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30 unusual facts about UPN


Alan Scarfe

Scarfe played NSA member Dr. Bradley Talmadge, the director of the Backstep Project operations, on the UPN series Seven Days.

Alex Datcher

Additionally, she was a regular on the UPN series Goode Behavior, which ran during the 1996-97 season; and had a recurring role on the short-lived 18 Wheels of Justice.

Emma Bell

Her father was also a reporter, videographer and writer-producer at WWOR-TV UPN 9 News.

Everett Peck

Additional work includes character design for the animated TV series Jumanji, a slew of print ads for Nike and Honda, and several station IDs for UPN.

EXXV-TV

MyNetworkTV was a response to The WB and UPN merging their operations in order to form a new network, The CW.

Imani Hakim

She is best known for her role as Tonya Rock on the UPN/CW sitcom Everybody Hates Chris as well as portraying Olympic gold medalist Gabrielle Douglas in The Gabby Douglas Story.

Inge Hornstra

Other credits include medical drama series G.P., Big Sky, Murder Call, Wildside, Water Rats, Head Start, BeastMaster, and Farscape; and the television films Chameleon, which aired on UPN in 1998, BlackJack: Murder Archive and BlackJack: Ace Point Game.

Jack Ramsay

The games were broadcast from South Florida's Sunshine Network (now Sun Sports), Fox Sports Florida, and sometimes local Miami station WBFS (then a UPN affiliate).

Jon Kroll

Kroll is most known for creating and Executive Producing "Amish in the City," a controversial show for UPN that caused 51 members of congress to send a letter of protest to the network.

KMEG

It also aired selected UPN programming out-of-pattern until the network merged with The WB (carried locally on KTIV-DT2 and cable television) to form The CW in 2006.

KOLN

UPN was broadcast on a DT2 subchannel of KOLN and KGIN under the banner UPN Nebraska; the service switched to MyNetworkTV in September 2006 and was locally branded as "MyTV" until being renamed "10-11 Central Nebraska" after the acquisition of KSNB in 2013.

KTXH

Channel 20 became an owned-and-operated station of the United Paramount Network (owned by Chris-Craft Industries in a programming partnership with Viacom, and later co-owned in a joint venture with Chris-Craft when it bought a 50% share in the network in 1996) upon the network's January 16, 1995 launch.

KXTU-LD

The station signed on in 1999 as an affiliate of UPN, but when that network left the air on September 17, 2006, it switched to The CW, which was created by the merger of The WB (which had been available in the market by way of Denver's KWGN-TV) and UPN.

Show You Love

The song was featured at the end of an episode of The WB television series Summerland, as well as in an episode of the UPN series Kevin Hill.

TWTV7

El Paso, Texas, where it a regional access channel and the market's UPN affiliate (and for a time also carried WB programming).

WBXI-CA

For a few months in 2004, Channel 47 acted as a satellite station of then sister-station WNDY carrying UPN programming and simulcasting all of WNDY's programming, including the 10 p.m. news produced by WTHR.

WGWB

On January 24, 2006, it was announced that The WB and UPN would merge into a new network called The CW.

WHAM-TV

On January 24, 2006, The WB and UPN announced that they would end broadcasting and merge.

WHNS

First Media Television acquired the station in 1994, and it acquired a secondary UPN affiliation in January 1995, airing UPN programming in the late-night hours.

former affiliations = Primary:
independent (1984–1988)
Secondary:
UPN (1995–1997)
Pax TV

WMMP

In 1997, Max Media Properties (a company partially related to the present-day Max Media) bought the station, changed its calls to the current WMMP, and switched its affiliation to UPN.

WNCT-DT2

On January 24, 2006, The WB and UPN announced the two networks would end broadcasting and merge.

WNYS-TV

On January 16, 1995, the station became a charter affiliate of UPN.

WRLH-DT2

This channel's origins began on January 24, 2006 when UPN and The WB announced that the networks would cease broadcasting and merge.

WRLH-TV

It began carrying a secondary UPN affiliation at the network's inception on January 16, 1995.

WUPL

The station first signed on the air on June 1, 1995 as the market's UPN affiliate.

WUTB

In January 1998, WNUV dropped its affiliation with UPN in favor of joining The WB; this resulted in Chris-Craft Industries (which at the time had jointly owned UPN, along with Viacom) buying channel 24, and effectively made it a UPN owned-and-operated station.

former affiliations = religious independent (1985–1987)
HSN (1987–1998)
UPN

WXXA-TV

When UPN launched on January 16, 1995, WXXA dropped PTEN and aired programming from UPN off-hours on weekends.

WZMQ

WMQF also had secondary affiliation with UPN, broadcasting that network's programming during off-network hours.


Bergdorf Blondes

Rather like the “Slayer slang” of the TV series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (WB/UPN 1998-2003), Bergdorf Blondes employs a rich vocabulary of “in” words and abbreviations – “Arizona” for “rehab”; “FOB/G” (Friend of President Bill Clinton/George W Bush); “Ana” (anorexic).

BKN

Originally known as Amazin' Adventures until 1997, the block aired in national first-run syndication in the United States from 1992 to 2000 primarily on UPN, WB and Independent affiliates.

Erica Commeau

After giving up her crown to Katee Stearns of Orono in November 2006, Commeau competed in the first season of the Maine Model contest, a "micro-mini" series of America's Next Top Model broadcast on UPN throughout the state of Maine.

Great Nigeria People's Party

Though, the party was less critical of the Shagari presidency than the UPN, the party, nevertheless, supported an oppositional role and tried to form alliances with other southern parties and some groups in the PRP to form a progressive movement.

KAKW-DT

The station first signed on the air on May 31, 1996 as a primary affiliate of UPN and a secondary affiliate of The WB for the Waco/Killeen/Temple market; the station was originally owned by Communications Corporation of America, along with Waco-based Fox affiliate KWKT (channel 22) and the station's Bryan-based satellite KYLE (channel 48).

Kara Saun

After Project Runway, Saun was costume designer for the hit WB series What I Like About You, starring Amanda Bynes and Jennie Garth, designed for the America’s Next Top Model Campaign 5 advertisement, and designed costumes for various TV series and pilots, such as UPN’s R U the Girl, the ABC sitcom Notes from the Underbelly and MTV's Celebrity Rap Superstar.

KMYT-TV

On January 25, 1994, KTFO signed an affiliation agreement to become the Tulsa outlet for the United Paramount Network, an upstart network founded by Chris-Craft Industries and its broadcasting subsidiary, BHC Communications/United Television, in a programming partnership with Viacom (the latter of which purchaseda stake in the network in 1996).

Kourtney Brown

He has participated in an array of film, TV and commercial projects, including being a martial arts stuntman on the UPN television show, South Beach.

KQEG-CA

For some years, KQEG's primary network affiliation had been with UPN, and the station maintained a secondary affiliation with FamilyNet.

KUOK

Prior to affiliating with Univision, KOKT-LP operated as an independent station from 1994 to 1995, before becoming the UPN affiliate for the Ada, Oklahoma-Sherman, Texas television market between 1995 and 2004; however Oklahoma City area and North Texas editions of TV Guide (during the magazine's local listings era) claimed that the market's NBC affiliate KTEN ran select UPN programs as an additional affiliation from 1995 to 2002.

KUTP

From April 29, 1999 to September 15, 2006 and from October 3, 2008 to September 24, 2010, KUTP aired WWE's Friday Night SmackDown during its respective affiliations with UPN and MyNetworkTV.

KUTP affiliated with UPN upon the network's January 16, 1995 debut, becoming the first English-language station in the market to be owned by a commercial broadcast network (KTVW, channel 33, was the first network-owned station in the market, having been owned by Univision since 1977 when it was known as the Spanish International Network).

Lost Souls

Nightworld: Lost Souls, a UPN original movie directed by Jeff Woolnough, starring John Savage and Barbara Sukowa

Melissa Bardin Galsky

She was associate producer and talent coordinator for Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist, but is best known for playing the character "Melissa" on the show Home Movies, which aired on both UPN and Cartoon Network and was created by Loren Bouchard and Brendon Small.

Multichannel television sound

FOX was the last network to join around 1990, with the four networks having their entire prime-time schedules in stereo by late 1994 (The WB and UPN, launched the following season with their entire line-ups in stereo).

Robin Thede

Robin’s recent television appearances include roles on "Key & Peele" (Comedy Central), Hot In Cleveland (TV Land), Chocolate News (Comedy Central), Kath & Kim (NBC), Worst Week (CBS) and All of Us (UPN).

Unity Party of Nigeria

The UPN as well as the PRP presented the most coherent plan of action during the electioneering campaign of 1979.

Vengeance Unlimited

However, the show did beat out UPN's Thursday Night at the Movies (145th, 2.5 million) and WB's The Wayans Bros. (134th, 3.5 million) and The Jamie Foxx Show (129th, 3.8 million).

WBMM

Prior to The CW's formation, UPN was seen through Troy's WRJM-TV (now WIYC), while The WB aired via cable-only "WBMY," operated by NBC affiliate WSFA as part of The WB 100+ Station Group.

WCIX

In September 2006, with ACME Communications's WBUI owned by a former WB network executive taking CW affiliation by default, WCFN took affiliation with MyNetworkTV instead in the wake of the WB/UPN merger.

WEDG-TV

Outside of UPN programming, the lineup was filled with double runs and failed syndicated programming from WXXA, older films, and an assortment of sporting events including New York Yankees games (from WNYW, then WCBS) and Boston Bruins games from WSBK.

WISE-DT2

CBS affiliate WANE-TV (channel 15) offered UPN on its second digital subchannel, while The WB was affiliated with cable-only "WBFW" (with programming provided through The WB 100+, and promotional and advertising services provided by WPTA, channel 21).

WUPN

WMYV in Greensboro, North Carolina, a TV station formerly affiliated with UPN, used "WUPN" as its calls from 1996 to 2006

WVIT

Within the next year, following the launch of the United Paramount Network venture it co-owned with Chris-Craft Industries, Paramount/Viacom began to sell off its non-UPN affiliated stations.

WVTT-CA

Channel 25 became the primary channel for the station and changed its call sign to WONS-LP (Olean's News Source) on March 8, 1999, gaining the shared UPN affiliation with Buffalo, New York station WNGS.

WWCW

In the spring of 1997, the market's UPN affiliation moved to WDRG-TV (now WEFC-TV), and WFXR/WJPR picked up a secondary alliance with the WB Television Network.

WXMS-LP

On January 1, 2006, WXMS lost its UPN affiliation to WRBJ and became an independent station.

On October 7, 2001, WXMS became a primary UPN affiliate after ceding its WB affiliation to sister station WDBD, which had defected from the Fox network.