On August 28, 1995, KSHV-TV became an affiliate of the fledgling United Paramount Network (UPN), assuming the local affiliation rights from CBS affiliate KSLA (channel 12), which had carried UPN's Monday and Tuesday prime time programming during the overnight hours since the network debuted on January 16, by way of network parent Viacom's ownership of KSLA at that time. Once it affiliated with UPN, KSHV began to fill the 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. time slot with feature films and some first-run syndicated programs; in addition, the station added more secular programs to its schedule, but quickly phased out most of its religious programs. (UPN would begin expanding to additional nights between March 1996 and October 1998, when it began programming a five-night-a-week schedule through the extension of its offerings to Thursday and Friday nights.)