TV Land Gets Wild for the Premiere of 'The Cougar' With Launch of Microsite -- TheCougar.tv -- Featuring Full Streaming Episodes and Exclusive Content

TV Land Gets Wild for the Premiere of 'The Cougar' With Launch of Microsite -- TheCougar.tv -- Featuring Full Streaming Episodes and Exclusive Content

NEW YORK, April 15 /PRNewswire/ -- TheCougar.tv celebrates TV Land PRIME's much anticipated reality series "The Cougar" with exclusive and exciting content for the program, which premieres on Wednesday, April 15, 2009, at 10 p.m. ET/PT. The show's microsite invites visitors to meet the boys of "The Cougar" with an extensive photo gallery complete with bios and the ability to rate the guys from "Beergoggle Worthy" to "Smokin'." Additionally, in the weeks to come, the Website will feature behind-the-scenes footage taken by the guys with their very own video cameras as well as weekly blogs from eliminated suitors, the host Vivica A. Fox and the cougar herself, Stacey Anderson. For those that missed the show, TheCougar.tv will feature full streaming episodes the day after they premiere on-air.

TV Land PRIME's "The Cougar" microsite TheCougar.tv features the following elements:

Bonus Footage

Every week, TheCougar.tv will be showing exclusive extended exit interviews as each suitor is eliminated by "The Cougar." Check out candid moments captured by the housemates with their very own video cameras. From showing off their karate moves and discussing their love strategies to spontaneous guitar performances, these young guys never sat still even when the real cameras were done taping.

Photo Galleries

Meet the boys of "The Cougar" with photo galleries of the top twenty suitors. Visitors can check out brief bios, rate their favorite guys and see how they stack up against each other. Photos of the suitors and Stacey will also be added weekly. As an added bonus, die-hard fans can download their very own "Meet The Boys" 12-month calendar featuring all twenty guys as some flex for the camera and others show their romantic side.

"The Cougar" microsite also features a celebrity photo gallery dedicated to famous cougars such as Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher, Halle Berry and Gabriel Aubry, Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi, Barbara Hershey and Naveen Andrews, Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins and more.

Blogs

Find out the inside scoop each week when the suitor that received the "kiss of death" during the kiss-off blogs about his last minutes with the cougar. Stacey Anderson and Vivica A. Fox also get in on the action with weekly commentary on the guys, the vibe in the house and their take on the challenges.

Cougar Trivia Game

This free, exclusive celebrity cougar trivia game lets players test their pop-culture cougar knowledge. Which Broadway musical features an older woman who is "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" by a younger man? What does Geena Davis's younger husband do for a living? What young tennis player is rumored to have caught the eye of fashion empress Anna Wintour?

Additional Digital Cougar Activity

For up to the minute updates as they happen, TV Land PRIME's "The Cougar" and Stacey Anderson both have Facebook pages and Ms. Anderson will "tweet" live during each premiere episode on Twitter.

About the Show

TV Land's new original series "The Cougar," is an elimination dating show hosted by Vivica A. Fox which follows Stacey Anderson, a stunning 40-year-old successful realtor from Scottsdale, Arizona, as she searches for love among a pool of 20 eligible twenty-something men. The eight-episode series is executive produced by Mike Fleiss ("The Bachelor") through his NEXT Entertainment production company in association with Warner Horizon Television.

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