OXYGEN'S HIT SERIES "SNAPPED" RETURNS WITH ALL NEW EPISODES THIS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1 AT 10PM ET/PT

New York, NY � September 28, 2009 � Oxygen's popular series "Snapped" returns with all new episodes this Thursday, October 1 at 10PM ET/PT with more shocking stories. Each hour-long installment offers gritty details, interviews and further insight into the minds of the women who snapped.

In this brand new episode, viewers meet teenager Nikki Reynolds from Southern Florida. Growing up in the picture perfect family, Reynolds quickly becomes a stranger to her loved ones once she begins dating her high school heart-throb. Her infatuation with her new love sucks her into a destructive relationship and the obsession with her boyfriend leads her to a terrible act she doesn't deny--murdering her mother. Once the story unfolds viewers are left to wonder what caused her to snap. Was it her past? Was it intentional? All is revealed in a riveting hour-long "Snapped" episode that will leave viewers dying for more.

"Snapped" features everyday average moms, wives and girlfriends who in a fit of rage �snap' and allegedly commit murder. Did they really do it? And if so, why? Was it a cheating spouse, years of constant abuse or that dirty dish in the sink? Whatever the situation, the women share a common bond--they all SNAPPED!

For the "Snapped" super fan www.oxygen.com has all new photo galleries and message boards for fans to chat and discuss each episode.

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Oxygen Media is a multiplatform lifestyle brand that delivers relevant and entertaining content to young women, wherever they are. Oxygen is rewriting the rulebook for women's media, with a vast array of unconventional and original content including "Bad Girls Club," "Dance Your Ass Off" and "Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood." Popular features online include makeOvermatic, tweetOverse and hormoneOscope. Available in 74 million homes, online at www.oxygen.com, or on mobile devices at wap.oxygen.com, Oxygen Media is a service of NBC Universal.