Hoping to cut costs and boost advertising at its unprofitable UPN television network, Viacom Inc. said Monday that it will combine CBS and UPN under one management team in January. As a result of the ...

UPN is expected to seal a deal early this week that would keep the Smackdown net on eight major-market Chris-Craft outlets through at least next season, web execs said Friday. UPN’s affiliation deal ...

No pressure, but it’s do-or-die time at UPN this fall. If ever there was ever a season when the beleaguered netlet could reverse its fortunes, this is it. The acquisition of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” ...

It's that time again when broadcast network programming suits, having just unveiled their prime-time schedules to advertisers, start jumping ship -- or being pushed. Tom Nunan, for instance, confirmed ...

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 ...

The beloved 2001 sitcom Reba, created by Allison M. Gibson, ran for six seasons on WB and then on CW, until 2007. The show ...

2001-02-06 04:00:00 PDT New York / Los Angeles / New York-- UPN's telecast of the new XFL football league Sunday was seen by 4.2 percent of homes in the nation's largest markets -- twice the rating ...

PASADENA, Calif., July 16 -- Buffy the Vampire Slayer is dead and well at UPN. "Buffy" lead Sarah Michelle Gellar made a surprise appearance today at UPN's Q&A session on the series, pulling in the ...

UPN will have its own WB night in the fall, as well as a new series in the "Star Trek" franchise. UPN had already picked up "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" as the result of a license fee dispute between ...

NEW YORK --The XFL pro-football league has folded after only one season, throwing its partners NBC and the World Wrestling Federation for a $70 million loss. In a conference call with reporters, WWF ...

NPR's Emily Harris reports that the FCC has voted to allow large TV networks to own smaller ones. The first company to benefit is Viacom which, now that it owns both CBS and UPN, would have faced ...