Bravo's "Better Half" Hosted By Susie Essman Premieres Wednesday, October 3 At 11:15 PM ET/PT

NEW YORK - September 27, 2007 – For the first time in Bravo's history, next week's final supersized episode of "Top Chef 3 Miami" will be broadcast live from Chicago on Wednesday, October 3 from 10-11:15PM ET. Immediately following, the network premieres the new series "Better Half," hosted by "Curb Your Enthusiasm" star Susie Essman. Tuesday, October 2 marks the premiere of the final season of the landmark Emmy Award-winning series "Queer Eye" from 9:00-11:00 PM ET/PT.

The competition is about to reach a boiling point in part two of the supersized "Top Chef 3 Miami" finale on Wednesday, October 3 from 10-11:15PM ET. Special guest judges Michelle Bernstein, Rocco DiSpirito and Todd English join the judges table with host Padma Lakshmi, head judge Tom Colicchio, judge Gail Simmons and food expert Ted Allen. The final three chef 'testants, Casey, Dale and Hung, face-off in their most difficult challenge yet, creating the meal of their lives. Some eliminated contestants from this season pay a surprise visit to our finalists. Then, it's time to join all your favorite season 3 chef 'testants in Chicago – home to season four of "Top Chef" – and find out LIVE who must pack their knives and go, and who will become the next Top Chef.

"Queer Eye," the Emmy Award-winning reality series kicks off its final season on Tuesday, October 2 from 9-10PM ET/PT with a "Straight Guy Pageant" hosted by the legendary Susan Lucci, followed by an original episode at 10PM ET/PT. The pageant will reunite the Fab Five - Ted Allen, Kyan Douglas, Thom Filicia, Carson Kressley and Jai Rodriguez - with former cast members of "Queer Eye" to see who has kept up, slacked off and who has gone beyond the Fabbers wildest expectations. Tune-in to find out who can throw together an outfit, execute a cut-free shave, style a room and decorate a cake all while being gracious, funny and hot...and who will win the "Ultimate Straight Guy" crown.

In the premiere episode of Bravo's new reality competition series "Better Half," premiering Wednesday, October 3rd at 11:15 p.m. ET/PT, it's a battle of the sexes as two novices, Ellen and Sarah – a gemologist and a bartender – take on their partner's job – two top New York professional chefs. With only two days of training, the couples will have to compete in the ultimate culinary competition for a chance to win $20,000. With the grand prize on the line and just two days to teach their "better half" how to fillet, fry, broil, bake, slice, dice and spice, professional chefs Paolo and Kyle cut it close. When the time comes for the amateurs to face-off and serve a dining room full of hungry diners and three famous foodie judges (Gael Greene, food writer and New York magazine columnist; Donatella Arpaia, restaurateur and food expert; and Harold Dieterle, season one winner of Bravo's "Top Chef"), one must get burned, and the other will be named "The Better Half."

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