"We wanted to have an established show on Sunday night," CW president Mark Pedowitz told reporters Thursday morning during a conference call ahead of its upfront presentation to advertisers. "We wanted name value with 'Charmed' on there. We felt that it was two shows that empowered women and were making a statement that we were not kidding — we were not going to phone it in on Sunday nights, that we were going to compete."

Source: Los Angeles Times May 17, 2018 13:52 UTC