UPN

United Paramount Network

Type	Defunct broadcast television network
Country	United States
Availability	United States, Canada
Headquarters	Los Angeles, California
Owner	United Television/Chris-Craft Television (1995) United Television/Chris-Craft Television/Viacom (1996–2000) Viacom (2000–2006) CBS Corporation (2006)
Key people	Lucie Salhany (Chief Executive Officer, 1995–1997), Michael Sullivan (President of Entertainment, 1994–1997), Dean Valentine Chief Executive Officer (1997–2001), Tom Nunan (President of Entertainment, 1997–2001),[1] Adam Ware (Chief Operating Officer, 1999–2002), Dawn Ostroff (President of Entertainment, 2002–2006)[1]
Launch date	1995
Dissolved	2006
Replaced by	The CW MyNetworkTV

UPN (which originally stood for the United Paramount Network) was a television network in over 200 places in the United States. UPN was owned by CBS Corporation, which also owns the larger CBS network. UPN shut down on September 15, 2006, and was replaced with The CW, a joint venture between CBS Corporation and the Warner Bros. division of Time Warner, which owned The WB before that network was also shut down in 2006 and merged with UPN to create The CW.

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