Terry Murphy Named Executive Producer of <i>The Nate Berkus Show</i>

CULVER CITY, CA and CHICAGO, IL  (June 16, 2010) — Terry Murphy has been promoted to executive producer of the new syndicated series "The Nate Berkus Show" from Harpo Studios and Sony Pictures Television, which will premiere in September. Murphy had previously served as co-executive producer. Zev Shalev will transition to a development role, becoming an executive consultant.

"We're thrilled with how 'The Nate Berkus Show' is coming together under Terry's guidance, and her ideas, energy and enthusiasm will be invaluable as we prepare for launch," said Holly Jacobs, executive vice president, U.S. reality and syndicated programming, Sony Pictures Television. "We're excited for audiences to see what we have in store for them this September."

"Zev has made great contributions to 'The Nate Berkus Show,' and we look forward to working with hIm on some exciting development projects int he future," said Valerie Schaer, executive vice president, creative development, Harpo Studios.

Terry Murphy's history with several successful show start-ups under her belt, led Daily Variety to brand her as "The Queen of Launch."  Most recently Murphy has served as a Team Leader for CNBC's "the Business of Innovation" and "Collaboration Now."  Prior to that, she served as an executive producer on CNBC’s “The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch."  Murphy’s executive producer experience with daytime programming includes "Queen Latifah" and "The Gordon Elliott Show," among others; she also served as a producer for "Sally Jesse Raphael."  Also an author, Murphy’s book "Life in Rewind" was published in 2009 by William Morrow.

About Harpo Studios
Harpo Studios is the home of Harpo Productions, Inc. the most successful production company in daytime talk, producing the number one, award-winning "The Oprah Winfrey Show" and syndication's latest success, "The Dr. Oz Show," as well as having developed "Dr. Phil" and "Rachael Ray." Harpo Productions creates and develops original TV programming for primetime, syndication and cable television and operates Oprah.com, a premier lifestyle website.  ZoCo Productions, LLC, an affiliate of Harpo Productions, Inc., and Sony Pictures Television co-produce "The Dr. Oz Show."  Harpo Print, LLC and Hearst Magazines publish the monthly O, The Oprah Magazine publication. Harpo Films produces feature films and, through an exclusive deal with HBO, scripted television programming. Harpo Radio, Inc. produces Oprah Radio (XM channel 156, Sirius channel 195 as part of its "Best of XM" package) on Sirius XM Radio. A joint venture between Oprah Winfrey and Discovery Communications, OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network, a multi-platform company, will debut in January 2011 in approximately 80 million homes, on what is currently the Discovery Health Channel.

About Sony Pictures Television
Sony Pictures Television is one of the television industry's leading content providers. It produces and distributes programming in every genre, including series, telefilms, theatrical releases and family entertainment around the world and for every platform:   broadcast and cable television, first-run and off-network syndication and digital distribution. In addition to one of the industry's largest libraries of feature films and television shows, SPT boasts a current program slate that includes the top-rated daytime dramas and game shows, landmark off-network series, original animated series and critically acclaimed primetime dramas, comedies and telefilms. Internationally, SPT is a leader in local language productions around the world, some of which are  co-produced with local partners and sells SPE-owned formats in approximately 70 countries. To better serve its clients and partners worldwide, SPT maintains offices throughout the world, including Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, the Netherlands, the People’s Republic of China, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Venezuela and the United Kingdom. SPT's worldwide television networks portfolio is a key strategy in SPE's long-range commitment to the global marketplace, with 114 channel feeds, which are available in more than 130 countries reaching almost 400 million households worldwide. SPT also creates original content for and manages SPE’s premium video website, Crackle. Additionally, SPT is a part owner of cable channel GSN, FEARnet, the premier horror/thriller website and VOD service, the new 3D channel 3Dnet and national media sales company ITN Networks, Inc.  SPT advertiser sales is one of the premiere national advertising sales companies, handling the commercial inventory in SPT's syndicated series as well as in all of SPE's digital businesses in the United States. SPT is a Sony Pictures Entertainment company.