Mel Karmazin, chief executive officer of Viacom, pledged Monday that the newly consolidated operations of his company’s two broadcast networks would maintain “the distinct voices of CBS and UPN. That ...

Hoping to cut costs and boost advertising at its unprofitable UPN television network, Viacom Inc. said Monday that it will combine CBS and UPN under one management team in January. As a result of the ...

Twentieth Century Fox Television’s “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” — the signature drama of the WB network — is pulling up stakes and moving to Frog nemesis UPN. Pact, which could ultimately end up with a ...

No pressure, but it’s do-or-die time at UPN this fall. If ever there was ever a season when the beleaguered netlet could reverse its fortunes, this is it. The acquisition of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” ...

Some of the UPN television network’s biggest advertisers will receive a package of “value-added promotions” in exchange for buying traditional air time at a premium for the upcoming season, a source ...

CENSOR AND SENSIBILITY After the 1999 debut of ”Shasta McNasty,” we suspected that UPN may have had no standards, but who knew they actually had no standards and practices? The home of ”Smackdown!” ...

ADVERTISERS and network execs are preparing to drop yet another bomb in their escalating invasion of prime-time TV shows. It’s another twist in the ever more devious marketing wars: UPN is mulling the ...

UPN is sitting pretty with two eagerly anticipated series. Next week, the network has the sixth-season premiere of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” which it grabbed from the WB. But this Wednesday, UPN ...

‘BUFFY the Vampire Slayer” came back to life this week – and took off running. The teen-cult hit jumped from the WB to UPN on Tuesday night with a two-hour debut that notched the second largest ...

Tying up some loose ends from last week’s announcements of the 2001-02 season: – One of UPN’s best new shows was left on the shelf: “Stephen King’s The Dead Zone,” an adaptation of the best seller and ...