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[oselle]

I'm officially loathing the CW network right now for being the cheese-factory that they are. I don't know if any of you guys watch Reaper, but they ran a promo during tonight's episode. I won't call it a promo for either Smallville or Supernatural, it was a promo for, in their own words, "The Girls of Thursday" i.e. Ruby, Bela and that new gal on Smallville. Kara or whatever.

I can't say anything about Kara on Smallville because I don't watch that show, but promoting two new, untested and so far, poorly received characters as the reason to watch Supernatural, and promoting them in a cheesy commercial that says absolutely nothing about the show other than "check out these chicks, they're hot!" is just such a cheap-ass, juvenile and downright offensive ploy that I don't even have the words for how much it pisses me off.

And I don't ever, ever want to hear about how Bela sleeps "naked on silk sheets, rolling in money" again (that was a line they used in the commercial). People may say, hey any new viewers for Supernatural is a good thing, but if they're tuning in to watch Bela talk about her silk sheets, then they're not watching for the reasons the fans have been watching for the past two years, and that means the show ain't gonna be what it's been for the past two years, period.

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[i-o-r-h-a-e-l.livejournal.com]

I hate those chicks. I hate those chicks. I hate them who think those chicks are everything. The chicks even behaved like they were the stars of the show in programs like in E. Huh. :(

[oselle.livejournal.com]

Why shouldn't they behave like the stars? The CW clearly thinks they are -- giving them top billing right next to Jared and Jensen, promoting them in commercials, etc. I cringed when I heard about these cast additions, but I figured I'd give them the benefit of the doubt until I saw them for myself. Ruby I can handle (so far) but Bela -- no. Just, no.