The Peter Rodgers Organization proudly presents for fall 2004 a high quality, celebrity hosted half hour weekly barter series entitled, Amazing America.

Amazing America is produced in association with the Discovery Channel, insuring the highest production standards, fresh innovative ideas, accurate detail and exciting topic matter. Each episode of Amazing America covers up to three interesting and informative topics, hosted by nationally known celebrity talent, versatile through out the weekend schedule and qualifies for FCC required educational programming for teens 12-17 years of age.

Although teen targeted, Amazing America will draw a broad range in both male and female demo’s insuring compatibility or, when used as a transition and, because of it’s multi segment format, can be joined in progress around unpredictable sports schedules.

KEVIN NEALON

As the longest-running cast member in the history of "Saturday Night Live" Kevin Nealon clearly set himself apart from the other performers with his unique sense of humor, profound dry wit and likable demeanor. After nine seasons on SNL, Kevin left the show and starred in the Dreamworks prime time series "Champs" for ABC.

Kevin can be remembered for his well-known character: The Subliminal Man, Hans and Franz and Weekend Update Anchorman. Other favorite SNL characters of his include: Larry King, Sam Donaldson, Mr. No Depth Perception and Ganon PI. In 1988, Kevin was nominated for an Emmy Award as part of the SNL writing team.

Born and raised in Bridgeport, Connecticut, Kevin devoted himself to art and sports and got his first taste of performing as a teenager in various garage bands. After graduating from Sacred Heart University with a degree in marketing, Kevin spent his time traveling throughout the United States and Europe. Eventually he settled in Los Angeles for what he refers to as "a career in part-time jobs" – working for a car leasing company, a moving company, as well as serving as a department store Santa Claus … to name a few.

Kevin began his career in 1978 as a stand-up comedian while working as a bartender at the Improv in Hollywood. He readily made audience’s roar with laughter and soon thereafter, made appearances on talk shows, commercials and feature films, including "All I Want For Christmas" with Lauren Bacall and "Roxanne", with Steve Martin.

WAYNE COTTER

Wayne Cotter is a favorite of the talk shows, having appeared dozens of times with both David Letterman and Jay Leno. With Leno, he also appears in a recurring role as a roving reporter for The Tonight Show. A top nationally touring comedian, Wayne hosted the Fox Television Network series "Comic Strip Live" for many years, and was seen in the feature film "Spy Hard." He has also been nominated as "Best Standup Comedian" in the American Comedy Awards, is also host of the long-running Discovery series "Amazing America," a light-hearted look at subcultures throughout the United States.

He studied Electrical Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania and began a career with a New Jersey computer company, before long Wayne started moonlighting as a Philadelphia comedian.

Upon arriving in New York, Wayne quickly became a favorite of both David Letterman and Johnny Carson. He also appeared on several cable specials, and was nominated as "Best Standup" in the American Comedy Awards. He moved to Los Angeles, where he hosted the weekly Fox television series "Comic Strip Live" for over three years.

Keeping up-to-date with developments in the fast-paced information technology business, Wayne now performs frequently for such companies as Sun Microsystems, Hewlett-Packard, and IBM.

"Wayne Cotter is intelligent, notably original and spectacularly funny... the funniest standup to come along in quite some time, and that's no joke."
-- Variety