BLACK ACTRESS TO STAR IN NET'S FIRST SITCOM

Added: (Mon Jun 10 2002)

Pressbox (Press Release) - SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA- The Television Internet Broadcasting Network, a pioneer of internet series programming, announced today that acclaimed actress Lunden De'Leon will star in the network's new series entitled Sitcom, premiering this fall.

In a press conference streamed online from its website, De'leon announced that she will be part of internet history as Sitcom becomes the first situation comedy for the internet. Television internet will aire twenty-six original half-hour episodes veiwable for free. De'Leon will also make history as the first African-American actress to star in an original series for the internet.

" Sitcom could easily finish in the top ten of any show this season. It's that good." says De'Leon who has starred and co-starred in over fifty movies and television shows and has graced the pages of numerous magazines including Swimsuit Illustrated.
" Having a black woman as one of the heads of the network was important to the production of the series. It sends a positive message regading blacks in Hollywood." explains De'Leon.

Sitcom is written and produced by Anthony Kling who is the son of seven time Emmy nominated, two time Emmy Award winning producer Woody Kling who collectively have been attached to all six decades of television history with credits including "All in the Family", " the Carol Burnett Show", and "Maude".
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