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BARENAKED LADIES MAKES A SURPRISE APPEARANCE AT THE

COMIC-CON PANEL FOR “THE BIG BANG THEORY,”

PERFORMING THEIR THEME SONG TO THE HIT COMEDY SERIES

“Math, science, history, unraveling the mysteries,

that all started with the big bang. BANG!”

Twitter Pitch: Watch @barenakedladies surprise performance @ #bigbangtheory #Comic-Con panel: http://bit.ly/ddCDVJ #WBSDCC http://bit.ly/aDsTMO

SAN DIEGO and BURBANK, Calif. (July 23, 2010) – “Math, science, history, unraveling the mysteries, that all started with the big bang. BANG!” Grammy-nominated multiplatinum pop-rock group Barenaked Ladies made a surprise appearance at Comic-Con: International San Diego for an impromptu performance of their theme song to the hit comedy “The Big Bang Theory” during the show’s panel session on Friday.

• To see the band’s live performance – complete with audience sing-along – from Ballroom 20 at Comic-Con today, please click here: http://bit.ly/ddCDVJ

• The backstory: In 2007, Barenaked Ladies’ singer/guitarist Ed Robertson was asked by “The Big Bang Theory” creators Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady – who are fans of the band – to pen the theme song as a “sort of history of everything … in about 32 seconds.”

• A live concert performance of the song from July 12, 2010, at Red Rocks, can be found here: http://bit.ly/c9Sou8

• On Anything Can Happen Friday in San Diego, “The Big Bang Theory” – which kicks off a new night of comedy on Thursdays at 8/7 for CBS this fall – returned to a heroes’ welcome at Comic-Con for a special screening and a Q&A featuring the show’s creators and stars. Resident “Big Bang” alum Wil Wheaton moderated a lively discussion featuring executive producers Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, as well as series stars Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg and Kunal Nayyar.

• Warner Home Video will release “The Big Bang Theory: The Complete Third Season” on Blu-ray™ and DVD on September 14.

For additional information about Warner Bros. Television activities at Comic-Con, follow us on Twitter @TheWBdotcom and use hashtag #WBSDCC, log on to www.thewb.com/comiccon, and read news at www.thewb.com/blog

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“The Big Bang Theory”            @BigBang_CBS         www.twitter.com/BigBang_CBS

Bill Prady                                 @billprady                  www.twitter.com/billprady

Kunal Nayyar                           @kunalnayyar            www.twitter.com/kunalnayyar

Wil Wheaton (Moderator)        @wilw                          www.twitter.com/wilw

Barenaked Ladies                   @barenakedladies      www.twitter.com/barenakedladies

FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/TheBigBangTheory

www.facebook.com/barenakedladies

About “The Big Bang Theory”

TV’s hottest comedy and the #1 scripted series on U.S. television among Adults 18–49, “The Big Bang Theory” was just nominated for five Primetime Emmy® Awards, including Jim Parsons for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. The series, from Chuck Lorre Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television, also won the 2010 People’s Choice Award for Favorite TV Comedy. Created by Chuck Lorre (“Two and a Half Men”) and Bill Prady (“Dharma & Greg”), who executive produce along with Lee Aronsohn (“Two and a Half Men”), the series stars Johnny Galecki (“Roseanne”), Jim Parsons (“Garden State”), Kaley Cuoco (“Charmed”), Simon Helberg (“Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog”) and Kunal Nayyar (“NCIS”).

About Barenaked Ladies

Acclaimed multiplatinum pop-rock group the Barenaked Ladies and their label Raisin’ Records recently released their 11^th album, All In Good Time, which debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Top Independent Album Chart. The band (lead vocalist/guitarist Ed Robertson, bassist/vocalist Jim Creeggan, keyboardist/guitarist/vocalist Kevin Hearn and drummer/vocalist Tyler Stewart) are currently touring the U.S., with European dates to follow in the fall. Over the course of the past 22 years, the Barenaked Ladies have racked up eight Juno Awards and multiple Grammy nominations, sold more than 14 million albums worldwide, written a plethora of hit singles (including “One Week,” “Pinch Me” and “If I Had $1,000,000”) and amassed an international fanbase whose members number in the millions. For more information, please visit www.barenakedladies.com

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

TV ICON AND $#*! MY DAD SAYS STAR WILLIAM SHATNER TO

MAKE APPEARANCE AT THE WARNER BROS. BOOTH (#4545)

DURING COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL: SAN DIEGO 2010

Shatner to Sign for Fans on Friday, July 23, from 12–12:30 p.m.

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BURBANK, Calif. (July 22, 2010) – TV icon and $#*! My Dad Says star William Shatner will be making an appearance at the Warner Bros. booth (#4545) during Comic-Con International: San Diego.

• Shatner is slated to meet fans and sign autographs at the Warner Bros. booth on Friday, July 23, from 12–12:30 p.m.

• Sure to cause a stir among ’Con attendees, Shatner is starring in the upcoming Warner Bros. Television comedy $#*! My Dad Says, based on the popular Twitter account, which premieres this fall on CBS. The series, which is described in more detail below, will air Thursday nights at 8:30 p.m. ET/PT, following The Big Bang Theory, also from Warner Bros. Television.

• To download William Shatner/$#*! My Dad Says artwork, please click on the following link: www.thewb.com/comiccon/shatner

• To watch or embed a preview of $#*! My Dad Says, please click on the following link: http://bit.ly/bdroDf

• For additional information about Warner Bros. Television activities at Comic-Con, follow us on Twitter @TheWBdotcom and use hashtag #WBSDCC, log on to www.thewb.com/comiccon, and read news at www.thewb.com/blog.

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TWITTER

William Shatner                        @WilliamShatner          www.twitter.com/WilliamShatner

Sh*t My Dad Says                    @shitmydadsays           www.twitter.com/shitmydadsays

About $#*! My Dad Says

The legendary William Shatner stars in $#*! My Dad Says as Ed, a 72-year-old living, breathing fountain of wisdom with the pressure of a fire hose. A thrice-divorced ex-doctor and veteran of three wars, Ed hates beating around the bush. And if you’re on his property after 9 p.m. without prior notification, chances are he’ll greet you with his shotgun. Enter Henry, Ed’s estranged twentysomething son from his third marriage. Henry’s a good kid who’s spent his entire life doing everything right. But he’s been dealt a bad hand by the economy, and is forced to seek help from his father — a man whose approach to parenthood has meant never doing his children any favors. While Henry tries to crack Ed’s hardened shell, Ed struggles with fears of losing his independence with age. Will he stay in the house he’s lived in for the last forty years, or move into a “convenient” condo offered up by his eldest son, Vince, and Vince’s wife, Kathleen (MADtv’s Will Sasso and Nicole Sullivan)?

Based on the Sh*t My Dad Says Twitter account, with over a million followers, this hilarious and heartfelt multi-camera comedy is at once the story of a son searching for approval from a standoffish father who’s seen it all and the story of father who’s realizing that it’s never too late to be a dad … even if that means letting your unemployed, post-graduate son shack up with you for the foreseeable future.