List of Programs Broadcast By UPN

Cartoon

Bureau of Alien Detectors (1996)

Dilbert (1999-2000) - The first episode was broadcast on January 25, 1999, and was UPN's highest-rated comedy series premiere at that point in the network's history; it lasted two seasons on UPN and won a Primetime Emmy before its cancellation.

The Disney Afternoon (1996-1999) - The Disney Afternoon was last aired on August 29, 1997. Beginning September 1, Disney dropped the block's name and reduced it to 90 minutes. The unnamed 90-minute block ran until September 3, 1999, when it was finally cancelled and a new block, Disney's One Too began airing on UPN.

Disney's One Too (1999-2003) - In January 1998, UPN began talks with The Walt Disney Company to run a daily two-hour Disney kids block but the talks with Disney were called off a week later do to a dispute over branding the block and deciding how much E/I programming Disney would provide, UPN then began talks with Nickelodeon At which time UPN made a deal with Saban Entertainment to program the block on Sunday mornings. In March 1998, UPN resumed talks with Disney and in April, UPN made a deal with Disney to air Disney programming on Sunday mornings (8-10 a.m.) and weekday afternoons (3-5 p.m.). The new lineup, a sister block to Disney's One Saturday Morning on ABC, would be called Disney's One Too. Originally announced as "Whomptastic" (though changed due to it being a word used in the animated series Recess as a substitute for "sucks"), the block debuted on September 5, 1999. The block's last airdate was August 29, 2003, leaving UPN as the only major broadcast television network without children's programming. UPN was not the first "big six" network to drop children's programming. NBC became the first network to drop children's programming entirely in 1992, when it was replaced by a live-action teen programming block called TNBC. However, the children's programming returned in 2002 on NBC, with the major six networks airing children's programming. The WB and UPN merged to form The CW in 2006, leaving The CW to air the Kids' WB block up until 2008, when it was replaced by The CW4Kids. This left MyNetworkTV (a new 2006-established network) to still not air children's programming. However, the Fox network (who also owns MyNetworkTV) dropped the 4KidsTV block entirely on December 27, 2008 and ABC dropped the ABC Kids block entirely in 2011, when it was replaced by a live-action teen programming block called Litton's Weekend Adventure, leaving News Corporation's two American networks and a Disney-owned network as the only networks to not air children's programming altogether.

Doug (1999-2000)

Game Over (2004) - Game Over was heavily hyped by UPN before its debut. Some were skeptical of Game Over due to UPN's track record with their cartoons, but the show generally received positive press upon its airing. Despite this, only six episodes were made, which aired on a variety of different days – the fourth and fifth episodes were broadcast on April 2, 2004, and the sixth episode ("Monkey Dearest") was not aired.

Gary & Mike (2001) - This mid-season replacement show was about best friends traveling across the United States on a road trip, accomplishing nothing of importance, and unwittingly destroying hopes, dreams, and personal property. Gary is a fairly normal, albeit high-strung, uptight, good hearted loser while Mike is the fun-loving, laid back, "best friend from hell" with a sex addiction. They meet hookers, mole people, and a scheming murderer, all while a vengeful father pursues Mike for bedding his daughter. Although the final episode included a "to be continued" message, the show was canceled after its first season.

Home Movies (1999) - Home Movies was produced by Soup2Nuts, and originally aired on United Paramount Network but was canceled after 5 episodes. The show was then picked up by Cartoon Network, and was the first program to be aired on the Sunday night block of the original Adult Swim animation showcase. As part of Adult Swim, it finished the first season and was picked up for three more. In its first season, Home Movies utilized Soup2Nuts’ Squigglevision animation but later abandoned that for the cheaper, more malleable Macromedia Flash animation. The switch was initiated for several reasons: scattered negative response to Squigglevision (from both critics and viewers), limitations in regard to movement (fluid motion is rare in Squigglevision), and the producers' view that Squigglevision was inherent to Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist and that Home Movies should develop its own unique style. Another quality that Home Movies carried over from Dr. Katz was its initial use of “retroscripting”, a process in which an episode’s scripts are purposely left vague, and instead of exact dialogue, the plot of a particular scene is merely outlined—the rest of the dialogue is then created through improv by the actors. The use of retroscripting in Home Movies gives the show very casual, realistic dialogue with an often dry, sarcastic wit. Although retroscripting was only used officially in the first season (the entire first episode was improvised from start to finish), the dialogue in the following three seasons remained heavily improvised, with the written script serving mainly as a guide or something to fall back on for jokes if needed.

The Incredible Hulk (1996-1999) - In the second season, the show's format, after UPN decided that Season 1 was too dark, was changed, and to give "female viewers a chance", the network ordered that She-Hulk be made a regular co-star. As a result, the series was officially renamed The Incredible Hulk and She-Hulk. The second season also featured the Grey Hulk.