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Seth Green to host MONDAY NIGHT RAW

STAMFORD CT July 11 2009 – Actor/writer/co-executive producer and co-creator of the Emmy-winning Robot Chicken on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim Seth Green will be the first celebrity guest host of Monday Night Raw. Green will take control this Monday July 13 at 9pm/ET on USA Network.

On June 22 Donald Trump the “former owner” of Monday Night Raw revealed that the show would henceforth have a series of “special guest hosts.”  As the Raw guest host Seth Green will have full control over Monday Night Raw. He will be able to arrange matches dictate stipulations and manage the entire Raw roster of Superstars and Divas. His decisions could impact fans and the upcoming Night of Champions™ pay-per-view event.

Seth Green and Matt Senreich co-executive producer and co-creator of Robot Chicken will release the Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II DVD on Tuesday July 21 with any paper inside the DVD serving as an early entry voucher for the Robot Chicken Skate Party Bus Tour launching August 1 with details on www.adultswimpresents.com. WWE Superstar Triple H will be part of a sketch in Robot Chicken’s season 4.5 premiere on Sunday July 26 at 11:30pm/ET on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim with a sneak preview exclusively on Monday Night Raw.

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