THE PHENOMENON CONTINUES

“AMERICAN IDOL” SEASON SEVEN AUDITIONS
BEGIN IN SAN DIEGO MONDAY, JULY 30

Audition Dates Also Set For
Dallas, Omaha, Atlanta, Charleston, Miami and Philadelphia

With auditions scheduled in seven cities across the nation, the phenomenal AMERICAN IDOL begins its search for the next singing superstar. Once again, talented singers will have an extraordinary opportunity to perform before millions of TV viewers and become household names, with one winning the American Idol title and a major recording contract.

The quest to become the next American Idol is about to start. Auditions for the seventh season of AMERICAN IDOL begin in San Diego, CA, on Monday, July 30, at Qualcomm Stadium.

Auditions will continue in the following cities:

Dallas, TX Monday, Aug. 6 Texas Stadium
Omaha, NE Friday, Aug. 10 Qwest Center
Atlanta, GA Tuesday, Aug. 14 TBA
Charleston, SC Saturday, Aug. 18 North Charleston Coliseum
Miami, FL Wednesday, Aug. 22 AmericanAirlines Arena
Philadelphia, PA Monday, Aug. 27 Wachovia Center

Audition information for these cities will be announced shortly. Season Seven of AMERICAN IDOL premieres in January 2008 on FOX.

SAN DIEGO AUDITIONS
WHO: Men and women 16 to 28 years old on July 28, 2007 and eligible to work in the United States. Restrictions apply – please go to Americanidol.com for specifics.

WHEN: Monday, July 30

WHERE: Qualcomm Stadium
9449 Friars Road
San Diego, CA 92108

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LINEUP: LINEUP: Wristbands will be given out from Saturday, June 28 (starting time TBA), until 8:00 AM on Monday, July 30. Auditioners will not be permitted to camp out; therefore, once they obtain their wristbands, they will be asked to return to Qualcomm Stadium on Monday, July 30. Additional information is available at www.Americanidol.com.

Audition information, including forms and requirements, is available at: www.Americanidol.com. All press requests should be e-mailed to idolpr@fox.com.

AMERICAN IDOL is created and executive-produced by Simon Fuller, founder of 19 Entertainment; and executive-produced by Cecile Frot-Coutaz, CEO, FremantleMedia North America, Inc.; Nigel Lythgoe, President, 19 Television; and Ken Warwick, Executive Producer, FremantleMedia North America, Inc.

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TAGS: American Idol, Auditions

FOX salutes THE SIMPSONS as they hit the big screen with THE SIMPSONS MOVIE, opening in theaters July 27!

o On SUNDAY, JULY 22, 2007, from 8:00-10:00pm (ET/PT), FOX presents a SIMPSONS MINI-MARATHON, with four back-to-back encore episodes!

(NOTE (1): KING OF THE HILL, FAMILY GUY and AMERICAN DAD will be preempted this one night only.)

(NOTE (2): KING OF THE HILL and AMERICAN DAD will now have their time period premieres at 8:30pm (KH) and 9:30pm (DAD) on July 29.)

FOX salutes THE SIMPSONS as they hit the big screen with THE SIMPSONS MOVIE, opening in theaters July 27!

o On SUNDAY, JULY 22, 2007, from 8:00-10:00pm (ET/PT), FOX presents a SIMPSONS MINI-MARATHON, with four back-to-back encore episodes!

(NOTE (1): KING OF THE HILL, FAMILY GUY and AMERICAN DAD will be preempted this one night only.)

(NOTE (2): KING OF THE HILL and AMERICAN DAD will now have their time period premieres at 8:30pm (KH) and 9:30pm (DAD) on July 29.)

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RECAP
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Sunday, July 22:
7:00pm THE WAR AT HOME (R)
7:30pm ‘TIL DEATH (R) (Time period premiere)
8:00pm THE SIMPSONS (R)
*8:30pm THE SIMPSONS (R) (OTO)
*9:00pm THE SIMPSONS (R) (OTO)
*9:30pm THE SIMPSONS (R) (OTO)

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TAGS: Marathon, Simpsons

FOX is excited to announce a new unscripted series to air beginning July 11! WAYNE BRADY hosts DON’T FORGET THE LYRICS, which tests how well contestants can remember the words to popular songs when the pressure is on!

DON’T FORGET THE LYRICS will air on Wednesdays and Thursdays beginning JULY 11, with SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE and ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5TH GRADER lead-ins to help launch the series!

o On FOUR WEDNESDAYS, JULY 11, 18, 25 and AUGUST 1, from 9:30-10:00pm (ET/PT), FOX presents original episodes of DON’T FORGET THE LYRICS!

(NOTE: SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE will be 90 minutes long these four nights.)

o On TWO THURSDAYS, JULY 12 and 19, from 8:30-9:00pm (ET/PT), FOX presents original episodes of DON’T FORGET THE LYRICS!

(NOTE: ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5TH GRADER will be 30 minutes long these two nights only.)

o On TWO THURSDAYS, JULY 26 and AUGUST 2 , from 8:00-9:00pm (ET/PT), FOX presents 1-hour editions of DON’T FORGET THE LYRICS!

(NOTE: ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5TH GRADER is preempted these two nights only.)

o On WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, from 9:00-10:00pm (ET/PT), FOX presents a 1-hour edition of DON’T FORGET THE LYRICS!

(NOTE: SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE will be 1 hour this night.)

On DON’T FORGET THE LYRICS! contestants will choose songs from different genres, decades and musical artists. Then they’ll take center stage to sing alongside the studio band as the lyrics are projected on screen – but suddenly the music will stop and the words will disappear. Will the contestants belt out the correct missing lyric, or freeze under pressure?

After each correct response, contestants must decide to “Stay & Play” or “Take the Money & Run.” If they sing 9 songs correctly, they are presented with a No. 1 hit and one final missing lyric for the top prize of $1 million. It’s that simple: 10 songs, 10 missing lyrics, 1 million dollars.

Wayne Brady is a versatile performer known for his ability to act, sing, dance and make audiences laugh. His syndicated talk/variety series, “The Wayne Brady Show," won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show and garnered him two Emmys for Outstanding Talk Show Host. He demonstrated his improvisational skills on “Whose Line Is It Anyway?”, for which he received an Emmy as well as four Emmy nominations. His television credits also include “Everybody Hates Chris,” “How I Met Your Mother,” “30 Rock” and “Chapelle’s Show.”

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TAGS: Don't Forget the Lyrics, Premiere

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BACK-TO-BACK FAMILY GUYS ON THREE MONDAYS
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FOX will double up encore episodes of FAMILY GUY on three Monday nights for a strong, consistent 8:00pm hour:

o On THREE MONDAYS, JUNE 25, JULY 16 and JULY 23, from 8:00-9:00pm (ET/PT), FOX will air back-to-back encore episodes of FAMILY GUY!

(NOTE: The encore episodes of AMERICAN DAD, previously announced for 8:30pm on these nights, will be rescheduled at a later date.

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FAMILY GUY MARATHON ON AUGUST 5
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o On SUNDAY, AUGUST 5, 2007, from 8:00-10:00pm (ET/PT), FOX presents a mini-marathon of four favorite encore episodes of FAMILY GUY!

(NOTE: THE SIMPSONS, KING OF THE HILL and AMERICAN DAD are preempted this one night only.)

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RECAP
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Three Mondays, 6/25, 7/16 and 7/23:
8:00pm FAMILY GUY (R) (OTO)
*8:30pm FAMILY GUY (R) (OTO)
9:00pm HELL’S KITCHEN (O)

Sunday, August 5:
7:00pm THE WAR AT HOME (R)
7:30pm ‘TIL DEATH (R)
*8:00pm FAMILY GUY (R)
*8:30pm FAMILY GUY (R)
*9:00pm FAMILY GUY (R)
*9:30pm FAMILY GUY (R)

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TAGS: Family Guy, Marathon

On THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2007, from 8:00-10:00pm (ET/PT), FOX presents the WORLD BROADCAST PREMIERE of the hit comedy DODGEBALL: A TRUE UNDERDOG STORY, starring VINCE VAUGHN (“Wedding Crashers”), CHRISTINE TAYLOR (“Arrested Development”), BEN STILLER (“Night At The Museum”) and RIP TORN (“Marie Antoinette”)!

In a hilarious sendup of feel-good sports movies, BEN STILLER and VINCE VAUGHN star as arch-rival gym owners competing in a Las Vegas Dodgeball tournament. Peter La Fleur (VAUGHN) is the friendly owner of a small gym with a loyal, if oddball clientele. But he’s going to be taken over by the big, flashy Globo Gym, owned by fitness guru White Goodman (STiLLER) if he can’t come up with $50,000 – coincidentally the amount of the prize in an upcoming Dodgeball tournament! He recruits legendary Dodgeball coach Patches O’Houlihan (RIP TORN), who comes out of retirement to see if he can turn a ragtag bunch of lovable losers into a champion Dodgeball team!

(NOTE: ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5TH GRADER and KITCHEN NIGHTMARES will be preempted this one night only.)

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TAGS: Holiday, Movies, Specials

Jones Debuts as KYTX Channel 19’s Newest Anchor on Monday, June 11

Best known for its kindly manners, rose gardens and antique shops, the city of Tyler, TX, will never be the same once ANCHORWOMAN premieres with a special one-hour episode Tuesday, Aug. 21 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. The series begins airing in its regular time period Tuesday, Aug. 28 (8:00-8:30 PM ET/PT). A comedy/reality hybrid, ANCHORWOMAN follows the trials and tribulations of buxom blonde Lauren Jones as she sets out to transform herself from swimsuit model to hard-hitting news anchor for KYTX Channel 19 in Tyler. Jones makes her live debut as KYTX’s newest anchor on its 5:00 PM newscast next Monday, June 11.

On ANCHORWOMAN, Phil Hurley is the owner of KYTX, a middle-market news station. Desperate to turn the tide of his news rating woes and compete with the longtime ratings giant, Phil has shocked the station and town of Tyler, TX, by bringing in Jones, a gorgeous model and former WWE diva with no previous news experience, to be his next ANCHORWOMAN – all in hopes of reinventing the look of Channel 19 and overhauling its below-average 6 share to a number more like his competitor’s 36.

Jones, the former Miss New York and über-vixen, packs up her Versace dresses and heads to Tyler to start a new career. Can this bombshell make it as a serious reporter? Will she save KYTX, or make it the laughingstock of the Lone Star State? Lauren wants to show everyone she’s no airhead, and this is her big chance to prove she’s more than just a pretty face.

The entire newsroom thinks the boss has made a giant mistake. Reigning anchor Annalisa Petraglia is not about to lose her Queen Bee status to some L.A. hottie. News Director Dan Delgado is fit to be tied as his beloved journalistic standards go out the window. Michelle Reese, a hard-nosed reporter bound for CNN, will take no prisoners. Lauren has a big job in front of her as she struggles with her news team and an unfamiliar town.

ANCHORWOMAN is produced by Fox 21 and The G Group. Brian Gadinsky is the creator and serves as executive producer. Joshua Bingham serves as co-executive producer with Chad Damiani and J.P. Lavin serving as supervising producers.

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TAGS: Anchorwoman, Reality

As students get ready for their summer break, FOX is staying in school to give kids across America the opportunity to become star scholars. Since current classmates Jacob, Alana, Spencer, Kyle and Marki are set to graduate from grammar school, ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5th GRADER? will hold casting calls in Chicago beginning Saturday, June 2; in Atlanta on Tuesday, June 5; in Las Vegas on Friday, June 8; in Los Angeles on Tuesday, June 12; and in New York on Saturday, June 16. All-new episodes of the hit quiz show air Thursdays at 8:00PM on FOX.

The following casting sessions are open to graduating 4th graders registered for the 5th grade for the 2007-2008 school year. Doors open at 8:00 AM at each location.

Saturday, June 2, 2007:
Navy Pier
600 East Grand St.
Chicago, IL

Tuesday, June 5, 2007:
America’s Mart
240 Peachtree St.
Atlanta, GA

Friday, June 8, 2007:
The Renaissance Hotel
3400 Paradise Rd
Las Vegas, NV

Monday, June 11, 2007:
Sheraton Universal Hotel
333 Universal Hollywood Dr.
Los Angeles, CA

Saturday, June 16, 2007:
The Javits Center
655 West 34th St.
New York, NY

Interested pupils should visit http://fox.com/AreYouSmarter for rules, guidelines and applications.

ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5th GRADER?, hosted by comedian Jeff Foxworthy, is an atypical game show measuring adults’ lack of knowledge – as revealed by how much they’ve forgotten since grammar school. Grownup contestants find themselves in a classroom setting, revisiting their youth, as they tackle subjects they’ve already been taught, ranging from art to geography and math to social studies. However, the contestants are not alone and there is a way to “cheat” in this classroom. The adults have the opportunity to get some help – in the form of elementary advice from real grade-schoolers who have hit the books.

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TAGS: Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader, Casting, Kids, Prime

XM Satellite Radio today announced it has reached a multi-year agreement with FOX Sports to become the exclusive satellite radio network of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) National Championship Game and other BCS games, beginning January 2008.

The agreement means XM Radio is the satellite radio network for college football fans to tune into the Allstate BCS National Championship Game, Allstate Sugar Bowl, Tostitos Fiesta Bowl and FedEx Orange Bowl.

“FOX Sports is pleased to have reached a multi-year BCS rights agreement with XM, the nation’s leading satellite radio service,” said FOX Sports COO Larry Jones. “The BCS is a true jewel in the nation’s sports landscape, and everything we do in conjunction with it needs to be top-notch.”

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TAGS: BCS, Football, Sports