Longtime participants in the Television Critics Assn. press tour often get hit with a sense of deja vu while covering the twice-yearly marathon of TV gabbery. The show’s original title was “Empire,” ...

HOLLYWOOD -- UPN, known for comedies with mostly African-American casts, has high hopes for its spring family drama Platinum. Shows featuring predominantly black casts have not lasted long on ...

UPN has picked up six episodes of the drama series "Platinum," the story of two brothers who own a hip-hop record label. The television show was co-created by Sofia Coppola (daughter of famed director ...

UPN and drama go together about as well as Rush Limbaugh and Barbra Streisand. The sixth-place network is so inhospitable that even the Star Trek franchise hasn’t soared there. Beleaguered UPN had to ...

It may seem strange that a white woman in her early 40s would be a huge rap fan. Since the fan is UPN entertainment head Dawn Ostroff, it makes the notion especially intriguing. “My husband,” Ostroff ...

For as long as it has dominated popular music, hip-hop has largely been ignored as a subject for television drama. With Eminem most recently proving the crossover appeal of rap drama as well as music ...

Longtime participants in the Television Critics Assn. press tour often get hit with a sense of deja vu while covering the twice-yearly marathon of TV gabbery. NBC Entertainment chairman Bob Greenblatt ...

In the US, mini-network UPN has ordered six episodes of a new midseason family drama Platinum, in a deal that includes replays on sister cable network MTV. Currently in development, the show is a ...

Family drama and the world of hip-hop will intermingle in a new drama UPN has ordered for midseason. The network has picked up six episodes of “Platinum,” which explores the relationship of two ...

Longtime participants in the Television Critics Assn. press tour often get hit with a sense of deja vu while covering the twice-yearly marathon of TV gabbery. NBC Entertainment chairman Bob Greenblatt ...