You Have Questions? Spike TV Now Has More 'MANswers'

You Have Questions? Spike TV Now Has More 'MANswers'

Network Orders A New Season of Its Late Night Hit 'MANswers' Following Successful First Season

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Spike TV has ordered a new season of 10 episodes of its late-night ratings juggernaut, "MANswers," it was announced today by Sharon Levy, senior vice president, original programming, Spike TV. "MANswers," a half-hour original series, finished its first season with an average audience of 1.1 million viewers and ranked #2 with Men 25-34 and #3 with Men 18-34 in its 11:00pm timeslot on Wednesdays (airing from Sept-November).

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"A new season of MANswers means more answers to the questions guys really want to know, in the funny irreverent way that only Spike can deliver," said Levy. "We like to think it is our way of providing a public service for our guy audience."

"MANswers" is trivia for men delivering real answers that guys need to know. In each episode, "MANswers" features re-enactments, expert one-on-ones and man-on-the-street interviews to educate Spike viewers on the taboo topics in terms only guys can relate to. The barrage of guy-oriented trivia is presented in a fast-paced, irreverent manner and is fodder for settling barroom bets and water-cooler arguments.

"MANswers" has become a powerhouse in late-night with network talk shows in rerun. For example, recently "MANswers" averaged more Men 18-24 (104,000) than Conan O'Brien (86,000), David Letterman (56,000), Jay Leno (68,000), Jimmy Kimmel (56,000), Craig Ferguson (40,000) and Carson Daly (43,000). *

"MANswers" is executive produced by Fujisankei Communications International with Akifumi Takuma and Michael Schelp serving as executive producers, in conjunction with Super Delicious LLP with Adam Cohen, Cara Tapper and Joanna Vernetti serving as executive producers, along with Michael J. Miller, executive producer. Sharon Levy, Tim Duffy, and Wayne Sampson serve as executives in charge of production for Spike TV.

Spike TV is available in 96.1 million homes and is a division of MTV Networks. A unit of Viacom (NYSE:VIA)(NYSE:VIA.B), MTV Networks is one of the world's leading creators of programming and content across all media platforms.

*Nielsen Media Research, week of November 12 (midnight-1:00am)

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