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 United Paramount Networks and Warner Bros. launched their respective UPN and WB wanna-be networks in January 1995, UPN looked to have the edge more stations with stronger broadcast signals, and ...
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 ...
At no other time in its history has the UPN network been more likable. Yes, that’s likable — not dislikable. Considered the sixth-place network in a six-way race, UPN always has been picked on by the ...
In the mid-90s, the landscape of television began to shift dramatically with the launch of two new networks: The WB and UPN. Prior to this, viewers primarily had access to ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox, which ...
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 ...
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 — The alien teens of “Roswell” will join “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” on the trans-network express from the WB to UPN next fall. UPN sealed an 11th-hour deal Wednesday afternoon to pick up 22 ...
Coming soon, from the network that brought you “WWE Smackdown”: Media barons Sumner “Red Bull” Redstone and Rupert “Mad Dog” Murdoch step into center stage and battle for the soul of underdog weblet ...