This is a tale of two networks: Fox and UPN, both of which were knocked for a loop as the 1999-2000 season got underway. But both have seen their fortunes improve as the year has worn on, and with all ...

UPN has turned to Viacom sibling MTV to find a companion piece for its upcoming Friday-night laffer “Gary & Mike,” picking up repeats of the cabler’s edgy clay-animation skein “Celebrity Deathmatch.” ...

LOS ANGELES — One of the biggest success stories of the TV season involves UPN (United Paramount Network) and how, in just a few months, it has won the loyalty of teen boys and young men. UPN’s effort ...

PASADENA, Calif. Like a confident wrestler, scrappy UPN on Tuesday boasted of its ratings turnaround last season and announced it would change its name to the Paramount Network on Jan. 1. “Yes, we are ...

The wrestling influence is pervasive at UPN. Deploying WWF Smackdown to revive a network that was getting pile-driven by its competition, UPN has restructured its lineup for 2000-2001 to keep a ...

Corporate parent Viacom Inc., which already owns CBS and had recently taken full control of UPN, was lobbying federal regulators to ease regulations barring one company from owning two networks. But ...

Viacom’s talks with Black Entertainment Television could give the world’s No. 2 media company an insurance policy in case the UPN network doesn’t survive. Viacom is in talks to acquire Bob Johnson’s ...

UPN will add four new series next fall, including a pair of comedies and two dramas, a network source confirmed yesterday. The network, which boosted its viewership by 42% this season, largely because ...

News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch yesterday said he’d recommend Chris-Craft Industries Inc. extend its affiliation with Viacom’s UPN network. The move could avert a Jan. 1 shutdown of the ...

In a musclebound presentation of its fall schedule this week, UPN told advertisers to look for two new dramas, one new comedy and one sitcom that will be new to UPN after two seasons on another ...

UPN is close to pacting with World Wrestling Federation Entertainment and Paramount Network Television for “Manhunt,” a new hourlong reality skein that combines elements of “WWF Smackdown” with ...