UPN

UPN (which originally stood for the United Paramount Network) is a television network in the United States, owned by Viacom Inc., which also owns the more widespread CBS network. Because of this dual corporate ownership, in several large American cities, the local CBS and UPN stations are operated as "duopolies."

Notes

• {{note|underrep}} John Consoli, "UPN's Start-of-Week Blues", Mediaweek, October 25, 2004.
• According to Simon Cowell's biography they were offered American Idol before Fox and turned it down.