United Paramount Network

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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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
UPN 4
United Paramount Network canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf broadcast television network
defunct television network
broadcastArea United States
select U.S. territories
broadcastType free-to-air
coFounder Chris-Craft Industries
competitor ABC
CBS
Fox
NBC
The WB
country 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
genre general entertainment
headquartersLocation California
Los Angeles
United States
language English
launchDate 1995-01-16
marketPosition fifth broadcast network in the United States
mergedInto The CW
networkType commercial television network
notableProgram Everybody Hates Chris
Girlfriends
Moesha
One on One
Star Trek: Voyager
The Parkers
UPN Kids
linked to: UPN

Veronica Mars
WWE SmackDown
owner Viacom
parentCompany Chris-Craft Industries
Paramount Pictures
pictureFormat 480i
SDTV
predecessor Paramount Television Service (planned)
programmingType network television
reasonForClosure merger with The WB to form The CW
shortName UPN
slogan It’s UPN
UPN is U
successor The CW
targetAudience urban audiences
young viewers

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

UPN fullName United Paramount Network
UPN abbreviation UPN
linked to: United Paramount Network
All of Us originalNetwork UPN
linked to: United Paramount Network
WPWR-TV formerNetworkAffiliation UPN
linked to: United Paramount Network
KICU-TV formerAffiliation United Paramount Network
Susanna Thompson employer UPN
linked to: United Paramount Network