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 ...

HOLLYWOOD — What does it say about teen viewership of the networks today when even the homes of “WWF Smackdown” and “Dawson’s Creek” are down by double-digit percentages vs. a year ago? In the ...

Two Viacom-owned networks that principally appeal to youthful audiences--and have been criticized in that context for running what some view as inappropriate material--are orchestrating separate ...

Maybe I’m just showing my demographic, but I wasn’t exactly jolted by the fact that the WB and UPN—those runty Davids of the network lineup—were joining forces, becoming one slightly larger David with ...

Emerging from a black stretch limousine in Mobile, Ala., Vince McMahon slips into his trademark character, the power-crazed wrestling promoter. It’s not a hard fit. McMahon, chairman of the World ...

Wouldn't it be nice if MTV -- whose MTV Video Music Awards lost nearly 40 percent of its core teen guy audience last year -- could kill off the trophy show's biggest competitor and boost its ratings?

Stating the obvious, the National Organization for Women has officially crowned UPN's "WWF Smackdown!" the skankiest series on prime-time broadcast television. The best of the bunch is "Gilmore Girls, ...