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ARE YOU TOUGH LIKE BEAR? ALL-NEW EPISODES OF MAN VS. WILD BEGIN AUGUST 11 -“Fan vs. Wild” Gives Fans the Chance to Test Their Survival Grit Against Bear Grylls- (Silver Spring, Md.) – Survival expert and extreme adventurer Bear Grylls returns to Discovery Channel Wednesdays at 9PM ET/PT , beginning August 11 for seven all-new, heart-pounding episodes of MAN VS. WILD . In the continuation of the hit series’ fifth season, Grylls travels to remote locales around the globe, including Australia’s northern territory, the Republic of Georgia’s Caucasus Mountains, a deserted island south of Papua New Guinea, the snowfields of the Canadian Rockies, and others, sharing invaluable survival strategies all along the way. The new premieres include a special MAN VS. WILD episode – titled Fan Vs. Wild – in which Grylls takes two viewers along with him for the first time on the series to experience extreme survival firsthand.

\ Fox Soccer Channel Debuts Soccer Talk Live and Welcomes Kyle Martino to the Network Weekly Studio Show Hosted by Former MLS Standout Premieres Monday, August 16, with U.S. Men’s National Team Star Landon Donovan as First Guest LOS ANGELES–Kyle Martino, former U.S. National Team player and Major League Soccer standout, has joined Fox Soccer Channel as host of Soccer Talk Live, a new original series premiering Monday, Aug. 16 at 7 p.m. ET.

Live + Same Day Cable News Daily Ratings for August 4, 2010 P2+ Total Day FNC – 1,245,000 viewers CNN – 357,000 viewers MSNBC – 367,000 viewers CNBC – 184,000 viewers HLN – 293,000 viewers P2+ Prime Time FNC – 2,557,000 viewers CNN – 471,000 viewers MSNBC –844,000 viewers CNBC – 221,000 viewers HLN – 491,000 viewers

“THIS WEEK WITH CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR ” IS NO. 2 IN ADULTS 25-54 “THIS WEEK” EXPERIENCES MOST WEEK-TO-WEEK GROWTH AMONG BOTH TOTAL VIEWERS AND ADULTS 25-54 VS. “FACE” AND “MEET” ABC News’ “This Week with Christiane Amanpour” was the No. 2 Sunday morning show in the key Adults 25-54 demographic on Sunday, August 1, 2010, according to Nielson Media Research. Compared to the previous week, ABC experienced the most week-to-week growth versus CBS and NBC among both Adults 25-54 (+18%) and Total Viewers (+7%) . Last Sunday’s deliveries were also “This Week’s” best in five weeks.

Scoreboard Rating/Share: Adults 18-49 1.6/5 1.6/5 1.6/5 1.4/5 1.1/3 0.4/1 Rating/Share: Adults 18-34 1.7/6 1.2/4 1.2/4 1.5/5 0.8/3 0.4/2 Total Viewers (million) 3.773 6.680 6.079 4.672 3.006 1.176

Posting Its 4th Straight Week of Gains, ABC Is Daytime’s No. 1 Network with Women 18-49, Extending Streak to 15 Straight Weeks President Barack Obama’s Historic Visit to “The View” Marks the Talker’s Most-Watched Week Among Total Viewers in 6 Months “The View” Posts Its Best Weekly Deliveries in 24 Weeks with Women 18-49 and in 22 Weeks with Women 18-34 ABC Delivers 2 of Daytime’s Top 3 Programs in the Key

We’ll hopefully have the full week’s soap ratings up later today or tomorrow, but in the meanwhile here are some blurbs about Days of Our Lives via NBC press notes for the week ending July 30, 2010: DAYS OF OUR LIVES delivered its highest women 18-49 rating in 10 weeks (since the week of May 17-21) and its top women 18-34 rating in five weeks (since June 21-25). For the week of July 26-30, DAYS (1.1/7 among women 18-49, 0.9/6 among women 18-34) tied for #4 among network daytime series in the women 18-49 demographic and tied for #3 in the women 18-34 race

EPIX CELEBRATES THE BIG 4-0 WITH KEVIN SMITH New York, NY, August 5, 2010 – EPIX, the premium entertainment channel, video-on-demand and online service, celebrated Kevin Smith’s milestone birthday Monday night in a big way, filming his marathon performance and presenting the award-winning writer, producer, director and actor with a birthday cake as he was leaving the stage of the EPIX exclusive special Kevin Smith: Too Fat for 40.

DISH Network Introduces World’s First DVR Scheduler App Optimized for the Apple iPad Free App Also Turns iPad into Remote Control

Scoreboard Adults 18-49: Rating/Share 2.2/7 2.1/7 1.7/5 1.6/5 1.1/3 0.4/1 Adults 18-34: Rating/Share 1.4/5 2.0/7 1.3/4 1.7/6 0.8/3 0.5/2 Total Viewers (million) 7.508 6.079 6.433 3.940 3.824 1.224

OSCAR ® WINNERS TO PREMIERE ON SHOWTIME ® “Inglourious Basterds” To Debut on August 14 th ; “The Hurt Locker” To Lead Into Season 5 Premiere of “DEXTER” On SHOWTIME This fall, 2009 Best Picture Oscar ® winner “The Hurt Locker” will have its premium television premiere on SHOWTIME on Saturday, September 25 th at 8PM ET/PT and replay on Sunday, September 26 th at 6:50PM ET/PT as a lead-in to the highly-anticipated fifth season premiere of the hit series DEXTER at 9PM ET/PT. Additionally, SHOWTIME will offer the premium television premiere of “Inglourious Basterds” on Sunday, August 14 th at 8PM.

As is typical, USA topped the primetime average viewership and adults 18-49 ratings and Nickelodeon topped total day overall viewing for the week ending August 1, 2010. Prime-time Average Viewers (Live+SD) Week of July 26-Aug 1, 2010 USA 3054 DSNY 2758 TNT 2350 FOXN 1731 NAN 1609 DISC 1585 TBSC 1503 TOON 1482 HIST 1456 A&E 1418 FOOD 1302 FX 1293 SYFY 1265 LIFE 1233 HGTV 1230 ESPN 1210 FAM 1192 TRU 1120 MTV 1101 AMC 1031 CMDY 1030 TLC 976 TVLD 929 NKJR 826 BRAV 783 SPK 781 HALL 770 BET 765 ESP2 694 EN 671 - Adults 18-49 Primetime Average (Live+SD) Network (000) USA 1194 DISC 901 TBSC 847 TNT 804 MTV 710 FX 672 CMDY 655 A&E 655 HIST 654 FOOD 644 ESPN 592 DSNY 570 LIFE 558 FAM 541 TRU 532 SYFY 530 BRAV 478 TLC 463 NAN 454 EN 451 HGTV 422 BET 368 TOON 384 SPK 383 AMC 359 TVLD 307 ESP2 304 VH1 294 TTC 288 FOXN 286 - Total Day Average Viewers (Live+SD) Network (000) NICK 2677 DSNY 2201 NAN 1593 TNT 1326 USA 1288 ADSM 1220 TOON 1219 FOXN 1016 ESPN 859 TBSC 830 DISC 801 A&E 757