LUCKY VIEWERS GET A CHANCE TO WIN $50,000 EVERY TUESDAY IN MARCH DURING HGTV'S MORTGAGE MADNESS

NEW YORK, N.Y. [For Immediate Release -- March 5, 2012] Anyone tackling a monthly home mortgage payment now has a fighting chance to pay off up to $50,000 of debt when they text a special code to 66789 for a chance to win HGTV's Mortgage Madness(TM) every Tuesday in March. Beginning Tuesday, March 6, viewers watching HGTV between 8 p.m. ET/PT and 10 p.m. ET/PT will get the special code during new episodes of Million Dollar Rooms or My First Place and Property Virgins. One lucky winner will be announced on HGTV Facebook (http://facebook.com/HGTV) the next day. The sweepstakes ends Tuesday, March 27 at midnight.

"Who couldn't use some help paying their mortgage?" said Denise Conroy-Galley, senior vice president, marketing and creative services, HGTV. "Now watching HGTV not only pays off with great ideas and inspiration, but it also may ease your mortgage burden for at least a year."

Online users also can send an email with the code to cash@hgtv.com. See complete details in the Official Rules at http://www.hgtv.com/about-us/sweepstakes/index.html.

About HGTV

America's leading home and lifestyle brand, HGTV features a top-rated cable network that is distributed to more than 99 million U.S. households and the HGTV website, HGTV.com, the nation's leading online home-and-garden destination that attracts an average of four million unique visitors per month. The brand also includes the HGTV HOME consumer products line which showcases exclusive collections of paint, flooring, soft goods and other home-oriented products, as well as HGTV Magazine, a new home and lifestyle publication published in partnership with Hearst Magazines.