Knife-Wielding Divas, Daddy Dictators, and Calorie Counters All Prove Celebrities Still Do It Better

Knife-Wielding Divas, Daddy Dictators, and Calorie Counters All Prove Celebrities Still Do It Better

Beginning Sunday July 10 At 9PM,* Celebreality Is Back on VH1 With the Return of 'The Surreal Life' and 'Celebrity Fit Club' and the Series Premiere of 'Hogan Knows Best'

NEW YORK, June 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Star gazing has never been so easy. Celebreality returns to VH1 Sunday night beginning Sunday, July 10 at 9PM* with the premieres of, "The Surreal Life," Hogan Knows Best" and "Celebrity Fit Club."

9PM THE SURREAL LIFE

We had the technology, so we rebuilt it. "The Surreal Life" is back- better, stronger and faster. The fifth installment of VH1's "The Surreal Life" returns with a bionic mix of celebrity personalities including: the world's first supermodel Janice Dickinson; power slugger Jose Canseco; one of the first ladies of hip hop Sandi Denton (Pepa of Salt-n-Pepa); Bronson Pinchot ("Beverly Hills Cop"); Omarosa ("The Apprentice"); UK glamour model Caprice; and motorcross madman Carey Hart. The new season promises to be more explosive than ever when Omarosa and Janice lock horns, the cast bares almost all in a racy burlesque show, and much more. "The Surreal Life" will air every Sunday at 9:00 p.m.

10PM HOGAN KNOWS BEST

VH1's introduces America's new first family in its newest series "Hogan Knows Best." Each half-hour episode of the series opens the doors to the Hogan family home and provides a new definition of the 'traditional' family. Meet the Hogan's: First there is Linda, Hulk's adoring wife of 21 years who is the rock of the family. She is very supportive of the hopes and dreams of her family, but don't be fooled -- Linda has her opinions and is certainly not afraid to express them. Next, there is 16-year-old Brooke. While nurturing her aspirations to become America's next biggest pop star, she also is budding into womanhood -- a phenomenon that even Hulk can't crush. And finally, Nick, Hulk's 14-year-old son, has big dreams of becoming a race car driver. Following the premiere "Hogan Knows Best" will air every Sunday at 9:30 p.m.

Contacts: "The Surreal Life" Michelle Clark/VH1 Jenni Runyan/MTVN 212-846-5576 310-752-8796 michelle.clark@vh1staff.comjenni.runyan@mtv.com

"Hogan Knows Best" Lynne Davis Corbin/Mosaic NYC Alison Mochizuki/MTVN (212) 846-5737 (310) 752-8044 alison.mochizuki@mtv.com

"Celebrity Fit Club" Lynne Davis Corbin/Mosaic NYC (212) 846-5737

10:30PM CELEBRITY FIT CLUB

Following the successful run of the first season of "Celebrity Fit Club," VH1 has gathered a new group of celebrities for "Celebrity Fit Club 2." This season, eight very distinct celebrity personalities -- Gary Busey ("The Buddy Holly Story"), Jackee Harry ("227" and "Sister Sister"), Willie Aames ("Eight is Enough"), Tocarra Jones ("America's Top Model"), Phil Margera ("Viva La Bam"), Jani Lane (lead singer of rock group Warrant), Victoria Jackson ("Saturday Night Live") and returning hero Wendy Kaufman (The Snapple Lady)- embark on their own grueling fitness journey that promises a mixed bag of physical challenges. Following the premiere "Celebrity Fit Club" will air every Sunday at 10:00 p.m.

VH1's "The Surreal Life" is executive produced by Mark Cronin and Cris Abrego for Mindless Entertainment and 51 Pictures, and co-produced by James Rowley and Ben Samek. Jeff Olde and Jill Modabber oversee the series for VH1.

"Hogan Knows Best" is produced by Pink Sneakers Productions. Michael Hirschhorn is Executive Producer. Brad Abramson is the Executive Producer for VH1. Warren Cohen serves as Senior Producer for VH1.

VH1 will launch its video on demand platform on Friday, July 1 with its new "Celebreality" series "Hogan Knows Best," in a world premiere exclusively on Comcast ON DEMAND. Comcast Digital Cable customers will be the first to see who really knows best when VH1's highly anticipated new series debuts on demand a full nine days before the linear series premiere on VH1on Sunday, July 10 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT.

VH1's "Celebrity Fit Club 2" is a production of Granada Entertainment and VH1. Richard Hall ("Nanny 911") is executive producer for Granada. Michael Hirschhorn, Jim Ackerman and Matt Hanna are executive producers for VH1.

Viewers can log onto VH1.com for more on:

"The Surreal Life" http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/the_surreal_life_5/series.jhtml

"Hogan Knows Best" http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/hogan_knows_best/series.jhtml

"Celebrity Fit Club 2" http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/celebrity_fit_club_2/series.jhtml

Source: VH1

CONTACT: "The Surreal Life" - Michelle Clark, VH1, +1-212-846-5576, michelle.clark@vh1staff.com, or Jenni Runyan, MTVN, +1-310-752-8796, jenni.runyan@mtv.com; "Hogan Knows Best" - Lynne Davis Corbin, Mosaic NYC, +1-212-846-5737, or Alison Mochizuki, MTVN, +1-310-752-8044, alison.mochizuki@mtv.com; "Celebrity Fit Club" - Lynne Davis Corbin, Mosaic NYC, +1-212-846-5737

Web site: http://www.vh1.com/ http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/the_surreal_life_5/series.jhtml http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/hogan_knows_best/series.jhtml http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/celebrity_fit_club_2/series.jhtml

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