10 of the Biggest FLOPS from UPN in the 90s

Remember when UPN tried to take on NBC, FOX, and CBS… and face-planted in spectacular fashion? 🚀

In the wild world of 1990s television, the United Paramount Network (UPN) launched with Star Trek: Voyager and a dream — only to spend the rest of the decade producing some of the weirdest, wildest, and most unforgettable flops in TV history. From Platypus Man to Homeboys in Outer Space to The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer, this countdown revisits the shows that boldly went… absolutely nowhere.

Join us as we dig into 10 of UPN’s biggest failures — the ones that burned bright, crashed hard, and somehow made TV history in the process. Some were ambitious. Some were just bad. But all of them are proof that in the ’90s, networks really would greenlight anything.

👉 What about you?
Did you ever accidentally tune into one of these while waiting for Voyager to start? Which UPN disaster do you remember (or wish you could forget)? Drop your favorite forgotten flop in the comments!

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