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."

Programming

The first official UPN network programming was the series '. Other early UPN programs included the action show Nowhere Man starring Bruce Greenwood, the action show Marker starring Richard Grieco, the action comedy Legend starring Richard Dean Anderson and the science fiction themed action show, The Sentinel. After Voyager's 7-season run came to an end, UPN began broadcasting the newest Star Trek spin-off, '. UPN also bought the rights to broadcast the popular television shows Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Clueless, and Roswell from 20th Century Fox and ABC after The WB cancelled the series.

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Nowhere Man - Richard Grieco - Richard Dean Anderson - Star Trek - Spin-off - Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Clueless - Roswell - 20th Century Fox - ABC - The WB

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The network also produced some special programs.

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For example, they presented the Iron Chef USA program during Christmas 2001. UPN also shows the WWE's Smackdown show, America's Next Top Model, Girlfriends,

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Iron Chef - WWE - Smackdown - America's Next Top Model - Girlfriends

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Veronica Mars, Everybody Hates Chris, loosely based on the childhood of comedian Chris Rock, and in the summer of 2005 UPN aired R U the Girl, in which pop group TLC searched for a woman to join them on a new song.

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Veronica Mars - Everybody Hates Chris - Chris Rock - R U the Girl

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UPN has a new policy of "not picking up other networks' scraps," which was a strong argument when fan pressure was generated in 2004 for them to pick up Angel, the spin-off of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

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Angel - Spin-off

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