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"Gossip Girl" Pulled Offline For Being TOO Successful

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Hollywood Reporter via Yahoo   |  Andrew Wallenstein   |   April 18, 2008 07:54 AM

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The CW network is taking aim at an unlikely competitive threat: its own Web site.

The network said Thursday that episodes of its series "Gossip Girl" will not be streamed on CWTV.com when "Gossip" returns Monday with original episodes through season's end. The first 12 episodes of the season, which will remain on the site, were made available free to viewers about a week after their original airdate.

The CW is trying to avoid being a victim of its own success: "Gossip" has proved to be a big draw online (http://www.CWTV.com), with each episode said to be generating hundreds of thousands of streams. Episodes routinely rank among the most downloaded on iTunes, which also will continue to offer new episodes.

CW is taking the counterintuitive step of limiting "Gossip" to test whether its online window is cannibalizing the TV audience.

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- trinity I'm a Fan of trinity permalink

Your typical CW everyone under age 23 show...

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:00 PM on 04/18/2008
- urbanscorpio88 I'm a Fan of urbanscorpio88 permalink

Oh My Fucking God. SMH.

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Does OMFG mean what I think it does??
I have never seen the show so color me clueless here.....

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:01 PM on 04/18/2008
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