Get Glued to the Tube With Four New Additions to Starz Comedy, Starz Edge and Encore Love

Get Glued to the Tube With Four New Additions to Starz Comedy, Starz Edge and Encore Love

New Film Series to Debut This August

Encore Love Gets Sexy on Sunday with the Re-Vamp of 'Girls Night In'

ENGLEWOOD, Colo., July 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Get ready to be glued to the tube this August with the debut of four new film series and the re-vamping of another on three of the Starz and Encore thematic channels. Starz Edge is the place to be at "9 Sharp" every Thursday evening, Starz Comedy brings you big movies with big laughs with "Crazy 8's" on Friday nights, Encore Love will be your weeknight destination with "9 O'Clock Nightly," and then will heat up your weekend with "The Saturday Seduction" and "Girls Night In."

"The Starz and Encore thematic channels are the beginning point for viewers who want to find programming that fits a specific genre content," said Stephan Shelanski, senior vice president of programming and acquisitions at Starz Entertainment Group. "The film series we put together on those channels showcase different aspects of each genre -- which provides viewers with a dependable destination for the programming they want at a predictable day and time on an ongoing basis."

The programming packages that will debut this August are (all times are ET/PT):

* "Crazy 8's" -- Starz Comedy, Friday nights at 8:00 p.m. Non-stop movies and outrageous bits that keep you laughing with big movies like "13 Going on 30," "Duplex," "White Chicks" and "Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle."

* "9 Sharp" -- Starz Edge, Thursday nights at 9:00 p.m. sharp. Every week you'll find edgy movies that are guaranteed to push the envelope with titles like "The Bourne Supremacy," "The Butterfly Effect," "The Dawn of the Dead," and "Riding Giants."

* "9 O'Clock Nightly" -- Encore Love, Monday through Friday at 9:00 p.m. It's just you, your couch and a movie every weeknight with films that bring excitement and romance to your evening. Titles include "The Piano," "Hope Springs," "The Last of the Mohicans," and "French Kiss."

* "The Saturday Seduction" -- Encore Love, Saturday evenings at 9:00 p.m. It's all about adding spice to your Saturday with this new package. Passion, obsession and desire, heats up Encore Love with torrid tales like "Basic Instinct," "Wild At Heart" and "Swimming Pool."

* "Girls Night In" -- Encore Love, in its new time slot on Sunday nights at 9:00 p.m. Sunday gets sexier with the re-vamping of this film series. It's all about heartthrobs with this programming. See Brad Pitt in "Meet Joe Black," Ben Affleck in "Gigli," and Ashton Kutcher in "My Boss's Daughter."

Starz Entertainment Group LLC (SEG) is the largest provider of premium movie services in the United States with approximately 174 million pay units. SEG offerings include the Starz Encore Movie Pack with 13 digital movie channels and more than 750 movies per month, Starz HDTV, Starz On Demand, and Starz Ticket, an on-demand premium Internet movie subscription service available on the broadband platform. Starz Entertainment Group is a wholly- owned subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation, www.starz.com.

Contacts: Michelle Ellis Tom Chen Starz Entertainment Group mPRm (720) 852-6269 (323) 933-3399 michelle.ellis@starz.comtchen@mprm.com

Source: Starz Entertainment Group LLC

CONTACT: Michelle Ellis of Starz Entertainment Group LLC, +1-720-852-6269, michelle.ellis@starz.com; or Tom Chen of mPRm, +1-323-933-3399, tchen@mprm.com, for Starz Entertainment Group LLC

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

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