Remember UPN, the other “Black network”? UPN wasn’t actually Black owned, but it earned that nickname because it seemingly ruled the mid to late 90s and early 2000s by being the sole network – ...

UPN Network Shuts Down; Future Of SmackDown! CBS and Warner Bros. issued the following press release this morning following the conclusion of a press conference announcing that the UPN and WB Networks ...

(NEW YORK) -- Two small, long-struggling television networks -- UPN and The WB -- will shut down this fall and programming from both will be used to launch a new network aimed mainly at young and ...

NEW YORK – In the 11 years that WB and UPN have both struggled for life, it wasn’t hard to see that between them they probably had enough assets to make one strong television network. The business ...

With hit sitcoms like 'Moesha' and 'The Parkers,' the network gave voice to a new generation of Black storytellers and creatives. But a change in strategy ahead of a merger with The WB led to "all ...

Some of the UPN television network’s biggest advertisers will receive a package of “value-added promotions” in exchange for buying traditional air time at a premium for the upcoming season, a source ...

2002-07-16 04:00:00 PDT Pasadena-- It's not exactly Ali-Frazier, but it's on with the WB and UPN. A war of words, that is. You couldn't have picked two better networks for it. While most executives in ...

CBS Corp. and Warner Bros. Entertainment announced plans to shutter the UPN and WB networks to form a new fifth broadcasting network called The CW, to be launched in the fall of 2006. The announcement ...

Maybe I’m just showing my demographic, but I wasn’t exactly jolted by the fact that the WB and UPN—those runty Davids of the network lineup—were joining forces, becoming one slightly larger David with ...

NEW YORK | Two small, struggling television networks, UPN and WB, will shut down this fall, and their parent companies plan to form a new network called The CW using programming and other assets from ...

Two small, struggling television networks, UPN and WB, will merge to form a new network called The CW, executives from the companies that own them said Tuesday. The announcement was made by executives ...

Two small, long-struggling television networks -- UPN and The WB -- will shut down this fall, and programming from both will be used to launch a new network aimed mainly at young and minority viewers.