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| 2023 | WUCW began serving as the home of the St. Paul Saints of Minor League Baseball. |
| October 2023 | Crowdfunding for the fourteenth season began, initially targeting $4.8 million to produce six full movies and six shorts, later adjusted to $4 million. |
| August 16 2023 | WUCW became the ATSC 3.0 (NextGen TV) host station for the Twin Cities, launching its next-generation digital television broadcasting capabilities. |
| December 2022 |
Mystery Science Theater 3000 episodes
Season 13 finale with The Christmas Dragon as a Christmas special.
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| May 6 2022 |
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Full release of pre-tested episodes Santo, Robot Wars, and Beyond Atlantis in the Gizmoplex, running through May 8.
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| April 2022 | WUCW aired two Minnesota Twins games and a Minnesota Wild game. |
| March 4 2022 | First three pre-release episodes of Season 13 were presented to Kickstarter backers as a means of testing the Gizmoplex platform. |
| March 4 2022 |
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First episode of Season 13 is scheduled to roll out, marking the start of monthly episode releases for the year.
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| November 25 2021 |
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During the Turkey Day Marathon, the films for Season 13 were announced, including 11 movies to be featured throughout the season.
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| April 2021 | WUCW aired five Minnesota Timberwolves games under the branding 'Bally Sports Extra on The CW Twin Cities' to accommodate scheduling conflicts. |
| April 7 2021 | Joel Hodgson launched a second Kickstarter campaign to continue production of Mystery Science Theater 3000 episodes, introducing the concept of the 'Gizmoplex' online platform for showcasing new and past episodes. |
| 2019 | The robot character Gypsy was renamed to GPC due to concerns about the original name being perceived as an ethnic slur against Romani people. |
| November 22 2018 |
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Netflix released Mystery Science Theater 3000's twelfth season, titled 'The Gauntlet', which consisted of six episodes.
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| January 2018 | WUCW moved from its longtime Como Avenue studios to the 7th floor of the Pence Building at 800 Hennepin Avenue in downtown Minneapolis. |
| 2017 |
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Mystery Science Theater 3000 returned with its 11th season, marking a revival of the cult classic comedy series after a long hiatus, produced through a successful Kickstarter campaign and released on Netflix.
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| November 2017 |
Mystery Science Theater 3000 home video releases
Shout! Factory released a VHS edition of 'Reptilicus' (Episode 1101) as a Kickstarter reward to fans of Mystery Science Theater 3000.
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| 2015 |
Mystery Science Theater 3000 episodes
Joel Hodgson led a crowdfunded revival of the series, producing 14 episodes for its eleventh season, which was released on Netflix.
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| 2015 |
Mystery Science Theater 3000 home video releases
Best Brains changed their website, which impacted the availability of their previously sold DVDs from their fan club.
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| December 10 2013 |
Mystery Science Theater 3000 home video releases
Release of Mystery Science Theater 3000: 25th Anniversary Edition (Standard Edition), featuring the same episodes as the Collector's Edition.
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| November 26 2013 |
Mystery Science Theater 3000 home video releases
Release of Mystery Science Theater 3000: 25th Anniversary Edition (Collector's Edition), featuring episodes from Moon Zero Two, The Day the Earth Froze, The Leech Woman, and Gorgo.
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| June 7 2013 |
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie
Shout! Factory announced the release of a Blu-ray/DVD combo pack Collector's Edition, which included the film's deleted scenes for the first time.
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