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LOS ANGELES – March 20, 2006 - here!, America's first gay and lesbian television network, announced today that its popular original series "Dante's Cove" will welcome actress Thea Gill to the cast for its highly-anticipated 2nd season. Gill (a former regular on the Showtime series "Queer as Folk") will play Diana Childs, a mysterious newcomer to "Dante's Cove" who will tangle with Grace (Tracy Scoggins) as revelations of their secret past threaten to change Dante's Cove forever.

As previously announced, "Dante's Cove" marks a milestone for here!, having the distinction of being the first of its original programming to be renewed for the network. The second season of "Dante's Cove" is slated to begin production in April 2006, with six one-hour episodes to be aired later in the year.

"We are thrilled that Thea Gill is joining the cast of "Dante's Cove". We have huge respect for her talent and feel fortunate to be working with her," said Meredith Kadlec, VP of Original Programming for here! Networks.

"Dante's Cove", a supernatural soap, is the story of a group of 20-somethings who all live together at the Hotel Dante in the sleepy, beachside community of Dante's Cove. When a dark, supernatural force is accidentally released from the basement of the Hotel Dante, the hotel residents are plunged into a world of intrigue, secrets and shifting romantic ties.

"We immediately renewed "Dante's Cove" for a second season given the overwhelming positive audience response it received," said Paul Colichman, Founder and CEO of here! Networks. "The series fits with our model of providing provocative, entertaining material that you will only see on here!."

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here!, America's first gay television network, was established in 2002 and is currently available to more than 48 million households nationwide. 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! is available across the U.S. via satellite and is offered by all major cable providers nationwide increasingly as a subscription video on-demand (SVOD) service. here! is also available to broadband homes via major Internet TV providers.

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