Network Execs to Exit UPN, WB

The UPN and WB networks are undergoing management shifts at their entertainment divisions, with UPN President Tom Nunan and WB Co-President Susanne Daniels preparing to exit.

Nunan will leave as entertainment president when his contract expires this month, according to sources close to the situation, marking the end of a term in which the Viacom Inc. network for the most part failed to generate new hits. UPN declined to comment.

Nunan came to UPN in 1997 after a stint as head of NBC Studios. He was brought in by UPN chief Dean Valentine to help the network compete with another start-up, WB.

Daniels will give up her role as WB co-president of entertainment, which she has shared with Jordan Levin since his promotion last year. Her plans remain unclear, though she may remain affiliated with WB parent AOL Time Warner Inc.

Daniels, who has been with the network for seven years, recently had a third child with her husband, Greg Daniels, co-creator of Fox series “King of the Hill,” and has discussed reducing her workload. She became president in 1999, when Garth Ancier left WB for NBC.