UPN & The WB - FIRST LINEUPS: WINTER-SPRING 1995

[@JamanoidusRex]

Doesn't Voyager have the most epic music...loved it. Would watch it through to today.

[@markfoster1520]

Watch all the seasons on You Tube TV......oh, doing my own commercials?

[@demetriusdillard2863]

"Muscle" died an early death, while the three remaining programs on the WB's original schedule (then airing only on Wednesdays; it would expand to Sundays in the fall of '95)--"The Wayans Bros.," "The Parent 'Hood," and "Unhappily Ever After"--would last five seasons apiece.

[@laustcawz2089]

Yet, imo, "Muscle" was, by far, the best of the bunch & still boasts what I consider THE best TV series finale ever!!!

[@andrewbarton2590]

Muscle starred Shannon Kenny, mainly known to viewers outside the U.S. (mainly Australia, the UK and Europe) for her role as Debbie Halliday in the later years of the Australian soap Sons and Daughters. Later on after Muscle, she was in The Invisible Man with Friends's Vince Ventresca and Paul Ben-Victor (the villain from the JCVD film Maximum Risk) and later provided a voice for the cartoon series Max Steel alongside Christian 'brother of Neve' Campbell.

[@marcdecrosta4238]

I was working at a Warner Bros store in Duluth, GA when the WB debuted. They were promoting the crap out if it. We had a viewing party at the store and when the night was over we all thought we were gonna be out of business🤣🤣

[@Busch22Fan]

Nikki Cox (seen in the Unhappily Ever After intro) would go on to have her own show on the WB in the early 2000's, called, unimaginatively, "Nikki".

[@num1Jaysta]

I remember that

[@elguero281]

Nikki Cox after the said show Nikki would be featured on Las Vegas around 2003, a series that did good numbers on NBC which was wedged between some reality shows on Mondays. Before NBC put the show on Friday night, Nikki did leave the show

[@Forcemaster2000]

It's funny how during the 90's and early 2000's, all these production companies thought they needed to come out with their own networks so they could keep the profits to themselves and it didn't work out. Now they all are doing the same thing, thinking they need to come up with their own streaming services so they can keep all the profits to themselves. It'll work out just about as good too!

[@pittland44]

I think that's a definite possibility. What will happen is, just like when they wanted their own networks, they won't have enough content to carry the whole platform.

[@Chelaxim]

@@pittland44 And now Netflix is loosing money because these production companies who are making thier own streaming services are making thier content exclusive.

[@coloradoing9172]

Honestly, just having one dominant streaming service like Netflix doesn't work either. Companies like ViacomCBS (Paramount Global), Disney and Amazon are great investment targets right now.

[@julymiller2308]

Series I'd love to have seen when originally aired: Voyager

[@pittland44]

Voyager was good, but the best Star Trek of the 90's was Deep Space Nine. It was just, for lack of a better term, bigger. Not to say Voyager was bad, but DS9 just went places Star Trek had always been hesitant to go.

[@ma55aracin9]

Check that promo for the (then new) WB channel with none other than the great old cartoon master himself, Chuck Jones. -What's up frog? What an epic way to go!

[@givemebackmypurse.6894]

I loved the Wayans show. I still thinks it's bullsh*t they cut it off without a final episode.

[@baxatakbaxatak2014]

After Muscle was cancelled, Alan Ruck and Michael Boatman did Spin City!

[@laustcawz2089]

...& Nestor Carbonell did "Suddenly Susan" & Amy Pietz did "Caroline In The City" & Michole White did "100 Centre St".

[@DucNguyen0131]

Although the 80s is all about primetime soaps, the 90s is all about crime dramas.

[@demetriusdillard2863]

Actually, the nineties was all about uninspired "Friends" clones, Duc!

[@The_Husband_of_Jane_Lane]

@@demetriusdillard2863 and they all suck due to heavy censorship by the FCC.

[@oldradiosnphonographs]

@@demetriusdillard2863 oh god yes

[@demetriusdillard2863]

My point exactly. If I ended up counting the dozens of short-lived sitcoms that attempted to capitalize and emulate the overnight success of "Friends" during the second half of the nineties and into the early 2000s (prior to 9/11) on my hands and feet, I'd eventually run out of both fingers and toes. Hell, even "Married...With Children" commented on and parodied the "Friends" phenomenon in season ten's "Enemies," which was actually a backdoor pilot for a potential spinoff that thankfully never materialized. Thanks for commenting, @@oldradiosnphonographs.

[@demetriusdillard2863]

Good point. Thanks for commenting, @@The_Husband_of_Jane_Lane.

[@cromartie1984]

6:32 nikki cox when she was normal

[@borinightmare]

To be honest Star Trek Voyager was UPN's longest running show. It ran for 7 seasons.

[@SchofieldAJ]

Actually that is a Lie! As UPN's longest Running Show was/is/forever will be WWF/E Smackdown! that started in mid 1998 then is still on the air but now moved over to FOX so WWF Smackdown! is the longest Running show in UPN History!

[@skullkrusher4078]

The only ones I remember are: Voyager (because I watched it) Unhappily Ever After (because I was 13 at the time and Nikki Cox was like dynamite for a 13 year old boy😜) and The Wayans Bros. (because it's The Wayans)

[@cellytron]

Beautiful, sweet Voyager

[@thrillington2008]

Upn struggled early on beyond Voyager but wb got a couple of strong sitcoms from out of the gate

[@stanleymcclain7700]

I love Star Trek Theme Intro

[@jonsumner1382]

when UPN and the WB first started I was thinking it was going to be UPN that would win in the end but as we can clearly see when looking back at it it's not surprising why WB kind of won in terms of who had the greatest longest term impact because when I look back at these videos the only thing I remember from upn that you showed here was Voyager but all the shows that were on the WB except muscle I actually remember I wasn't a exactly a big fan of these shows but I do remember them.

[@rogermorris9696]

Out of all those shows only Star Trek Voyager and Platypus Man got here to the UK.

[@markfoster1520]

I recall nothing of the P. M. ...and I think I'm better off.

[@julymiller2308]

Series I'd love to have seen when originally aired: Voyager Maybe: Marker, Unhappily Ever After, Legend

[@doorock42]

Holy crap, I forgot Gates McFadden was in Marker...

[@markfoster1520]

Came here for the Star Trek....and came & came...and left here knowing she had an earlier life! Well, I already see Anderson in a Western before his McGuiver before his Stargate. Am I right?

[@baxatakbaxatak2014]

Q was also in Legend I see

[@satyendrandonibanerjee8682]

The first network of the first-century UPN ! *shuts down after only 11 years of operation* 😂

[@DucNguyen0131]

rwdt09, please do STAY TUNED - SHOWS OF ABC LATE WINTER 1978! The Six Million Dollar Man was in the Monday 8pm timeslot position.

[@DucNguyen0131]

Do STAY TUNED - MONDAY NIGHT TV SPRING 1975!

[@CelesteKTheNewWaveRevue]

Wow! The Marker with Richard Grieco and Gates McFadden. I don't even remember how long that lasted?

[@robmclean4352]

Fun fact: Richard Grieco and I were born on the exact same day. (Look it up. Yeah, we're old!)

[@WhatAboutThemApples]

I loved both Pigsty and Platypus Man. I used to have a bunch of episodes on VCR for both and would watch them over and over

[@cityhawk]

I loved Unhappily Ever After. It’s no surprise since I’m a huge Married With Children fan.

[@elguero281]

@@cityhawk Just a shame Fox wanted to bring Leavitt back for a final season for Married With Children but that never happened

[@cityhawk]

Ramiro Rincon Yeah, the last season fell off a cliff. They brought in new show runners (Montano and Cheung), and it ruined the final season, with quite a few continuity errors. It was a botch job.

[@TracyGJacksonTV]

My UPN affiliate was KTXH it was still branded as Paramount 20 (which their Sister station WDCA in Washington DC went through the same branding due to being owned by Paramount Stations Group) during the first few months of UPN, KHTV 39 in Houston was independent during the WB’s first 9 months due to the CBS/FOX situation and its then owner Gaylord Broadcasting affiliting KTVT and KSTW (which then owned KSTW in Seattle,KTVT in Dallas and WVTV in Milwaukee) with CBS so houstonians got the wb programming on cable via WGN-TV. WGN Chicago’s WB Affiliate also served as a National WB Affiliate on their superstation feed carried nationally outside Chicago in market for those who don’t have a WB affiliate. It wasn’t until September 20,1995 that Channel 39 became a WB Network that same time Tribune Broadcasting bought KHTV.

[@rudyiraheta80]

missing gaylord wuab & as of kxln/keth

[@TracyGJacksonTV]

Rudy Iraheta um Gaylord sold WUAB to Cannel in August 1990 and Keth and KXLN had nothing to do with The WB or upn whatsoever 🙄🙄

[@fromthesidelines]

Chuck Jones did not like the idea of "Michigan J. Frog" becoming the symbol of the WB Network.

[@BM-wh5qk]

I always thought Platypus Man was about a half man/half platypus creature fighting crime.

[@BlueWhiteLion2011]

why are most of the comments are just people yapping and arguing about their fanmade tv channels and things that are not even true, like the hell?

[@rudyiraheta80]

some wb/upn affiliates are on the same channel

[@TracyGJacksonTV]

Rudy Iraheta some not all🙄🙄🙄

[@rudyiraheta80]

for example

[@ahonestwoman]

I only remember one show and that was Star Trek Voyager and all the other shows look horrible. I wonder why those networks failed...

[@num1Jaysta]

So you didn’t watch the shows yet you’re judging off intros....

[@matthewcampbell7985]

Winter-spring kxtx tv 39 and WGN Chicago/America and fall kdaf tv 33

[@rudyiraheta80]

no they were on kdaf & kdfi

[@TracyGJacksonTV]

Rudy Iraheta OMG are you stupid are something?! It was on KXTX for seven fucking months because of the big switch that occurred and after July 1995 The WB Affiliation was on KDAF, KDFI had nothing to do with The WB you sound delusional with the false Information it’s not even funny😡😡😡

[@edgamet8077]

UPN THE WB WGN CHICAGO ION TELEVISION WGN CHANNEL 9 WGN AMERICA

[@num1Jaysta]

My20

[@givemebackmypurse.6894]

Platypus Man