Wednesday, March 15, 2006

CELEBREALITY Is Back On VH1 With The Return Of THE SURREAL LIFE And HOGAN KNOWS BEST

Celebreality returns to VH1 Sunday nights beginning Sunday, March 19th at 9:00 pm EST with the premieres of THE SURREAL LIFE and HOGAN KNOWS BEST.

THE SURREAL LIFE

A mammoth cast rounds out the sixth season of VH1´s popular series THE SURREAL LIFE including the man who´s band made Shrek rock, STEVE HARWELL of Smashmouth; the actor who made George Jefferson more famous than that other Jefferson, SHERMAN HEMSLEY; the original video vixen, TAWNY KITAEN; the wildest rock and roll axeman ever, C.C. DEVILLE from Poison; Playboy TV´s covergirl, ANDREA LOWELL; and the XX and XY of the Arquette family, ALEXIS ARQUETTE. And this season, SPECIAL GUEST STAR FLORENCE HENDERSON joins the show as the cast´s full time and on-call advisor. Yes, America´s number one television mom will take this wild bunch under her wing and help them through the strains of reality television.

THE SURREAL LIFE is executive produced by Mark Cronin, Cris Abrego and Ben Samek for Mindless Entertainment and 51 Pictures, Jeff Olde and Jill Holmes oversee the series for VH1.

HOGAN KNOWS BEST

Get ready to rumble because VH1 is taking you back to Hulk-mania as HOGAN KNOWS BEST returns for a second season. The Hulk might be immune to pain when he´s in the ring, but there is one pain that even Hulk cannot escape-growing pains! As daughter Brooke, 17, continues to pursue her dream of pop stardom, and son Nick, 15, straddles the fence from boyhood to manhood, Hulk and his wife Linda continue to flex their parenting muscles as they get body-slammed in the art of raising teens. So come see if Hogan still knows best as he once again opens up the doors to his life.ÊIf you thought last season was amusing, wait until you see what we have coming up.

HOGAN KNOWS BEST is a production of VH1 in conjunction with Pink Sneakers.Ê Kimberly Belcher Cowin serves as executive producer, along with John Ehrhard as producer and Scott Bennett as director and co-producer for Pink Sneakers.ÊWarren Cohen serves as senior producer, along with Brad Abramson, Michael Hirschorn, and Shelly Tatro as executive producers for VH1.

VSPOT at VH1.com

The full-length premiere episodes of THE SURREAL LIFE and HOGAN KNOWS BEST will be shown on VSPOT, VH1´s broadband channel, (http://vspot.vh1.com), from 12:00 pm EST, Monday, March 13 - 12:00 pm EST Saturday, March 18.

In addition to exclusive weekly sneak peeks, "wicked short" recaps, and aftershow outtakes, both series will include additional VSPOT programming packages. THE SURREAL LIFE on VSPOT will include, "C.C. Deville´s Metal School," featuring classic rock-star moments and stories from C.C.´s days on the road with Poison and "Words of Wisdom by Tawny Kitaen." HOGAN KNOWS BEST on VSPOT will include "Hogan´s Backyard Olympics" - weekly showdowns between Brooke and Nick, hosted by Hulk.