Amy Davidson Hosts Nick@Nite's Family Face-Off -- Mondays 9pm 11/29-12/27/04

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SIX FAMILIES GO HEAD-TO-HEAD IN A REALITY-TV RACE TO THE FINISH IN NICK AT NITE’S FAMILY FACE-OFF: HOLLYWOOD

The Best Damn Sports Show Period’s John Salley and 8 Simple Rules’ Amy Davidson
Host New Reality Series Premiering Monday, Nov. 29 at 9 p.m. (ET/PT)

Santa Monica, CA – November 22, 2004 – It’s a race to the finish as Nick at Nite expands its slate of original programming with the new reality series, “Nick at Nite’s Family Face-Off: Hollywood,” premiering on Monday, November 29 at 9 p.m. (all times ET/PT). Hosted by former NBA Superstar John Salley (The Best Damn Sports Show Period) and actress Amy Davidson (8 Simple Rules…For Dating My Teenage Daughter), the show will air at 9 p.m. (ET/PT) on five consecutive Mondays – November 29 through December 27 – and features six families competing to win the ultimate family vacation.

The series, created by Nick at Nite’s Gary Engel and David Rieth, is being Executive Produced by David Stanley through his newly-formed Empty Nest Productions in association with Telepictures Productions, alongside Sal Maniaci, Vice President, Originals and Development, for Nick at Nite. Michael Canter also serves as executive producer and Kathy Cotter as co-executive producer.

Nick at Nite’s Family Face-Off: Hollywood pits six families against each another in a race around Southern California – from studio back lots to sun-drenched beaches through the streets of Beverly Hills – in a series of outrageous challenges that will test their physical and mental limits. Most importantly, they will need to work together to avoid being the one family eliminated at the end of each episode.

With tasks taking place at some of the entertainment capital’s most famous landmarks, it’s an exhaustive marathon of fun, but intense, competitions that will see families scaling the famous Warner Bros. water tower; crossing a 60-foot beam -- 30 feet above the ground; assembling a 400 square-foot picture puzzle of their favorite TV stars; feeding a stunt double to a Jurassic Park dinosaur; matching their outfits to those of their favorite recording artists; wrapping up a family member like a mummy while identifying famous movie villains; sailing over the ocean on a zip line and racing around on the craziest scavenger hunts ever seen on television.

Besides the computer, scooter, custom golf cart, video game systems and other prizes they will win along the way, the last two families will compete in the final episode for the ultimate family vacation to Hawaii – but all of them will have the greatest family adventure of their lives.

“Now that Nick at Nite has hit full stride with both our popular acquired programming and originals like Fatherhood, we can branch out into more originals, like Nick at Nite’s Family Face-Off: Hollywood,” explains Larry W. Jones, President, TV Land and Nick at Nite. “We’re thrilled that we can continue to offer unique, fun original programming that the whole family can enjoy.”

“I could not have chosen a better project to be the first solo outing under my new deal at Telepictures Productions,” said Executive Producer David Stanley. “Nick at Nite asked us to help them develop a series that would blend the reality and game genres in a family-friendly, funny format, and the result is truly a show you can watch and enjoy with your whole family.”

Nick at Nite Originals was created in 2003 to develop original programming that meets what the network refers to as the "Four F’s" criteria: programming that is Family-Friendly, Funny and Familiar. Nick at Nite Originals also produces Fatherhood (June 2004), a show based on Bill Cosby’s best-selling book of the same name. For more information about Nick at Nite's originals line-ups, visit www.nickatnite.com