UPN Network Shuts Down; Future Of SmackDown! CBS and Warner Bros. issued the following press release this morning following the conclusion of a press conference announcing that the UPN and WB Networks ...

(NEW YORK) -- Two small, long-struggling television networks -- UPN and The WB -- will shut down this fall and programming from both will be used to launch a new network aimed mainly at young and ...

CBS Corp. and Warner Bros. Entertainment announced plans to shutter the UPN and WB networks to form a new fifth broadcasting network called The CW, to be launched in the fall of 2006. The announcement ...

LAS VEGAS--A day after a massive bomb hit the TV industry, advertisers, agencies and programming executives today will begin assessing the fallout over Tuesday's announcement that CBS Corp. and Warner ...

A merger this week between the WB and UPN television networks was such a surprise that its impact on Valley sports fans and the local television scene is still mostly unknown. The two young and ...

The CW will also be carried on 11 stations owned by UPN, a unit of CBS Corp., guaranteeing the network carriage in about 47 percent of the country and 20 of the top 25 TV markets. Network executives ...

NEW YORK -- Two small, long-struggling television networks -- UPN and The WB -- will shut down this fall and programming from both will be used to launch a new network aimed mainly at young and ...

Struggling television networks UPN and WB are combining their assets under a new name CW, debuting in September. The new youth-oriented network will be a joint venture between CBS and Time Warner.

NEW YORK (AP) _ Two small, long-struggling television networks _ UPN and The WB _ will shut down this fall and programming from both will be used to launch a new network aimed mainly at young and ...

NEW YORK - Two small, struggling television networks, UPN and WB, will merge to form a new network called The CW, executives from the companies that own them said Tuesday. The announcement was made by ...