KTMA (fictional)

WUCW, virtual channel 23 (UHF digital channel 22), is a CW owned-and-operated television station licensed to Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States and serving the Twin Cities television market. The station is owned by the CBS Television Stations subsidiary of ViacomCBS as part of a duopoly with CBS owned-and-operated television station WCCO-TV. The two stations share studios on South 11th Street along Nicollet Mall in downtown Minneapolis; WUCW's transmitter is located at the Telefarm site in Shoreview. The station is perhaps best known for originating the cult cable television series Mystery Science Theater 3000, which began as a locally produced program when channel 23 was an independent station.