The WB

The WB Television Network (commonly shortened to The WB, standing for Warner Bros.) was an American television network first launched on broadcast television on [u]January 11, 1995[/u], 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. On January 24, 2006, CBS Corporation and Warner Bros. Entertainment announced plans to merge its subsidiary networks, UPN and The WB, and launch The CW later that same year. The WB Television Network [u]shut down on September 17, 2006[/u], with select programs from both it and competitor UPN (which had shut down two days earlier) moving to The CW when it launched the following day, September 18.