WORLD WRESTLING FEDERATION'S MICK FOLEY TO HOST
TNN'S ROBOT WARS: EXTREME WARRIORS

"NFL Under The Helmet" Co-Host Rebecca Grant To Report From The Pit

New York, NY - June 27, 2001 - Mick Foley - best known to millions
of World Wrestling Federation fans as the ousted Commissioner and the
deranged "Mankind" - will step outside the ring for a revolutionary new
sport, when he becomes the host of TNN'S ROBOT WARS: EXTREME WARRIORS.
Foley will tape seven episodes of the series at the state-of-the-art
post-apocalyptic Robot Wars arena, where U.S. robots will battle
gladiatorial style, and confront the specially designed, and dangerously
equipped Robot Wars' 'house bots' - including Sir Killalot, Sgt. Bash,
Shunt, Dead Metal and the metal diva, Matilda.

Rebecca Grant, co-host of the FOX series "NFL Under The Helmet," will serve
as Pit Reporter for TNN'S ROBOT WARS: EXTREME WARRIORS.

"Mick Foley is the perfect host for TNN ROBOT WARS: EXTREME WARRIORS," says
Diane Robina, Executive Vice President and General Manager, TNN. "He's
beloved by World Wrestling Federation fans, and is a natural to host this
high octane robot battle, featuring house robots that develop as characters
- much like the many characters of World Wrestling Federation."

TNN'S ROBOT WARS: EXTREME WARRIORS will be telecast on TNN beginning Monday,
August 20 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) as the lead-in programming to WWF RAW IS
WAR, cable's highest rated series. TNN will also telecast 23 episodes of
the popular British Robot Wars series in the same time slots.

Battling robots have been cited by Newsweek as the "first sport to break
into popular culture in the new century." ROBOT WARS was the first to
create the battling robot craze in California in the early 1990's, premiered
on British television four years ago, and is now a hit series in 16
countries, including Britain, Sweden, Italy and Germany. TNN'S ROBOT WARS:
EXTREME WARRIORS is produced by Mentorn, the creators of the original ROBOT
WARS series and the U.K.'s largest independent producer. Tom Gutteridge and
Stephen Carsey serve as Executive Producers.

TNN is bringing original episodes of the ROBOT WARS series to U. S.
television for the first time, featuring U.S. teams that design and build
radio-controlled fighting machines and battle it out to see whose robot is
supreme. The participating robotic warriors come from all over the United
States, from Long Island, N. Y. to Pembroke Pines, Fl. to Provo, Utah to San
Jose, Ca.

TNN's all new version of ROBOT WARS features American competitors in six
distinct episodes, created exclusively for TNN. Each program will contain
different challenges and events, for episodes titled "Tag Team Terror,"
"American Civil War," "The Annihilator," "Robot Rebellion," and "The Extreme
Warriors U.S. Championship."

Foley is one of the most respected competitors in the history of the World
Wrestling Federation. A native of Long Island, Foley has penned The New York
Times best-seller, Have a Nice Day, and the recently released Foley is Good.

Rebecca Grant, co-host of the FOX series "NFL Under The Helmet," will serve
as Pit Reporter for TNN'S ROBOT WARS: EXTREME WARRIORS. Grant, an avid
sports enthusiast, started her career in sports broadcasting as
host/correspondent for "The Buffalo Bills NFL Show." Her sports broadcasting
career has included on-air stints at ESPN and Fox Sports and had had
numerous appearances on various entertainment series including NBC's
"Providence," "Third Rock From the Sun" and the Game Show Network's "Throut
and Neck."

Coast to coast, TNN is connecting Adults 18-49 to the tops in pop culture
such as the World Wrestling Federation's RAW IS WAR, cable's top-rated
series. And it's connecting viewers to network decision-makers 24 hours a
day through its toll-free number, 1-888-POP-1090. Under the banner of
"We've Got Pop," TNN invites its viewers to call and talk about what's pop
on television, on movie screens and in their hometowns. Viewers' voices and
faces show up on the network, talking about whatever's on their minds.
Since TNN started 1-888-POP-1090, more than 100,000 calls monthly have come
in from all over the country. TNN's program schedule will include 50%
original programming by the year 2005.

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