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JANE LYNCH TO HOST “TV’S FUNNIEST HOLIDAY MOMENTS: A PALEY CENTER FOR MEDIA SPECIAL”

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Emmy Award winner and GLEE scene-stealer Jane Lynch will host TV’S FUNNIEST HOLIDAY MOMENTS: A PALEY CENTER FOR MEDIA SPECIAL airing Friday, Nov. 26 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. Lynch will lend her voice as she counts down the small screen’s most memorable seasonal moments from the famous Thanksgiving food fight on “Cheers” to Christmas gone horribly wrong on FAMILY GUY and the hilarious holiday newsletter scene from “Two and a Half Men.”

TV’S FUNNIEST HOLIDAY MOMENTS: A PALEY CENTER FOR MEDIA SPECIAL will relive the Top 30 holiday moments gathered from some of television’s biggest shows, including “Friends,” “The Big Bang Theory,” “I Love Lucy,” “WKRP in Cincinnati” and many more. The two-hour special will also feature scenes from classics such as “How The Grinch Stole Christmas” and “A Charlie Brown Christmas.”

 

Jane Lynch, an Emmy Award winner for her work on GLEE as scheming cheerleading coach SUE SYLVESTER, has starred in numerous films, including “Julie & Julia,” “Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story,” “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby” and “The 40 Year Old Virgin,” as well as in Christopher Guest’s “For Your Consideration,” “A Mighty Wind” and “Best in Show.” Her television credits also include “Party Down,” “Lovespring International,” “Desperate Housewives,” “Weeds” and “The L Word,” in addition to her recurring roles on “Boston Legal,” “Criminal Minds,” “The New Adventures of Old Christine” and “Two and a Half Men,” for which she received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series.

 TV’S FUNNIEST HOLIDAY MOMENTS: A PALEY CENTER FOR MEDIA SPECIAL is produced by Brad Lachman Productions in association with The Paley Center for Media. Executive producers are Pat Mitchell, Diane Lewis, John Wolters and Brad Lachman.