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BELOVED MOVIE , TELEVISION STAR AND SET TO HOST THE “8th ANNUAL TV LAND AWARDS”

Event To Honor Casts from “,” “,” And A Special Tribute To “Charlie’s Angels” And Farrah Fawcett

Annual TV Land PRIME Original Special Taping Saturday, April 17 At 4:00 p.m. On Sony’s Historic Stage 15 In Culver City, CA And Will Air On April 25 At 9:00 p.m. ET/PT

March 29, 2010, , CA – TV Land announced today that Golden Globe® Award-winner and Emmy®-nominated actor and comedian, Tim Allen has been tapped to host the “8th Annual TV Land Awards” that are scheduled to tape on Saturday, April 17 on the historic Stage 15 on the Sony Lot in Culver City. The show premieres on Sunday, April 25 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT. Allen was previously honored last year, when his award-winning show, “Home Improvement” was given the Fan Favorite Award.

“Tim Allen is a versatile and hilarious performer who fits perfectly into the plans for this year’s TV Land Awards,” stated Larry W. Jones, president, TV Land. “We are thrilled to have him as our host this year.”

Tim Allen will next be heard reprising his role as in the Disney/ animated film " 3" scheduled for release on June 18, 2010. Allen was last seen on screen in his feature film directorial debut, the independent "Crazy on the Outside" in which he starred opposite and . The film is scheduled to be released on DVD in April 2010. Allen honed his talents as a stand-up comic throughout the eighties, providing the perfect lead-in to his very successful television series “Home Improvement” which ran for eight seasons on ABC. He made his film debut in 1994 in Disney's “.”

In addition to starring in that film's two highly profitable sequels, Allen has starred in box office hits such as "," "," "Toy Story” 1 & 2 and "The Shaggy Dog" as well as 's drama "Redbelt," the dark comedy "Who is Cletis Tout" and Barry Sonnenfeld's "Big Trouble," to name a few. Allen is also an author having penned two books, the Times Bestseller Don’t Stand Too Close to a Naked Man and its bestselling follow up, I’m Not Really Here.

Honorees previously announced include the entire cast of “Everybody Loves Raymond” who will reunite for this year’s TV Land Awards for the first time since the death of fellow cast member Peter Boyle to receive the Impact Award. This year’s Future Classic Award will be bestowed upon Fox’s runaway hit, “Glee.” Previous Future Classic recipients include “” and “Arrested Development.” (“Blazing Saddles”) and (“The Show” and “Ocean’s Eleven”) -- the Renaissance Men of Comedy who started out on “Your Show of Shows” -- will each receive the Legend Award. This marks the first time that this award will be given to two recipients. Stars of the TV phenomenon “Charlie’s Angels” will be on hand to receive the Pop Culture Award and to pay tribute to their cast member Farrah Fawcett, who passed away from cancer in June 2009.

Now in its eighth year, the “TV Land Awards” celebrates classic and contemporary luminaries of television, music and movies. The ninety-minute telecast will feature exhilarating musical performances and will reunite some of the most iconic celebrity TV casts.

Previous honorees include , , the cast of “Desperate Housewives” and the hilarious "Cheers," “” and “M*A*S*H*.” Past presenters include Academy Award®-winner , , , , , Sharon Stone, and Academy Award®-nominee Robert Downey, Jr. to name a few. Past musical performers include Diana Ross, Willie Nelson and Lionel Ritchie.

Michael Levitt (": My Life on the D List,” "Billboard Music Awards,” "Scream Awards") is executive producer; Emmy Award®-winning Jeff Margolis is director (“®,” “American Music Awards,” “Screen Guild Awards”); Greg Sills serves as supervising producer (“VH1 Rock Honors,” “The Teen Choice Awards,” “Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards”) and TV Land’s Larry W. Jones and Sal Maniaci are executive producers.

Press credential applications for this year’s show may be obtained via the channel’s press Web site, tvlandpress.com. Credential registration will close on Monday, April 12, 2010.

Please log onto www.tvlandpress.com for up-to-the-minute information, press releases and photos.

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Contacts:

Vanessa Reyes Jennifer Zaldivar TV Land TV Land 310-752-8081 212-846-8964 [email protected] [email protected]

Wendy Coto

TV Land

310-752-8798

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Tim Allen’s Personal Publicist:

Marleah Leslie/Marleah Leslie and Associates

323-464-9669

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