INVENTORS WANTED! For New Reality TV Series "Made in the USA"

March 12, 2005 (Press Release) -- New York, NY-March 10, 2005- Inventors, do you have a revolutionary invention but need that one big break to get your product out there? USA Network, in association with the TV shopping network HSN is creating "Made in the U.S.A.", television's newest and most ingenious reality program where America's inventors and entrepreneurs get the opportunity to turn their dreams and passions into reality.

Contestants will participate in competitions, facing real-life challenges that inventors deal with. Products and inventors will be eliminated until the ultimate payoff when one lucky inventor team wins a contract with HSN.

"If accepted, this is a great opportunity for an inventor to go through the challenges of commercializing their product."
Stephen Paul Gnass
Executive Director, National Congress of Inventor Organizations
Founder of InventionConvention.com

Inventors can contact Taya Miracle, Casting Assistant for "Made in the USA" with questions at 310 500-3854.

CHICAGO:
March 18 – Friday, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Brody, Tenner, & Paskal Casting
20 West Hubbard Street, Suite 2-E
Chicago, IL 60610

LOS ANGELES:
March 19 -- Saturday, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
NBC
3000 W. Alameda, Rehearsal Hall 1
Burbank, CA 91523

ATLANTA:
March 23 -- Wednesday, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
The Artist Factory
1741 Commerce Drive
Atlanta, GA 30318

NEW YORK CITY:
March 29 – Tuesday, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Ripley-Grier Studios
520 Eighth Avenue, 16th Floor
New York, NY 10018

Inventors who can't make it won't be counted out. Inventors can still log on to www.usanetwork.com or www.nbc.com and apply online. THE DEADLINE TO ENTER IS MARCH 23.

Check the web site www.nbc.com or www.usanetwork.com for ENTRY REQUIREMENTS or VHS TAPE REQUIREMENTS.

"Made in the U.S.A.," will air on USA Network later this summer, and is being executive produced by Ken Mok, creator and executive producer of UPN's top-rated reality series "America's Next Top Model."

USA Network is cable television's leading provider of original series and feature movies, sports events, off-net television shows, and blockbuster theatrical films. USA Network is seen in over 88 million U.S. homes. USA Network is a program service of NBC Universal Cable a division of NBC Universal, one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies.

HSN has evolved into a global multichannel retailer on TV, where HSN is now the 4th largest cable television network in the U.S.; In 2004, HSN generated worldwide consolidated sales of $2.4 billion, answered 62 million calls and delivered 50 million packages worldwide.