Underplayed Gems

The Night of Favorites and Farewells

The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A look at the final days of a beloved TV network as it winds down operations and says goodbye to its audience. Longtime fans recall favorite shows and moments, while staff members reflect on the end of an era. The film captures the quiet closure of a cultural institution and the feelings of loss and appreciation that come with it.

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What happens

The WB Television Network (the d.b.a. of its legal entity, The WB Television Network Partners, L.P.; known simply as The WB, and nicknamed "The Frog" after former mascot Michigan J. Frog) was an American broadcast television network that launched on January 11, 1995, as a joint venture amongst Warner Bros. Entertainment (the network's namesake and controlling owner), Tribune Broadcasting, and network president Jamie Kellner. It aired programs targeting teenagers and young adults aged 13 to 34, while its children's programming block, Kids' WB, targeted youth aged 4 to 12. On January 24, 2006, Warner Bros. and CBS Corporation announced plans to merge The WB and competitor UPN into a new network, The CW, later that year. The WB ceased broadcasting on September 17, 2006, with some programs from both it and UPN (which shut down two days earlier) moving to The CW when it launched the following day, September 18. Time Warner re-used the WB brand for an online network that operated from 2008 to 2013 in the United States, which offered programs from the television network and the defunct In2TV service created before Time Warner's spinoff of AOL. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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