"AOL Video is the ideal platform for Scripps to extend its lifestyle content to a highly engaged Web audience," said Kevin Conroy, Executive Vice President, AOL. "This partnership underscores our goal of providing consumers with the most comprehensive array of high quality, branded content on the Web, including content from all four major broadcast networks and a myriad of cable networks."

Scripps Networks fans and AOL users can now view program segments from HGTV, Food Network, DIY Network and Fine Living Network by visiting AOL Video's channel tab located on the homepage. In addition, Scripps videos will easily be found through AOL's video search, powered by leading video search engine, Truveo.

Some of the Scripps Networks offerings on AOL Video include highlights from the following shows:

HGTV: "Carter Can," "Color Splash," "Deserving Design," "Design on a Dime," "House Hunters," "I Want That!," and "Sleep on It." http://video.aol.com/video-category/hgtv/113525

Food Network: "Ace of Cakes," "Barefoot Contessa," "Down Home with the Neelys," "Good Eats with Alton Brown," "Paula's Home Cooking," and "Quick Fix Meals with Robin Miller." http://video.aol.com/video-category/food-network/113524

DIY Network: "Amazing Log Homes," "Bathroom Renovations," "Cool Tools," "Desperate Landscapes," "Man Caves," "Rock Solid," and "Sweat Equity." http://video.aol.com/video-category/diy/113522

Fine Living Network: "All-Girl Getaways," "American Shopper," "Great Cocktails," "Real Estate Confidential," and "Shopping with Chefs." http://video.aol.com/video-category/fine-living/113523

About Scripps Networks

Scripps Networks is comprised of the lifestyle television brands HGTV, Food Network, DIY Network, Fine Living Network and country music network Great American Country (GAC). Scripps is the dominant media and marketing company in the home, food and lifestyle categories, developing content for television and the Internet, where on-air programming is complemented with an array of broadband video, social media areas and e-commerce components on companion Web sites that attract more than 18 million unique visitors each month.

In addition, Scripps Networks has launched HGTV and Food Network in high definition and is aggressively developing its emerging media platforms for broadband and video on demand. Scripps Networks also acquired popular recipe Web site Recipezaar.com and Incando Corp. in order to deepen its user-generated content capabilities. Scripps Networks' brands collectively are available in more than 175 countries and territories on all seven continents. They also are distributed to more than 1,000 outlets on U.S. military bases and U.S. embassies around the world via the American Forces Radio and Television Service.

Headquartered in Knoxville, Tenn., with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit, Atlanta, Nashville and San Francisco, Scripps Networks is owned by The E.W. Scripps Company (NYSE:SSP), a diverse media concern with interests in newspaper publishing, broadcast television, national television networks and interactive media. Scripps operates daily and community newspapers in 17 markets, 10 broadcast TV stations, Scripps Howard News Service, United Media, Shopzilla.com and USwitch. (http://www.scrippsnetworks.com)

About AOL

AOL(R) is a global Web services company that operates some of the most popular Web destinations, offers a comprehensive suite of free software and services, runs one of the largest Internet access businesses in the U.S., and provides a full set of advertising solutions. A majority-owned subsidiary of Time Warner Inc., AOL LLC and its subsidiaries have operations in the U.S., Europe, Canada and Asia. Learn more at AOL.com.

SOURCE: AOL

AOL
Kurt Patat, 212-652-6323
kurt.patat@corp.aol.com
or
Scripps Networks
Jerilyn Bliss, 865-560-4181
jbliss@scrippsnetworks.com

The 10 finalists include: Nipa Bhatt (Victoria, MN), Jennifer Cochrane (Woonsocket, RI), Lisa Garza (Dallas, TX), Adam Gertler (Philadelphia, PA), Cory Kahaney (New York, NY), Shane Lyons (Colorado Springs, CO), Aaron McCargo Jr. (Camden, NJ), Kelsey Nixon (North Ogden, UT), Kevin Roberts (San Diego, CA), and Jeffrey Vaden (White Plains, NY).

This season's finalists are put to the test with complex challenges that determine their culinary competence and on-screen star potential. Challenges include a late night race through the streets of Manhattan, creating easy versions of complicated dishes for the staff of Bon Appetit magazine, teaming up with girl scouts to create healthy meals and cooking under the bright lights on the Las Vegas strip.

Throughout June and July, the selection committee, aided by a rotating cast of remarkable guest stars including Martha Stewart, Rachael Ray, Giada De Laurentiis, Alton Brown, Cat Cora, Sandra Lee, Gina and Pat Neely, Masaharu Moriomto, Tyler Florence, Michael Symon and Season Two winner Guy Fieri, will narrow the field down until the finale. This season, the selection committee will select the winner and he-or-she will be revealed during the series' finale on Sunday, July 27th at 10pm ET/PT and will receive a six-episode show that will premiere in August 2008. The Next Food Network Star is produced by CBS EYE too Productions.

Fans of The Next Food Network Star can make their voices heard, by logging on to http://www.FoodNetwork.com/Star and participating in the network's first-ever "fan favorite" vote! Starting Monday, June 2nd, viewers will have the opportunity to vote for their favorite contestants throughout the season. The finalist with the most votes will be crowned the "fan favorite" and will win assorted prizes.

FOOD NETWORK (http://www.foodnetwork.com) is a unique lifestyle network and Web site that strives to be way more than cooking. The network is committed to exploring new and different ways to approach food -- through pop culture, competition, adventure, and travel -- while also expanding its repertoire of technique-based information. Food Network is distributed to more than 96 million U.S. households and averages more than seven million Web site users monthly. With headquarters in New York City and offices in Atlanta, Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit and Knoxville, Food Network can be seen internationally in Canada, Australia, Korea, Thailand, Singapore, the Philippines, Monaco, Andorra, Africa, France, and the French-speaking territories in the Caribbean and Polynesia. The E.W. Scripps Company (NYSE: SSP), which also owns and operates HGTV (http://www.hgtv.com), DIY Network (http://www.diynetwork.com), Great American Country (http://www.gactv.com) and FINE LIVING (http://www.fineliving.com), is the manager and general partner.

SOURCE Food Network

http://www.foodtv.com