As part of its testosterone-fueled prime-time lineup, UPN has picked up the rights to the upstart XFL football league. The network will air 10 games and one playoff contest on Sunday nights starting ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.” ...

UPN is parting ways with its Salt Lake City affiliate after KJZZ management insisted, among other things, on the option of canceling their relationship should UPN increase the minority-cast series on ...

Ignoring the example set by other networks, UPN introduces its fall programs. Survivor cut-up Gervase Peterson makes a cameo appearance on UPN's The Hughleys tonight as the D.L. Hughley series stages ...

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 ...

PASADENA – The United Paramount Network is tossing out its UPN acronym in January in favor of a new name, the Paramount Network. The name change was made to “take advantage of the new Paramount equity ...

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 ...

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 ...