Paramount's Insurge Pictures and Yahoo! Announce Hit Comedy Series ‘Burning Love' Will Return to Yahoo! Screen for Two More Seasons

Breakout Series is Produced by Ben Stiller's Red Hour Digital, Abominable Pictures, Ken Marino and Erica Oyama

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Paramount's Insurge Pictures and Yahoo! today announced that Burning Love, the popular comedy series that spoofs reality dating shows, will return for two more hilarious seasons on Yahoo! Screen ( http://screen.yahoo.com ) in 2013.

"At Yahoo!, we program based on insights about what our users want to watch," said Erin McPherson, VP and Head of Video at Yahoo!. "We knew we found a hit with Burning Love given the caliber of the talent and the subject matter—and it was proven shortly after the launch with all the binge viewing that took place. We're excited to offer two more seasons of it to our audience."

"The success of Burning Love is a testament to the unparalleled creative team that delivered a truly hilarious series and set a new bar for original digital entertainment," said Amy Powell, President of Insurge Pictures and EVP of Interactive Theatrical Marketing for Paramount Pictures. "Yahoo! did a tremendous job of getting the series in front of their audience, and we are thrilled to be working with them to bring the next two seasons to fans."

The first season of Burning Love ( www.BurningLove.com ) launched June 4 ^th domestically on Yahoo! Screen to critical acclaim. The series media called ‘ridiculously awesome' (Buzz Sugar), and ‘a hilarious parody series' (Entertainment Weekly), followed fireman Mark Orlando (Ken Marino) in his search for the perfect woman to marry or at least be engaged. Burning Love featured an impressive line up of comedic actors from film and television including Marino, Ben Stiller, Malin Akerman, Kristen Bell, Michael Ian Black, Ken Jeong, Adam Scott, Abigail Spencer, Natasha Leggero , June Diane Raphael, Noureen DeWulf, Janet Varney, Kerri Kenney Silver, Paul Scheer, Beth Dover, and many more.

"We are very excited to keep Burning Love on the fire -- get ready for it to get hotter and hotter till it scalds your comedy taste buds off," commented Stiller.

The next two installments of Burning Love will also be written by Erica Oyama ( Childrens Hospital ) and directed by Ken Marino and feature some returning cast including Ken Marino, June Diane Raphael and Natasha Leggero as well as new characters in their quest to find true love.

Season 2 follows Julie (June Diane Raphael), who failed to capture Mark Orlando's heart in Season 1 of Burning Love, as she searches for love in a group of guys who are hopefully all there for the right reasons.

Season 3 Burning Down The House reunites our favorite rejected guys and girls as they return to the Burning Love mansion to compete for a hefty prize and for each other's affection.

Burning Love is executive produced by Red Hour's Ben Stiller, Stuart Cornfeld and Mike Rosenstein, Abominable Pictures' Jonathan Stern, Ken Marino and Erica Oyama's Dancing Workfriend with Paramount's Insurge Pictures distributing the project.

Ben Stiller and Red Hour Films have an extensive history creating top tier comedy in film and television as well as for digital platforms, including Tropic Thunder, Zoolander, Dodgeball, Stiller and Meara for Yahoo!, and now Burning Love . Jon Stern's Abominable Pictures has an impressive track record for creating successful comedy television and digital series including Childrens Hospital and NTSF: SD: SUV.

For more information on Burning Love visit www.BurningLove.com or follow Mark Orlando on Twitter at @BurningLoveMark or Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/BurningLoveShow .

Yahoo! sets the bar for best-in-class original video programming. With its recently launched video destination, Yahoo! Screen ( http://screen.yahoo.com ), the development of women's, men's and comedy slates, and collaborations with world-class storytellers, creative partners and original voices, Yahoo! continues to build on its leadership position in video and to provide consumers and advertisers with the best premium content online.

About Paramount

Paramount Pictures Corporation (PPC), a global producer and distributor of filmed entertainment, is a unit of Viacom (NASDAQ: VIA, VIAB), a leading content company with prominent and respected film, television and digital entertainment brands. Paramount controls a collection of some of the most powerful brands in filmed entertainment, including Paramount Pictures, Paramount Animation, ParamountVantage, Paramount Classics, Insurge Pictures, MTV Films, and Nickelodeon Movies. PPC operations also include Paramount Famous Productions, ParamountHome Media Distribution, Paramount Pictures International, Paramount Licensing Inc., and Paramount Studio Group.

About Yahoo!

Yahoo! is focused on creating deeply personal digital experiences that keep more than half a billion people connected to what matters most to them, across devices and around the globe. Yahoo!'s unique combination of Science + Art + Scale connects advertisers to the consumers who build their businesses. Yahoo! is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. For more information, visit the pressroom ( pressroom.yahoo.net ) or the company's blog, Yodel Anecdotal ( yodel.yahoo.com ).

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