The CW
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| 2025 | Anticipated 8th season premiere of 'All American' scheduled for Fall 2025 |
| 2025 | Planned premiere of new Western drama series 'Blanket's Cowboys and Cowgirls Parade West' in Fall 2025, set to have 1 season of 20 episodes |
| April 16 2025 | Premiere of mystery period drama 'Sherlock & Daughter', planned for 8 episodes. |
| April 5 2025 | The CW begins broadcasting Grand Slam Track sports event. |
| March 2025 | Revelation that select NASCAR Xfinity Series races will be called remotely from NASCAR Productions' purpose-built extended reality studio in Charlotte, North Carolina. |
| 2025 | CW Sports launches broadcasting of the HBCU All-Star Basketball Game |
| 2025 | CW Sports continues broadcasting AVP Volleyball |
| February 2025 | Michael Perman was appointed as the Senior Vice President of CW Sports, overseeing programming and media rights for the division. |
| February 22 2025 | The CW premiered the second season of 'I Am', a docuseries originally from Paramount Network, with the current season ongoing. |
| February 19 2025 | Premiere of crime comedy drama 'Good Cop/Bad Cop', starting its first season with 3 episodes. |
| February 2025 | The CW announced an agreement with Grand Slam Track to become the broadcast home of the competition, with coverage to stream on Peacock. |
| January 18 2025 | Nexstar and Altice USA reached a carriage agreement, ending the blackout and restoring Nexstar programming on Optimum. |
| January 14 2025 | The CW announces its 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series coverage plans, including new broadcast team: Adam Alexander as lead announcer, Jamie McMurray and Parker Kligerman as color commentators, Dillon Welch and Kim Coon as pit reporters, and Carla Gebhart hosting NASCAR Countdown Live. |
| January 2025 | CW Sports announced media rights agreements with Grand Slam Track, AVP Volleyball, and acquired the HBCU All-Star Basketball game. |
| January 10 2025 | Nexstar implemented a blackout of 63 local stations and NewsNation on Optimum, including The CW's flagship station WPIX, due to a carriage dispute with Altice USA. |
| 2024 | CW Sports starts broadcasting AVP Volleyball events |
| 2024 | CW Football Saturday was rebranded with a new on-air graphics package. Raycom continued to produce ACC games, while Pac-12 portions and studio coverage were produced from the new Pac-12 Studios in San Ramon, California. |
| 2024 | TCU Horned Frogs and SMU Mustangs rivalry game was televised as part of the CW's ACC package, with TCU creating a satirical promotional video called 'one treefroghill'. |
| 2024 | CW Sports continued to broadcast LIV Golf tournaments during the 2024 season. |
| 2024 | Expanded sports programming with two new shows: 'CW Football Saturday' and 'NASCAR Countdown Live' |
| 2024 | CW Sports starts broadcasting Atlantic Coast Conference college basketball games, including 28 men's and 11 women's basketball games per season |
| 2024 | CW Sports begins broadcasting WWE NXT |
| 2024 | The CW acquired 'Ride' from Hallmark Channel and CTV Drama Channel. |
| December 2024 | The CW acquired rights to two additional women's basketball games from the Atlantic Coast Conference, expanding their basketball coverage. |
| December 2024 | CW added two new ACC women's basketball games to its 2025 sports schedule, creating Sunday doubleheaders. |
| November 2024 | Nexstar reported The CW had reduced its operating losses by $119 million year-to-date. The network underwent layoffs, with Liz Wise Lyall and Betsy Slenzak exiting. |
| November 15 2024 | The CW acquired 'Bob Hearts Abishola', a sitcom originally from CBS/United States, premiering its broadcast on this date. |
| October 2024 | Dennis Miller departed as president of The CW, with Brad Schwartz being promoted to fill the role. |
| October 14 2024 | The television docuseries 'The Wranglers' premiered on The CW network, marking its debut to television audiences. |
| October 2 2024 | Second season of Canadian drama 'Sullivan's Crossing' premieres on CTV. |
| September 2024 | The CW aired the finals of the Chicago Open beach volleyball tournament in a one-off deal with the Association of Volleyball Professionals. |
| September 20 2024 | The CW launches NASCAR Countdown Live pre-game show (30 minutes) and NASCAR on The CW sports broadcast (2 hours). |
| August 2024 | CW Studios was launched after selling The Librarians: The Next Chapter to TNT, providing the network with an in-house production arm. |
| August 31 2024 | The CW premieres CW Football Saturday pre-game show and Pac-12 Football sports broadcast, each with a runtime of approximately 3 hours. |
| June 14 2024 | Scheduled premiere date for 'The Big Bakeover' featuring host Nancy Birtwhistle providing bakery makeovers. |
| June 14 2024 | The CW launched 'The Big Bakeover', a reality show in its first season with 6 episodes and a runtime of 43 minutes. |
| May 2024 | The CW unveiled its fall schedule for the 2024–25 broadcast season, emphasizing co-produced scripted series, game shows, unscripted series, and CW Sports. |
| May 2024 | The planned acquisition of WADL by Mission Broadcasting was called off, despite prior FCC approval. |
| May 2024 | The CW gained rights for broadcasting eleven Pac-12 football games featuring Oregon State University and Washington State University teams for the 2024 season. |
| May 29 2024 | CW Sports acquired rights to the 2024 Arizona Bowl after Barstool ended its title sponsorship and broadcast rights. |
| May 14 2024 | The CW premiered 'Hostage Rescue', a reality show in its first season with 6 episodes and a runtime of 43 minutes. |
| May 9 2024 | The series was renamed to 'The Big Bakeover' and its premiere date was announced as June 14, 2024. |
| May 7 2024 | The CW introduced 'Police 24/7' as a reality show, currently in its second season with 17 episodes and a varied runtime of 39–82 minutes. |
| May 1 2024 | The CW announced it would return to its original Chicago station affiliate, WGN-TV (Channel 9), effective September 1, 2024. |
| April 19 2024 | Nexstar announced The CW would not renew affiliations with seven E.W. Scripps Company-owned stations in Norfolk, Lafayette, Detroit, Miami, Tucson, Corpus Christi, and San Luis Obispo. |
| April 11 2024 | NASCAR announces The CW will air the final eight races of the 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series season under a sublicense agreement from NBC Sports, with NBC Sports maintaining production and existing commentators. |
| April 11 2024 | The CW launched the reality show 'Patti Stanger: The Matchmaker', featuring 1 season of 10 episodes with a runtime of 41–43 minutes. |
| April 11 2024 | The NASCAR Xfinity Series broadcast deal was pushed up to start in September 2024, beginning with the 26th race of the season. |
| April 7 2024 | The Hill Sunday began airing on The CW, expanding the network's news programming in collaboration with NewsNation and The Hill. |
| April 3 2024 | Premiere of Canadian police procedural 'Sight Unseen' on CTV, launching its first season with 10 episodes. |
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