TV Land Re-Ups High School Reunion

NEW YORK, April 3: TV Land
has renewed its original reality series High School Reunion for a second season, which is slated to premiere
in the first quarter of 2009.

The show’s creator, Mike
Fleiss, will return as executive producer. The second season will reunite high
school alumni after 20 years as they gather for two weeks in an exotic vacation
getaway.

Last
week, the fourth installment of High School Reunion scored a series high, averaging 797,000 total
viewers for the 10 p.m. telecast, making it the most-watched episode of the
series to date, according to Nielsen Media Research. The telecast also gave TV
Land double-digit gains across the network's target demo of adults 25 to 54,
and among the network's core audience of adults 40 to 54. Season one of High
School Reunion has been averaging 767,000
total viewers, an increase of more than 14 percent above the channel average
with a median age of 46. Among adults 25 to 54, it has been posting a 0.4 share
and averaging 459,000 viewers, up more than 42 percent in ratings and more than
41 percent in delivery over channel average. Among adults 40 to 54, it is
posting a 0.5 share and 290,000 viewers, up more than 20 percent in ratings and
delivery.

High
School Reunion reunites classmates
from all walks and stages of life who have issues to address and resolve since
their high school days. The series is executive produced by Fleiss (The
Bachelor), Andrew Hoegl and
Jonathan Singer, in association with Warner Horizon Television.

"TV Land viewers
can't get enough of High School Reunion," stated Larry W. Jones, the president of TV Land. "The
show continues to build a new audience for TV Land and create buzz. We can't
wait to introduce our viewers to a new reunited class as they reconnect with
old friends and forge new relationships to make great television."

—By Irene Lew