E!'S NEW DOCU-SERIES "SO COSMO" - SET AT THE GLAMOROUS EPI-CENTER OF POP CULTURE, COSMOPOLITAN MAGAZINE - PREMIERES WED., FEB. 8 AT 8 PM ET/PT

The Eight Hour-Long Episode Series Follows The Talented Young Staff Who Produce One Of The Biggest Media Brands In The World

"So Cosmo: Preview Special" To Air Tuesday, December 20 at 8 PM ET/PT

LOS ANGELES - Dec. 2, 2016 - E!'s new docu-series, "So Cosmo" follows the work hard, play hard lifestyles of the young women and men whose real life experiences inspire the pages of Cosmopolitan Magazine. Always the first to hear what's hot in music, fashion, style, beauty, sex and celebrities; these tastemakers don't follow trends, they create them. The all access, VIP life provided by Cosmo is exhilarating and exhausting, but what happens when the staff turns our attention to their personal lives? Viewers will see how the team copes when pushed past their limits by the influential but formidable former Editor-in-Chief and current Chief Content Officer of Hearst Magazines, Joanna Coles, who expects only the best. Who will rise to the occasion and who will fumble under pressure? The eight hour-long episode series uncovers the glamour and behind-the-scenes drama of celebrity encounters, fashion and beauty shoots in an all-access pass for everything "So Cosmo," premiering Wednesday, February 8 at 8 PM ET/PT on E!

Before its time to delve deep into the world of Cosmopolitan, meet the unstoppable and fashionable forces behind the magazine. The "So Cosmo: Preview Special" will introduce E! viewers to former Editor-in-Chief and current Chief Content Officer of Hearst Magazines, Joanna Coles, as well as the cast of young people that work for her including: Diandra Barnwell (Brand Coordinator), Tiffany Reid (Senior Fashion Editor), Steven Brown (Bookings Director),Evan Betts (Fitness Contributor), Adam Mansuroglu (Fashion Editor), James Worthington Demolet (Senior Fashion Editor) and Leah Wyar (Executive Beauty Director).

E!'s "So Cosmo: Preview Special" airs Tuesday, December 20 at 8pm ET/PT. The series premiere of "So Cosmo" airs Wednesday, February 8 at 8pm ET/PT on E!

"So Cosmo" is a Bunim/Murray Production with Gil Goldschein, Jeff Jenkins, Farnaz Farjam, Rob Bagshaw and Melissa Bidwell as executive producers as well as Joanna Coles and Holly Whidden from Hearst.

About E! Entertainment

E! is the only global, multi-platform brand for all things pop culture. The network is currently available to 91 million cable and satellite subscribers in the U.S. "E! News" airs nightly on the network and is the leading multi-platform publisher delivering breaking entertainment news and pop culture coverage 24/7 across all digital and social media. E! programming includes popular series "Keeping Up with the Kardashians," "Total Divas," "Botched," "Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry," "WAGS," and "Fashion Police," as well as the network's first original scripted series "The Royals." Additionally, E!'s "Live from the Red Carpet" signature events keep fans connected to their favorite stars on pop culture's biggest nights. E! is a network of NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment, a division of NBCUniversal, one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news and information to a global audience. For more corporate information, visit www.nbcuniversal.com.

About Bunim/Murray Productions

Bunim/Murray Productions (BMP) is the leading producer of innovative entertainment content. The Emmy Award-winning company is widely credited with creating the reality television genre with its hit series The Real World (32 seasons on MTV). BMP continued to innovate with the first reality game show, Road Rules (MTV), in 1995; the first reality sitcom, The Simple Life (E!), in 2003; and the first reality soap opera, Starting Over, in 2003. BMP's current programming includes Mariah's World,Keeping up with the Kardashians, Rob & Chyna, Total Divas, Total Bellas and So Cosmo (E!), The Real World and The Challenge (MTV), Project Runway and Project Runway All Stars (Lifetime),Valerie's Home Cooking (Food Network), Born This Way (A&E), The Gary Owen Show (BET), Earth Live (National Geographic), Bill Nye Saves the World (Netflix), The Selection: Special Operations Experiment (History) and Chachi's World (go90). BMP has also produced films, including They Call Us Monsters, Valentine Road (HBO), Pedro (MTV) and the Emmy Award-winning Autism: The Musical (HBO). BMP has launched additional entities including BMP Films, BMP Digital and BMP Latin. Based in Van Nuys, CA, the company was founded in 1987 by Jonathan Murray and the late Mary-Ellis Bunim, who were inducted into the Television Academy's Hall of Fame in 2012. The company joined Banijay Group in 2010.