UPN

United Paramount Network
	Final logo used from 2002 to 2006
Type	Defunct broadcast television network
Country	United States
Affiliates	List of former UPN affiliates
Headquarters	Los Angeles, California
Ownership
Owner	United Television/Chris-Craft Television (1995–2000); Viacom (1996–2005); CBS Corporation (2005–2006);
History
Founded	October 27, 1993
Launched	January 16, 1995
Founder	United Television (a subsidiary of Chris-Craft Industries) and Paramount Television (a subsidiary of Viacom)
Closed	September 15, 2006; (11 years, 242 days)
Replaced by	The CW
Links
Website	upn.com (archived 2005)

The United Paramount Network (UPN) was an American broadcast television network that operated from 1995 to 2006. It was originally owned by Chris-Craft Industries' subsidiary, United Television. Viacom (through its Paramount Television unit, which produced most of the network's series) turned it into a joint venture in 1996 after acquiring a 50% stake in the network, and subsequently purchased Chris-Craft's remaining stake in 2000. On December 31, 2005, UPN was kept by CBS Corporation, which was the new name for Viacom when it split into two separate companies. On January 24, 2006, CBS Corporation and Time Warner jointly announced that the companies would shut down UPN and competitor The WB to launch a new joint venture network later that year.^[1] UPN ceased broadcasting on September 15, 2006, with The WB following two days later. Select programs from both networks moved to the new network, The CW, when it launched on September 18, 2006.^[1]^[2]

^ ^a ^b Crupi, Anthony (January 24, 2006). "UPN, WB to Merge Into CW Network". AdWeek. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
^ Seid, Jessica (January 24, 2006). "'Gilmore Girls' Meet 'Smackdown'; CW Network to Combine WB, UPN in CBS-Warner Venture Beginning in September". CNN Money. Archived from the original on March 16, 2017. Retrieved February 12, 2017.

[UPN,_WB_merge-1] Crupi, Anthony (January 24, 2006). "UPN, WB to Merge Into CW Network". AdWeek. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 12, 2017.

[2] Seid, Jessica (January 24, 2006). "'Gilmore Girls' Meet 'Smackdown'; CW Network to Combine WB, UPN in CBS-Warner Venture Beginning in September". CNN Money. Archived from the original on March 16, 2017. Retrieved February 12, 2017.

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