In January 2006, the United States' two "second-tier" television networks, UPN and The WB, announced they would both cease operations on September 15 and 17 respectively, and their operations would be transferred to a new joint-venture "fifth" network, The CW.

The first six seasons (referred to as "cycles") aired on UPN, before UPN merged with The WB to create The CW in 2006. It was announced on January 24, 2006, that Top Model would be part of the new The CW network, a merge between UPN and The WB , when the seventh cycle started in September airing on Wednesdays.

Warner Bros. announced plans to launch a similar network, which would become known as The WB, in close proximity to UPN. The belief that a new broadcast network could grow to be competitive was predicated on the idea that the network in question would not have a fledgling rival to contend with.

Jan 21, 2006 · On Jan. 24, 11 years to the month after the birth of The WB and UPN, executives shocked the television industry by announcing the networks’ deaths. Come September 2006, they will disappear, to be...

Jan 24, 2006 · Two part-time broadcast networks moved to become a combined larger one today as CBS and the Warner Brothers studio announced they were joining forces to form a new network, called the CW, out of...

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Jan 24, 2006 · Two small, struggling television networks, UPN and WB, will merge to form a new network called The CW, executives from the companies that own them said Tuesday. The announcement was made by...

Feb 2, 2006 · On the day the two networks merged into the blandly named, vaguely country-music-sounding the CW, UPN and WB sported almost frighteningly well-matched lineups: UPN’s Veronica Mars with the...

Feb 23, 2022 · Before this moment in 2006, UPN had become known for its Black sitcoms: Moesha, The Parkers, Half & Half, One on One and Girlfriends. Tom Nunan joined UPN as executive VP of programming in 1997.

Jan 24, 2016 · Ten years ago today, the TV biz was jolted by the news that the WB Network and UPN would lay down their arms after 11 years of battle and join forces as the CW.