Program Partners

PROGRAM PARTNERS RENEWS DA VINCI’S INQUEST FOR YEAR 3

Series to Add Premiere Episodes and Expand Broadband Content

Los Angeles, CA — February 7, 2007 — Da Vinci’s Inquest, the award-winning crime drama syndicated in the U.S. by Program Partners, has been renewed for a third year. The critically acclaimed series will return in fall 2007 with all 91 original episodes, as well as a slate of first-run episodes that include the newly released Da Vinci’s City Hall.

Cleared in 98% of the country and airing on more than 200 station affiliates, including all major markets, Da Vinci’s Inquest continues to grow in popularity and deliver solid ratings during its current second year of U.S. syndication. The series has been renewed in all top 20 markets and throughout the country by stations in the Belo, CBS, Cox, Hearst-Argyle, Media General, Meredith, Raycom, Sinclair and Tribune groups.

“Da Vinci’s Inquest has achieved a large fan following and solid performance for stations,” said Josh Raphaelson of Program Partners. “With new episodes and extensive station broadband programming, the series has a lot to offer affiliates and viewers in upcoming seasons.”

Produced by Haddock Entertainment and Barna-Alper Productions, Da Vinci’s Inquest is an award-winning prime-time procedural drama in the mold of the CSI and Law and Order franchises and is one of the most honored series in the history of Canadian television. Dominic Da Vinci (Nicholas Campbell) is the controversial coroner who—with the help of a compelling ensemble cast of forensic investigators, pathologists and homicide detectives—“speaks for the dead to protect the living.” Da Vinci’s City Hall, opens a new chapter in the life of the outspoken former coroner. Picking up where Da Vinci’s Inquest left off, Dominic is Mayor of Vancouver. The series expands its roots from the medical, legal and police procedural world of Da Vinci’s Inquest, to include politics and power.

Program Partners is marketing Da Vinci’s Inquest as an outgrowth of its overall distribution agreement with Thunderbird Films.

About Program Partners, Inc.
Program Partners, Inc. is an innovative television company that collaborates with networks, sponsors and audiences on original programming. Led by a core group of entertainment executives, including founders Ritch Colbert and Josh Raphaelson, Program Partners provides distinctive programs with high production values, while fostering new creative alliances with advertisers, broadcasters and global co-production entities. For more info about Program Partners, Inc., visit www.programpartners.com.

About Thunderbird Films, Inc.
Vancouver-based Thunderbird Films, Inc. is recognized worldwide as a producer, distributor and financier of high-quality television and films. Thunderbird Films’ founding partners—Tim Gamble and Michael Shepard—have been responsible for internationally acclaimed scripted drama and action series, award-winning theatrical features and movies-of-the-week produced for and aired on every major U.S. network, as well as on major broadcast and cable outlets around the globe. Thunderbird Films’ commitment to high production values, its unique focus on global, high-value territories for distribution, and the economical benefits of its British Columbian location have distinguished the company among its competitors in the world marketplace. For more information on Thunderbird Films, visit www.thunderbirdfilms.net.

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