Aug. 22, 2006

NEW YORK (August 22, 2006) - CSTV: College Sports Television will produce and air a special program dedicated to The Princeton Review's Best 361 Colleges, 2007 Edition rankings, the best-selling college guidebook which will be available for sale in bookstores beginning today.  The Best 361 Colleges is an annual comprehensive college survey compiled by The Princeton Review, and for the first-time CSTV will exclusively bring these rankings to television with a myriad of features, interviews and analysis. 

CSTV will air the one-hour program as a special edition of the network's weekly studio show The #1 College Sports Show.  The Princeton Review's Rob Franek joins CSTV's Greg Amsinger and Adam Zucker to host the show, which will air Wednesday, August 30 at 10 p.m. ET.  Select segments from the show will also be made available via podcast immediately after the show airs at www.CSTV.com.

Among the lists and topics the show will cover:

• Top Party Schools

• Greatest College Towns

• Best Campus Food

• Happiest Students

• Schools Most Nostalgic for President Reagan

• Schools Most Nostalgic for President Clinton

• Best Quality of Life

• Most Politically Active

• Toughest Schools to Get Accepted

• Top Jock Schools

• Dorms Like Palaces/Dungeons

• Top Stadiums That Students Pack

About The Book

Best 361 Colleges, 2007 Edition is one of more than 200 Princeton Review books published by Random House.  Its two-page narrative profiles on each college also have school ratings (numerical scores) based on institutional data from the colleges.  Among them are ratings for admissions selectivity, financial aid and fire safety.  The first edition of the book was published in 1992.  No school has ever paid a fee to be in the book. 

About CSTV Networks

CSTV Networks, Inc., now part of the CBS Corporation, is the leading digital and cable programming company dedicated to college sports. Connecting more fans to more college sports than any other company, its many platforms for programming distribution include CSTV: College Sports TV, televising regular-season and championship events for 35 men's and women's college sports; CSTV.com and its network of nearly 250 official athletic sites; CSTV All Access, broadband services providing live audio and video of 10,000 events annually; as well as satellite television and radio, in-flight entertainment, wireless networks and more.  Further information is available at www.CSTV.com.