When the United Paramount Network launched in 1995, it’s primary draw was “Star Trek: Voyager.” The network ran a host of other shows to pad its line-up, including “Marker,” “Live Shot” (see below) ...

Here lies another victim of the Trekkies. “Live Shot” was another of the fledgling — and now defunct (small wonder, there) — UPN’s early shows that didn’t survive the network’s turbulent early goings.

When Rupert Murdoch decided to string together the television stations he had purchased over the years and call the resulting conglomeration the Fox Broadcasting Network, it was hard to tell the ...

FIVE of the six series that the UPN “network” sent to the plate in its first half-season of life are history. The dead shows include a couple of comedies (“Platypus Man” and “Pigsty”), a pretty-boy ...

LAST WEEK, Warner Bros. launched its fledgling TV network with a trio of major losers. Tonight, Paramount launches its fledgling TV network, UPN, with a single two-hour show, “Star Trek: Voyager” and ...

Being an upstart network does have its advantages. Just ask the programers at the United Paramount Network, who on Wednesday scrapped all series except Star Trek: Voyager to revamp their sophomore ...

Beginning April 3, WTXX, Channel 20, will become the local affiliate for the fledgling United Paramount Network (UPN), which carries “Star Trek: Voyager.” The biggest beneficiaries of the new ...

“Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” a cult hit that helped define the fledgling WB network, is moving to UPN in a deal worth more than $100 million and one that is sure to increase friction between AOL Time ...

My reaction to KXZX-TV’s “Re-Action News”: Zap it, and zap it quickly. The Los Angeles station’s employees, though attractive and aggressive, lead such unbelievable lives. Now anything can happen on ...

Platypus Man is an American sitcom that aired on UPN in 1995. Starring comedian Richard Jeni, the television series was based on an hour-long HBO special of Jeni's filmed in 1992. The series lasted ...

NEW YORK -- UPN and its weblet rival, the WB, have competed on generally equal footing among viewers since both started broadcasting in 1995. But the WB has what UPN has always lacked: an identity.