UPN was EVERYTHING. I don’t know a single teen or tween who wasn’t watching Moesha et al as Appointment Television. We WANTED these stories and actors onscreen. All of us kids. Black, white, Mexican, Filipino, Japanese, you name the culture and we all loved it. These shows were more true to life than anything else on air at the time. When ppl talk about shows getting canceled or entire blocks being shutdown bc of ratings...what a lie. Even before streaming ratings weren’t the problem. It was always the executives and competitive throttling. Phew u brought up memories and anguish, lol.
UPN was EVERYTHING. I don’t know a single teen or tween who wasn’t watching Moesha et al as Appointment Television. We WANTED these stories and actors onscreen. All of us kids. Black, white, Mexican, Filipino, Japanese, you name the culture and we all loved it. These shows were more true to life than anything else on air at the time. When ppl talk about shows getting canceled or entire blocks being shutdown bc of ratings...what a lie. Even before streaming ratings weren’t the problem. It was always the executives and competitive throttling. Phew u brought up memories and anguish, lol.
Yes, UPN was global for the kids. They even had us hooked on Veronica Mars.
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