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NBC Announces New Poker Show

Marc Graboff, president of NBC Universal Television, West Coast, announced that NBC viewers can now take a peek into the exclusive Las Vegas poker scene with its new late night offering "Poker After Dark". The new show will start airing Jan. 2 at 2:05 a.m. (ET).

"Poker After Dark" will be shown nightly from Monday through Saturday, and will be hosted by former World Poker Tour host Shana Hiatt. Hiatt has been included in Maxim Magazine's "Hot 100 of 2005" and is one of poker's most recognizable faces.

The show will feature six poker pros vying for a winner take all prize of $120,000. Each night will take an intimate look at one of the gaming tables, culminating with a winner on Friday night. Saturday nights will show the Director's cut, with the winner and Hiatt offering commentary. "Poker After Dark" will feature the world's top players including Phil Ivey, Daniel Negreanu, Doyle Brunson, Howard Lederer, Chris Ferguson, Erick Lindgren, Jennifer Harman and Gus Hansen - fighting it out for poker supremacy.

"There's a vibrant late night audience looking for original programming," said Graboff. "We felt this inside look at the professional poker scene is perfect for late night television and those viewers seeking an unique and original broadcast."