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for More Than 75 Stars During 'ABC Primetime Preview Weekend,' Presented
by Aloha Airlines, September 10 - 12
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Disney's California Adventure to Roll Out the Red Carpet
for More Than 75 Stars During 'ABC Primetime Preview Weekend,' Presented
by Aloha Airlines, September 10 - 12
Dennis Franz, Kelly Ripa, Jim Belushi, George Lopez,
Kelly Osbourne, Teri Hatcher, David Spade, Keith Carradine, Ty Pennington,
Many Others to Appear
Event Will Include a Sneak Peek at the New ABC Fall Season Via ABC Kids
Zone, Q&A With Stars, Preview Screenings, Opportunity to Apply for
'Extreme Makeover' & More
ANAHEIM, Calif., Sept. 3 -- A galaxy of stars from new and returning
ABC Primetime programs will appear at Disney's California Adventure
park in Anaheim, California, for the third annual "ABC Primetime
Preview Weekend," Friday through Sunday, September 10-12. The event
is sponsored by Aloha Airlines.
The exciting event will feature cast members from such returning ABC
favorites as "According to Jim," "The Bachelor,"
"8 Simple Rules," "Extreme Makeover," "Extreme
Makeover: Home Edition," "George Lopez," "Hope &
Faith," "Less Than Perfect," and "NYPD Blue."
Park guests will also have an opportunity to see the stars of the new
ABC series "The Benefactor," "Complete Savages,"
"Desperate Housewives," "life as we know it," "Lost"
and "Rodney."
Part of the fun of "ABC Primetime Preview Weekend" will be
a lineup of entertaining and unusual in-park activities. New this year
will be ABC Kids Zone, where guests can meet stars of ABC's Saturday
morning line-up. Featured will be Ricky Ullman along with his co-stars
from "Phil of the Future." Guests will also enjoy an action-packed
visit from the stars of "Power Rangers Dino Thunder." ABC
Kids Zone will feature music and sing-alongs with Radio Disney, games,
prizes and more favorite ABC Kids characters.
Lucky guests may be chosen to appear on television for ABC Lights,
Camera, Action -- YOU! They might visit the casting scouts for "Extreme
Makeover" or "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition." Tom Bergeron
will be on hand Friday night for a special "America's Funniest
Home Videos" showcase. On Saturday and Sunday, highlights involving
ABC primetime stars include: photo opportunities, audience question
and answer sessions, special screenings of new series pilots, an "ABC
Parade of Stars," and a live performance Saturday evening by Jim
Belushi and The Sacred Hearts, introduced by ABC late night talk show
host Jimmy Kimmel. The event will also feature a reunion of Kirk Cameron
and other stars of "Growing Pains," whose second reunion movie
will kick off the 50th anniversary season of "The Wonderful World
of Disney" this fall.
ABC Primetime talent confirmed (to date) to appear during "ABC
Primetime Preview Weekend" at Disney's California Adventure includes
Jim Belushi, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Larry
Joe Campbell, Taylor Atelian and Billi Bruno, "According to Jim;"
host Chris Harrison, "The Bachelor;" Mark Cuban, "The
Benefactor;" Keith Carradine, Andrew Eiden, Shaun Sipos, Erik von
Detten, Evan Ellingson, Jason Dolley and Vincent Ventresca, "Complete
Savages;" Teri Hatcher, Felicity Huffman, Marcia Cross, Eva Longoria,
James Denton, Nicollette Sheridan, Steven Culp and Ricardo Antonio Chavira,
"Desperate Housewives;" and Katey Sagal, Kaley Cuoco, Amy
Davidson, Martin Spanjers, James Garner and David Spade, "8 Simple
Rules."
Also appearing will be the Extreme Team -- Dr. Garth Fisher, Dr. Anthony
Griffin, Dr. William Dorfman, Dr. Jon Perlman, Michael Thurmond and
Sam Saboura, "Extreme Makeover;" and Ty Pennington, Paul DiMeo,
Tracy Hutson, Michael Moloney, Constance Ramos and Preston Sharp, "Extreme
Makeover: Home Edition," along with "Sweet" Alice Harris,
whose home makeover was one of last season's highlights.
Additional stars include George Lopez, Constance Marie, Valente Rodriguez,
Masiela Lusha, Luis Armand Garcia and Belita Moreno, "George Lopez;"
Faith Ford and Kelly Ripa, "Hope & Faith;" Sara Rue, Zachary
Levi, Sherri Shepherd, Andrea Parker, Will Sasso, Patrick Warburton
and Eric Roberts, "Less Than Perfect;" Sean Faris, Chris Lowell
and Kelly Osbourne, "life as we know it"; and Matthew Fox,
Evangeline Lilly, Dominic Monaghan and Harold Perrineau, "Lost."
Rounding out the lineup of more than 75 stars are Dennis Franz, Mark-Paul
Gosselaar, Gordon Clapp, Henry Simmons, Jacqueline Obradors, Bonnie
Somerville, Currie Graham and Bill Brochtrup, "NYPD Blue;"
and Rodney Carrington, Jennifer Aspen and Nick Searcy, "Rodney."
For more information regarding "ABC Primetime Preview Weekend,"
please visit ABC.com. For general Disneyland Resort information call
(714) 781-4565 or visit www.disneyland.com.
