TV Guide Network Rolls Out the Best Coverage of Award Season `09, Beginning in
January with Golden Globe Preview, Live Red Carpet and Fashion Wrap Specials
LOS ANGELES--(Business Wire)--
Get ready for glamour as Lisa Rinna and Joey Fatone return to the Red Carpet for
TV Guide Network`sextensive coverage of Award Season `09, including the 66th
Annual Golden Globe Awards, the 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, the 51st
Annual Grammy Awards and the 81st Annual Academy Awards. TV Guide Network will
also televise additional hours of special programming dedicated to Hollywood`s
biggest award shows, including preview specials, Red Carpet countdown coverage
and fashion recaps.
TV Guide Network kicks off Award Season `09 with four hours of live Red Carpet
coverage at the 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards. In addition to a two-hour live
Red Carpet pre-show with Lisa Rinna and Joey Fatone, TV Guide Network`s Chris
Harrison and Maria Sansone will co-host live countdown coverage from the Red
Carpet, and fashion expert Lawrence Zarian will provide live commentary
throughout the telecast. Award show enthusiasts can get Red Carpet ready with TV
Guide Network`s interactive Award Season `09 Microsite (www.TVGuide.com/AS09),
and can host the perfect award show pre-parties with a specially designed Evite
invitation (www.evite.com, Keyword: tvguide).
TV Guide Network coverage of the 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards includes:
* "Golden Globe Awards Preview with Joey Fatone": Sunday, January 4, 2009 from
8:00-9:00 p.m. ET/PT
* "Countdown to the Golden Globe Awards": Sunday, January 11, 2009 from
4:00-6:00 p.m. ET/PT
* "Live at the Golden Globe Awards with Lisa and Joey": Sunday, January 11, 2009
from 6:00-8:00 p.m. ET/PT
* "Golden Globe Awards Fashion Wrap with Lisa Rinna": Monday, January 12, 2009
from 8:00-9:00 p.m. ET/PT
TV Guide Network will augment Award Season `09 coverage with news updates and
Award Season-themed segments across all network original series, including
Hollywood 411, Reality Chat, The Fashion Team and TV Watercooler. Highlights of
TV Guide Network`s celebrity interviews from the Red Carpet and Fashion Wrap
programming will be distributed by TV Guide Broadband, which provides short-form
video content to TV Guide Online, YouTube, AOL Video and Hulu, among others.
Celebrity interview highlights and Fashion Wrap programming will also be
distributed via TV Guide Network On Demand, available nationwide on Comcast,
Time Warner Cable, Charter Communications, Cox Cable, Verizon Fios, Mediacom and
Insight Communications.
Additional TV Guide Network coverage of Award Season 2009 includes:
Screen Actors Guild Awards
* "Countdown to the Screen Actors Guild Awards": Sunday, January 25, 2009 from
5:00-6:00 p.m. ET/PT
* "Live at the Screen Actors Guild Awards with Lisa and Joey": Sunday, January
25, 2009 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. ET/PT
* "Screen Actors Guild Awards Fashion Wrap with Lisa Rinna": Monday, January 26,
2009 from 8:00-9:00 p.m. ET/PT
Grammy Awards
* "Grammy Awards Preview with Joey Fatone": Saturday, January 31, 2009 from
8:00-9:00 p.m. ET/PT
* "Countdown to the Grammy Awards": Sunday, February 8, 2009 from 5:00-6:00 p.m.
ET/PT
* "Live at the Grammy Awards with Lisa and Joey": Sunday, February 8, 2009 from
6:00-8:00pm p.m. ET/PT
* "Grammy Awards Fashion Wrap with Lisa Rinna": Monday, February 9, 2008 from
8:00-9:00 p.m. ET/PT
Academy Awards
* "Academy Award Nominations Special": Thursday, January 22, 2009 from 8:00-9:00
p.m. ET/PT
* "Academy Awards Preview with Joey Fatone": Sunday, February 15, 2009 from
8:00-9:00 p.m. PT/ET
* "Countdown to the Academy Awards": Sunday, February 22, 2009 from 3:00-6:00
p.m. ET/12:00-3:00 p.m. PT (Live on East and West Coasts)
* "Live at the Academy Awards with Lisa and Joey": Sunday, February 22, 2009
from 6:00-8:00 p.m. ET/3:00-5:00 p.m. PT (Live on East and West Coasts)
* "Academy Awards Fashion Wrap with Lisa Rinna": Monday, February 23, 2009 from
8:00-9:00 p.m. PT/ET
About TV Guide Network
TV Guide Network reaches more than 83 million homes and is a premier television
entertainment network for viewers seeking the latest information on the best
programs, hottest stars and latest trends on television. Headquartered in the
heart of Hollywood, the network combines original programming with comprehensive
program listings information - all of which deliver on viewers' need for an
entertaining and easy guide to what's on TV. TV Guide Network is a division of
Macrovision Solutions Corporation.
TV Guide Network
Leslie Furuta, 323-817-4967
leslie.furuta@tvguide.com
or
Chad Sandhas, 323-817-4848
chad.sandhas@tvguide.com
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