Spike TV Television Highlights - February 2008

Courtesy of Spike TV:

- * Note: Spike TV HD includes
- Pros vs. Joes: Last Joe Standing
- CSI: NY
- GameTrailers TV
- Powerblock Programming
- Spike TV Original Movies

NEW YORK, Jan. 14 --

PREMIERES

-- SPIKE THE BALL WEEKEND featuring SPIKE'S MLE CHOWDOWN: CHAMPIONSHIP
Telecasts Saturday, February 2 (2:00 - 10:00 PM, ET/PT) & Sunday,
February 3 (2:00 PM - 4:00 AM, ET/PT).

Spike the Ball weekend features all your favorite Spike specials like
"When Animals Attack," "Train Wrecks," "Shocking Moments Caught on
Tape" and more. Don't miss the main event -- this year instead of
watching a boring half time show, tune in to Spike for Spike's "MLE
Chowdown: Championship" special, which features your favorite
competitive eaters -- Joey Chestnut, Eater X, and Patrick Bertoletti
-- chowing down eggs and ham. Spike's "MLE Chowdown: Championship"
will start exactly when the Super Bowl half time show begins.

Saturday, February 2 (2:00 - 10:00 PM, ET/PT)

-- 2:00 - 2:30 PM, ET/PT
WHACKED OUT SPORTS (TV-14V)
Features crashes, bashes, spills and falls. It's packed with
hilarious sports bloopers and fantastic sports finishes.

-- 2:30 - 3:00 PM, ET/PT
WHACKED OUT SPORTS (TV-14V)

-- 3:00 - 4:00 PM, ET/PT
TRAIN WRECKS (TV-14V)
This special features real footage of spectacularly horrifying
train crashes and lucky near misses.

-- 4:00 - 5:00 PM, ET/PT
WORLD'S SCARIEST EXPLOSIONS CAUGHT ON TAPE (TV-14V)
Features some of the world's worst explosions caught on tape.

-- 5:00 - 6:00 PM, ET/PT
PRISONERS: OUT OF CONTROL (TV-14V)
This special features prison security camera footage showing
prisoners resisting guards, fighting each other, and going on
full-scale riots. From the brutal results of these incidents, we
see that the slammer can be a dangerous place for everyone inside.

-- 6:00 - 7:00 PM, ET/PT
UFC 81 COUNTDOWN (NR)
A preview of the upcoming "UFC 81: Breaking Point" pay-per-view
event which will feature Tim Sylvia taking on Antonio Rodrigo
Nogueira, and in his UFC debut, Brock Lesnar will battle former
heavyweight champion Frank Mir.

-- 7:00 - 8:00 PM, ET/PT
WORLD'S MOST SHOCKING EXPLOSIONS CAUGHT ON TAPE #3 (TV-14V)
World's Most Shocking Moments features the most unexpected
accidents brought to fruition in horrifying ways. Some of the
events featured are the result of mechanical error, some prove the
awesome power of nature and some highlight the volatile nature of
our fellow man.

-- 8:00 - 9:00 PM, ET/PT
WORLD'S MOST SHOCKING EXPLOSIONS CAUGHT ON TAPE #2 (TV-14V)

-- 9:00 - 10:00 PM, ET/PT
WORLD'S MOST SHOCKING EXPLOSIONS CAUGHT ON TAPE #1 (TV-14V)

Sunday, February 3 (2:00 PM - 4:00 AM, ET/PT)

-- 2:00 - 3:00 PM, ET/PT & Midnight - 1:00 AM, ET/PT
THE WORLD'S MOST DANGEROUS ANIMALS 1 (TV-14V)
Through amazing footage gathered from all over the world, viewers
can witness what it's like to be in the wrong place at the wrong
time encountering some of the world's most dangerous animals such
as sharks, rattlesnakes, scorpions, cougars and bears. Hosted by
Stacy Keach.

-- 3:00 - 4:00 PM, ET/PT & 1:00 - 2:00 AM, ET/PT
THE WORLD'S MOST DANGEROUS ANIMALS 2 (TV-14V)

-- 4:00 - 5:00 PM, ET/PT & 11:00 PM - Midnight, ET/PT
SPIKE'S MOST AMAZING VIDEOS (TV-14V)
"Spike's Most Amazing Videos" delivers a combination of real and
rare footage of some of the most heart-pounding and unbelievable
moments ever captured on film

-- 5:00 - 6:00 PM, ET/PT
WHEN ANIMALS ATTACK #3 (TV-14V)
"When Animals Attack" presents unbelievable footage of people
caught in dangerous situations with animals.

-- 6:00 - 7:00 PM, ET/PT
WHEN ANIMALS ATTACK #4 (TV-14V)

-- 7:00 - 8:00 PM, ET/PT
WHEN GOOD PETS GO BAD 1 (TV-14V)
This special showcases amazing, never-before-seen video clips of
shocking real-life incidents to show viewers what can happen when
pets let their instincts take over.

-- 8:00 - 8:30 PM, ET/PT
WHEN GOOD PETS GO BAD 2 (TV-14V)

-- 8:30 - 9:00 PM, ET/PT
SPIKE'S MLE CHOWDOWN: CHAMPIONSHIP (NR)
The Major League Eating event will match up the world's top
eaters, including Joey Chestnut, Eater X, and Patrick Bertoletto,
in a championship consumption contest featuring chowing down eggs
and ham.

-- 9:00 - 10:00 PM, ET/PT
WHEN ANIMALS ATTACK #3 (TV-14V)

-- 10:00 - 11:00 PM, ET/PT
WHEN ANIMALS ATTACK #4 (TV-14V)

-- 2:00 - 3:00 AM, ET/PT
WHEN STUNTS GO BAD (TV-14V)
Action packed hour with amazing footage caught on tape, that cover
professional stuntmen and daredevils, that despite the most
detailed planning some stunts can go drastically wrong.

-- 3:00 - 3:00 AM, ET/PT
WHEN STUNTS GO BAD 2 (TV-14V)

-- UFC 82 COUNTDOWN: SILVA VS. HENDERSON
Premieres Monday, February 25 (11:30 PM - 12:30 AM, ET/PT); Encores
Wednesday, February 27 (11:00 PM - Midnight, ET/PT).

A preview of the upcoming PPV event on March 1, 2008 at the
Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. This will feature the
middleweight title unification match between UFC champion Anderson
Silva and PRIDE FC Welterweight champion Dan Henderson

MARATHONS

-- WHACKED OUT SPORTS MARATHON (TV-14V)
Telecasts Friday, February 1 (9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, ET/PT).

This special features crashes, bashes, spills and falls. It's packed
with hilarious sports bloopers and fantastic sports finishes.

-- BULLRUN MARATHON (TV-14L)
Telecasts Saturday, February 9 (2:00 - 7:00 PM, ET/PT) & Sunday,
February 10 (2:00 - 7:00 PM, ET/PT).

Two- day marathon of Spike TV's original, "Bullrun." Hosted by Bill
Goldberg, "Bullrun" follows 12 teams of 2 competing in their own cars
in a high octane cross country auto rally for a $200,000 grand prize.

-- THE KILL POINT MARATHON (TV-MAL)
Telecasts Saturday, February 16 (2:00 - 10:00 PM, ET/PT).

Join Spike TV for a marathon devoted to its highly successful
original, The Kill Point. Emmy(R)Award-winning actor and Golden Globe
nominee John Leguizamo and Donnie Wahlberg star in Spike TV's
original scripted series, "The Kill Point," an eight-hour event
focusing on two men as they square off during a bank heist gone
horribly wrong and the hostage negotiations that follow.

-- PRESIDENT'S DAY MARATHON
Telecasts Monday, February 18 (9:00 AM - 9:00 PM, ET/PT).

Celebrate President's day with a 12- hour "CSI" marathon.

-- WHAT THE @#$% FRIDAY
Telecasts Fridays (9:00 PM - Midnight, ET/PT).

What The @#$% Friday is a destination for the most outlandish
clip-based shows on Spike, including Spike specials like World's
"Most Shocking Moments Caught on Tape," "Prisoners Out of Control,"
and "When Animals Attack," new original themed episodes of "Spike's
Most Amazing Videos" and "Disorderly Conduct: Video on Patrol." What
The @#$% Friday will be wrapped with the What The @#$% Countdown, a
Top 10 countdown of the most outrageous themes and clips.

-- 9:00 - 10:00 PM, ET/PT
WHEN ANIMALS ATTACK (TV-14V)

-- 10:00 - 11:00 PM, ET/PT
SPIKE'S MOST AMAZING VIDEOS (TV-14V)

-- 11:00 PM - Midnight, ET/PT
DISORDERLY CONDUCT: VIDEO ON PATROL (TV-14LV)

ORIGINALS

-- PROS VS. JOES: LAST JOE STANDING (HD: TV-PG)
New episodes premiere Thursdays (11:00 PM - Midnight, ET/PT);
Encores Saturdays (10:00 - 11:00 PM, ET/PT) & Wednesdays
(10:00 - 11:00 PM, ET/PT).

"Pros vs. Joes" is an hour long sports competition show that pits
regular guys against world class professional athletes. This season
the show travels to four world-class regional sites as 64 Joes spread
out in brackets across these regions are competing to become the
"Last Joe Standing."

-- TNA: iMPACT! (TV-14LV)
New episodes premiere Thursdays (9:00 - 11:00 PM, ET/PT); Encores
Saturdays (11:00 PM - 1:00 AM, ET/PT).

Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling's "iMPACT!" features stars such
as Kurt Angle, Sting, Christian Cage, AJ Styles, Abyss, Team 3D, The
Latin American Xchange and the Knockout babes battling it out for
supremacy inside the ring. Watch what millions of fans are now
calling "The New Face Of Professional Wrestling". TNA also features
the high-flying, no-limits stars of the "X Division" as well as
signature, innovative matches like "The Ultimate X Match" and "Six
Sides Of Steel".

-- GAMETRAILERS TV (HD: TV-14)
New episodes premiere Fridays (1:00 - 1:30 AM, ET/PT); Encores
Fridays (1:30 - 2:00 AM, ET/PT).

Designed from the ground up to be the most entertaining and
informative on-air resource for fans of the thriving video game
industry, "GameTrailers TV" is a weekly magazine-style show focusing
on the industry's hottest titles, coolest events and biggest stars.
Fast-paced, energetic and offering the access and insight millions of
viewers have come to expect from the GameTrailers brand,
"GameTrailers TV" delivers the best of the best from the world of
video games while highlighting the cultures of gaming from around the
globe.

-- SPIKE'S MOST AMAZING VIDEOS (TV-14V)
New episodes premiere Fridays (10:00 - 11:00 PM, ET/PT).

"Spike's Most Amazing Videos" delivers a combination of real and rare
footage of some of the most heart-pounding and unbelievable moments
ever captured on film. Episodes include:

-- Friday, February 1 - CRASH & BURN
-- Friday, February 8 - WICKED WIPE OUTS
-- Friday, February 15 - WHEN GOOD SPORTS GO BAD
-- Friday, February 22 - TERROR IN THE SKY
-- Friday, February 29 - FREAK ACCIDENTS

-- MANSWERS (TV-MADLS)
Telecasts Thursdays (Midnight - 12:30 AM, ET/PT).

Whether its questions about booze, sex, or violence, "MANswers" is
trivia for men that delivers real answers that guys need to know. In
each episode, "MANswers" races through re-enactments, expert
one-on-ones and man-on-the-street interviews to educate Spike viewers
on the taboo topics in terms only guys can relate to. The truth is
never what you would expect and will inevitably end up being talked
about around the water cooler the next day.

-- WILD WORLD OF SPIKE (TV-14DL)
Telecasts Thursdays (1:00 - 1:30 AM, ET/PT).

Spike TV brings unheralded sports such as mop-jousting and
blind-folded kickboxing into America's living rooms with the new
comedic action series, Wild World of Spike. Focusing more on the
agony of defeat than the thrill of victory, Wild World of Spike is
hosted by mixed martial arts fighter Kit Cope, skateboarding legend
Jason Ellis and comedian Sam Tripoli. In each episode, the hosts
screen bizarre sporting events from around the world then try to
recreate them.

-- MXC (TV-14D)
Telecasts Monday - Thursday (11:00 - 11:30 AM, ET/PT &
11:30 AM - Noon, ET/PT) & Fridays (Midnight - 12:30 AM, ET/PT &
12:30 - 1:00 AM, ET/PT). Pre-empted Thursday, February 7
(11:00 - 11:30 AM, ET/PT), Tuesday, February 19 (11:00 - 11:30 AM,
ET/PT & 11:30 AM - Noon, ET/PT) & Tuesday, February 26 (11:00 - 11:30
AM, ET/PT).

Spike TV's acclaimed original comedic series, is described as a wacky
combination of "Fear Factor," "Jackass," "Iron Chef," with a touch of
"Mystery Science Theater 3000." Using the actual footage from one of
the most popular primetime Japanese reality game shows, Takeshi's
Castle, MXC is re-written to create an entirely new comedic
storyline. The series is not dubbed and there is not a single trace
of literal translation from the original show.

-- BLADE: THE SERIES (TV-14DLSV)

Immortal warrior Blade continues his fight against a shadowy
underworld of vampires who are threatening total domination of
mankind. Blade's latest pursuits take the half-vampire to his
hometown of Detroit where he meets Krista, a recently dispatched US
military combat medic who is investigating her brother's suspicious
murder. As Krista is pulled into the underworld, she teams up with
Blade and his partner Shen to infiltrate the vampires from the inside
and out. However, Blade has to keep strict tabs on Krista, who could
easily succumb to the dark forces of the underworld she now inhabits.

-- Monday, February 4
2:30 - 3:30 AM, ET/PT

-- Tuesday, February 5
2:00 - 3:00 AM, ET/PT
3:00 - 4:00 AM, ET/PT

-- Wednesday, February 6
2:00 - 3:00 AM, ET/PT
3:00 - 4:00 AM, ET/PT

-- Thursday, February 7
2:00 - 3:00 AM, ET/PT
3:00 - 4:00 AM, ET/PT

-- Monday, February 11
1:30 - 2:30 AM, ET/PT
2:30 - 3:30 AM, ET/PT

-- Tuesday, February 12
2:00 - 3:00 AM, ET/PT
3:00 - 4:00 AM, ET/PT

-- Wednesday, February 13
2:00 - 3:00 AM, ET/PT
3:00 - 4:00 AM, ET/PT

MOVIE PREMIERES

-- CLIFFHANGER (1993, Action/Adventure)
Spike TV Premiere Monday, February 4 (9:00 - 11:30 PM, ET/PT).

A heist gone wrong has a mountain ranger searching for what he thinks
are stranded survivors, but are really just looking for what went
missing in the heist. Starring Sylvester Stallone and John Lithgow.

-- THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES (1976, Action/Western)
Spike TV Premiere Monday, February 18 (9:00 PM - Midnight, ET/PT).

When Union renegade soldiers destroy the life and family of a farmer,
he turns vigilante and is chased across the post-Civil War west by
the authorities. Starring Clint Eastwood.

-- URBAN JUSTICE (2007, Action) - U.S. TELEVISION PREMIERE
Premieres Sunday, February 24 (10:00 PM - Midnight, ET/PT).

A cop covering some tough turf becomes the unfortunate victim of what
appears to be a senseless homicide. The murder goes unsolved until
Simon Ballestal, the cop's father, gets involved in the case, making
it his personal mission to track down the monster responsible for his
son's death. But in order to do this, Simon must involve himself in
the seedy world that cost his son his life. Starring Steven Seagal
and Eddie Griffin.

-- GHOST BUSTERS (1984, Action/Comedy)
Spike TV Premiere Monday, February 25 (9:00 - 11:30 PM, ET/PT)

Three unemployed parapsychology professors set up shop as a unique
ghost removal service. Starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney
Weaver, Harold Ramis and Ernie Hudson.

ACQUIRED SERIES

-- CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION (TV-14)
Telecasts Monday, Wednesday - Friday (6:00 PM - 9:00 PM, ET/PT),
Tuesday (6:00 PM - 11:00 PM, ET/PT), Monday (11:30 PM - 12:30 AM,
ET/PT), & Tuesday - Wednesday (Midnight - 1:00 AM, ET/PT).

-- "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" revolves around a team of forensic
Crime Scene Investigators in the Las Vegas police department's
Criminalistics Bureau. By relentlessly analyzing every detail at the
scene of a crime, no matter how seemingly irrelevant or grotesque in
nature, the team has science and experience on their side to solve
the case. The series stars William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary
Dourdan, George Eads, Jorja Fox and Paul Guilfoyle.

-- CSI: NY (HD: TV-14)
Telecasts Tuesdays (11:00 PM - Midnight, ET/PT).

The third edition of the "CSI" franchise sets up shop in the Big
Apple, where taciturn Detective Mac Taylor (Gary Sinise) and his
partner, Detective Stella Bonasera (Melina Kanakaredes), lead a
crime-solving team. Like his counterparts in Las Vegas and Miami,
Taylor knows that people may lie, but the evidence rarely does.

-- THE SHIELD (TV-MADLV)
Telecasts Thursday, February 14, Thursday, February 21 & Thursday,
February 28 (2:00 - 3:00 AM & 3:00 - 4:00 AM, ET/PT).

The story of in inner-city Los Angeles police precinct where some of
the cops aren't above breaking the rules or working against their
associates to both keep the streets safe and their self-interests
intact. Starring Emmy Award(R) winner Michael Chiklis and Catherine
Dent.

WEEKEND PROGRAMMING

-- WEEKEND POWERBLOCK
Sexy car enthusiast Courtney Hansen hosts Spike TV's "Power Block"
lineup, a weekend (Saturdays Noon - 2:00 PM, ET/PT and Sundays
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM, ET/PT) two-hour block of auto related
programming.

Saturdays:

Noon - 12:30 PM, ET/PT
HORSEPOWER TV (HD: TV-G)
Host Joe Elmore and tech expert Mike Galley work out of their
to-die-for performance garage sharing speed secrets on how to
transform everyday cars into road burners and how to get the most
out of them on the street and at the strip. This series captures
the performance lifestyle taking viewers to America's best events,
rallies and races.

12:30 - 1:00 PM, ET/PT
MUSCLE CAR (HD: TV-G)
Celebrating America's love affair with these fabled '60's and 70's
era muscle cars, the series focuses on finding, restoring and
modifying iconic Detroit iron like the Pontiac GTO, the Hemi Cuba,
the Boss Mustang and the Chevelle SS.

1:00 - 1:30 PM, ET/PT
TRUCKS! (HD: TV-G)
This how-to/new vehicle series addresses the light truck market
with special emphasis on pickups and sport utility vehicles. From
the wildest jet drag trucks and monster trucks to the world's most
radical 4x4 rock crawlers and customs, each episode takes viewers
step-by-step modifying, customizing, restoring and testing classic
and sport trucks, off-roaders and race trucks.

1:30 - 2:00 PM, ET/PT
XTREME 4X4 (HD: TV-G)
Hosted by Ian Johnson and Jessi Combs, this series features
hardcore 4x4 build-ups and off-road truck projects, plus extreme
action events - rock crawling, desert racing, sand drags, mud
racing, and trail riding adventure.

Sundays:

11:00 - 11:30 AM, ET/PT
HORSEPOWER TV (HD: TV-G)

11:30 AM - Noon, ET/PT
MUSCLE CAR (HD: TV-G)

Noon - 12:30 PM, ET/PT
TRUCKS! (HD: TV-G)

12:30 - 1:00 PM, ET/PT
XTREME 4X4 (HD: TV-G)

CONTACT: Kevin Sornatale of Spike TV, +1-212-767-8621, Kevin.Sornatale@spiketv.com