The CW is an American English-language commercial broadcast television network that is controlled, through The CW Network, LLC, by Nexstar Media Group, with a 75% ownership interest in the network. The network's name is an abbreviation derived from the first letters of the names of its two parent corporations at the time of its founding: "C" for CBS Entertainment Group and "W" for Warner Bros. Entertainment. Nexstar completed its acquisition of a controlling interest on October 3, 2022, with CBS Corporation successor Paramount Global and Warner Bros. Discovery each retaining a 12.5% ownership stake in The CW Network, LLC.
FBI Special Agent Oliver Dunham is assigned to the bureau's Fringe Division, in which he investigates unusual crimes and occurrences. Assisting Oliver in his investigations are once-institutionalised scientist Dr Winifred Bishop, her jack-of-all-trades daughter, Wendy, and Ph. D. student Atlas Farnsworth. As the team investigates cases of science gone awry, they discover connections to their own past and to a parallel universe. As the team explores life and solves cases in these interconnected worlds, new discoveries and complications continue to arise.
