GSN Orders Renewal of 'CHAIN REACTION'

GSN Orders Renewal of 'CHAIN REACTION'

The Second Season of the Popular Word Game Produced by Michael Davies Premieres on March 13

PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- The leading network in interactive game shows, GSN, announced today that it has ordered a new season of CHAIN REACTION, executive produced by Michael Davies ("Who Wants to be a Millionaire?") for Sony Pictures Television.

CHAIN REACTION's second season will premiere on Tuesday, March 13 at 10 PM ET. The half-hour word game will be seen Tuesday through Saturday nights at 10 PM ET on GSN. Dylan Lane, who also hosts the National Vocabulary Championship for GSN, returns as the host.

In making the announcement, Rich Cronin, GSN's President and CEO said, "At this time when networks are rediscovering the power of game shows in prime time, GSN is pleased to renew CHAIN REACTION for a second season. We think that viewers will continue to enjoy the challenges of this fast-paced word game under the guidance of Michael Davies."

"We love producing this addictive game show," said Michael Davies, executive producer of CHAIN REACTION and CEO of Embassy Row. "GSN has really gotten behind us and the show has performed superbly. Our job is to make it even better in season 2."

Taped in New York City, CHAIN REACTION is a revival of the 1980 game show which aired on NBC. In the show, teams compete against one another to complete chains of words after the first and last words of the chain are revealed. Each word in the chain is related in some way to the word directly above and/or below it.

Davies remains executive producer of prime time network hit "Wife Swap" and "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?," now in its fifth year of first run syndication. Davies' New York-based company, Embassy Row, continues to grow and has significantly increased its production of entertainment shows, comedy, factual, documentary films, sports and web content for partners ABC, CBS, Sony, GSN, VH1, ESPN, Comedy Central, A&E, Food Network and Yahoo!.

GSN is the entertainment industry leader in multi-platform interactive game programs. As the premier television network for games, GSN features challenging word games, high intensity casino programs, live participation shows, reality series and documentaries. Complementing the network, GSN.com features all types of game play: innovative Flash games for fun, skill cash game tournaments and downloadable games. The website also features GSN's two-screen interactive play-along for prime time shows. Now reaching more than 62 million Nielsen homes, GSN is distributed in the U.S. through all major cable systems and satellite providers. The network is jointly owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment and Liberty Media Corporation. For further media information, visit GSN's press website at corp.gsn.com.

-GSN '07-

Source: GSN

CONTACT: Dennis Johnson of GSN, +1-310-255-6935, djohnson@gsn.com; or
Tracey Bowen of Embassy Row, +1-212-507-9700, tlb@embassyrow.com

Web site: http://www.gsn.com/

Web site: http://corp.gsn.com/

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