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A project where @nullptrintime.bsky.social watches The WB and UPN on a 30 year delay
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Week 88: 30th Anniversary of a 30th Anniversary
Week 88: 30th Anniversary of a 30th Anniversary
I had a fairly busy week and didn't have time to get through the whole schedule, so I focused mainly on the season premieres and then spent the rest of my time on the shows I actually like.
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September 14, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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Week 87: Renewed Shows Return
Week 87: Renewed Shows Return
While WB dramas 7th Heaven and Savannah won't be back for another few weeks, this week sees the return of The Sentinel and Voyager for UPN alongside [1] Sister, Sister and The Wayans Bros. for the WB.
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September 7, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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Week 86: "Sneak Peak" of the Fall Season
Week 86: "Sneak Peak" of the Fall Season
It's perhaps the busiest week of the project so far, with ten new sitcom and two new drama episodes, most for entirely new shows, with The Steve Harvey Show and 7th Heaven the standouts.
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August 31, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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Week 85: Chickenpox and a Basketball Stalker
Week 85: Chickenpox and a Basketball Stalker
For the last week before the fall season truly starts, we get another new-to-the-WB Brotherly Love and two new-to-UPN In the House reruns. I liked this Brotherly Love a lot more than the pilot, but was mixed on the two In the House episodes.
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August 24, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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Week 84: Slow Start to Fall
Week 84: Slow Start to Fall
It's still a few weeks until the fall season starts up in earnest, but both networks return with at least some new content this week: the WB airs the pilot of NBC cast-off Brotherly Love, while UPN airs a one-off game show structured around a male beauty pageant.
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August 17, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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Week 83: Season Recap - Renewed Shows
Week 83: Season Recap - Renewed Shows
Continuing from where we left off last week, this week I'll cover the shows from last season that will be continuing this fall.
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August 10, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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Week 82: Season Recap - Cancelled Shows
Week 82: Season Recap - Cancelled Shows
There's two more weeks until the fall season starts, so it's time for a recap of the 10 shows that won't be continuing in the fall.
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August 3, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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Week 81: Back Next Week
Week 81: Back Next Week
I meant to finish up my end-of-season recap posts before going on vacation, but I ran out of time. Since there are still three empty weeks before the first fall shows start, I decided to just push everything back a week. Next week will cover shows that won't continue in the fall while the following week will cover shows that will.
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July 27, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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Week 80: Murder at a Monastery
Week 80: Murder at a Monastery
This week brings the final two episodes of the 96-97 season, with The Sentinel's season finale and Swift Justice's series finale.
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July 20, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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Week 79: Nowhere Man Bonus Features, Part 2
Week 79: Nowhere Man Bonus Features, Part 2
The only thing airing this week is a Swift Justice I'm missing the recording for, so I'll take this week to finish up the second half of the Nowhere Man DVD bonus features.
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July 13, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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Week 78: A Pixelated Alcoholic
Week 78: A Pixelated Alcoholic
The mostly empty summer schedule continues with the penultimate recorded episode of Swift Justice.
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July 6, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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Week 77: Freakazoid, Part 2 of 2
Week 77: Freakazoid, Part 2 of 2
Another very short week, with just a single episode of Freakazoid!.
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June 29, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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Week 76: Skipped Sentinel and a Random Cartoon
Week 76: Skipped Sentinel and a Random Cartoon
This week brings a great episode of The Sentinel that I missed the first time around due to a corrupted video file, as well as an episode of Kids' WB Freakazoid! that I actually thought was pretty solid.
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June 22, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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Week 75: Nowhere Man Bonus Features, Part 1
Week 75: Nowhere Man Bonus Features, Part 1
With nothing new to watch this week, I decided to dig into the DVD bonus features for Nowhere Man. The rerun that aired this week is episode 13, "Contact", and since it's the halfway point of the show, I decided to stop there and watch the rest of the bonus features sometime later this summer.
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June 15, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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Week 74: Christmas in June
Week 74: Christmas in June
Last week we got a new-to-UPN Halloween Minor Adjustments, and this week we get an entirely new Christmas Minor Adjustments. Unfortunately, it's also the final episode aired.
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June 8, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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Week 73: Halloween in May
Week 73: Halloween in May
Everything's in reruns this week, but the Minor Adjustments rerun is new to UPN, so we get a decent but not fantastic Halloween episode five months early.
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June 1, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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Week 72: Somewhere Man
Week 72: Somewhere Man
This week brings the series finale of Nowhere Man, and while I'm not quite sure how I feel about the finale specifically, I can now definitively place the show as a whole on the top of my list of shows I've watched so far for this project.
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May 25, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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Week 71: Five Season Finales
Week 71: Five Season Finales
Five of the WB's sitcoms finish their seasons this week, with strong episodes from Kirk, Sister, Sister, and The Parent 'Hood and less strong episodes from Pinky and the Brain and The Wayans Bros.
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May 18, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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Week 70: What Is This, a Crossover Episode?
Week 70: What Is This, a Crossover Episode?
In addition to an infamous Voyager episode and another strong Nowhere Man as it continues its final stretch of episodes, this week also sees actors from each of the WB Wednesday sitcoms crossing over to other shows.
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May 11, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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Week 69: A Nice Week
Week 69: A Nice Week
It's a busy month for May sweeps, as most of this year's shows wrap up their seasons (or series in the case of Nowhere Man). The month starts out nicely, with strong episodes from all four dramas and decent outings from the sitcoms as well.
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May 4, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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Week 68: Calm Before the Storm
Week 68: Calm Before the Storm
It's the last quiet week before May sweeps, and aside from a strong but sad Moesha, it largely disappoints. Even Minor Adjustments, which has generally been the strongest of the spring replacements, wasn't quite at its usual level.
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April 27, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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Week 67: Thomas Veil's Long Night
Week 67: Thomas Veil's Long Night
This week, all we've got is one drama and one sitcom. Luckily, it's the strongest drama (Nowhere Man) and the strongest sitcom (Minor Adjustments) in the current lineup.
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April 20, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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Week 66: Strong Week All Around
Week 66: Strong Week All Around
Sorry for the late post this week. The server's build process broke and I didn't notice until the evening.
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April 14, 2026 at 1:41 AM
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Week 65: Edward Burton, You Are the Father
Week 65: Edward Burton, You Are the Father
It's a very light week, but a good one. Swift Justice remains the weak link, but I did like this week's episode better than its previous two outings.
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April 6, 2026 at 7:21 PM
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Week 64: A Job, a Siege, and One More Terrible Paranormal Episode
Week 64: A Job, a Siege, and One More Terrible Paranormal Episode
Another lighter week with the WB sitcoms in reruns. We get strong episodes from Savannah and The Sentinel, and weaker episodes from everything else.
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March 30, 2026 at 6:59 PM