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| Category Television - CH Date 3/30/2006 |
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A Global / CH Primetime Update
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"Windfall" Comes to Global
Critically Acclaimed Series Lives On With New Summer Slot,
Debuts Thursday, June 8 @ 10pmET/PT
"Celebrity Cooking Showdown" Comes To CH
5-Part Series Airs In Special Consecutive Weeknight Run
Beginning Monday, April 17 @ 8pmET/PT |
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(TORONTO - March 30th, 2006) - Top new titles are just-in, and kick off this Global/CH Primetime Update.
Global Television has confirmed the addition of "Windfall" to its Summer '06 schedule. Premiering at 10pm ET/PT beginning Thursday, June 8th - starring Jason Gedrick and Luke Perry - "Windfall" will center on the stories of four of the 20 winners of a $386 million jackpot, and the drama their newfound wealth creates.
Peter (Luke Perry, "Beverly Hills, 90210") and Nina (Lana Parrilla, "Boomtown") Schaefer are married, but Nina still carries a torch for her college boyfriend and Peter's best friend, Cameron Walsh (fellow "Boomtown" alum Jason Gedrick). Sarah Wynter ("24") plays Cameron's wife, who's wary of Nina.
"Windfall" also stars D.J. Cotrona ("Skin"), Alice Greczyn ("The Dukes of Hazzard," "Quintuplets"), Jon Foster ("life as we know it") and Jaclyn DeSantis ("Road Trip," "Luis").
Laurie McCarthy ("Felicity," "CSI: Miami") executive produces and co-created the show with fellow 'Miami' alum, Gwendolyn Parker.
In addition, CH Television announces "Celebrity Cooking Showdown" arriving on the Spring '06 slate beginning Monday, April 17th - airing across 5 consecutive weeknights at 8pm ET/PT.
Hosted by Alan Thicke and Sandra Lee (Food Network USA), with judges Colin Cowie ("Everyday Elegance") and food critic Gael Greene, 'Showdown' features three celebrities competing in a cook-off on each of the first three episodes - after getting a culinary crash course from one of a trio of famous chefs: Wolfgang Puck, Cat Cora or Govind Armstrong.
Featured celebity chefs include: Kansas City Chiefs tight end Tony Gonzalez, Ja Rule, Tom Arnold, Gabrielle Reece, Allison Sweeney ("Days of Our Lives") and O-Town/"There and Back" star Ashley Parker Angel
plus famously temperamental supermodel Naomi Campbell, reigning Miss USA Chelsea Cooley and country singer Big Kenny (Big and Rich).
The winner from each night will compete in the final kitchen battle on Thursday, with the winner revealed on Friday. Viewers will be able to vote on the presentation of the finalists' feasts; those scores will be combined with Cowie and Greene's marks for taste.
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Media Contacts:
Grace Park,
Nicole Starker,
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