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Jeremy Piven hosts WWE’s Monday Night Raw
By April MacIntyre Jul 31, 2009, 2:00 GMT
HBO "Entourage" star, Emmy winner Jeremy Piven will give the WWE a taste of Ari Gold on Monday night..EPA/PAUL BUCK
HBO "Entourage" star, Emmy winner Jeremy Piven will give the WWE a taste of Ari Gold on Monday night.
Piven was nominated the last four years as best supporting comedy actor and has won the category the last three. Unfortunately whiffed by the Emmys this year, Piven undoubtedly has some pent-up rage and will take it to the WWE Superstars
WWE’s Monday Night Raw® on USA Network continues its weekly celebrity guest host series live from Mohegan Sun in Connecticut on August 2nd at 9/8 C.
This past Monday, NBA All-Star Shaquille O’Neal hosted RAW bringing in 5.77 million viewers, 2.7 million in P25-54, 2.55 million in P18-49 and 1.18 million in P18-34. RAW was the #1 program in ALL of television among Males 18-34.
Each week celebrities from the world of sports, television, music and film take control of the most-watched regularly scheduled program on cable television by arranging matches, dictating stipulations and managing the entire RAW roster of WWE Superstars and Divas for the evening.
Actor/writer/producer Seth Green and Rock N Roll Hall of Famers ZZ Top were the first two guest hosts of Monday Night Raw, which airs live episodes each week at 9:00 PM ET on USA Network.
Piven will be starring in the upcoming comedy film, The Goods: Live Hard. Sell Hard debuting in theaters August 14th.
Additional information, go to www.wwe.com/worldwide/.
USA Network is the #1 network in all of basic cable where their branded motto, "Characters Welcome," plays out in terrific series like "In Plain Sight," "Burn Notice," "Psych" and "Monk," heading to its last season.
