United Paramount Network
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United Paramount Network was an American broadcast television network launched in 1995 that primarily targeted younger and urban audiences before merging with The WB to form The CW in 2006.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| UPN | 4 |
| United Paramount Network canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10049415 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United Paramount Network Context triple: [UPN, fullName, United Paramount Network]
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A.
Paramount Network
Paramount Network is an American cable television channel owned by Paramount Global, known for airing original scripted series, reality shows, and feature films.
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B.
Paramount Media Networks
Paramount Media Networks is a major American television and streaming media division that operates a portfolio of popular cable channels and digital brands under Paramount Global.
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C.
AMC Networks
AMC Networks is an American entertainment company and cable television broadcaster best known for operating channels like AMC, IFC, and SundanceTV and producing acclaimed original series.
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D.
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company is a major American television network known for its prime-time entertainment programming, including hit series, sports broadcasts, and news.
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E.
Paramount Global
Paramount Global is a major American media and entertainment conglomerate that owns film, television, and streaming assets including Paramount Pictures and CBS.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United Paramount Network Target entity description: United Paramount Network was an American broadcast television network launched in 1995 that primarily targeted younger and urban audiences before merging with The WB to form The CW in 2006.
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A.
Paramount Network
Paramount Network is an American cable television channel owned by Paramount Global, known for airing original scripted series, reality shows, and feature films.
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B.
Paramount Media Networks
Paramount Media Networks is a major American television and streaming media division that operates a portfolio of popular cable channels and digital brands under Paramount Global.
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C.
AMC Networks
AMC Networks is an American entertainment company and cable television broadcaster best known for operating channels like AMC, IFC, and SundanceTV and producing acclaimed original series.
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D.
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company is a major American television network known for its prime-time entertainment programming, including hit series, sports broadcasts, and news.
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E.
Paramount Global
Paramount Global is a major American media and entertainment conglomerate that owns film, television, and streaming assets including Paramount Pictures and CBS.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
broadcast television network
ⓘ
defunct television network ⓘ |
| broadcastArea |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
select U.S. territories ⓘ |
| broadcastType | free-to-air ⓘ |
| coFounder | Chris-Craft Industries NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| competitor |
ABC
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
CBS NERFINISHED ⓘ Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ NBC NERFINISHED ⓘ The WB NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| dissolutionDate | 2006-09-15 ⓘ |
| distributionMethod |
cable television
ⓘ
over-the-air affiliates ⓘ satellite television ⓘ |
| focus | African-American oriented programming in prime time ⓘ |
| founder | Paramount Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | general entertainment ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
Los Angeles ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1995-01-16 ⓘ |
| marketPosition | fifth broadcast network in the United States ⓘ |
| mergedInto | The CW NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| networkType | commercial television network ⓘ |
| notableProgram |
Everybody Hates Chris
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Girlfriends NERFINISHED ⓘ Moesha NERFINISHED ⓘ One on One NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: Voyager NERFINISHED ⓘ The Parkers NERFINISHED ⓘ UPN Kids NERFINISHED ⓘ Veronica Mars NERFINISHED ⓘ WWE SmackDown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| owner | Viacom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentCompany |
Chris-Craft Industries
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Paramount Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pictureFormat |
480i
ⓘ
SDTV ⓘ |
| predecessor | Paramount Television Service (planned) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| programmingType | network television ⓘ |
| reasonForClosure | merger with The WB to form The CW ⓘ |
| shortName | UPN NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| slogan |
It’s UPN
ⓘ
UPN is U ⓘ |
| successor | The CW NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
urban audiences
ⓘ
young viewers ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: United Paramount Network Description of subject: United Paramount Network was an American broadcast television network launched in 1995 that primarily targeted younger and urban audiences before merging with The WB to form The CW in 2006.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: United Paramount Network
linked to: United Paramount Network
linked to: United Paramount Network
linked to: United Paramount Network