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...young white viewers. But while the two networks are fierce competitors, they also operate almost opposite universes. The WB built a lineup of dramas and comedy-dramas with young-female appeal ("Felicity," "Dawson's Creek," "7th Heaven"), while UPN settled into a niche heavy on action and testosterone ("WWF Smackdown!," "Shasta McNasty," the XFL). In short, UPN is The Boy Network and The WB is The Girl Network...
...schedule them. Does this "Buffy"-napping mean UPN is going to try to morph into the network of quality? Don't hold your breath - until recently, it was still considering "The Tranny," a transsexual comedy with RuPaul - but it may now have to expand beyond boy magnets like "Smackdown!" if it wants to build on this coup and keep its new viewers...
...Superman's teen years - but losing "Buffy" and possibly "Angel" might eventually shake it out of its pattern, verging on self-parody, of one drama about angsty teens with superpowers after another. Whereas UPN, reaping the benefits of "Buffy," could find that there's life, and ratings, beyond the "Smackdown!" demographic. In which case, in the end, the girls might just win this one after...
...emissions controls--including business associations and industries that contributed millions to Bush's presidential race--decided late last month that the time had come to reverse the trend. Their campaign, which culminated in Bush's turnabout letter to Hagel and the others, had all the finesse of a smackdown, leaving O'Neill embarrassed and Whitman downright humiliated. Bush consoled her with an invitation to Camp David last weekend, shortly after she issued a wan statement declaring her own about-face on the issue. But European leaders who had accepted her assurances were furious, sources tell TIME. British Ambassador Christopher Meyer...
Soon everyone in the family was talking, but not to one another. Rumors flew. "I told Park, 'It's over; I want out,'" says Henschel. At this point, they called in Bright. She interviewed each person before gathering them for a three-day smackdown at an El Paso hotel. There was yelling about devious motives; there were tears. There was plenty of salsa...