"RACHAEL RAY" KICKS OFF SEASON 6 WITH A SURPRISE CELEBRITY BASH ON SEPTEMBER 19

Emmy(R) Award-Winning Daytime Show Welcomes Premiere Week Guests; President Clinton, Salma Hayek, Donnie Wahlberg and More.

NEW YORK, NY - September 19, 2011 - CBS Television Distribution's two-time Emmy(R) Award-winning RACHAEL RAY returns on September 19 with the "Season Six Surprise Spectacular."

RACHAEL RAY's season 6 premiere will feature some of Rachael's favorite celebrity guests, who come back to turn the tables on her - the celebrities will be asking Rachael questions for a change.

During premiere week, RACHAEL RAY welcomes former President Clinton, who helps kick off the week when he and Rachael unveil their plan to roll out healthy meals in schools across America. He also shares who he wants to play him in a movie about his life. Salma Hayek stops by and turns the studio into her own beauty shop, giving audience members impromptu makeovers. Then, Donnie Wahlberg steps into the kitchen for a crash course at Rachael's cooking school.

RACHAEL RAY will continue to invite celebrity guests to pull up a chair in the kitchen this season, with confirmed guests including: Kim Kardashian, Kris Jenner, Sofia Vergara, Whitney Cummings, Hugh Jackman, Celine Dion, Gloria Estefan, Donnie Wahlberg, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Joy Behar, Bobby Flay, Paula Deen, Nick Lachey, Jillian Michaels and Dr. Travis Stork, Tyra Banks, Rachel Bilson, Eddie Cibrian, Guy Fieri, Jo Frost and Buddy Valastro.

The season six premiere episode of RACHAEL RAY, called "Season 6 Surprise Spectacular," is scheduled to air on September 19, 2011. Please check local listings at http://www.rachaelrayshow.com/.

RACHAEL RAY, the 2008 and 2009 Emmy(R) Award-winning Outstanding Talk Show, is distributed and produced by CBS Television Distribution in association with Harpo Productions, Scripps Networks and Watch Entertainment. Janet Annino and Joseph Freed are the executive producers. CBS Television Distribution is a unit of CBS Corp.