ALEC BALDWIN, THE FIRST GUEST TO EVER TAKE THE STAGE ON BRAVO'S "INSIDE THE ACTORS STUDIO," RETURNS MONDAY, OCTOBER 22 AT 8 PM ET/PT

NEW YORK � October 16, 2007 � It's a week of all new episodes on Bravo. James Lipton sits down with Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning actor, Alec Baldwin, the Fab Five transform two men to meet their girlfriend's standards and a group of couples work it out to see who is a better fitness trainer on "Better Half."

ALEC BALDWIN: INSIDE THE ACTORS STUDIO: Bravo's 13-time Emmy-nominated series, "Inside the Actors Studio" welcomes Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe-winning actor Alec Baldwin to the stage Monday, October 15, 2007 at 8 PM ET/PT. Baldwin joins host James Lipton for the second time, thirteen years after appearing as the first guest on the Actors Studio stage, to talk about his career that spans over two decades. Baldwin opens up about why he almost didn't take his Academy-Award nominated role in "The Cooler" and what it is like to work on the set of the Emmy-winning series "30 Rock."

Inside The Actors Studio: Funniest Marathon: Viewers will have a Saturday full of laughs when Bravo airs the funniest guests to grace the Actors Studio stage on "Inside The Actors Studio: Funniest Marathon" on Saturday, October 20, 2007 from 10 AM to 6 PM ET/PT. James Lipton sits down with some of the funniest people in Hollywood - Eddie Murphy at 10 AM, Dave Chapelle at 12 PM, Robin Williams at 2 PM, Billy Crystal at 3 PM, the cast of "The Simpsons" at 4 PM and actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus at 5 PM ET/PT.