The CW will make the premiere episodes of three of its prime-time series available on MSN for a week leading up to their respective debuts on the new network.

The season premieres of returning series “Everybody Hates Chris” and “Veronica Mars” plus debuting series “Runaway” will run on MSN.com free of charge and commercial-free. Dawn Ostroff, president of entertainment for The CW, made the announcement Thursday.

“Runaway” will be available Sept. 18 through its Monday, Sept. 25, premiere at 9 p.m. (ET) on The CW. “Chris” will be seen on MSN from Sept. 24 until its second-season premiere Sunday, Oct. 1, at 7 p.m. The third-season opener of “Veronica” will be online Sept. 26 through its premiere Tuesday, Oct. 3, at 9 p.m.