Paramount Press Express | #CBSTWEETWEEK RETURNS TO KICK OFF CBS’S FALL PREMIERES WITH A #FANFRENZY, SEPT. 18

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09/17/2013

#CBSTWEETWEEK RETURNS TO KICK OFF CBS’S FALL PREMIERES WITH A #FANFRENZY, SEPT. 18 – OCT. 3

#CBSTWEETWEEK RETURNS TO KICK OFF CBS’S FALL PREMIERES

WITH A #FANFRENZY, SEPT. 18 – OCT. 3

CBS Stars and Creative Talent to Chat and Tweet Live with Fans,

Share Photos and Videos, and Give Away Show Merchandise

Fans Can Go Behind the Scenes of the #Emmys with CBS.com’s Social Media Ambassador, “Criminal Minds” Star Shemar Moore

SAN FRANCISCO – Sept. 17, 2013 – #CBSTweetWeek (cbs.com/tweetweek) is back bigger than ever and ready to ignite a #FanFrenzy for CBS Television’s fall premieres from Wednesday, Sept. 18 - Thursday, Oct. 3. Many of the Network’s stars and creative talent will be signing on to chat and tweet live with fans. They’ll be sharing more content with fans this year than ever before using #CBSTweetWeek’s new photo booth and video station to share photos and videos on Twitter, Instagram and Vine, along with #CBSTweetWeek giveaways of show merchandise. In addition to #CBSTweetWeek, fans can also watch exclusive content around the new and returning shows in CBS.com’s Fall Premieres hub.

This #CBSTweetWeek fans can also follow CBS.com’s Emmy Awards social media ambassador, CRIMINAL MINDS’ Shemar Moore, as he provides live updates leading up to and during THE 65TH PRIMETIME EMMY AWARDS airing Sunday, Sept. 22 (8:00 PM, ET/5:00 PM, PT) on the CBS Television Network.

#CBSTweetWeek – Fan Frenzy

#CBSTweetWeek – Fan Frenzy will bring CBS stars, producers and creative talent together to chat and tweet live with fans during the East Coast broadcast of their respective programs. The stars and talent will be answering fan questions, taking photos and videos from #CBSTweetWeek’s new photo booth and video station, posting exclusive preview and first-look photos from their shows, sharing insights on the making of the episodes, offering commentary and giving away show merchandise, DVDs and more.

To participate, fans can visit #CBSTweetWeek on CBS.com (cbs.com/tweetweek) and log in with their Twitter accounts to pose questions to CBS stars and talent during the scheduled times detailed below. On CBS.com, fans can also follow conversation streams related to their favorite CBS shows, chat live with other fans, and check out fan-art

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galleries. Fans can also join the conversation on Twitter by following the show-specific hashtags listed below, #CBSTweetWeek, or by tweeting the talent’s Twitter handle when submitting questions directly from Twitter.

This #CBSTweetWeek will mark CBS’s fifth event since the first #CBSTweetWeek was held in April 2011.

CBS.com’s Fall Premieres Hub

In addition to #CBSTweetWeek – Fan Frenzy, CBS.com is now airing exclusive interviews with the casts of the new fall shows; “Ultimate Look Back,” a web series providing a recap of the latest season of CBS’s returning primetime series; “Where We Left Off,” which goes behind the scenes with the casts and producers of fans’ returning favorites, offering sneak peeks from the premiere episodes; and “Between Takes,” featuring BIG BROTHER fan favorite Jeff Schroeder hanging out with CBS stars off-set doing some of their favorite activities.

To get ready for premiere week, fans can also catch up on the most recent season of a number of CBS’s returning shows during CBS.com’s Catch-Up Marathon including ELEMENTARY, THE GOOD WIFE, HAWAII FIVE-0, THE MENTALIST and the most recent season of reality TV favorites THE AMAZING RACE, SURVIVOR, and UNDERCOVER BOSS.

The Tweet Week schedule, including respective Twitter handles, is as follows:

Wednesday, Sept. 18:

8:00 PM, ET / 5:00 PM, PT: SURVIVOR (#Survivor)
- Jeff Probst (@JeffProbst)
- SURVIVOR 20 Parvati Shallow (@ParvatiShallow)
- SURVIVOR 26 Malcolm Freburg (@MalcolmWHW)

Sunday, Sept. 22:

6:30 PM, ET / 3:30 PM, PT: Emmy Awards Red Carpet
8:00 PM, ET / 5:00 PM, PT: THE 65TH PRIMETIME EMMY AWARDS (#Emmys)
- Emmy Awards Social Media Ambassador Shemar Moore (@shemarmoore)

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Monday, Sept. 23:

8:00 PM, ET / 5:00 PM, PT: HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER (#HIMYM)
- Cristin Milioti (@HIMYM_CBS)
9:00 PM, ET / 6:00 PM, PT: 2 BROKE GIRLS (#2BrokeGirls)
- Kat Dennings (@OfficialKat)
- Beth Behrs (@BethBehrs)
- Jennifer Coolidge (@JENCOOLIDGE)
- Jonathan Kite (@jbkite)
- Matthew Moy (@TheMoyWonder)
9:30 PM, ET / 6:30 PM, PT: MOM (#Mom)
- Nate Corddry (@imnatecorddry)
- French Stewart (@FrenchStewart)
- Matt Jones (@mattjonesisdead)
- Allison Janney (@AllisonBJanney)
- Sadie Calvano (@sadiecalvano)
10:00 PM, ET / 7:00 PM PT: HOSTAGES (#Hostages)
- Tate Donovan (@HostagesCBS)
- Executive Producer Jerry Bruckheimer (@BRUCKHEIMERJB)

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Executive Producer Jonathan Littman (@littmanji)

Tuesday, Sept. 24:

8:00 PM, ET / 5:00 PM, PT: NCIS (#NCIS)
- Pauley Perrette (@PauleyP)
- Brian Dietzen (@BrianDietzen)
- Rocky Carroll (@RockyCOfficial)
- Sean Murray (@SeanHMurray)
9:00 PM, ET / 6:00 PM, PT: NCIS: LOS ANGELES (#NCISLA)
- LL Cool J (@LLCOOLJ)
- Chris O’Donnell (@chrisodonnell)
- Eric Christian Olsen (@Ericcolsen)
- Daniela Ruah (@DanielaRuah)
- Miguel Ferrer (@Miguel_J_Ferrer)
10:00 PM, ET / 7:00 PM, PT: PERSON OF INTEREST (#PersonOfInterest)
- Sarah Shahi (@onlysarahshahi)
- Executive Producers Jonah Nolan and Greg Plageman (@POIWritersRoom)

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Wednesday, Sept. 25:

9:00 PM, ET / 6:00 PM, PT: CRIMINAL MINDS (#CriminalMinds)
- Shemar Moore (@shemarmoore)
- Executive Producer Janine Sherman Barrois (@Jsbarrois)
10:00 PM, ET / 7:00 PM, PT: CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION (#CSI)
- Elisabeth Harnois (@elisabethharnoi)
- Wally Langham (@kingoftrace)
- Writer Chris Barbour (@CSIWritersRoom)

Thursday, Sept. 26:

8:00 PM, ET / 5:00 PM, PT: THE BIG BANG THEORY (#BigBangTheory)
- Kunal Nayyar (@KunalNayyar)
- Kevin Sussman (@KevinSussman)
- Melissa Rauch (@MelissaRauch)
9:00 PM, ET / 6:00 PM, PT: THE CRAZY ONES (#CrazyOnes)
- James Wolk (@jameswolk)
- Amanda Setton (@CrazyOnesCBS)
- Hamish Linklater (@CrazyOnesCBS)

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10:00 PM, ET / 7:00 PM, PT: ELEMENTARY (#Elementary)
- Writer Jeff King (@ELEMENTARYStaff)

Friday, Sept. 27:

9:00 PM, ET / 6:00 PM, PT: HAWAII FIVE-0 (#H50)
- Executive Producer Peter Lenkov (@PLenkov)
10:00 PM, ET / 7:00 PM, PT: BLUE BLOODS (#BlueBloods)
- Amy Carlson (@TheAmyCarlson)
- Bridget Moynahan (@bridgetmoynahan)
- Marisa Ramirez (@MarisaMRamirez)
- Sami Gayle (@GayleTweets8)

Sunday, Sept. 29:

8:00 PM, ET / 5:00 PM, PT: THE AMAZING RACE (#AmazingRace)
- Phil Keoghan (@PhilKeoghan)
- AMAZING RACE 22 contestant Meghan Camarena (@Strawburry17)
- AMAZING RACE 20 contestant Rachel Reilly (@RachelEReilly)
- AMAZING RACE 20 contestant Brendon Villegas (@brendonvbb12)
9:00 PM, ET / 6:00 PM, PT: THE GOOD WIFE (#TheGoodWife)
- Executive Producers Robert and Michelle King (@GoodWifeWriters)

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10:00 PM, ET / 7:00 PM, PT: THE MENTALIST (#TheMentalist)
- Tim Kang (@Tim__Kang)
- Writer Jordan Harper (@MentalistWriter)

Monday, Sept. 30:

8:30 PM, ET / 5:30 PM, PT: WE ARE MEN (#WeAreMen)
- Kal Penn (@KalPenn)
- Chris Smith (@SmithChris)
- Tony Shalloub (@WeAreMenCBS)

Thursday, Oct. 3:

8:30 PM, ET / 5:30 PM, PT: THE MILLERS (#TheMillers)
- Margo Martindale (@TheMillersCBS)
- Will Arnett (@arnettwill)
- JB Smoove (@ohsnapjbsmoove)
- Beau Bridges (@MrBeauBridges)
- Nelson Franklin (@NelsonFranklin)
9:30 PM, ET / 6:30 PM, PT: TWO AND A HALF MEN (#TwoAndAHalfMen)
- Carl Reiner (@carlreiner)