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NEW SHOWS:

 

SEX, LIES & SECRETS (Tuesday, 8:00-9:00 PM), set in the small, hip neighborhood of Silver Lake, on the outskirts of Hollywood, is a fresh, edgy new drama that explores the intimate and often complex relationships of a tight-knit group of friends finding out who they are and what they want in life. These twenty-somethings have become a family sharing everything, but as in any family, the need to protect each other can often compel these friends to keep secrets that sometimes do more harm than good.  The new drama stars Denise Richards ("Scary Movie 3") as Jolene, Eric Balfour ("Six Feet Under") as Charlie, Lauren German ("The Texas Chainsaw Massacre") as Rose, Omar Miller ("Shall We Dance") as Coop, Tamara Taylor ("Diary of a Mad Black Woman") as Nina, and James Stevenson ("Hope and Faith") as Hank. SEX, LIES & SECRETS is produced by Axelrod/Edwards Company in association with Paramount Network Television. Jonathan Axelrod, Kelly Edwards and Daniel Cerone  ("Clubhouse") are executive producers. Michael Gans & Richard Register ("Celebrity Deathmatch") are co-executive producers and writers.

 

 

EVERYBODY HATES CHRIS (Thursday, 7:00-7:30 PM) is inspired by the childhood experiences of comedian Chris Rock, who narrates the hilarious, touching story of a teenager growing up as the eldest of three children in Brooklyn, New York during the early 1980's.  Uprooted to a new neighborhood and bused to a predominantly white middle school two-hours away by his strict, hard-working parents, Chris struggles to find his place while keeping his siblings in line at home and surmounting the challenges of junior high.  This responsible, resilient adolescent brings a distinct, funny spin to his everyday trials and traumas. The single-camera comedy series stars Tichina Arnold ("Big Momma's House") as Rochelle, Terry Crews ("White Chicks") as Julius, Tyler Williams as Chris, Tequan Richmond ("Ray") as Drew, Imani Hakim as Tonya, and Vincent Martella ("Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo") as Greg.  EVERYBODY HATES CHRIS is a production of Chris Rock Enterprises, Inc. in association with Paramount Network Television. Chris Rock ("Head of State"), Ali LeRoi ("Head of State"), Howard Gewirtz ("Oliver Beene"), Michael Rotenberg ("The Chris Rock Show") and Dave Becky ("The Hugleys") are executive producers.

 

 

LOVE, INC. (Thursday, 8:30-9:00 PM) follows Denise Johnson, an energetic, pragmatic young woman who takes pride in her success as a full-service dating consultant.  As the female version of a "wingman," this savvy matchmaker and her quirky co-workers help lovelorn single men, and even women, present the best image possible to just the right prospects.  Skilled at helping her clients find their seemingly unattainable soulmates, Denise continues to grapple with her inability to find one herself.  The series stars Shannen Doherty ("Charmed") as Denise, Reagan Gomez-Preston ("Beauty Shop") as Francine, Vince Vieluf ("Grind") as Barry, Ion Overman ("General Hospital") as Viviana, and Holly Robinson Peete ("For Your Love") as Clea.  LOVE, INC. is a production of Chase TV, The Littlefield Company and Burg/Koules in association with Paramount Network Television.  Adam Chase ("Friends"), Warren Littlefield ("Keen Eddie") and Mark Burg & Oren Koules ("Two and a Half Men") are executive producers.  Writer Andrew Secunda ("Late Night with Conan O'Brien") is a co-executive producer.

 

 

MID-SEASON DRAMA:

 

SOUTH BEACH (Day/Time TBD) revolves around Matt and Vince, best friends filled with aspirations of a better future, as they abandon their world as they know it and head to the alluring paradise of sandy beaches, beautiful people and hot spots in glamorous South Beach. Matt's preoccupation with his old, fashion-model girlfriend has him diving head first into her thrilling new life, even though she has moved on, and Vince, willing to do anything to get ahead, uncovers the dangerous and possibly seedy underbelly of SOUTH BEACH. The series stars Marcus Coloma ("Point Pleasant") as Matt, Chris Johnson ("xXx: State of the Union") as Vincent, Lee Thompson Young ("Friday Night Lights") as Ian, and Vanessa L. Williams ("Johnson Family Vacation") as Elizabeth.  SOUTH BEACH is produced by Nuyorican Productions and Flame Television in association with Paramount Network Television.  Tony Krantz ("The Bad Girl's Guide"), Jennifer Lopez ("Monster-in-Law"), Simon Fields ("Shall We Dance?") and Philip Levens ("Smallville") are executive producers.

 

 

 

2005 Fall UPN SPECIAL:

 

VIBE AWARDS ON UPN is a two-hour special event dedicated to celebrating innovation, cutting-edge presentation and genre expanding work in urban music, to be broadcast this fall on UPN. The show will again feature chart-topping, contemporary musical performances and special celebrity appearances from the worlds of film, television, sports, fashion and music. The 2004 VIBE AWARDS ON UPN was a production of Vibe magazine, Flavor Unit Television Entertainment and White Cherry Entertainment.

 

RETURNING UPN SERIES:

 

ONE ON ONE (Monday, 7:00-7:30 PM) kicks off its fifth season with 18-year-old Breanna and her boyfriend Arnaz entering a new phase in their lives as young adults living away from home, as Breanna starts college and Arnaz follows her to pursue his music career.  After four years of balancing parenthood and friendship, her father, sportscaster Flex Washington, has to deal with a more grown-up Breanna on her own for the very first time. The series stars Flex Alexander ("Out Cold") as Mark "Flex" Washington, Kyla Pratt ("Fat Albert") as Breanna Barnes, Kelly Perine ("Between Brothers") as Duane, Sicily as Spirit, and Robert Ri’chard ("Coach Carter") as Arnaz. ONE ON ONE is produced by The Greenblatt Janollari Studio and Daddy’s Girl Productions in association with Paramount Network Television. Creator Eunetta T. Boone ("My Wife and Kids") is executive producer.  

 

 

 

ALL OF US (Monday, 7:30-8:00 PM), inspired by the domestic adventures of entertainment superstars Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, returns for a third season to reflect a new generation's enlightened attitude toward the extended family dynamic with humor, sensitivity and heart.  Robert James, an entertainment reporter for a local Los Angeles television station, is divorced from the somewhat self-absorbed Neesee, mother of their endearing six-year-old son, Bobby Junior.  Robert is set to wed Tia, a clever kindergarten teacher who has learned to accept Neesee as an ongoing part of her life with Robert.  ALL OF US stars Duane Martin ("Deliver Us from Eva") as Robert James Sr., LisaRaye McCoy ("Beauty Shop") as Neesee James, Elise Neal ("The Hughleys") as Tia Jewel, Khamani Griffin ("Daddy Day Care") as Robert James Jr., Tony Rock ("The Chris Rock Show") as Dirk Black, Terri J. Vaughn ("The Steve Harvey Show") as Jonelle Abrahams, and James Vincent ("Dude Where's My Car?) as Turtle.  ALL OF US is produced by Overbrook Entertainment in association with Warner Bros. Television Production Inc. The executive producers are Will Smith ("Hitch"), Jada Pinkett Smith ("Collateral"), James Lassiter ("Ali") and Betsy Borns ("Friends").  Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith and Betsy Borns are also creators. 

 

 

GIRLFRIENDS (Monday, 8:00-8:30 PM) returns for its triumphant sixth year, providing an open, honest exploration of the hot-button issues about family, friends, relationships and life facing women today.  With fearlessness and sincerity, the show takes on universal issues that appeal to all women and treats them all with tenderness, care and respect.  The series stars Tracee Ellis Ross ("Hanging Up") as Joan Clayton, Golden Brooks ("Linc's Place") as Maya Wilkes, Persia White as Lynn Searcy, Jill Marie Jones as Toni Childs, and Reggie Hayes ("Getting Personal") as William Dent. GIRLFRIENDS is a production of Grammnet Productions and Happy Camper Productions in association with Paramount Network Television.  Mara Brock Akil ("Moesha," "The Jamie Foxx Show") created the series and serves as executive producer. 

 

 

 

HALF & HALF (Monday, 8:30-9:00 PM) enters its fourth season focusing on twenty-something half-sisters Mona and Dee Dee, who had only one thing in common when they met -- their father.  Growing up separately, Mona was raised by mom Phyllis to be an independent, free-spirited woman, while Dee Dee grew up privileged in a two-parent home and continues to develop her own identity out of the shadow of her overbearing mother Big Dee Dee.  Though once virtual strangers, these two sisters find themselves neighbors in the same San Francisco apartment building, and experiencing the joys and challenges of sisterhood for the first time.  The series stars Rachel True ("The Craft") as Mona, Essence Atkins ("Deliver Us from Ava") as Dee Dee, Telma Hopkins ("Family Matters") as Phyllis, Valarie Pettiford ("One Life To Live") as Big Dee Dee, Chico Benymon (R&B group Tra-Knox) as Spencer, and Alec Mapa ("Connie and Carla") as Adam.  HALF & HALF is a production of Sister Lee Productions, Inc. in association with Eye Productions Inc. Yvette Lee Bowser ("A Different World," "Living Single" and "For Your Love") is executive producer.  Jeffrey Klarik ("Mad About You") created the series.

 

 

AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL (Wednesday, 7:00-8:00 PM) is UPN’s hit dramality series that features Tyra Banks and gives real people an opportunity to prove that they can make it in the high-stress, high-stakes world of supermodeling.  The series, now in its fifth cycle, follows a group of young women of various backgrounds, shapes and sizes, who live together in one loft and vie for a modeling contract. The dramality exposes the transformation of everyday young women into potentially fierce supermodels, as they face weekly tests that determine who can make the cut.  With mentoring by supermodel Tyra Banks and exposure to high-profile fashion-industry gurus, the finalists compete in a highly accelerated modeling boot camp, a crash course to supermodel fame.   Participants are asked to demonstrate both inner and outer beauty as they learn to master complicated cat walks, intense physical fitness, fashion photo shoots and perfect publicity skills, all under 24-hour-a-day surveillance of the AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL cameras that chronicle every move.  Banks, who created the show, also serves as executive producer along with Ken Mok ("Making the Band") and Anthony Dominici ("The Amazing Race").

 

 

VERONICA MARS (Wednesday, 8:00-9:00 PM) returns for a second season to the wealthy, seaside community of Neptune, where the rich and powerful make the rules, own the town and the high school, and desperately try to keep their dirty little secrets just that…secret.  Unfortunately for them, there's Veronica Mars, a smart, fearless 18-year-old apprentice private investigator dedicated to solving the town's toughest mysteries.  During the day, high school senior Veronica must negotiate the halls of Neptune High like any average teenage girl.  By night, Veronica helps with her father Keith's private investigator business, sneaking through back alleys and scoping out no-tell motels with a telescopic-lens camera and her math book in an attempt to uncover the California beach town's darkest secrets.  The series stars Kristen Bell ("Deadwood") as Veronica Mars, Enrico Colantoni ("Just Shoot Me") as Keith Mars, Percy Daggs III ("The Guardian") as Wallace Fennel, Teddy Dunn ("The Manchurian Candidate") as Duncan Kane, Jason Dohring ("Judging Amy") as Logan Echolls, and Francis Capra ("C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation") as Eli "Weevil" Navarro.  VERONICA MARS is a production of Stu Seagall Productions, Inc. and Silver Pictures Television in association with Warner Bros. Television Production, Inc. Joel Silver ("The Matrix") and creator Rob Thomas ("Cupid") are executive producers.

 

 

EVE (Thursday, 7:30-8:00 PM), starring Grammy Award-winning Hip Hop sensation Eve, returns for a third season of her eponymous hit series as Shelly, a beautiful and intelligent woman of the new generation trying to navigate love, romance and career.  Strong and confident, Shelly brings a fresh attitude to the male/female equation. Her two best friends, Rita, a gorgeous, single former model, and Janie, an attractive woman very happy to be married and out of the dating scene, offer conflicting advice as Shelly tries to find her way on the rocky road to love.  Representing the male side of the relationship equation is J.T., a handsome, regular kind of guy who really enjoys being single, and his best pal, Nick, who is looking for that one perfect woman who can meet his very exacting standards.  Meanwhile, Donovan, the handsome, fashionable manager of Z Lounge, one of Miami’s hottest clubs, is friends with everyone and inevitably gets stuck in the middle when problems arise.  The series stars Eve ("Barbershop") as Shelly Williams, Jason George ("Barbershop," UPN's "Platinum") as J.T. Hunter, Ali Landry ("Spy TV") as Rita Lefleur, Natalie Desselle-Reid ("For Your Love") as Janie Egins, Brian Hooks ("Bulworth") as Nick Delaney, and Sean Maguire ("Off Centre") as Donovan Brink.  EVE is a production of The Greenblatt Janollari Studio and Mega-Diva,  Inc. in association with Warner Bros. Television Production Inc.  Meg DeLoatch (UPN's ONE ON ONE) is the creator, executive producer and writer.  Eve, Troy Carter and Dave Duclon are co-executive producers. 

 

 

CUTS (Thursday, 8:00-8:30 PM), the spin-off of UPN’s hit comedy ONE ON ONE, returns for a second season as former "hairstylist to the rap stars," Kevin Barnes finds himself co-managing his family's former barber shop with the new owner’s spoiled daughter, Tiffany.  With differing ideas and opinions, these two partners successfully turn the old shop into a hot, new urban day spa in burgeoning Baltimore.  The series stars Shannon Elizabeth ("American Pie") as Tiffany, Marques Houston ("Fat Albert") as Kevin Barnes, Shondrella Avery ("Napoleon Dynamite") as Candy, Rashaan Nall (ONE ON ONE) as Walt, and Edward "Grapevine Fordham, Jr. as Ace.  The executive producers are Eunetta T. Boone ("My Wife and Kids", ONE ON ONE) and Bennie R. Richburg, Jr. ("The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air").  The series is produced by Daddy's Girl Productions and Penrose Productions in association with Paramount Network Television.

 

WWE SMACKDOWN! (Friday, 7:00-9:00 PM) is an action-packed event that delivers all-new, all-spectacular shows and specials every week, year-round on UPN.  This unique, bigger-than-life two-hour saga has ratcheted up the drama and intensified the classic rivalries between some of the WWE’s biggest Superstars.  Some of the Superstars featured each week include The Undertaker, WWE Champion John Cena, Kurt Angle, Rey Mysterio, Eddie Guerrero and The Big Show, among many others.  Meanwhile, the WWE Divas, including Torrie Wilson, Dawn Marie, and Miss Jackie, add their own special combination of glamour, beauty and competition.  Together with a recurring cast of unique WWE Superstars, they put on an astonishing display of athleticism combined with riveting dramatic and comedic storylines.  WWE SMACKDOWN! has been -- and will continue to be -- appointment viewing for millions of young men and women.  The executive producer is Kevin Dunn. Taped before frenzied crowds all over the United States, the series is a production of World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.

 

 

UPN-43 PROGRAMS:

 

Saturday at NOON - RACELINE with Joe Moore always brings you the latest news from the NASCAR world and commentary from championship crew chief Barry Dodson and Racing Milestones editor Mary Scully.  The Fastest Half Hour on TV.

 

 

Weekdays, 5:30 – 6 pm & 9 – 9:30 pm, Weekend Edition – Saturday, 5 pm and Sunday, 9 pm"Extra" is proud currently one of TV’s highest-rated nationally-syndicated entertainment newsmagazines, "Extra" has been at the forefront of pop culture since its debut in 1994, offering an insider's look at everything that happens in the land of Hollywood. From films to fashion, television to trends, "Extra" provides a front row seat to the entertainment industry.   "Extra’s" half-hour weekday edition delivers the stars and all they do, reporting their latest movie, TV and music projects, along with backstage happenings and red carpet arrivals at premieres and award shows. The show’s signature segments take viewers even further into the world of entertainment: Backstage Sneak Peeks brings viewers to the sets of major films and television shows, while Extra’s Sneak Peeks and Screening Room give viewers their first looks at the newest movies and television shows. The show grants unparalleled access inside Hollywood romances with its Couples News and celebrity where-abouts are uncovered in Star Sightings. The series offers more in-depth interviews with entertainment's finest in the Extra Profile, while the latest celebrity fashion and product trends are introduced in Hot New Stuff and Revlon’s Red Carpet Moment, and the star's most extravagant mansions and spas unearthed in Mansions and Millionaires.  "Extra’s" expanded one-hour weekend edition delivers in-depth feature stories and broader presentations of signature segments. The weekend show offers extended reports, previews and wrap-ups of principal award shows like the Oscars, Emmys and Grammys, and full shows dedicated to specific themes, from Mansions and Millionaires to behind-the-scenes updates.   "Extra’s" on-air team is led by Emmy Award-winning television personalityDayna Devon. Devon was named anchor in September 2003 after spending four years with the show. Jon Kelley is a primary correspondent for the daily show and serves as co-anchor for the weekend edition. Devon and Kelley are backed by a strong team of correspondents including Jerry Penacoli and Michel Bryant. Regular "Extra" contributors include Michael Corbett, Simon Cowell, Ryan Seacrest, Terri Seymour, and A.J. Calloway. Additionally, a myriad of personalities serve as special correspondents and celebrity reporters for the series.   "Extra" is a Time Telepictures Television production and is distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution.

 

 

Malcolm in the Middle Unconventional, maybe. Dysfunctional, just a little. Real, absolutely. The Cleavers they ain't. This inventive family comedy is seen through the eyes of Malcolm (Frankie Muniz), a regular kid -- with a genius IQ -- just trying to get through the day without being embarrassed by his family. Mom is a screaming control freak, Dad is a goofy human hairball, oldest son Francis is criminally disobedient, Reese is just criminal and youngest son Dewey is a space cadet.

PROGRAM PROFILE

genre:

Off-Network Sitcom

primary target audience:

A25-54

secondary target audience:

W25-54

program length:

30 minutes minutes

 

 

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