MediaRoom ShowCase Advisory: CREATIVE COOKING AND DECORATING FEATURED IN TV SERIES THE HOLIDAY TABLE SEASON 2. Marjorie Poore Productions Celebrates Another Holiday Season With Thirteen Brand New Episodes Presented by WQED Pittsburgh and Distributed by the National Educational Telecommunications Association (NETA)

MediaRoom ShowCase Advisory: CREATIVE COOKING AND DECORATING FEATURED IN TV SERIES THE HOLIDAY TABLE SEASON 2. Marjorie Poore Productions Celebrates Another Holiday Season With Thirteen Brand New Episodes Presented by WQED Pittsburgh and Distributed by the National Educational Telecommunications Association (NETA)

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- WQED Pittsburgh announces the launch of a MediaRoom ShowCase for the return of the popular "The Holiday Table" series. On the MediaRoom ShowCase site are images, program descriptions, news releases and more.

   What:     "The Holiday Table"    When:     Airdate: October 2007 on television stations nationwide    Website:  http://holidaytable.mediaroomshowcase.com/    Contact:  Marjorie Poore             Marjorie Poore Productions             415-668-8020             Marjorie@mpptv.com              Rosemary Martinelli             WQED Pittsburgh             412-622-6433             rmartine@wqed.org              George Hazimanolis             WQED Pittsburgh             412-622-1366             ghaziman@wqed.org   

WQED Pittsburgh, honored with the 2007 and 2006 Mid-Atlantic Emmy Award for Station Excellence and 12 other Emmy Awards, creates, produces and distributes quality programs, products and services to engage, inform, educate and entertain the public within its community and around the world. It is the parent company of WQED-TV (PBS); WQED-DT; The WQED Neighborhood Channel; WQED- HD; WQEX-TV (A Shop NBC affiliate); WQED-FM 89.3/Pittsburgh; WQEJ-FM 89.7/Johnstown; a publishing division that includes PITTSBURGH magazine; local and national television and radio productions; WQED Interactive (http://www.wqed.org/); and the WQED Education Department.

The Holiday Table is produced by Marjorie Poore Productions, regarded as the leading pioneer of culinary programming since the early 1980's. Poore launched the careers of numerous celebrity TV chefs, including Jacques Pepin and Martin Yan, and has been responsible for many of PBS' most successful cooking shows, including Cooking Secrets of the CIA and Cookoff America.

The National Educational Telecommunications Association (NETA) is a professional association that serves public television licensees and educational entities in all 50 states, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico. NETA serves by connecting people and ideas, by providing quality programming, educational resources, professional development, management support, and national representation.

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Source: WQED Pittsburgh

CONTACT: Marjorie Poore, Marjorie Poore Productions, +1-415-668-8020,
Marjorie@mpptv.com; or Rosemary Martinelli, WQED Pittsburgh, +1-412-622-6433,
rmartine@wqed.org; or George Hazimanolis, WQED Pittsburgh, +1-412-622-1366,
ghaziman@wqed.org

Web site: http://www.wqed.org/
http://holidaytable.mediaroomshowcase.com/

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