MyNetworkTV was launched in the same month as The CW 's debut .
Following Smackdowns move to MyNetworkTV that same season , the Fox-owned network ( which launched the same month as The CW 's debut , albeit two weeks earlier , on September 5 , 2006 ) began beating The CW in the Friday ratings every week from that program 's debut on the network , though The CW continued to beat MyNetworkTV overall .
The CW