United Paramount Network

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broadcast television network defunct television network

United Paramount Network was an American broadcast television network launched in 1995 that primarily targeted younger and urban audiences before merging with The WB to form The CW in 2006.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
UPN 4
United Paramount Network canonical 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf broadcast television network ⓘ
defunct television network ⓘ
broadcastArea United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

select U.S. territories ⓘ
broadcastType free-to-air ⓘ
coFounder Chris-Craft Industries NERFINISHED ⓘ
competitor ABC NERFINISHED ⓘ
CBS NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ
NBC NERFINISHED ⓘ
The WB NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dissolutionDate 2006-09-15 ⓘ
distributionMethod cable television ⓘ
over-the-air affiliates ⓘ
satellite television ⓘ
focus African-American oriented programming in prime time ⓘ
founder Paramount Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre general entertainment ⓘ
headquartersLocation California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Los Angeles ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
language English ⓘ
launchDate 1995-01-16 ⓘ
marketPosition fifth broadcast network in the United States ⓘ
mergedInto The CW NERFINISHED ⓘ
networkType commercial television network ⓘ
notableProgram Everybody Hates Chris NERFINISHED ⓘ
Girlfriends NERFINISHED ⓘ
Moesha NERFINISHED ⓘ
One on One NERFINISHED ⓘ
Star Trek: Voyager NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Parkers NERFINISHED ⓘ
UPN Kids NERFINISHED ⓘ
Veronica Mars NERFINISHED ⓘ
WWE SmackDown NERFINISHED ⓘ
owner Viacom NERFINISHED ⓘ
parentCompany Chris-Craft Industries NERFINISHED ⓘ
Paramount Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ
pictureFormat 480i ⓘ
SDTV ⓘ
predecessor Paramount Television Service (planned) NERFINISHED ⓘ
programmingType network television ⓘ
reasonForClosure merger with The WB to form The CW ⓘ
shortName UPN NERFINISHED ⓘ
slogan It’s UPN ⓘ
UPN is U ⓘ
successor The CW NERFINISHED ⓘ
targetAudience urban audiences ⓘ
young viewers ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

UPN → fullName → United Paramount Network ⓘ
UPN → abbreviation → United Paramount Network ⓘ
this entity surface form: UPN
All of Us → originalNetwork → United Paramount Network ⓘ
this entity surface form: UPN
WPWR-TV → formerNetworkAffiliation → United Paramount Network ⓘ
this entity surface form: UPN
KICU-TV → formerAffiliation → United Paramount Network ⓘ
Susanna Thompson → employer → United Paramount Network ⓘ
this entity surface form: UPN