PRNewswire has issued the following press release:

Spike TV is putting on the biggest televised celebration ever of horror, sci-fi, fantasy and comic books under one roof and promises to be a night to remember. Scream 2007, taping on October 19th at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, premieres on Spike TV Tuesday, October 23rd (10 PM - midnight, ET/PT) and will be seen and heard by an estimated one billion people spanning 130 countries and territories.

"Scream is all about the incredibly devoted fans of horror, sci-fi, fantasy and comic books. We're bringing them everything they want to see and celebrating the brilliant creative talent behind the genres," says Casey Patterson, senior vice president, event production for Spike TV and executive producer of Scream 2007. "We're thrilled, but not surprised at the global appetite for an event of this kind; these fans have driven box office to record numbers around the world."

Beloved rock legend ALICE COOPER will be center stage, as he is presented with the second annual Spike TV Scream Rock Immortal Award, an honor given to OZZY OSBOURNE last year. This tribute will include a monster All-Star performance featuring ROB ZOMBIE and SLASH. The "Prince of Darkness," Ozzy Osbourne returns to the event this year to perform in addition to AVENGED SEVENFOLD, performing their song 'Scream' from their highly anticipated self- titled album set to hit stores October 30th.

Spike TV's Scream 2007 will also feature appearances by Criss Angel, Christian Bale, Jamie Bamber, Kristen Bell, Tobin Bell, Jessica Biel, Tim Burton, Bruce Campbell, Rosario Dawson, Casper Van Dien, Daeg Faerch, Ralph Fiennes, Harrison Ford, Megan Fox, Sid Haig, Paris Hilton, Tricia Helfer, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jesse James, Amy Lee, James Kyson Lee, Tommy Lee, Kristanna Loken, Tyler Mane, Chris Marquette, Zachary Quinto, Keith Richards, Freddy Rodriguez, Robert Rodriguez, Seth Rogen, Eli Roth, Betsy Russell, Quentin Tarantino, Danny Trejo, Milo Ventimiglia, Michael Weston, Ray Winstone and many more to be announced shortly.

Spike TV and Comic-Con International have teamed up again to present modern comic, short story and novel writer, Neil Gaiman, with the Comic-Con Icon Award. Seth Rogen will present this distinguished award to Gaiman, who has been instrumental in creating awareness of, and appreciation for, comic and related popular art forms, bringing this great medium to wider recognition.

The official sponsors of Spike TV's Scream 2007 are Captain Morgan, Taco Bell, Honda, Rhapsody(R) and truth(R).

www.scream.spiketv.com is the official home to Spike TV's Scream 2007 voting, contests and news. Voting for Spike TV's Scream 2007, which includes categories such as "The Ultimate Scream," "Best Horror Movie," "Best Comic Book," "Fantasy Fox" and "Most Memorable Mutilation," began on September 7th for fans, via the Web site scream.spiketv.com, and closes Friday, October 19th. To keep track of the action backstage, spiketv.com will provide a web cam offering behind-the-scenes interviews with talent. The web site will also feature exclusive video footage of Red Carpet coverage.

Michael Levitt, Casey Patterson and Cindy Levitt are executive producers; Greg Sills is supervising producer, Gary Tellalian is producer, Austin Reading is co-producer and Ryan Polito is director of Spike TV's Scream 2007. Alicia Portugal is the executive in charge of production for Spike TV.

Spike TV is available in 91.6 million homes and is a division of MTV Networks. A unit of Viacom , MTV Networks is one of the world's leading creators of programming and content across all media platforms.