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AUTOPSY, AMEN. AND ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY SHOCKED
HEADLINE "UNCOVERED" IN MARCH ON TRIO

TRIO Dedicates Month To TV That Viewers Were Never Meant To See

New York, January 7, 2004 -- TRIO -- pop, culture, tv -- presents rare
and never before seen programs -- including the original documentary
Shocked, plus 11 acquired programs, in March "Uncovered" month, it was
announced by Lauren Zalaznick, President, TRIO.

"TRIO has made a name for itself as a curator of the best and most
interesting pop culture media from around the world. This is a month
of programming that you literally can't find anywhere else on
television," commented Ms. Zalaznick.

Shocked, TRIO's 30-minute original documentary, is a parable of the
dot.com age. It reveals the story behind South Park creators Trey
Parker and Matt Stone's foray into the world of Internet
entertainment. In 1999, burgeoning online entertainment company
Shockwave.com, on the verge of going public, commissioned high profile
talent to supply content. The company sought out Parker and Stone, and
promised them full creative control to create 39 original animated
shorts. The result was "Princess." Drawn in the style of a pre-school
children's cartoon, "Princess" is about a lap dog who observes the
adult-sometime very "adult"-world around her. The sexual content was
so extreme that production on the "webisodes" was halted early on and
has never been seen in any medium.

Shocked includes clips from the two completed shorts, as well as
original interviews with Stone, Parker, and the Shockwave executives
who were there. The documentary is produced for TRIO by World's End
Television. Gregor Cameron is the Executive Producer. Shocked
premieres on Sunday, March 7 at 9:00-9:30 p.m., ET/PT.

Following are the acquired programs for "Uncovered" Month
(airdates/times are TBA):

AMEN. (2002) A complex and compelling story of two forces during the
height of the Holocaust. As with all Costa-Gavras' films, he crosses
the lines of fact and fiction, making -more-one inextricable from the
other. In this film he tackles the delicate issue of the Vatican's
complicity during the Holocaust. Kurt Gerstein (Ulrich Tukur), is a
German soldier who moved up the SS ranks by devising a chemical method
to purify drinking water. Gerstein is unaware of the concentration
camps until he is recruited by "The Doctor" to adapt the same chemical
for use in the gas chambers. Overwhelmed by the realization of the
impending disaster, Gerstein becomes desperate to stop the massacre.
He informs the Swedes, the German Protestant Church, and finally the
Vatican, meeting with rejection at every turn. It is only the
tenacious Father Riccardo Fontana (Mathieu Kassovitz) who is willing
to risk his life in a valiant effort to convince the Cardinal and the
Pope to stop the genocide. This two-and-a-half-hour film makes its
U.S. premiere on TRIO.

AUTOPSY (2002) -- From Channel 4 in the UK, controversial anatomical
artist and "plasticizer" Gunter Von Hagens performs the first human
autopsy in front of a live audience since 1830. The subject is the
cadaver of a 72 year-old man who gave permission for his body to be
used to educate the public. The program also includes a discussion
with Von Hagens, plus experts and commentators from both sides of the
debate his work has provoked on the use of donated human bodies as
art. This one-hour special makes its U.S. premiere on TRIO.

JOHNNY CASH IN SAN QUENTIN (1969) Originally planned as a follow-up to
the wildly popular At Folsom Prison, Cash was set to create an
eponymous album at the San Quentin prison. Cash ended up giving one of
his rawest and wildest performances that seemed to feed off the
literally captive audience and reflected the dramatic shift in the
band following the death of guitarist Luther Perkins. The performance
was short, only an hour, but is widely regarded as one of his best.
This US premiere special was shot at that historic performance. This
one-hour program makes its U.S. premiere on TRIO.

DAN CRUICKSHANK AND THE LOST CITIES OF IRAQ -- In November 2002, the
BBC's own Indiana Jones (architectural historian Dan Cruickshank) was
given unprecedented access to travel throughout Iraq in search of a
history and a culture that, at the time, seemed likely to fall
casualty to the imminent war against Saddam Hussein. His journey takes
him from the Kurdish border in the North to the Garden of Eden in the
South, stopping off at Nineveh, Babylon and the Tower of Babel. He
also meets some interesting citizens of Iraq - from Bedouins to
Christian monks and devil worshippers.

DAN CRUICKSHANK, ON THE ROAD TO ARMAGEDDON -- Episode two of this
series on the intersection of war and archeology. Cruikshank travels
to Israel, the home to a wealth of sacred architectural treasures,
such as the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, the Church of the Nativity
in Bethlehem and the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron. However, these
unique antiquities are constantly under threat from the conflict that
ravages the region. He visits sites holy to Muslims, Jews and
Christians, and considers how much longer they can survive hostilities
in the Middle East.

DAN CRUICKSHANK AND THE RAIDERS OF THE LOST ART --

In episode three of the series, Cruikshank considers the looting of
the Iraq Museum in Bagdad, in the wake of the American invasion. Once
housing priceless artifacts produced by the world's greatest ancient
civilizations, the museum is now home to empty cases and broken glass.
Granted unprecedented access to the museum and the ongoing American
investigation, he is the first journalist to enter the building since
it was looted in the 2003 war on Saddam. But as he tries to discover
what happened here, he meets with half-truths, obstruction and
aggression.

These three, one-hour documentaries make their U.S. premieres on TRIO.

THE DEATH OF KLINGHOFFER (2002) -- From award-winning filmmaker Penny
Woolcock, an incredibly original and deeply moving film adaptation of
John Adams' critically acclaimed and controversial opera The Death Of
Klinghoffer. The opera is based around the hijacking of the Achille
Lauro, a Mediterranean cruise ship, by Palestinian terrorists in 1985.
The tragedy culminated in the murder of a Jewish American passenger,
Leon Klinghoffer. Woolcock's film is a complete reworking of the
staged version. She opens the action up onto real locations and
creates a portrait that is deeply sympathetic to the brutality that
has been inflicted on both sides of this conflict.

This two-hour film makes its U.S. premiere on TRIO.

DIAL H.I.S.T.O.R.Y (1997) -- The New York Times touted this
pre-September 11 documentary as "exceptional" and described the film
as an "eccentric rollercoaster ride through history." Through news
footage of airplane hijackings and other terrorist acts, viewers will
gain insight into television's influence on these types of spectacles:
no longer just a simple witness, television has become an accessory to
dramatic media events. An "alternatively frisky and subversive tour"
of terrorism, the film explores the idealistic heyday of the romantic
hijacker-revolutionaries of the '60s and '70s to the state-sponsored
anonymous parcel bombs of the '90s. Blending archival footage with
personal home movies, this film investigates the media politics within
the imagination of disaster. This one-hour documentary makes its U.S.
premiere on TRIO.

FOOTBALLERS' WIVES (2002) -- A soapy, over-the-top and wildly
entertaining UK drama series about the women married to members of the
fictional Earls Park football team. Ian gets offered a place on the
first team, while his wife Donna tries to track down the son they gave
up for adoption nine years before. Glamour model Chardonnay Lane and
resident heartthrob Kyle are looking forward to their wedding. Earls
Park announces a new signingwho is a threat to the team's current
captain, Jason. Format has been optioned for the US market. The
one-hour series makes its U.S. premiere on TRIO.

IT'S ALL TRUE -- (1993) -- In 1942 with his edit of The Magnificent
Ambersons completed, enfant terrible Orson Welles went to Brazil to
create a film as part of the allied good-will efforts during World War
II. The film was never completed. A voodoo spell was cast, a
re-enactor died, money was frozen, and Welles was fired. He abandoned
the project, the first of many disasters that would haunt the one-time
boy wonder. This documentary attempts to recreate the original the
film, paying homage to Welles' artistry, his skill at improvisation,
and ability to capture atmosphere by means of imagery, camera angles,
and character. Chunks of the lost film are included, along with
archival commentary by both the young and the older Welles. This
90-minute documentary premieres on TRIO in March.

KATH & KIM -- (2002) -- TRIO presents eight half-hour episodes of this
Australian-based comedy series. Kath & Kim are suburban nightmares
living the suburban dream. Kath Day (Jane Turner) is a forty-something
single lady who likes to keep herself trim. She's proud of her
townhouse and considers herself high maintenance. Her daughter Kim
(Gina Riley) is a pouting princess whose glass of Bailey's Irish Cream
is always half empty rather than half full and believes she's a
"hornbag" (Australian slang for an attractive woman) in anyone's
language. She's separated from her husband of two months and is
consoling herself by stuffing her face. Shot in jerky hand-held style,
Kath and Kim is the #1 rated sitcom in Australia, spawning tea towels
and oven mitts emblazoned with, "I'm Not A Housewife, I'm A Hornbag".
A second hit season recently premiered. This half-hour series makes
its U.S. premiere on TRIO.

KES (1969) -- This 1969 debut film from acclaimed social realist
director Ken Loach (My Name is Joe) has never before been seen on TV
in this country. Billy Casper is a boy from the poorest end of town
(Barnsley, England), he can't concentrate at school and does poorly.
He is beaten regularly by his elder brother and disregarded by
everyone. Then his life is transformed by his relationship with a
Kestrel falcon. Even with its gritty realism the film is deeply moving
and genuinely funny. This two-and-a-half hour film makes its U.S.
premiere on TRIO.

THE TRUE MEANING OF PICTURES -- Photographer Shelby Lee Adams is a
middle class native of Appalachia. His photographs of the poorest
denizens of the "hollers" seem to be akin to Walker Evans - beautiful,
gritty and realistic black-and-white portraits of people from another
time. Until you are told that the portraits are usually carefully
staged. And yet, Adams spends years of his life with these families,
building deep and enduring relationships. So are his photographs art,
or manipulation? The story is told using extensive

THE TRUE MEANING OF PICTURES -- Photographer Shelby Lee Adams is a
middle class native of Appalachia. His photographs of the poorest
denizens of the "hollers" seem to be akin to Walker Evans - beautiful,
gritty and realistic black-and-white portraits of people from another
time. Until you are told that the portraits are usually carefully
staged. And yet, Adams spends years of his life with these families,
building deep and enduring relationships. So are his photographs art,
or manipulation? The story is told using extensive footage of Adams'
trips into the backwaters of Appalachia, along with hundreds of his
arresting images. This 90-minute documentary makes its U.S. premiere
on TRIO.

TRIO EXPLORES THE CULTURE OF FANDOM IN
ORIGINAL SERIES PARKING LOT PREMIERING JANUARY 25

New York, January 7, 2004 -- TRIO -- pop, culture, tv -- takes a look
at the culture of fandom -- from concerts to sporting events -- with
the original series Parking Lot, premiering Sunday, January 25, it was
announced by Lauren Zalaznick, President, TRIO.

Parking Lot picks up where the classic 1980s underground short film,
Heavy Metal Parking Lot left off. From howling fans at the Daytime
Emmy Awards to teenie boppers named after Stevie Nicks to Justin
Timberlake look a likes, each half-hour episode of Parking Lot
provides an inquisitive and sociological look at American subcultures
from the mainstream to the bizarre.

"Passion for pop culture is never more powerful than when expressed
through the eyes of fans. In this new series, we celebrate fandom by
traveling coast-to-coast from a 50 Cent concert in South Carolina to a
surfer's gathering in San Diego and capture the anticipatory moments
before these events take place and the frenzy that follows," said Ms.
Zalaznick.

Shot documentary-style, Parking Lot was produced for TRIO by
award-winning Radical Media (The Cell) and covers the latest obsession
by devotees all across America's parking lots. To complement the
series, TRIO presents the world premiere of its precursor Heavy Metal
Parking Lot, on Sunday, January 25 at 9:30 p.m. ET/PT. The 15-minute
short film was created by Jeff Krulik and John Heyn where they first
documented beer guzzling-teens in acid washed jeans outside a Judas
Priest concert in Maryland.

Parking Lot Episode Descriptions:

Episode 1 features hard-core, heavy-metal fans before a Motorhead
concert in Asbury Park, NJ; Cher look-a-likes of all ages and both
genders gather in Atlanta, GA before and after the diva's sold-out
performance; and sci-fi fanatics complete with costumes and props who
attend a sci-fi convention in Stony Brook, NY. Premieres: Sunday,
January 25 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT.

Episode 2 captures die-hard 50 Cent fans in Myrtle Beach, SC who will
do anything for concert tickets to the rapper's first major tour. At
the other end of the spectrum, Yanni's faithful followers patiently
wait before he takes the stage in Washington, DC and wrestling maniacs
from all around show off their muscles and brag about their favorite
pro wrestler outside of a WWE match in Richmond, VA. Premieres:
Monday, January 26 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT.

Episode 3 tailgates with Phish heads in the lot who sell merchandise
from grilled cheese to pipes and sex toys, before the fusion rock
band's performance in Philadelphia, PA.; Dollymania hits the streets
in Pigeon Forge, TN where fans hope to see the famous Southern Belle
atop a float in the annual Dollywood Parade; and surfers gather in San
Diego, CA to catch some waves. Premieres: Tuesday, January 27 at 9:00
p.m. ET/PT.

Episode 4 captures screaming teen fans and adults indulging in a
guilty pop pleasure when Mickey Mouse Club alums Justin Timberlake and
Christina Aguilera reunite for their first joint concert in Phoenix,
AZ; Parking Lot also travels to the Kentucky Derby's grass lawn at
Churchill Downs in Louisville, KY which combines new and old
traditions at the prestigious sporting event; and in Selma, AL, the
civil war reenactment takes place with Confederate and Yankee soldiers
donning period uniforms and weapons replicated from that era.

Premieres: Wednesday, January 28 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT.

Episode 5 finds plenty of Stevie Nicks wannabes at a Fleetwood Mac
concert in Worcester, MA; and tattoo addicts and artists unite at a
convention in Tampa Bay, FL where a variety of tattoo products are
featured. In Tampa, FL, cat owners and agents prepare back stage to
present their prize-seeking felines in the fluffy world of cat shows.
Premieres: Thursday, January 29 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT.

Episode 6 heads to Austin, TX where the Dixie Chicks performance is
underway regardless of what protesters have to say about the lead
signers' anti-Bush comments. At New York's Radio City Music Hall, the
Daytime Emmy Awards takes place with cheering fans showing support for
their favorite soap stars and in Boston, MA another breed of fans at a
White Stripes concert profess their knowledge about the band and later
recap the performance after the show. Premieres: Friday, January 30 at
9:00 p.m. ET/PT.

HEPBURN & OLIVIER FILMS TO AIR FOR FIRST TIME EVER ON TV
BEGINNING IN JANUARY ON TRIO

American Film Theater Classics Include A Delicate Balance, Three
Sisters, Rhinoceros, The Iceman Cometh and The Maids

New York, January 7, 2004 - TRIO - pop, culture, tv - pays tribute to
the American Film Theater (AFT) by airing its classic films starring
film and theater luminaries like Katharine Hepburn, Sir Laurence
Olivier, and Dame Judy Dench beginning January 17, it was announced by
Lauren Zalaznick, President, TRIO.

"TRIO continues to uncover the best stuff across all the layers of pop
culture. These incredible pieces of theater were originally produced
for the screen and are now, for the first time, airing on TV,"
commented Ms. Zalaznick.

The American Film Theater, the brainchild of producer Ely Landau, was
a project dedicated to presenting movies that veered away from sex and
violence and instead concentrated on contemporary dramas that would
allow the audience "to think and feel." Originally presented as a
subscription series in movie theaters, the AFT vault comprises
fourteen restored films based on some of the most acclaimed plays of
the 20th century. The work of the era's most important directors,
designers and stars are featured in these films.

Following are descriptions of the 14 featured AFT films airing on
TRIO:

A DELICATE BALANCE (1973) Director: Tony Richardson
Based on Edward Albee's 1966 play about a Connecticut couple whose
"delicate balance" is thrown off forever by the arrival of two
friends, the film stars Katharine Hepburn (who earned an Oscar
nomination for her role) as Agnes and Paul Scofield as Tobias.
Considered by critics as one of Hepburn's last great performances, the
film also features performances by Joseph Cotton, Betsey Blair, Lee
Remick and Kate Reid. Premiering Saturday, January 17 at 9:00
p.m.-11:30 p.m., ET/PT.

THREE SISTERS (1970) Director: Sir Laurence Olivier
The film follows three sisters (Olga, Irina, and Masha) and their
brother Andrei who live in a small Russian town and dream of returning
to their former home in Moscow. Andrei marries a provincial girl, his
married sister Masha, begins a dalliance with an army officer, and
Irina, the most optimistic of the sisters, begins to waver in her
dreams until, finally, tragedy strikes. Alan Bates, Derek Jacobi,
Jeanne Watts, Louise Purnell star. Premiering Saturday, January 24 at
9:00 p.m.- 12 midnight, ET/PT.

RHINOCEROS (1974) Director: Tom O'Horgan
Based on the absurdist play by Eugene Ionesco, Zero Mostel, Gene
Wilder and Karen Black star in this film that follows the story of a
French town that is over run with rhinoceroses who are actually people
infected with a disease called "rhinoceritis." Premiering Saturday,
January 31 at 9:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m., ET/PT.

PHILADELPHIA: HERE I COME (1975) Director: John Quested
Set in playwright Brian Friel's (Dancing at Lughnasa, Faith Healer)
mythical Ballybeg, Ireland, this film presents a look into the
stocktaking of young Gareth "Gar" O'Donnell on the eve of his
emigration to America. Siobhan McKenna, Donal McCann and Des Cave
star. Premiering Saturday, February 7 at 9:00-11:00 p.m., ET/PT.

LUTHER (1973) Director: Guy Green Stacy Keach stars as Martin Luther,
the 16th-century Augustinian monk whose protests against the Roman
Church triggered a religious, political and even social
reconfiguration of Europe that historians today call the Reformation.
Also starring are Patrick Magee, Hugh Griffith, Judi Dench and Robert
Stephens. Premiering Saturday, February 21 at 9:00-11:00 p.m., ET/PT.

THE ICEMAN COMETH (1973) Director: John Frankenheimer
Based on Eugene O'Neill's 1946 play, the film stars Lee Marvin as
Hickey, the salesman who arrives in the waterfront saloon and
dismantles the pipe dreams of its indolent patrons. The film also
features Bradford Dillman, Jeff Bridges, Frederick March (in his last
performance) and Robert Ryan as the old anarchist Larry. Premiering
Saturday, March 6 at 8:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m., ET/PT.

THE MAIDS (1974) Director: Christopher Miles
Based on the Jean Genet play, this film stars Glenda Jackson and
Susannah York as Solange and Claire, respectively, two disgruntled
maids who dislike their boss so much that they dress up as "Madame"
and ridicule her, when she leaves the house. Vivien Merchant and Mark
Burns also star. Premiering Saturday, March 13 at 9:00-11:00 p.m.,
ET/PT.

JACQUES BREL IS ALIVE AND WELL AND LIVING IN PARIS (1975) Director:
Denis Heroux
Based on Mort Shuman and Eric Blau's popular 35-song stage revue, this
movie musical showcases Belgian born Brel's songwriting breadth.
Director Denis Heroux utilizes puppetry and location photography to
shepherd Brel's music far beyond the proscenium-bound horizon. Jacques
Brel, Brock Peters, Melba Moore, Clifton Davies and Paula Kelly star.
Premiering Saturday, March 20 at 9:00-11:00 p.m., ET/PT.

THE HOMECOMING (1973) Director: Tony Richardson
Cyril Cusack, Ian Holm, Michael Jayston, Vivien Merchant, Terence
Rigby and Paul Rogers repeat their performances from the original 1965
production of Harold Pinter's play. Jayston is the son returning home
with his wife (Merchant). They find the family nest buzzing with anger
and ill feelings, a small colony of creatures - father (Rogers), Uncle
(Cusack) and brothers (Holm and Rigby) - who can never get out of the
terrible, cozy maze called "family." Premiering Saturday, March 27 at
9:00-11:00 p.m., ET/PT.

GALILEO (1975) Director: Joseph Losey
Based on the 1947 Broadway play by Bertolt Brecht, the film version
features the actor Topol in the starring role of astronomer Galileo.
Also starring are Edward Fox as the Inquisitor, Michael Lonsdale as
the Pope, Sir John Geilgud as the old Cardinal, John McEnery and Tom
Conti as Galileo's allies, and Margaret Leighton as a lady of the
court. Airdate: TBA.

IN CELEBRATION (1974) Director: Lindsay Anderson
In their tiny house in a Yorkshire mining town, God-fearing and
hardworking Mr. and Mrs. Shaw (Bill Owen and Constance Chapman)
welcome their sons home to celebrate the couple's fortieth wedding
anniversary. With son's arrival, the Shaw's model blue collar family
façade begins to chip away. Alan Bates also stars. Airdate: TBA.

BUTLEY (1973) Director: Harold Pinter
Alan Bates stars as Ben Butley, an English literature professor at a
London University whose wife and boyfriend leave him for other men.
Oscar winner Jessica Tandy (Driving Miss Daisy) co-stars. Airdate:
TBA.

THE MAN IN THE GLASS BOOTH (1975) Director: Arthur Hiller
Adapted from the stage play by actor Robert Shaw, the film tells the
story of Arthur Goldman, a wealthy, well-established Jewish
businessman living in a New York City penthouse apartment. One day,
Goldman is abducted by Israeli agents, brought to Israel, and accused
of actually being a Nazi murderer responsible for thousands of deaths.
Starring Maximilian Schell in his Oscar nominated performance as
Goldman, the film features Lois Nettleton, Luther Adler and Lawrence
Pressman. Airdate: TBA.

LOST IN THE STARS (1974) Director: Daniel Mann
Based on Alan Paton's world famous novel of racial oppression, Cry the
Beloved Country, this musical film features lyrics by Maxwell Anderson
and music by Kurt Weill (The Three Penny Opera). The film follows
Stephen Kumalo, a black South African minister who searches the back
alleys and shantytowns of Johannesburg for his son, Absalom. Kumalo's
unwavering faith is put to the test when he finds Absalom in jail
facing a capital murder charge. Airdate: TBA.

****
LINDA ELLERBEE HOSTS trio original doc,

Feeding the bEast: The 24-Hour NEWS revolution

Doc, Premiering February 16, Examines "Around-The-Clock" News Features
Interviews with Ted Turner, Dan Rather, Katie Couric, Dennis Miller,
Jon Stewart

New York, January 7, 2004 - TRIO -- pop, culture, tv - dissects the
history and the impact of 24-hour television news in the original
documentary, Feeding the Beast: The 24-Hour News Revolution, hosted by
Emmy award-winning journalist Linda Ellerbee (NBC News Overnight,
ABC's Our World) premiering Monday, February 16 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT, it
was announced by Lauren Zalaznick, President TRIO.

"24-Hour news is part of a pop culture revolution. News feeds pop
culture, and now pop culture itself has become news," said Ms.
Zalaznick.

Produced for TRIO by Ellerbee's Emmy award-winning Lucky Duck
Productions (Nick News), Feeding the Beast: The 24-Hour News
Revolution is a 90-minute look into how 24-hour news television has
changed journalism forever. The special looks at how the revolution
started with CNN's promise to deliver in-depth and live reporting of
the most compelling world events to an era when local murder trials,
animal attacks, and car chases win ratings and thus dominate the
nation's news. Feeding The Beast also explores how the 24-hour news
machine constantly needs to be fed, whether there is bias in the way
news is reported, how the public's need to see everything live may not
be such a good thing for journalism, and how personality-driven news
is overtaking the news itself.

The documentary features interviews with CNN founder Ted Turner,
television anchors Katie Couric, Ted Koppel, Dan Rather, and Aaron
Brown; comedians Jon Stewart and Dennis Miller; as well as 24-hour
news junkies Janeane Garofalo and REM front man Michael Stipe.

The timely issues of journalistic credibility and the bombardment of
graphics, news crawls and tickers are explored as well as the
seemingly endless coverage of controversial trials, Hollywood scandals
and tragic events.

[Phil from Chicago]

this is why I love TRIO. They care about one thing and one thing only. The
total dissection and equal examination of many facets of that wonderful thing
called Pop Culture. I'm really going to be looking forward to Johnny Cash at
San Quentin considering how funny the Simpsons lampooned it with Krusty
visiting inmates

Phil is RAT's Pro Wrestling Ambassador

Homer's travel plans: "I want to shoot a lion in the face, box Muhammad Ali and
ride in a convertible with 2 happy zebras"