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Gina Rodriguez Delights, Rockers Muse Fulfill a Corporate Obligation at CW Upfront

Upfronts 2017: Whole thing ends with a champagne toast to the annual ad sales period — oh, and network’s ”Dynasty“ reboot

| May 18, 2017 @ 9:04 AM
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The CW presented its 2017-18 slate of series for advertisers on Thursday, officially finishing up television’s annual upfront period.

But Mark Pedowitz & Co. were determined to not just be one final hump for media buyers and reporters before returning to our daily norms — the “Dare to Defy” network attempted to wow. But did they? Here are TheWrap‘s top seven takeaways from the New York City Center event:

CW’s Muse
Muse rocked the house for all of one song — “Dig Down,” which will stick with CW’s brand campaign throughout the TV season. We’d argue that Thursday probably marked the band’s briefest 11 a.m. concert ever. Hey, you gotta do what you’re contractually obligated to do.

Also Read: The CW's 'Black Lightning' Not Part of Arrowverse, Will Be Left Out of Annual Crossover

God, Those Stairs
Every CW upfront, those of us with the cheap seats are reminded of just all tall and steep the New York City Center’s stairs are. No one told us there would be exercise.

Rob Tuck Goes Cape S–t
CW executive vice president of National Sales Rob Tuck dressed as Salesman, the world’s lamest superhero. His green caped was adorned with a gold money sign — so not exactly a soft pitch to the concert venue’s advertisers.

Gina Rodriguez Still CW’s Best Salesperson, Though
Sorry, Rob Tuck, the “Jane The Virgin” star sells the CW better than anyone else — and she even seemed totally cool with being banished to Fridays.

“Those that have yet to join, the doors are wide open, baby,” Rodriguez pitched media buyers.

Also Read: CW 2017-18 Schedule: 'Jane The Virgin' Banished to Fridays, 'Valor' Will Follow 'Supergirl'

“Dynasty” Already Ruins Dialogue
OK, the reboot trailer looked fine, but during the cast’s brief presentation, Grant Show blew his sign-off line. At least they all had a good laugh about it. Let’s hope he’s better at reading scripts than teleprompters.

We’ll find out soon enough if the new “Dynasty” can work where the new “Dallas” failed. You know, just on a different network.

Maybe Scooby-Don’t?
The CW’s “Supernatural” is returning next season for its 13th season, which will feature a special animated “Scooby-Doo” episode. Yes, this is real, we checked. Rut-roh.

Champagne Dreams on a CW Budget
Pedowitz and Tuck closed their mercifully brief upfront presentation with a champagne toast, and invited the rest of us to join them outside in a liquid nod to “Dynasty.” Don’t mind if we do! And that concludes the 2017 upfronts…

All 96 Broadcast TV Shows That Have Been Renewed or Canceled This Season (Updating Photos)

  • All the Shows Renewed or Canceled 2017
  • GREY'S ANATOMY ABC
  • speechless ABC
  • ABC
  • ABC
  • Black-ish scriptation ABC
  • annalise keating how to get away with murder viola davis ABC
  • The Middle ABC
  • Scandal ABC
  • jack the ripper time after time ABC
  • designated survivor characters ranked tom kirkman ABC
  • American Housewife ABC
  • Agents of SHIELD ABC
  • once-upon-a-time ABC
  • American Crime ABC
  • real oneals ABC
  • catch ABC
  • Dr. Ken ABC
  • ABC
  • imaginary mary jenna elfman ABC
  • Last Man Standing ABC
  • CBS
  • Blue Bloods CBS
  • bull michael weatherly marissa morgan CBS
  • Criminal Minds CBS
  • CBS CBS
  • kevin can wait cbs CBS
  • life in pieces CBS
  • macgyver cbs CBS
  • Madam Secretary CBS
  • man with a plan matt leblanc CBS
  • Mom CBS
  • ncis wilmer valderrama CBS
  • NCIS Los Angeles CBS
  • NCIS New Orleans CBS
  • Scorpion CBS
  • Elementary
  • The Amazing Race
  • Code Black CBS
  • Superior Donuts CBS
  • CBS
  • the great indoors
  • doubt cbs CBS
  • joel mchale great indoors cbs CBS
  • Bob's Burgers Fox
  • Empire Fox
  • Lethal Weapon Fox
  • Fox
  • The Mick Fox
  • simpsons arnold palmer Fox
  • Star fox series Fox
  • the riddler ed nygma gotham Fox
  • Will Forte Last Man on Earth Fox
  • Brooklyn nine nine Fox
  • New Girl Fox
  • The Exorcist geena davis Fox
  • Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders Fox
  • Fox
  • Sleepy Hollow Fox
  • Son of Zorn Fox
  • APB Fox
  • Rosewood Fox
  • Bones Fox
  • Pitch Fox
  • The Good Place NBC
  • The Blacklist James Spader NBC
  • Great News NBC
  • A still from NBC's Blindspot, which Hulu will stream this year NBC
  • NBC
  • Chicago Med, Chicago Pd, Chicago Fire NBC
  • Superstore Season 1 america ferrera NBC
  • This Is Us NBC
  • NBC
  • timeless charles lindbergh lucy rufus ernest hemingway history changes time travel NBC
  • Chicago Justice NBC
  • Emerald City Adria Arjona NBC
  • Blacklist Redemption NBC
  • nbc-grimm-premiere-david-giuntol NBC
  • Powerless vanessa hudgens alan tudyk NBC
  • The 100 CW
  • Arrow The CW
  • Crazy Ex-Girlfriend The CW
  • Flash time travel The CW
  • Jane the Virgin The CW
  • DC Legends of Tomorrow The CW
  • Riverdale CW
  • Supergirl Dominators The CW
  • The CW
  • IZOMBIE The CW
  • The Originals The CW
  • reign The CW
  • The CW
  • frequency cw time travel The CW
  • No Tomorrow The CW
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