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“THE WEIRDNESS” RETURNS WHEN CONAN O’BRIEN AND AMY POEHLER GUEST STAR IN SEASON TWO OF O’GRADY

THE N’S ANIMATED COMEDY PREMIERES FRIDAY, MARCH 3

O’Grady Returns With Six New Episodes Including Celebrity Guests, David Cross, Will Arnett, Rachel Dratch and Rob Corddry

The-N.com To Offer Never-Before-Seen Outtakes and Extras Directly Following the Premiere

New York, NY, February 14, 2006 — The N, the nighttime network for teens, premieres the second season (six new additional episodes) of the animated comedy series, O’Grady on Friday, March 3, from 9:00 – 9:30 p.m. (ET.) The premiere episode features special guests Conan O’Brien as Chip, the oldest lifeguard in O’Grady who pines for the attention of Wendy, the less than perfect and sometimes flighty concession stand girl played by Amy Poehler.

The six new episodes spew hilarity as an array of celebrity talent join each week including: Arrested Development’s Will Arnett and David Cross, Saturday Night Live’s Rachel Dratch, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart’s, Rob Corddry and comedian Sam Seder. O’Grady airs regularly on Monday nights at 9:00 p.m. (ET) on The N.

At the conclusion of each premiere episode, viewers will be able to log on to The N’s website, www.the-n.com and catch never before seen outtakes and extras and re-watch the episode in its entirety.

Written and produced by the award-winning production company Soup2Nuts, O’Grady, is a comedic look at real teenage life – the relationships, the drama and the ‘weirdness.’ Co-created by Tom Snyder and Carl Adams, O’Grady is a cross between Friends and The Twilight Zone, where the real meets the surreal. The series revolves around four self-centered high school students — Abby, Beth, Kevin and Harold — who deal with their everyday teenage existence while putting up with the ‘weirdness,’ an inexplicable bizarre, phenomena that afflicts their town. The ‘weirdness,’ which comes and goes, isn’t dangerous, but can definitely cause a change of plans. Each week it manifests itself differently. Some examples include when you get angry your body automatically produces a clone of yourself or if in a great mood, gravity ceases and you float away. Usually, the people of O’Grady just ignore it – but sometimes they use the ‘weirdness’ to their advantage. The theme song for O’Grady was written by Andre Lyman, Director of Animation, Soup2Nuts and performed by recording artist, Kelly Osbourne.

New episodes of O’Grady this March and April include:

• Friday, March 3 (9:00 p.m. ET) “Frenched” Starring CONAN O’BRIEN and AMY POEHLER
Oui! Oui! With Beth off to France, Abby and Kevin start their summer jobs…right next to each other at the local pool. But when Abby’s summer starts looking up, it’s Kevin who’s floored.

• Friday, March 10 (9:00 p.m. ET) “Vacation” Starring ROB CORDDRY
It’s spring break in O’Grady! Beth tries to build houses for the needy while Iris goes “SWF” on Abby. Kevin’s “half-pipe”- plans combined with the incontinence weirdness causes problems of biblical proportions.

• Friday, March 17 (9:00 p.m. ET) “Big Jerk” Starring DAVID CROSS
Kevin’s older brother, Randy comes home from college and is ready to show everyone what he’s “learned.” Meanwhile, Derrick, the shoegazer, has found a muse in Abby. Don’t hold your breath, not everyone’s what they appear to be.

• Friday, April 7 (9:30 p.m. ET) “The Fly” Starring RACHEL DRATCH, TODD BARRY and MATT WALSH
You heard it first, direct from The Fly. Animals are speaking and Harold’s blog becomes the talk of O’Grady. Stories about everyone, including Abby, are causing an allergic reaction.

• Friday, April 14 (9:00 p.m. ET) “A Stronger O’Grady” Starring SAM SEDER
Rock the vote O’Grady! Beth and Phillip are in a battle for president, but once Beth’s super strength kicks in, the mud (and trees) really starts to fly. Abby gets involved too, thanks to the new crazy cute civics teacher.

• Friday, April 21 (9:00 p.m. ET) “Cut The Cord” (*Season Finale) Starring MARK RIVERS and WILL ARNETT
Sahweeet! Kevin goes on air as a popular shock-jock sidekick, and ends up being the poster boy for everything he hates. Abby and Harold join Super Siblings, and while their partners aren’t what they expected they can’t seem to “let go.”

About SOUP2NUTS
Soup2Nuts™ is a cutting edge digital animation studio offering full, in-house production services from creating series to writing, music composing, recording, and character design, through the entire animation process. Founded in 1994, the studio quickly established a reputation as a successful and award-winning creator and producer of animated comedy programming with their first hit, the award-winning Dr. Katz: Professional Therapist, which aired on Comedy Central. In addition, Soup2Nuts created the cult favorite Home Movies™ on Cartoon Network, Squigglevision® for ABC, The Dick & Paula Celebrity Special for FX, and Hey, Monie for BET and Oxygen. Soup2Nuts is a division of Scholastic Entertainment.

About THE N
The N, the nighttime network for teens, is a programming arm of MTV Networks and is currently available in 46 million households via cable, digital cable and satellite television. The N’s mission is to be the authentic voice for teens and help them figure out their lives with relevant, topical programming on-air and online at the network’s web site www.the-n.com. The N airs everyday from 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. (ET). The N and all related titles, characters and logos are trademarks of Viacom International Inc.