GAC to Air Blake Shelton's 1st Concert Special

Blake Shelton’s first television concert special takes place in an indoor stadium on the largest stage he’s ever worked.  Captured live at  Roberts Stadium in Evansville, Indiana, Blake Shelton Live: It’s All About Tonight  premieres Wednesday, September 8, 9:00 p.m/Eastern on Great American Country (GAC).  

Travel Channel Commemorates 100th Episode of
Anthony Bourdain No Reservations

On Monday, Sept. 6^th, Travel Channel will feature an all-day programming event celebrating the 100^th episode of Anthony Bourdain No Reservations   The event includes a full-day of the series’ most popular episodes, and culminates at 9pm ET with a one-hour “What Were We Thinking?” special. The special is followed by the 10PM ET premiere episode of No Reservations from Paris, where the series began in July 2005.

Food Network President Brooke Johnson Named
WICT's 2010 "Woman of the Year"

Food Network Presdient Brooke Johnson (left) has been named 2010 Woman of the Year by Women in Cable Telecommunications (WICT). The award is bestowed each year to the woman in cable media who has made significantly increasing contributions to her company and the cable telecommunications industry throughout her career. WICT will present the award at its annual Leadership Conference Sept. 13 in New York.  

HGTV Urban Oasis Prize Package
Valued at $1.5 Million

A new, contemporary residence with sweeping vistas of the New York City skyline awaits the winner of HGTV’s newest home giveaway, HGTV Urban Oasis 2010. Custom-designed by the network’s popular designer Vern Yip, the first HGTV Urban Oasis will be in The Residences at W New York-Downtown, 123 Washington Street. Viewers can enter daily to win the grand prize package, valued at approximately $1.5 million, that includes the fully-furnished residence and an Acura ZDX.

HGTV.com Partners With Cox Enterprises' Kudzu

HGTV.com, the leading online home-and-garden destination, has partnered with Kudzu.com to connect site users to home service professionals right in their own neighborhood.

Click here to see the full multimedia release.

Come Sail Away with Food Network

An innovative and engaging culinary experience awaits travelers as Food Network launches the inaugural sailing for its travel program, Food Network at Sea. The seven-night Eastern Caribbean journey begins aboard the award-winning Celebrity Solstice, sailing from Fort Lauderdale, Fla. on August 22.

Travel Channel Names Patalia Tate
SVP of Marketing, Creative, Brand Strategy

In a move that further signifies her desire to strengthen and contemporize the network’s brand, Travel Channel president Laureen Ong has named Patalia Tate as Travel Channel’s senior vice president of marketing, creative and brand strategy. Tate will oversee all on-air and off-air creative including series and brand campaigns, print design, packaging for brand extensions, and overall creative brand strategy.

...And the Emmy (Nomination) Goes To...

Travel Channel received a 2010 Primetime Emmy Award nomination in the category of Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming for Anthony  Bourdain: No Reservations.

Scotia, N.Y. Resident Wins
HGTV Green Home 2010

A happy, “speechless” and “surprised” Sandra Gilson learned she was the winner of the HGTV Green Home Giveaway 2010 when HGTV’s Jamie Durie knocked on the door of her home in Scotia, New York.  Her grand prize package, valued at almost $800,000, includes an eco-friendly, single-family home located in Plymouth, Massachusetts, a 2010 GMC Terrain and $100,000.

Travel Channel, Food Network Receive
Daytime Emmy Nods

Travel Channel and Food Network gathered four wins at this weekend’s 37^th Annual Daytime Entertainment Creative Arts Emmy Awards in Los Angeles: Giada at Home won for Best Culinary Program; The Relic Hunter with Ian Grant was named Outstanding Special Class Series; Ina Garten (Barefoot Contessa: Back to Basics) won for Outstanding Lifestyle/Culinary Host; and Giada at Home picked up a nod for Outstanding Directing in a Lifestyle/Culinary Program.

George Strait: ACM Artist of the Decade
Special This Weekend on GAC

Food Network Wins International Licensing Award

Food Network claimed the Best Corporate Brand Program award at the 2010 International Licensing Excellence Awards in Las Vegas. The awards represent the licensing industry’s highest recognition of achievement in a variety of categories. The Best Corporate Brand Program award recognizes licensing excellence, creativity, and innovation in the corporate brand category.

Bob Tuschman Named GM, Food Network

Food Network has promoted
Bob Tuschman to General Manager. He was formerly SVP, Programming & Production.

Tuschman will continue to oversee programming and production for the network, and will take on additional responsibilities in working with President Brooke Johnson on the overall strategic direction of the network. Tuschman joined Food Network in 1998.

Cooking Channel is...well...Cooking

From simmer to sizzle, check out the all new Cooking Channel, now available on cable and satellite systems nationwide. Explore cooking in every dimension: farm to table, technique to taste, classic to trendsetting, local to global. Cooking Channel. Stay Hungry.

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Baskerville Named GM 
Scripps Networks International

Scripps Networks Interactive has appointed Bob Baskerville as general manager, Scripps Networks International. Baskerville will oversee all day-to-day operations of Scripps’ growing international division, and will report to Scripps Networks International President Greg Moyer. Baskerville will work primarily out of Scripps’ New York City offices.

GAC Telethon Tops $1.8 Million
For Tennessee Flood Relief

GAC teamed up with the Nashville Convention & Visitors Bureau, Gaylord Entertainment and an incredible lineup of artists to present: Music City Keep on Playin' – A Benefit for Flood Relief on May 16. The concert at Nashville's historic Ryman Auditorium raised more than  $1.7 million to help those in need in Middle Tennessee. The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee will organize, process and distribute donations.

Brad Paisley, Keith Urban, Sheryl Crow
Among Stars to Perform for Flood Relief Telethon
Sunday Night on GAC

The talent line-up for Music City Keep on Playin’ – A Benefit for Flood Relief, the first nationally televised telethon for Nashville flood aid, keeps growing.  Sheryl Crow, gospel great CeCe Winans, country star Kellie Pickler, platinum-selling Christian artist Jaci Velasquez, and Americana rocker Will Hoge have joined the line-up that includes Brad Paisley (left), Keith Urban,  Lady Antebellum, Dierks Bentley, and Rodney Atkins.  The event takes place Sunday, May 16, 8pm ET at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium and will be broadcast live and commercial-free on Great American Country Television (GAC).

Correspondent Risks Death by Hot Wings

Man v. Food star Adam Richman coaches ABC's John Berman through encounter with "Death Wings." Berman calls it "unquestionably the single dumbest thing I have tried in my entire life": eating eight super hot wings at Caliente, a fun yet fiendish joint in Richmond, Va.  See the video as it aired on Nightline.

Scripps Networks Names Chad Youngblood
SVP Home Category Initiatives

Chad Youngblood will assume new duties as SVP, Home Category Initiatives for Scripps Networks effective June 1. In this new position, Youngblood will work on assignments that cut across the various platforms and brands in the home category encompassing HGTV, DIY Network and associated websites.

Lady A Graces GAC's Orange Carpet 
At ACM Awards

Laureen Ong Named President of Travel Channel

Laureen Ong, a veteran television executive largely credited for making the National Geographic Channel one of the most successful launches in cable television history, has been named as the new president of Travel Channel. Jonathan Sichel was named general manager.

MEDIA: High-resolution photo of Laureen Ong is available here.

Love & Theft & GAC's Nan Kelley

Lyric Street's Love And Theft graciously donated time for GAC and Scripps Networks'
Kickin' Country Concert, an invitation-only event to benefit  Nashville's W.O. Smith Music School. A group of lucky students performed "It's Up to You" and "Dancing In Circles" with the trio, who also answered questions from the aspiring musicians. The W.O. Smith Music School has been providing instruments and 50 cent music lessons to Nashville's underserved children for more than 25 years.
 

Food Network Partnering with Delaware North Companies on New Menu and Restaurant Concepts

GAC Honors Fan-Voted ACM Top New Artists of 2010

The fans have spoken and have chosen Luke Bryan as Academy of Country Music (ACM) Top New Solo Vocalist, Gloriana as ACM Top New Vocal Group and Joey + Rory as ACM Top New Vocal Duo.  Each act performs two of their hits and receives their trophy on  ACM Top New Artists, a special premiering Thursday, April 1, 10:00 p.m./Eastern on Great American Country (GAC).

New Orleans Resident Wins 2010 HGTV Dream Home

The anguish of losing a home to the destruction of Hurricane Katrina was replaced by the joy of winning a new home when Myra Lewis learned she was the winner of the 2010 HGTV Dream Home, an enchanting, contemporary Pueblo-style home, located near Santa Fe, New Mexico. She was at home watching television with her son Chris when HGTV’s Jamie Durie knocked on the door to surprise her with the news.

Food Network Magazine Soars to New Heights

Food Network Magazine, one of the few magazine success stories this year, announced another rate base increase. The title will go to 1.25 million with the July/August issue from 1 million. The magazine, a joint venture of Hearst and Food Network, started as a test in October 2008 with a rate base of 300,000.FNM plans to publish 10 issues in 2010 after publishing six issues in 2009.

DIY Network's Popular Blog Cabin
Returns for 4th Season

DIY Network’s Blog Cabin, the first-ever home building television series, returns for a fourth season this year. DIY Network and DIYnetwork.com invite the world to participate in “citizen design” to help renovate a 1970s ranch house situated just minutes from the infamous site of the 1969 Woodstock Festival in upstate New York. , DIY Network’s Blog Cabin asks viewers to vote and blog on the design features of the ultimate vacation home.

GAC, ACM Give Fans a Voice in 
2010 ACM Awards 

The Academy of Country Music and Great American Country (GAC) for the second year will give country music fans a voice in deciding the top new artists in the 2010 ACM Awards. GAC will air several specials to introduce fans to nominees in top new solo, duo and group categories.

Travel Channel Unveils
New Original Programmming

Travel Channel kicks off 2010 with new original programming. In February, hot on the heels of a record-breaking second season of Man v. Food, viewers will join host Adam Richman as he takes on his first real-time challenge during Man v. Food Live.  Samantha Brown celebrates her tenth year on the network with Sanantha Brown's Tenth Anniversary.  In March, new host Camille Ford takes viewers coast-to-coast in search of the ultimate food rivalries in Travel Channel’s original series Food Wars.

Scripps Networks Interactive Closes on
Travel Channel Purchase

Scripps Networks Interactive Inc. and Cox Communications Inc. have completed a transaction to form a joint venture for the ownership and management of Travel Channel Media. Scripps Networks Interactive, owner and operator of the Food Network and HGTV lifestyle television networks, now holds a majority and controlling 65 percent interest in the Travel Channel. Read details here.

Fits Him to a "Tee"

When country music artist Keith Anderson (right) showed up recently at the GAC studios sporting an Ed Hardy designer T-shirt, GAC President Ed Hardy suggested a trade. Before long, Anderson had offered the shirt off his back. All for fun.

 Mark Burnett Team to Produce Fifth Season of
 HGTV Design Star

Food Network UK is On the Air

At 11am London time on Nov. 9, Food Network UK signed on the air with a special Chefography of Food Network followed by an episode featuring the famed British chef Nigella Lawson. The new network is available through the BSkyB satellite system and launches into 10 million British households. Scripps Networks Interactive Inc. has identified international expansion as one of its key growth strategies and will launch Food Network in Europe, Africa and the Middle East through a joint venture with Chello Zone.  See full details here.

Scripps Networks Again Named
One of Cable's Top Employers

CableFAX The Magazine cited Scripps Networks as one of its Top Ten Places to Work in Cable for the third consecutive year. "We like Scripps’ 'core values': shared responsibility and promotion of work/life balance. Especially that last core value," the magazine writes in its November 2009 issue.