New Zombie Show to Compete With Walking Dead

[BurningDoom]

http://blog.newsarama.com/2011/01/28/th ... ening-but/

The CW Producing Zombie Show Called “THE AWAKENING” But…

Entertainment Weekly reports that teen-themed network The CW is pursuing a new zombie show to ride the success of AMC’s “The Walking Dead.” The show will feature “two sisters who face off…right as the zombie apocalypse” begins.

The interesting thing to us comic book fans, though, is the title of this zombie story, “The Awakening.”

That’s interesting, as “The Awakening” is already the title of a zombie story, the two-volume comic book from Archaia [read the first issue here]. There is no mention of the comic in EW’s news blurb, and the two don’t appear to share any story similarities aside from the presence of zombies, but this still seems odd; you’d think the first thing a studio would do before announcing the name of a new show would be a simple google search of “The Awakening zombies”.

So, will Archaia be pursuing a name-change from The CW? We’ve asked, and we’ll fill you in as soon as we get any response.

[Bradtemple87]

The CW is making the show, and this alone is enough of a reason to skip it.

[BurningDoom]

The CW is making the show, and this alone is enough of a reason to skip it.

Really? Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Supernatural, Birds of Prey, Smallville. CW has a great history of great sci-fi in it's short lifetime.

[Jrecee]

Technically all those shows were created while it was still the WB. Has anything of worth come out since it became CW?

[BurningDoom]

Technically all those shows were created while it was still the WB. Has anything of worth come out since it became CW?

I thought it was same channel and they just changed names.

[Gamerforlife]

I am enjoying La Femme Nikita, which is a CW show that is in its first season. I believe it is from the same producation company as Supernatural-which is my favorite show on tv right now and the rightful successor to the Buffy/Angel throne in my opinion

EDIT:CW was actually the baby of the UPN and WB merger. Well, technically it was CBS and the WB, but the CBS owned channel was UPN. Bottom line, the CW brings me Supernatural and La Femme Nikita has been a solid show so the network is cool in my book, though I gave up on Smallville a long time ago