular program on The WB. The popularity of Dawson helped boost
25032-462: Was New York City affiliate WPIX, who aired a montage of logos the station has used throughout its history, leading up to its new "CW11" logo before the start of its 10:00 p.m. newscast. The final night of WB programming netted relatively low ratings. The network scored a 1.0 household rating (amounting to 1% of all U.S. television households) and a share of 2, meaning just 2% of viewers were tuned into The WB on its final night of programming. This
25200-564: Was a mechanic, as well as overweight and balding (because of a scalp infection), with Kimmy Gibbler (dressed in the attire of the Married... with Children character Peggy Bundy ) as a wife. Two episodes later in "To Joey, With Love", he starts a new band called Hot Daddy and the Monkey Puppets. In Fuller House , Jesse, Becky, and Danny all move to Los Angeles. Jesse becomes the music composer for General Hospital while Becky and Danny start
25368-494: Was asked to replace retiring original host "Ranger Roy" in season five's "The Legend of Ranger Joe", only to be fired after triggering Roy's acute physical paranoia when hugging him as a thank you. After Danny informs Joey of this while telling him of his firing, Joey ends up saving Roy from a "hug-o-gram" that he had sent in gratitude for the job; he then gets rehired after Roy becomes impressed with Joey's hosting skills when he takes over for Roy on his last show. Ranger Joe's sidekick
25536-493: Was cast in the ABC soap opera The Edge of Night , playing the part of Jody Travis, an aspiring dancer, appearing in the series from 1980 to 1983. From 1983 to 1988, Loughlin appeared in more than a dozen feature films and television guest spots. She starred in the 1986 BMX classic, Rad . From 1988 to 1995, Loughlin was cast in the ABC sitcom Full House as Rebecca "Aunt Becky" Donaldson , Danny Tanner's (Bob Saget) co-host, and later, Jesse Katsopolis's (John Stamos) wife. She
25704-508: Was fired in 2019. On April 10, 2019, it was reported that When Calls The Heart would be returning after a production hiatus without Loughlin's character. She co-starred in seasons one through three of the Beverly Hills, 90210 spin-off 90210 as Debbie Wilson from 2008 to 2011. She reprised her role in the season five premiere episode in 2012. Loughlin made a brief appearance as Aunt Becky, alongside John Stamos as Jesse Katsopolis, on
25872-429: Was five years old. Her catchphrases during the early seasons of the series include "how rude!", "well, pin a rose on your nose!", and "hot dog". She eventually evolved into something of a tomboy in seasons four and five. Stephanie has a habit of spying on D.J.'s life by reading her diary and eavesdropping on her telephone calls (having been caught in the act several times), and is generally the most athletic and nosiest of
26040-457: Was hosted by John Stamos and premiered on August 17, 2008. At her table were Full House co-stars Dave Coulier and Jodie Sweetin . In 2010, Loughlin starred in the television film Meet My Mom , which premiered on the Hallmark Channel on Mother's Day . For the network, she most notably starred in the drama When Calls the Heart and the telefilm series Garage Sale Mystery before she
26208-643: Was initially set for a six-episode arc, but then became a regular after becoming a popular character on the series. A few months after Full House ended, Loughlin co-starred with Tony Danza in the ABC sitcom Hudson Street (1995–96). The series was cancelled after one season. In 1993, she starred in the television adaptation of Sidney Sheldon 's novel A Stranger in the Mirror , a roman à clef on Groucho Marx and Erin Fleming , in which Loughlin plays Fleming's role. In 1997, she starred alongside Bruce Campbell in
26376-475: Was mostly due to the fact that some WB affiliates in certain areas had already joined MyNetworkTV, which debuted on September 5, two weeks before The CW's launch, leaving The WB's final two weeks of programming unavailable in those areas. After its closure, the network's URLs were redirected to The CW's website, cwtv.com. By March 30, 2008, the URLs redirected to the Warner Bros. Studios homepage, before being redirected to
26544-535: Was only going to be here temporarily but ended up staying full time. He becomes closer to all of his nieces over the course of the series, especially Michelle, whom he affectionately nicknames "munchkin" and "shorty", among others. In the first season, Jesse works for his father Nick's exterminating business before leaving to pursue work in advertising, frequently working with Joey. He later works with Joey as co-host of an afternoon drive time show on local radio station KFLH called The Rush Hour Renegades . Further along in
26712-427: Was picked up by the network after its cancellation by ABC in the spring of 1995). The four shows had a lasting impact on audiences, while a fifth show, Muscle (a sitcom that parodied primetime soap operas), was canceled after one season due to low ratings, and ultimately replaced with Sister, Sister . On August 17, 1995, the Tribune Company acquired a 12.5% limited partnership interest in The WB for $ 12 million;
26880-480: Was replaced with The CW4Kids after 4Kids Entertainment began programming The CW's Saturday morning block through a time-lease agreement (Kids' WB was later relaunched as an online portal); The CW discontinued its Sunday primetime schedule in September 2009, effectively ending the EasyView block in the process (The CW returned to Sunday primetime nights on October 14, 2018, but with only two hours to program), and dropped
27048-411: Was sentenced to five months in prison, fined $ 250,000 and ordered to complete 250 hours of community service. Giannulli reported to prison on November 19, 2020. On April 2, 2021, he was released to home confinement before completing his sentence on April 16, 2021. Loughlin's daughters were able to remain enrolled at USC. Additional fall-out occurred when Loughlin and Giannulli were named as defendants in
27216-736: Was sentenced to two months in prison in October 2020 and was released in December 2020. Loughlin was born in Queens, New York and moved to Oceanside on Long Island when she was one year old. Later, her family moved to Hauppauge , NY. She has one younger brother, Roy, and is of Irish descent; their parents are Lorellee and Joseph Roy Loughlin, a foreman for the New York Telephone Company . Loughlin attended Oaks School No. 3 Elementary School in Oceanside, New York , and graduated from Hauppauge High School . Loughlin became interested in acting as
27384-421: Was sentenced to two months in prison while her husband was sentenced to five months. She served her two-month prison sentence at FCI Dublin in northern California from October 30, 2020 to December 28, 2020. At that time she was given a two-year supervised release, which expired in December 2022. In addition, she was fined $ 150,000 and ordered to complete 100 hours of community service upon her release. Giannulli
27552-488: Was shown to have a fondness for Shakespearean works as he passionately quoted a line from Shakespeare's 18th sonnet. In "Taking the Plunge", Kimmy decides to run off to Reno and elope with Duane after she was rejected by the colleges that she had applied to, and is afraid that D.J. will go off to school and forget her. When D.J., Jesse, and Danny arrive at the chapel to stop her from getting married too young, D.J. tells her that she will always be her best friend no matter what. In
27720-425: Was the U.S. adaptation of Popstars , which ran for two seasons from 2001 to 2003. In addition to live-action programs, the network has experimented with primetime animated series; Pinky and the Brain was the first such series, airing as part of the network's Sunday lineup from September 1995 to July 1996, before moving exclusively to the Kids' WB Saturday lineup due to low ratings in its prime time slot. Most of
27888-493: Was the one who heard what she said on the plane. At the altar, Steve calls off the wedding, and D.J. breaks her engagement to Matt. Back home, the two decide to wait a month before they start dating, out of respect to their exes. After their "third, first date", Steve tells D.J. that the Los Angeles Lakers want him to be the team's foot specialist. He chooses to stay with her, but D.J. calls the team and says that he will take
28056-507: Was the programming chief of Fox from 1986 to 1989. The WB Television Network launched on January 11, 1995, with the debut airing of the first episode of The Wayans Bros. (a sitcom starring comedians Shawn and Marlon Wayans ) as its first program. The classic Warner Bros. cartoon character Michigan J. Frog appeared on-air as the network's official mascot (with animator Chuck Jones , in person, drawing him out after Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck argued about who should launch The WB during
28224-472: Was ultimately changed to Jesse, at Stamos' request. Later, producers changed his last name from Cochran to one of Greek origin, to Katsopolis, also at the request of Stamos, who is Greek American . Finally, in the fifth season, it is revealed that Jesse was originally named Hermes after his great-grandfather, but his mother changed it to Jesse at his request after he entered primary school , when his peers bullied him for his name. In contrast with Danny, Jesse
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