Struggling junior network UPN has ordered “Home Movies,” a half-hour animated sitcom from the producers of Comedy Central’s “Dr. Katz: Professional Therapist.” The series revolves around an 3rd grader ...

THE mini-network tide has changed in a maxi way. Based on both ratings and quality, the mini-net once considered weakest, Warner Bros. ‘ WB, is getting more viewers and deserving them than its rival ...

The Television Critics Association’s summer press tour finally ended this weekend with the fledgling WB and UPN networks presenting fall schedules and stars to weary reporters, some of whom had spent ...

Jeff Weiss may just be the busiest man in Baltimore right now. Four weeks ago, he was named to head a television station that didn’t even exist until last Monday, a station cobbled together to ensure ...

Fox had a good year, and the changes will be minor. UPN, meanwhile, is in trouble, and an overhaul is under way. That’s the news as the last two networks rolled out their fall schedules for ...

“Dilbert,” the workplace comic strip that satirizes corporate life from the viewpoint of a low-level engineer, is getting a promotion. UPN has ordered 13 episodes of an animated prime-time version of ...

A sitcom set in the Lincoln White House has created tension between members of the African-American community in Los Angeles and the United Paramount Network. About 150 protesters – led by Danny ...

Despite the incessant hype as the show marches toward its finale, viewership for last Thursday’s telecast of NBC’s “Seinfeld,” was below the series’ seasonal average for original episodes. Thursday’s ...

Three Jackie Chan movies, the third sequel in “The Crow” franchise and a 1998 supernatural thriller starring Ben Affleck will make their way to the UPN Network over the next 18 months as part of a ...

Normally, fans hoping to protest the end of a TV show they love are just plain out of luck. When even the lowest-rated series draw millions of viewers, someone's bound to speak up when a show goes the ...

UPN has shuffled its executive deck, promoting one exec and adding two more new faces to its ranks. As part of the changes, Steve Veisel has been upped to vice president of comedy development, while ...