Three new shows on UPN's fall schedule

UPN couldn't make something beautiful happen with a series starring Taye Diggs. Maybe it will laugh all the way to the bank with a series based on a young Chris Rock.

Dawn Ostroff, network chief, unveiled plans Thursday for three new shows for UPN's fall, including two comedies and a drama. Diggs' Kevin Hill (Although I never watched it, I heard this was a good show) and Second Time Around were not renewed, joining the previously canceled Enterprise (Damnit UPN!!! I will miss Star Trek). Veronica Mars, which barely escaped cancellation in its freshman season, will step into Kevin Hill's time slot.

Ostroff announced that WWE Smackdown will move from Thursday to Friday, and that Everybody Hates Chris, based on the childhood experiences of the man many recognize as the funniest person in America, will launch a new night of comedy Thursdays at 7.

For those keeping score, Thursdays-at-7 this fall will see Everybody Hates Chris competing against the WB's Smallville, Fox's The O.C., NBC's Joey, ABC's Alias and CBS' Survivor. Bring bandages.

New for UPN's fall:

•Everybody Hates Chris, in which Rock narrates the story of his teen-age life: raised by strict parents and bused to a predominantly white middle school.
•Love Inc., a comedy about a "full-service dating consultant." Also known as a matchmaker. Shannen Doherty stars.
•Sex, Lies & Secrets, a drama set on the outskirts of Hollywood about relationships between twenty-somethings. Denise Richards, Eric Balfour, Lauren German, Omar Miller, Tamara Taylor and James Stevenson star.

UPN LINEUP

• Monday
7 p.m. One on One
7:30 p.m. All of Us
8 p.m. Girlfriends
8:30 p.m. Half & Half
• Tuesday
7 p.m. America's Next Top Model (reruns)
8 p.m. Sex, Lies & Secrets (new)
• Wednesday
7 p.m. America's Next Top Model
8 p.m. Veronica Mars
• Thursday
7 p.m. Everybody Hates Chris (new)
7:30 p.m. Eve
8 p.m. Cuts
8:30 p.m. Love, Inc. (new)
• Friday
7 p.m. WWE Smackdown
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