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Will the New CW Go B-U-S-T?

With technology fast making broadcast TV obsolete, can new hybrid network CW get off the ground? Claude Brodessor joins former WB President Jordan Levin and former UPN head Dean Valentine on the fate of these floundering networks. Also, if Tom Cruise jumps up and down in the woods, does he make a sound? A conversation with Academy Award-winning sound editor Richard King (Master and Commander) whose work on War of the Worlds recently garnered King another Oscar nom.

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By Claude Brodesser-Akner • Feb 6, 2006 • 30m Listen

With technology fast making broadcast TV obsolete, can new hybrid network CW get off the ground? Claude Brodessor joins former WB President Jordan Levin and former UPN head Dean Valentine on the fate of these floundering networks. Also, if Tom Cruise jumps up and down in the woods, does he make a sound? A conversation with Academy Award-winning sound editor Richard King (Master and Commander) whose work on War of the Worlds recently garnered King another Oscar nom.

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    Claude Brodesser-Akner

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