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  • The big news in Ringer is the return of Sarah Michelle Gellar, immortalized as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, to the world of the weblet.

    Fall TV Preview: Ringer 2011

  • Not ABC or CBS or NBC or FOX or even the WB, the weblet she had given the biggest hit it would ever have.

    Michael Giltz: TV: "Secret" Success -- Creator Brenda Hampton Gets The Last Laugh 2009

  • Former Lifetime and UPN boss Dawn Ostroff who has ruled the CW for almost 2 years has inexplicably managed to hold on to her position of the President despite making a number of crass scheduling decisions including the cancellation of the beloved 'Everwood' and the resurrection of the god-awful '7th Heaven' that kicked off her tenure at the weblet.

    CW Stars @ Upfronts Justin Van De Kamp 2008

  • Former Lifetime and UPN boss Dawn Ostroff who has ruled the CW for almost 2 years has inexplicably managed to hold on to her position of the President despite making a number of crass scheduling decisions including the cancellation of the beloved 'Everwood' and the resurrection of the god-awful '7th Heaven' that kicked off her tenure at the weblet.

    Archive 2008-05-01 Justin Van De Kamp 2008

  • (See also, net) weblet -- fledgling networks UPN and the WB; any network with less than a full weekly schedule of programming; "The weblets are making inroads in the weekly ratings race."

    Variety.com 2009

  • (See also, weblet) niche programming -- TV programming or channels targeting particular demographics or interests; "The History Channel offers niche programming aimed at history buffs." nitery -- a nightclub; "Burt Bacharach and Dionne Warwick recently reunited for a nitery gig in New York." nix -- reject, say no to; as in the famous Variety headline "Sticks Nix Hick Pix," meaning that audiences in rural areas were not interested in attending films about rural life.

    Variety.com 2009

  • Not ABC or CBS or NBC or FOX or even the WB, the weblet she had given the biggest hit it would ever have.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com 2009

  • (See also, net) weblet -- fledgling networks UPN and the WB; any network with less than a full weekly schedule of programming; "The weblets are making inroads in the weekly ratings race."

    Variety.com 2009

  • Not ABC or CBS or NBC or FOX or even the WB, the weblet she had given the biggest hit it would ever have.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com 2009

  • (See also, weblet) niche programming -- TV programming or channels targeting particular demographics or interests; "The History Channel offers niche programming aimed at history buffs." nitery -- a nightclub; "Burt Bacharach and Dionne Warwick recently reunited for a nitery gig in New York." nix -- reject, say no to; as in the famous Variety headline "Sticks Nix Hick Pix," meaning that audiences in rural areas were not interested in attending films about rural life.

    Variety.com 2009

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