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(February 7th, 2008  -  Editor)          NBC offers a blend of past and present with a remake of the classic TV Series "Knight Rider" with a made for television movie with the same name. An all-new cast and a modern day KITT the talking car will be featured in the two hour telefilm starring Justin Bruening, Deanna Russo, Sydney Tamiia Poitier and Bruce Davison. In addition, David Hasselhoff, who starred in the popular lead role as Michael Knight for four seasons in the original series returns as the same character during a special guest appearance. KITT (Knight Industries Three Thousand) is the coolest car ever created and someone is willing to do anything to obtain it. Sarah Graiman is a 24-year old PhD. candidate at Stanford, following in her genius father Charles' footsteps. When she receives word from KITT that her father is missing, they set out to find and recruit childhood pal and former boyfriend Mike Traceur to help uncover who is behind the attempt to procure KITT and locate Charles.

          "Knight Rider" returns to NBC on Sunday, February 17th.

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          ABC has announced a launch date for the 12th edition of "The Bachelor" on Monday, March 17th and there is a new twist being added to the game. The series will look to England for the next contestant, but their pick has his sights set on an American girl.

          The next Bachelor is Matt Grant, 27. Viewers got their first glimpse of the 6'5", blue-eyed business development manager on ABC's "Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann" on February 4th, when he was introduced live from the audience.
          This totally charming and witty English gentleman works with millionaire businessmen, but he has something on his mind that is more urgent than any business deal - he wants to find the love of his life and to start a family as soon as possible. The youngest of five brothers, the rest of whom are married, he is very close to his parents and siblings. His parents are still best friends and have a sexy relationship even after 30 years together. Matt's life revolves around his family and friends.

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          FOX has announced that comedian and actor D.L. Hugley has agreed to host The 39th Annual N.A.A.C.P. Image Awards. The special will air on the network on Thursday, February 14th, live from The Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles from 8pm to 10pm on the East coast and tape delayed on the West coast. America Ferrera, Vanessa L. Williams, Jordin Sparks, Regina Taylor and Richard T. Jones will make special appearances, joining previously announced honorees Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder. Additional performers and artists appearing on the special will be announced closer to the air date.

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          In his first week as a United States citizen, CBS late night host Craig Ferguson announced on the Feb. 4 edition of his show, "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson", that he will headline the Annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner on Saturday, April 26.

          During the February 4th episode of his show, Ferguson said, "As soon as I became an American I thought, you know what is going to happen, I am going to get jury duty or the CIA is going to get in touch and get me to assassinate a foreign state or something like that.  Something boring.  Anyway, my first job as an American citizen, I can exclusively reveal tonight, is performing at the White House Correspondents' Dinner this year. I'm doing it!  I'm not hosting, President Bush hosts it.  There is a big fancy party in D.C.  It is like the Oscars for politicians where you cry and thank your agent.  There are 2,800 journalists in attendance, there (are) Congressman, Senators there, military brass, the Cabinet and I sit at the top table with the President and the First Lady.  And I am thinking, does he know I can't be kicked out now?  I thought it would be the big thing, have the dinner and "as my last act as President you go home Ferguson."  And I'll say, "I am home!"

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          NBC will debut the new high-energy competition series "My Dad Is Better Than Your Dad" on Monday, February 18 from 9-10 p.m. ET. The new game show is being billes as a high-energy, family-friendly competition series hosted by Dan Cortese ("MTV Sports," "What I Like About You"). The show will finally prove the familiar schoolyard boast, "My dad is better than your dad!". Dads and their respective son or daughter will be at the forefront of the action leading them in exciting larger-than-life challenges testing dad's strength, smarts and how well he works together with his son or daughter. Ultimately, the triumphant dad will strut away with money for his child's future and the all-important bragging rights.

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          NBC has announced a February 22nd launch date for a new game show that challenges contestants to remember events and statistics from their own lives. "Amne$ia" is a thrilling comedy-game show where contestants will be tested and blasts-from-the-past will be revealed, as contestants wrack their brains to answer some of the most challenging questions, often with hilarious results. Five-time Emmy Award-winning comedian and popular talk show host Dennis Miller ("Dennis Miller Live") will host.

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          NBC has announced a Tuesday, February 26th premiere date for the first internet-crossover series "Quarterlife". The critically acclaimed unscripted series follows six creative twenty-somethings trying to find their way in the world. In the first episode, Dylan (Bitsie Tulloch) struggles at her magazine job when her boss (Baret Swatek) steals her creative idea for the magazine. Jed (Scott Michael Foster) and Danny (David Walton) try and convince a local car dealership to hire them to make their commercial. Jed also is upset when he finds out that Dylan has revealed a personal secret involving Debra (Michelle Lombardo) on her video blog. Meanwhile, Lisa (Maite Schwartz) fights her insecurities and conquers her worst fear. Kevin Christy also stars.

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          NBC has picked up a soon to be released Canadian drama series "The Listener" (working title). The drama tells the story of a young man who can read people's thoughts, and act on them. The network has ordered 13 episodes of the one-hour drama series, which was green-lit by CTV, Canada's largest private broadcaster, last December. Set in Toronto, "The Listener" is currently in pre-production with shooting scheduled to begin this spring.
          In the series Toby Logan (Craig Olejnik, "In God's Country") is a young, big-city paramedic with the power to listen to people's thoughts. With his paramedic partner Osman Bey (Ennis Esmer, host of "The Toronto Show") as his sidekick, Toby juggles life as a telepathic sleuth with that of an urban twenty-something.
          No air date has been announced.

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          NBC has announced a series pickup of the American adaptation of the Australian hit comedy series "Kath & Kim," starring Molly Shannon (NBC's "Saturday Night Live") and Selma Blair ("Legally Blonde"). The series is a look into the minutiae of middle-class suburbia that digs deep into the daily lives of Kath, a cheerful, forty-something divorcee, and her self-absorbed daughter, Kim. It's the love and hate, push and pull, of the dysfunctional relationship only a mother and daughter could share.

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          ABC has announced the return of the reality game show "The Bachelorette" with an interesting twist. Millions of viewers watched DeAnna Pappas, 26, suffer through a painful, last-minute rejection by Brad Womack on the last season of "The Bachelor", earning her the sympathy of women everywhere. Now DeAnna will have the last laugh as the tables are turned and she gets to choose from among 25 bachelors in her own bid for true love, when "The Bachelorette" returns to the ABC lineup this summer.

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          NBC Will Debut the Broadcast Premieres of USA Network hits "Monk" and "Psych" on Sunday, April 6. The two proven hits have been brought up from the company's cable operation to fill time slots due to the Writer's Guild Of America strike in advance of the coming May ratings sweeps.

           "Monk" the critically acclaimed original series starring Emmy, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award winner Tony Shalhoub, remains one of the highest-rated original scripted series in basic cable history. Title star Shalhoub ("Big Night," "Wings," "Men in Black," "Cars") has earned three Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award and two SAG Awards for Best Actor in a Comedy Series for his performance as Adrian Monk -- a brilliant detective who suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder. Monk's psychological problem costs him his position as a legendary homicide detective on the San Francisco Police force. Due to the tragic unsolved murder of his wife, Monk has developed an abnormal fear of germs, heights, crowds and virtually everything else, which provides an unusual challenge to solving crimes -- not to mention his day-to-day existence.

          The #1 new show on cable in 2006, "Psych," stars James Roday ("The Dukes of Hazzard") as young police consultant Shawn Spencer, who solves crimes with powers of observation so acute the precinct detectives think he's psychic. At least that's what he lets them believe. The series also stars Dulé Hill ("The West Wing") as Shawn's best friend and reluctant sidekick, Gus, and Corbin Bernsen ("Kiss Kiss Bang Bang," "L.A. Law") as Shawn's disapproving father -- who ironically was the one who honed his son's "observation" skills as a child. Also featured are Timothy Omundson ("Judging Amy," "Deadwood"), Maggie Lawson ("Crumbs," "Inside Schwartz") and Kirsten Nelson ("Everwood").

 

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