For Immediate Release
Contact: Gloria Gottschalk, New School University
             (212) 229-5667, ext. 239
              Jennifer Peterson, Bravo
              (516) 803-4548

(July 26, 2000 – New York, NY) Bravo’s Inside The Actors Studio received its fourth nomination by The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences’ Emmy Award for Outstanding Non-Fiction Series this past week. The nomination, which was announced on Thursday, July 20 in Los Angeles, is for the episode entitled Inside The Actors Studio: Kevin Spacey. The show’s creator James Lipton (who also served as Executive Producer/Writer/Host for the series) will attend the August 26 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards in Pasadena, California. Inside The Actors Studio is taped in front of a live audience at New School University.

For each episode of Inside The Actors Studio, James Lipton interviews a celebrated actor, actress, or director, in-depth, about their life and their career. As part of the Actors Studio Drama School, students attend the interview and stay on after the interview for a classroom session with the guest. The show is taped and edited for later broadcast on Bravo, The Film and Arts Network.

Inside The Actors Studio: Kevin Spacey premiered on the network on Sunday, March 5, 2000 on the eve of Spacey being honored as Best Actor by The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences for his performance in American Beauty. Currently in its sixth season and with more than 80 shows to its credit, Bravo’s signature series continues to secure exclusive interviews with today’s most accomplished performers. Inside The Actors Studio airs Sunday evenings at 8 PM/ET. Upcoming premieres include Harrison Ford (August 20) and Richard Dreyfus (September 10).

This is the fourth Emmy nomination for Inside The Actors Studio. The Bravo original series has also received two CableACE Award nominations for Best Talk Show, winning in 1997.

The Actors Studio Drama School offers a three-year M.F.A. program in Acting, Directing, and Playwriting. The School was created in 1994, when the New School joined forces with the prestigious Actors Studio.

Bravo, The Film and Arts Network, offers critically acclaimed American and international films, as well as performing arts, including dance, theater, classical music and jazz. Bravo can be seen in 50 million homes.

For further information on the Actors Studio Drama School at New School University, call 212/229-5859. For further information on the Actors Studio Craft Seminar, which is taped at the New School for later broadcast as Inside The Actors Studio, call 212/229-5690.

In The Moment Productions, Ltd. and Betelgeuse for Bravo Network

James Lipton, Executive Producer/Writer/Host; Frances Berwick,

Christian Barcellos, Vienna Steiner, Executive Producers; Michael Kostel, Producer; Jeffrey Wurtz, Director