GOLDEN GLOBE(R) NOMINEE BROOKE SHIELDS TO JOIN LIFETIME'S HIT DRAMA "ARMY WIVES"

Series Returns for Seventh Season on Sunday, March 10, at 9:00pm ET/PT

NEW YORK, NY (January 24, 2013) - Golden Globe(R) Award nominee and five time People's Choice Award-winning actress Brooke Shields (Suddenly Susan, The Middle, Lipstick Jungle) is set to join theupcoming seventh season of Lifetime's hit drama Army Wives. The series will premiere on Sunday, March 10, at 9:00pm ET/PT.

Shields will portray brash and brilliant Air Force Colonel Katherine "Kat" Young. A crack C-17 pilot who can hold her own in the boys club atmosphere of the military, she's hardly touched down in her new assignment at Joint Base Marshall Bring before she clashes with Army General Michael Holden (Brian McNamara). Never one to step away from a fight, Kat is a fierce advocate for the Air Force as she and Holden jockey for their respective branches at the highest levels of power on base. Only after their initial skirmishes does Holden learn of Kat's tragic past, discovering they have more in common than he thought.

Army Wives follows the struggles, dreams and friendships of a diverse group of women - and one man - living with their spouses and families on an active Army post. The series stars Catherine Bell, Brian McNamara, Kelli Williams, Wendy Davis, Terry Serpico, Alyssa Diaz, JJ Soria, Ashanti, Torrey DeVitto, Elle McLemore and Jesse McCartney. Sally Pressman and Sterling K. Brown will also appear in several episodes.

Produced by ABC Studios, with Mark Gordon and Jeff Melvoin serving as executive producers, the series is based on the book Army Wives: The Unwritten Code of Military Marriage by Tanya Biank, who serves as a consultant.

ABOUT ABC STUDIOS

ABC Studios is a leader in the development, production and strategic distribution of entertainment contentacross television and emerging digital platforms. As a key content driver for the ABC Entertainment Group, the studio has produced multiple seasons of primetime series, such as "Grey's Anatomy," "Desperate Housewives," "Lost," "Castle," "Brothers and Sisters," "Private Practice," "Army Wives" and "Criminal Minds," which have fed the company's distribution pipelines worldwide with programming and related product lines. During Fall 2012 (10 Complete Weeks from 9/24-12/02/12), ABC Studios claimed 7 of the top 20 broadcast dramas among Adults 18-49, the most for any studio, with "Grey's Anatomy," "Once Upon a Time," "Criminal Minds," "Revenge," "Nashville," "Castle" and "Scandal." In addition, ABC Studios delivered 2 of TV's top 3 most-watched new comedies overall with "Malibu Country" (No. 1) and "The Neighbors" (No. 3). ABC Studios continued its history of producing memorable television programmingwith the orders of seven new series for the 2012-2013 television season ("Malibu Country," "Zero Hour," "Red Widow," "The Neighbors," "Family Tools," "Nashville" and "Mistresses"), along with the renewal of "Perception" on TNT, comedy "Cougar Town" on TBS and new drama "Devious Maids" premiering on Lifetime in 2013.

ABOUT LIFETIME

Lifetime is committed to offering the highest quality entertainment and information programming, andadvocating a wide range of issues affecting women and their families. In 2012, as a result of its aggressive triple threat programming strategy doubling its amount of original programming spanning scripted dramas, reality series and movies, Lifetime posted its strongest year-on-year growth among the key demographics in 10+ years, while also reaching its youngest median age in 16 years. Lifetime Television(R), LMN(R), Lifetime Real Women(R) and Lifetime Digital(TM) are part of Lifetime Entertainment Services, LLC, a subsidiary of A+E Networks. A+E Networks is a joint venture of the Disney-ABC Television Group and Hearst Corporation.