ManiaTV! Signs Comedian Tom Green For 1st Live Celebrity Talk Show On The Internet!
June 5th, 2006 Hollywood, CA � ManiaTV!, the World�s First Live 24/7 Internet Television Network, has signed the unpredictable and ever-maniacal Tom Green to a weekly deal for his new show, Tom Green Live, to be aired on www.ManiaTV.com. The ManiaTV! Network has given the controversial Green 100% creative control over the show, which represent the first-ever live celebrity talk show online. The program will be broadcast live from Green�s Hollywood home Thursday nights at 11pm EST beginning June 15th on www.ManiaTV.com and will be available free worldwide to any viewer with an internet connection. �Tom Green is the perfect personality for our network,� said ManiaTV! CEO and founder, Drew Massey. �There isn�t a more ideal entertainer with whom we wanted to launch the first live TV talk show format on the internet. Tom�s edgy, non-conformist, unique approach to comedy epitomizes the ManiaTV! brand and we�re very excited to be working with him on such an intimate and long-term basis.� The Tom Green Live show will include celebrity interviews, live viewer call-ins, and Tom�s trademark man-on-the-street video segments. The show will set the stage for future programming on ManiaTV! intended to shatter traditional TV programming limitations. �I�ve always considered myself a media pioneer, and live television over the internet is the next frontier for me,� explained Tom. �Of course, ManiaTV! didn�t know what the hell they were doing when they agreed to give me complete creative control over my show and they�ll no doubt regret it 5 minutes into the first airing. I�m certainly looking forward to that�. The deal was brokered by Massey, Lewis Henderson of William Morris and Howard Lapides and Jackie Stern of The Core. �Tom has always been the leader in breakthrough interactive comedy, it�s always fun being first, � Lapides said. Richard Ayoub, ManiaTV!�s vice president of programming said, �There will be no micromanaging from me or any other executive, this is the first time in Hollywood history that a celebrity is being given complete and total creative control.� About ManiaTV! The Tom Green Live show is the first of a number of new offerings on www.ManiaTV.com , according to the network. In addition to the live talk show the company will be launching a platform for users to create their very own TV channels on the internet and broadcast to the world for free. Channel �producers� will then compete for a chance for fame and fortune, ultimately seeing their channel aired live on the ManiaTV! network. Future offerings also include a user-generated program comprised of videos submitted by viewers, and additional celebrity-hosted programming. ManiaTV!, launched in September 2004, is the world�s first internet television network, delivering pop-culture entertainment programming to the youth and young adult broadband markets. Shows are hosted live by ManiaTV!�s own CJs (Cyber Jockeys). The network currently serves more than 3 million viewers each month and has secured significant investment from some of the leading venture capital firms in the country, including Benchmark Capital, Intel Capital, and Centennial Ventures.
