LOS ANGELES – March 21, 2006 - here! America's first gay television network will start production next week on "Shock to the System," the second installment of their here! Original Series starring Chad Allen (Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman). Morgan Fairchild (Falcon Crest) has been signed to this production. The cast also includes Michael Woods and Sebastian Spence. The network is producing this exciting series of films based on popular books written by Richard Stevenson. The first installment, "Third Man Out," debuted on here! in September 2005. "Shock to the System" will be directed by Ron Oliver (Queer As Folk, Third Man Out) and was written by Ron McGee. It will air on here! in Fall 2006.

"Shock to the System" centers on a gay detective Donald Strachey (Chad Allen) who goes undercover inside an ex-gay therapy group when his newest client – the poster boy for this organization - winds up dead.

"We're thrilled to be starting production on "Shock to the System" and to be working with Chad Allen and Morgan Fairchild on this second production based on the Donald Strachey character," says Meredith Kadlec, VP of Original Programming for here! Networks. "Our audience responded so positively to "Third Man Out," and we are delighted to continue this franchise as part of our growing lineup of original programming," says Paul Colichman, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of here!.

About here!

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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Josh Rosenzweig
Vice President, Corporate Communications and Marketing
here! Networks
212.920.2857
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