UPN and its weblet rival, the WB, have competed on generally equal footing among viewers since both started broadcasting in 1995. But the WB has what UPN has always lacked: an identity. With the help ...

All the broadcast networks had to battle the languid economy in the 2001 upfront. But UPN had at least one other major hurdle: uncertainty about its future. Enter advertiser wariness. "Last year, ...