LOS ANGELES, CA – January 16, 2007 – here!, America's premium gay television network, is pleased to announce that it has wrapped production on the first season of the new provocative original, scripted series The Lair. The first of six half-hour episodes will premiere on the network in Spring 2007.

"The Lair continues here!'s ongoing rollout of provocative original programming that can only be seen on here!," said Paul Colichman, Founder and CEO of here! Networks. "This newest addition to our line up authentically and unapologetically reclaims the horror genre for a gay audience."

Set in a small coastal town, The Lair opens as the bodies of young nameless men are turning up dead with vicious wounds to their necks. A young journalist is investigating a series of mysterious John Doe murders. Clues to these crimes lead him directly to a private gentlemen's club called The Lair, where the deepest, darkest desires are fulfilled. As he gets closer to solving the mystery, Thom finds himself ensnared in a blood thirsty coven of vampires.

The Lair stars Peter Stickles, who gathered a following this year from his work in the acclaimed indie Shortbus, as Damian, the leader of the coven of gay vampires, as well as newcomer David Moretti, who takes the lead as Thom.

"With a strong, talented cast, we are pleased to add The Lair as another original scripted series to our growing slate of projects," noted Meredith Kadlec, here!'s Vice President of Original Programming. "Our programming runs the gamut, from sexy soap operas to thought-provoking documentaries, and The Lair is a welcome addition to that line up."

The Lair is the latest project reflecting here!'s commitment to bring fresh original programming to the LGBT community. For a sampling of provocative and innovative here! content, visit the here! Video Player found at www.heretv.com/videoplayer. For more information on how to get here!, please visit www.heretv.com.

Recent and upcoming here! original films, series and specials include: The DL Chronicles, an award-winning series focusing on the diverse stories of men of color who by consequence and by choice, live sexually duplicitous and secret lifestyles; The Lair, a provocative and sexy vampire horror series; Dante's Cove, ranked "Best Soap of the Year" by The Advocate; the critically acclaimed Shock To The System: A Donald Strachey Mystery, the second installment in the series of original films starring Chad Allen as a gay private investigator; the provocative six-part docu-series Lesbian Sex and Sexuality, an unblinking look inside the world of lesbian culture from award-winning producer Katherine Linton; and the original film Shelter, an indie romantic drama about love, family and trying to stay true to yourself.

About here!

here!, America's premium gay television network, was established in 2002 and is currently available nationwide on all major cable systems and Internet TV providers as either a 24/7 premium subscription channel, a video on demand (VOD) service, and/or a subscription video on demand (SVOD) service. here! offers a wide variety of groundbreaking and acclaimed original movies and series plus the world's largest collection of gay and lesbian films appealing to the broad-based, diverse LGBT audience. here! programming is also offered via here! Video, the broadband portal of here! Networks, which can be found at www.heretv.com/videoplayer. here! Interactive Media, the online division of here! Networks, has more than 3 million unique visitors a month through sites including GayWired.com, 247Gay.com, and LesbiaNation.com.

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