DAVID SPADE TO RIP HOLLYWOOD A NEW ONE ON ITS MOST GLAMOUROUS NIGHT COMEDY CENTRAL'S "THE SHOWBIZ SHOW" LAUNCHES LIVE OSCAR BLOG ON SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25

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To Get The Spade Blow-By-Blow Log-On To www.theshowbizshow.com

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NEW YORK, February 22, 2005 -- And the Oscar Blog goes to�"The Showbiz Show!" The glitz and glamour of Hollywood is going to get a dose of reality on Sunday, February 25 as COMEDY CENTRAL's "The Showbiz Show with David Spade" goes live with its first-ever "The Showbiz Show" Oscar Blog. To get the immediate take on the red carpet, winners, losers, speeches and everything in between, log-on to www.theshowbizshow.com.

"We're live-blogging the Oscars -- hopefully this year's show won't run as long as last year's or 'Little Miss Sunshine' will reach puberty before Best Picture," said Spade.

The live Oscar blog on www.theshowbizshow.com will make everyone a part of "The Showbiz Show's" Oscar party. Users can log-on to read real-time commentary from Spade and "The Showbiz Show" writers while the Academy Awards unfold, as well as interact, comment and upload their own videos to the site by registering.

In addition to Spade's live Oscar Blog, www.theshowbizshow.com has compiled the ultimate Oscar Guide for its fans. It includes "The Showbiz Show's" picks for winners as well as humorous explanations of their picks. It will also feature commentary, news and opinion.

Spade and his crew will shine their klieg light on Hollywood's most glamorous night. They will answer the questions you always wanted to ask and express what you were thinking, such as: "For everyone out there wondering: yes, this is Kate Winslet's fifth nomination for an Academy Award. She has never won. We think this is finally the year that Winslet loses for the sixth time."

"The Showbiz Show with David Spade" is a half-hour, topical, comedy series about Hollywood, celebrity and the entertainment industry. "The Showbiz Show" calls it like it sees it, cutting through the industry hype with a host who knows all about the business from the inside and provides the tell-it-like-it-is voice of comedy that is desperately needed in today's celebrity-obsessed world.

"The Showbiz Show" highlights all of Hollywood's self-importance and hypocrisy by using actual footage, clips and on-location field pieces, along with celebrity guests and comic personalities who appear as critics and correspondents. The second season included appearances by Jessica Alba, Jack Black, Kristin Cavalleri, Sean Hayes, Jon Heder, Michele Rodriguez and Adam Sandler, among others.

The third season of "The Showbiz Show" premieres on March 15, 2007.

COMEDY CENTRAL, the only all-comedy network, currently is seen in more than 90 million homes nationwide. COMEDY CENTRAL is owned by, and is a registered trademark of, Comedy Partners, a wholly-owned division of VIACOM Inc.'s (NYSE: VIA and VIA.B) MTV Networks. COMEDY CENTRAL's Internet address is www.comedycentral.com.