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NBC UNIVERSAL STARS STRUT THEIR STUFF AND PUT THEIR REPUTATIONS ON THE RUNWAY FOR THE 'MACY'S PASSPORT CELEBRITY CATWALK CHALLENGE' SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11             NBC will air the "Macy's Passport Celebrity Catwalk Challenge," a one-hour special hosted by Tori Spelling (Oxygen's "Tori and Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood") on Saturday, October 11 (8-9 p.m. ET).      (Read More)

ABC.COM ADDS NEW DIGITAL CONTENT FEATURES FOR FALL SEASON            Starting today, ABC.com begins rolling out a wide array of new interactive digital features for many of ABC's most popular primetime series, including "Dancing with the Stars," "Desperate Housewives," "Grey's Anatomy" and "Ugly Betty".       (Read More)

ACADEMY AWARD WINNER OLYMPIA DUKAKIS TO GUEST STAR ON THE CBS COMEDY "WORST WEEK"            Academy Award-winning actress Olympia Dukakis will guest star on WORST WEEK on the CBS Television Network. Dukakis will star as Melanie's paternal grandmother, June Clayton, in an episode titled "The Ring".       (Read More)

31 STARS FROM ABC DAYTIME TO APPEAR AT "ABC-SOAPnet SUPER SOAP WEEKEND"            Eden Riegel ("All My Children"), Kassie DePaiva ("One life to Live") and Bradford Anderson ("General Hospital") are among the talent completing the list of 31 stars from ABC Daytime to appear at the "ABC-SOAPnet Super Soap Weekend" on November 15-16.       (Read More)

 

CBS RECORDS RECORDING ARTIST WILL DAILEY TO MAKE HIS DAYTIME DEBUT ON "AS THE WORLD TURNS" ON CBS TELEVISION            CBS Records recording artist Will Dailey will perform his hit singles "Boom Boom" and "Rise" his most recent album Back Flipping Forward, on AS THE WORLD TURNS, Friday, Oct. 3 (check local listings) on the CBS Television Network.       (Read More)

CBS STIRS UP NEW SEASON VIEWERS WITH A GRANDE WI-FI PROMOTION AT THOUSANDS OF STARBUCKS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY            In a first-of-its-kind promotion for a broadcast network, CBS is targeting Wi-Fi users at thousands of Starbucks locations throughout the country with exposure on the AT&T Wi-Fi page.       (Read More)

FIRST ROUND OF PERFORMERS ANNOUNCED FOR "THE 42nd ANNUAL CMA AWARDS"            Brooks & Dunn, Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson, Miranda Lambert, George Strait, Sugarland, Taylor Swift and Keith Urban to Perform on "Country Music's Biggest Night" The star-packed lineup for "The 42nd Annual CMA Awards"       (Read More)

NBC NEWS' ICUE NAMED BEST NEWS SITE OF 2008             NBC News' iCue (www.icue.com), a free, online collaborative learning environment for students and lifelong learners ages 13 and up, won the 2008 WebAward for the Best News site.       (Read More)

UMA THURMAN, JESSE L. MARTIN, NATHAN LANE, JANE KRAKOWSKI, PETRA NEMCOVA, PAUL WILLIAMS AND MICHAEL BLOOMBERG JOIN THE ALL-STAR CAST OF NBC'S HOLIDAY SPECIAL 'A MUPPETS CHRISTMAS: LETTERS TO SANTA'            Uma Thurman ("Kill Bill"), Jane Krakowski ("30 Rock"), Nathan Lane ("The Producers"), Jesse L. Martin ("Law & Order"), Petra Nemcova ("A Model Life") Paul Williams ("Georgia Rule") and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg have joined the all-star cast of NBC's upcoming holiday special "A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa" airing Wednesday, December 17 (8-9 p.m. ET).       (Read More)

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AND THE E STREET BAND TO PERFORM DURING BRIDGESTONE SUPER BOWL XLIII HALFTIME SHOW ON NBC            BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AND THE E STREET BAND will perform in the BRIDGESTONE SUPER BOWL XLIII HALFTIME SHOW on NBC at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa on Sunday, February 1, the NFL and NBC announced during halftime of the September 28th edition of "Sunday Night Football".       (Read More)

CBS Sports has announced its college football doubleheader games for Saturday, Oct. 11             Televised match-ups       (Read More)

NBC'S 'SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE' PREPARES A PACKED OCTOBER             After dominating headlines and ratings with its early launch in mid-September, NBC's "Saturday Night Live" shows no signs of slowing with six live broadcasts slated for the month of October (three live Saturday "SNL's" and three live primetime Update specials).       (Read More)

"THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO" LISTINGS       (Read More)

UPCOMING GUESTS ON THE "LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN"       (Read More)

LISTINGS FOR 'LATE NIGHT WITH CONAN O'BRIEN'       (Read More)

UPCOMING GUESTS ON "THE LATE LATE SHOW with CRAIG FERGUSON"       (Read More)

QUOTABLES FROM 'SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE'S WEEKEND UPDATE WITH AMY POEHLER & SETH MEYERS' SEPTEMBER 27, 2008.       (Read More)

QUOTABLES FROM NBC'S 'LATE NIGHT WITH CONAN O'BRIEN'       (Read More)

THE "LATE SHOW" TOP TEN "Features of the Rejected $700 Billion Bailout       (Read More)

NBC UNIVERSAL STARS STRUT THEIR STUFF AND PUT THEIR REPUTATIONS ON THE RUNWAY FOR THE 'MACY'S PASSPORT CELEBRITY CATWALK CHALLENGE' SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11

Burbank, Ca., September 25th, 2008.            NBC will air the "Macy's Passport Celebrity Catwalk Challenge," a one-hour special hosted by Tori Spelling (Oxygen's "Tori and Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood") on Saturday, October 11 (8-9 p.m. ET). The special, inspired by Macy's signature Passport fashion show and in honor of the retailer's 150th birthday, will showcase the rigorous runway training of NBC Universal celebrities Jerry Springer ("America's Got Talent"), Bob Harper ("The Biggest Loser"), Jack Coleman ("Heroes"), Nancy O'Dell ("Access Hollywood"), Kate Flannery ("The Office") and Leyla Milani ("Deal or No Deal" model) as they put their reputations on the line to become Macy's Passport models.

Also in the special will be musical performances by The Pussycat Dolls, Fall Out Boy, Ne-Yo and Jabbawockeez.

The NBC Universal stars will go through rigorous schooling in the quest to become runway models. Their adventures while preparing with New York Model Management Agency Director Cory Bautista, judge of the Bravo series "Make Me A Supermodel," will all be documented on camera and their struggles and triumphs will be showcased in the special. All of the preparation will lead up to the moment they put everything on the line -- their "catwalk professional debut" at the finale of the 2008 Macy's Passport event in Los Angeles.

The special, which also integrates behind-the-scenes footage from the actual 2008 Macy's Passport fashion show, will also air October 12 on USA (1-2 a.m. ET) and Bravo (5-6 p.m. ET), as well as October 13 on Oxygen (8-9 p.m. ET). Special coverage of the event other behind-the-scenes moments will also air during the October 11th episode of Telemundo's "Nitido".

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ABC.COM ADDS NEW DIGITAL CONTENT FEATURES FOR FALL SEASON

New York, N.Y., September 29th, 2008.            Starting today, ABC.com begins rolling out a wide array of new interactive digital features for many of ABC's most popular primetime series, including "Dancing with the Stars," "Desperate Housewives," "Grey's Anatomy" and "Ugly Betty." Site highlights include:

* Wisteria Lane Virtual Tour: Sponsored by Lexus, this interactive tour of the "Desperate Housewives" set allows fans to get an up-close peek into the homes of their favorite Wisteria Lane residents. Fans will be able to click on hot spots found throughout the houses, zooming in on certain features and objects to find details about the series' characters and storylines, as well as information about Lexus vehicles featured on the show.

* Design a Dance Contest: This feature combines user-generated submissions and weekly polls to allow "Dancing with the Stars" fans to contribute to a special on-air dance segment based on viewer-selected elements including the dancing couple, style of dance, music and costumes.

* Mode Magazine Online: An online version of Mode Magazine (from "Ugly Betty") that is updated with new content each week.

* Dr. Sydney Heron's "Healing with Love" blog: Using submissions of the viewers of "Grey's Anatomy," this blog features "tongue-in-cheek" advice and self-help strategies from the Seattle Grace resident

* "Life on Mars" Interactive Poll: Fans place themselves in Detective Sam Tyler's shoes when they're confronted with a series of situations that test how well they would fare living in 1973 versus 2008.

* "Life on Mars" 1973 Computer Electronic Game: Fans play a vintage computer game that features segments containing trivia and factoids about the year 1973.

* "How Well Do You Know Me? Quiz": Viewers of "Opportunity Knocks" have the opportunity to find out how well their friends, family and co-workers really know them - by challenging them to answer ten simple questions about their habits, likes and dislikes. Users can see which family members, friends and co-workers know them best on their personal leader board, and can compete to have the highest ranking on the ABC leader board by having the most people take the challenge.

* Personality Quizzes: Fans can learn which characters from their favorite shows they're most like through a variety of quizzes. Shows include "Brothers & Sisters," "Desperate Housewives," "Dirty Sexy Money," "Grey's Anatomy," "Private Practice," "Samantha Who?" and "Ugly Betty."

The site offers a multitude of other features, including games, trivia, message boards and a library of over 2,000 pieces of short-form content related to ABC's popular primetime lineup. ABC.com is also home to a new "Ugly Betty" webisode series, "Mode After Hours." The webisode series features Marc (Michael Urie) and Amanda (Becki Newton) in different adventures at the Mode office after the work day is done and everyone has left. Original webisode series are also planned for "Brothers & Sisters" and "Scrubs."

Last week ABC.com unveiled a new, updated version of the award-winning ABC.com full episode player. The new full episode player features a completely redesigned user interface and incorporates several enhancements for user customization, interactivity and improved viewing capabilities, including true full screen viewing; content sharing tools providing users the ability to send and share video links from full episodes with others through email or by embedding links on other websites, blogs and social networks; content recommendation functions; closed captioning and parental ratings information. A new short-form video player, which allows users to embed videos throughout the web, including their own blogs and third-party social networking sites, was also introduced.

As the online home of the ABC Television Network, ABC.com is dedicated to providing users with innovative ways to experience their favorite shows. Featuring the Emmy & Webby Award-winning ABC full episode player, the site offers the viewers of ABC's hit series everything from games, blogs, community forums, photos and downloadables to the ABC Store, which provides fans access to a wide variety of unique ABC-related merchandise. ABC.com is available anytime, anywhere on mobile devices at m.abc.com.

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ACADEMY AWARD WINNER OLYMPIA DUKAKIS TO GUEST STAR ON THE CBS COMEDY "WORST WEEK"

Los Angeles, Ca., September 29th, 2008.            Academy Award-winning actress Olympia Dukakis will guest star on WORST WEEK on the CBS Television Network. Dukakis will star as Melanie's paternal grandmother, June Clayton, in an episode titled "The Ring."  In the episode she gives Melanie and Sam her grandparents' wedding rings for their own nuptials.  Sam loses them and goes to great lengths to attempt to get them back before anyone finds out.  This episode will air later this season.

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31 STARS FROM ABC DAYTIME TO APPEAR AT "ABC-SOAPnet SUPER SOAP WEEKEND"

New York, N.Y., September 29th, 2008.            Eden Riegel ("All My Children"), Kassie DePaiva ("One life to Live") and Bradford Anderson ("General Hospital") are among the talent completing the list of 31 stars from ABC Daytime to appear at the "ABC-SOAPnet Super Soap Weekend" on November 15-16. As previously announced, "All My Children's" Cameron Mathison will headline the event at Disney's Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, FL.

Completing the list from "All My Children" are Rebecca Budig, Bobbie Eakes, Melissa Claire Egan, Ricky Paull Goldin, Thorsten Kaye, Alicia Minshew, Aiden Turner and Darnell Williams. The talent from "One Life to Live" includes Kristen Alderson, Brandon Buddy, Michael Easton, Farah Fath, Susan Haskell, John-Paul Lavoisier, Erika Slezak, Jason Tam, Brittany Underwood and Bree Williamson. Completing the list, from "General Hospital," will be Brandon Barash, Julie Berman, Tyler Christopher, Jason Cook, Rebecca Herbst, Kelly Monaco, Kirsten Storms, Jason Thompson and Laura Wright. "All My Children's" Susan Lucci is currently competing on ABC's hit show "Dancing with the Stars." At this time, her participation in the event is pending her "Dancing with the Stars" schedule.

As previously announced, this year will mark the last "Super Soap Weekend" in Orlando, as the ABC's Daytime Division embarks on the 2009 "Soap Nation Tour," a collection of nationwide events designed for interaction with fans on a year-round basis, offering greater access to stars in more cities, more often. The final Walt Disney World weekend will be dedicated to the fans with special retrospectives and exclusive productions, including special trivia and commemorative clip packages honoring the 45th anniversary of "General Hospital," the 40th anniversary of "One Life to Live," "All My Children's" 10,000th episode and past "Super Soap Weekends." "Super Soap Weekend" will become more interactive than ever with the introduction of new mobile programs and text trivia. A special musical number will be developed for Colgate Total Street Jam that honors the final event as well.

Throughout the weekend, fans will have the opportunity to meet favorite stars from "All My Children," "One Life to Live" and "General Hospital." Festivities include celebrity motorcades, autograph sessions, game shows, interviews and the chance to purchase one-of-a-kind memorabilia from each of the shows. The Colgate Total Street Jam will close the event each day with live musical performances by some favorite Daytime stars.

The Colgate Total sponsorship includes a national sweepstakes, awarding a trip for four to the 13th annual "ABC-SOAPnet Super Soap Weekend." Sweepstakes is live now and runs through October 5, 2008 at 11:59 p.m., ET. Go to abc.com/theview for details and official rules. For additional information on Colgate's products, go to www.colgate.com.

"ABC-SOAPnet Super Soap Weekend" is included with theme park admission to Disney's Hollywood Studios - where guests of all ages are caught up in the glitz, glamour and excitement of show business. For future updates and more information about "ABC-SOAPnet Super Soap Weekend," guests may call the Super Soap Hotline recording at (407) 397-6808, or visit the ABC Daytime web site at soapnet.com.

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CBS RECORDS RECORDING ARTIST WILL DAILEY TO MAKE HIS DAYTIME DEBUT ON "AS THE WORLD TURNS" ON CBS TELEVISION

New York, N.Y., September 29th, 2008.            CBS Records recording artist Will Dailey will perform his hit singles "Boom Boom" and "Rise" his most recent album Back Flipping Forward, on AS THE WORLD TURNS, Friday, Oct. 3 (check local listings) on the CBS Television Network.  Dailey will play himself in scenes as he performs at Metro for a benefit to save the Snyder farm.  There, Dusty (Grayson McCouch) surprises most of Oakdale with his return.

Dailey released his album Back Flipping Forward in 2007.  In 2006, he took home a Boston Music Award for Best Male Singer/Songwriter.

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CBS STIRS UP NEW SEASON VIEWERS WITH A GRANDE WI-FI PROMOTION AT THOUSANDS OF STARBUCKS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY

New York, N.Y., September 29th, 2008.            In a first-of-its-kind promotion for a broadcast network, CBS is targeting Wi-Fi users at thousands of Starbucks locations throughout the country with exposure on the AT&T Wi-Fi page.   

For two weeks, Starbucks patrons  will see an ad for CBS's new Monday night comedy series WORST WEEK when they connect on their personal computers using the AT&T Wi-Fi login page.   The ad depicts stars Kyle Bornheimer and Erinn Hayes with the copy: WORST WEEK Good Guy.  Bad Luck. 

"Using wireless internet access at Starbucks is becoming as commonplace as hearing folks order their favorite Starbucks latte," said George Schweitzer, President CBS Marketing Group.  "We're thrilled to expose that substantial, and energized, demographic to WORST WEEK". The start date of the Starbucks Wi-Fi promotion corresponded w