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NEW YORK - October 6, 2005 -
BravoTV.com will launch the "Celebrity Poker Showdown Online
Tournament" where consumers can play to win a trip to Las Vegas and
the chance to appear on Bravo's "Celebrity Poker Showdown." Also on
Thursday, October 13 (9:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT), "Celebrity Poker
Showdown" returns with an all-new tournament featuring twenty-five
stars competing for the series' highest prize pot ever with a total
of one million dollars going to charity. From Thursday, October 13
to Saturday, November 19, qualifying rounds of Texas Hold 'Em will
be played online daily, potentially advancing hundreds of winners to
the final round. On Sunday, November 20, those lucky winners from
the qualifying rounds will compete in the grand finale game online
at BravoTV.com. The last five eligible players remaining at the
virtual table will win a trip to Las Vegas to battle it out
face-to-face and one of them may get the chance to sit at the
table with celebrities for the taping of the hit series "Celebrity
Poker Showdown. "
"The 'Celebrity Poker Showdown Online
Tournament' provides a fun and engaging way for Bravo to develop a
deeper connection with its viewers through a show and game that they
already love," said Lauren Zalaznick, President, Bravo.
Coinciding with the launch of the
"Celebrity Poker Showdown Online Tournament," will be the premiere
of "Celebrity Poker Showdown's" seventh tournament, also on
Thursday, October 13 (9:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT). Six all-new, two-hour
episodes, hosted by Dave Foley joined by poker expert Phil Gordon
will include celebrities such as Carlos Bernard, Joey Fatone, Gina
Gershon, James Woods, Kevin Nealon, Kelli Williams, Oksana Baiul and
Dean Cain all competing for serious cash. The premiere episode of
tournament seven will star the men of "Desperate Housewives" Mark
Moses (Paul Young), Steven Culp (Rex Van De Kamp), Ricardo Antonio
Chavira (Carlos Solis), James Denton (Mike Delfino) and Doug Savant
(Tom Scavo).
On Thursday, September 22, Bravo
launched its first online games on www.bravotv.com. The poker
games are currently up and running on the site allowing visitors to
compete for fun in live matches of Texas Hold 'Em at Bravo's virtual
table. Those wanting to get a feel for the site before joining the
tournament can play these games 24-hours-a-day.
Entrants of the "Celebrity Poker
Showdown Online Tournament" must be legal residents of and must
physically reside in the continental United States and must be 21
years of age or older as of the date of entry. Details rules for the
tournament can be found at www.bravotv.com/Celebrity_Poker_Showdown/Online_Poker/.
"Celebrity Poker Showdown" is produced
by Picture This Television in association with Bravo. Marcia Mul?,
Bryan Scott and Lisa M. Tucker are executive producers along with
Andrew Hill Newman and Joshua Malina ("The West Wing"). Cadillac is
the official sponsor of "Celebrity Poker Showdown."
Bravo is the cable network that plugs
people into arts, culture and pop culture with original programming,
movies and by showing a whole different side of celebrities.
Currently available in more than 79 million homes, Bravo is known
for breaking exciting new personalities, shaking up the way we look
at style, media, fame and Hollywood, pulling back the curtain on the
creative process and making influential and inventive original
programming. Its critically acclaimed and award-winning original
programming includes "Inside the Actors Studio," "Celebrity Poker
Showdown," "Project Greenlight," as well as the 2004 Emmy winner for
Outstanding Reality Program, "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy." The
network's other hits include "Project Runway," "Blow Out" and "Being
Bobby Brown."
Bravo is a program service of NBC
Universal Cable Entertainment, a division of NBC Universal one of
the world's leading media and entertainment companies in the
development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and
information to a global audience. Bravo has been a NBC Cable Network
since December 2002 and was the first television service dedicated
to film and the performing arts when it launched in December
1980.For more information visit
www.bravotv.com.
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