The centerpiece of UPN’s new strategy is a Thursday-night pro-wrestling show “WWF Smackdown! ” that will attempt to cash in on the wave of the phenomenon’s surging popularity. In an unusual ...

There is, I suppose, a remote mathematical possibility that UPN could do worse this season than last; Hurricane Floyd (“The Barber”) could conceivably knock out the micro-network’s East Coast ...

Professional wrestling is not violent. Professional wrestling is not sexist. And the tooth fairy will lift UPN out of sixth place. Despite slams from TV critics, UPN president Dean Valentine insists ...

Wrestling arrived early at UPN. Network president Dean Valentine’s semiannual meeting with TV writers turned into a grappling match over UPN’s decision to make wrestling the cornerstone of the network ...

As the two upstart networks unveiled new fall programs, executives fielded questions about diversity and violence. When plopped into this land of Star-TEC cell phones and Rolex watches, it's tough to ...

PASADENA — All questions and answers at the troubled United Paramount Network these days seem to begin or end with “Dilbert,” the new animated series about life in a corporate cubicle from cartoonist ...

Here’s a tonic for a nation still coming to grips with the retirement of Michael Jordan: the anticipated return of “Between Brothers” to the television schedule! You say you never even knew such a ...

PASADENA, Calif. – Despite a disastrous fall, UPN executives pledged Friday that their company is in the broadcasting business for the long term. The No. 6 network exists “because of the strategic ...

UPN has been getting smacked by the critics since it announced that it was bringing wrestling to prime time this season. But the struggling network had the first laugh when the premiere of WWF ...

With UPN fully integrated under CBS control, chief operating officer Adam Ware officially exited the weblet Friday. Ware, who first joined UPN in February 1999, had been expected to depart the ...