Gospel Music Channel to Present World TV Premiere of New VeggieTales® DVD Abe and the Amazing Promise on Sat. Feb. 7; National Radio Personality Delilah Stars IN Two Week Run of Classic VeggieTales® Episodes Lead Up to Premiere

ATLANTA (Jan. 22, 2009) -- Bob the Tomato, Larry the Cucumber, and their VeggieTales® friends will make their Gospel Music Channel (GMC) television network debut when GMC presents the world television premiere of the new VeggieTales® DVD, Abe and the Amazing Promise on Sat. Feb 7 at 9:00 a.m. ET (Also 10a, 11a, 2p, 3p, 4p.) GMC, (http://www.gospelmusicchannel.com) America's fastest-growing television network, will also present a limited edition two-week run of select episodes from the popular VeggieTales® series weekdays Jan. 26 - Feb. 6 at 9:00 a.m. ET leading into the premiere of Abe and the Amazing Promise.

Abe and the Amazing Promise is a Veggie-spun Bible classic that tells the story of Abraham and Sarah and their wait for a promised child. Featuring a lesson in patience, Abe and the Amazing Promise showcases popular nationally-syndicated radio host Delilah as the voice of Sarah. Abe and the Amazing Promise also includes the debut of a brand new Silly Song entitled "Sneeze If You Need To!" and a snappy new song about patience, "Willing To Wait."

GMC, the nation's first and only 24/7 television network devoted to Gospel/Christian music and programming, will bring VeggieTales® back in April for a similar two week run leading up to the world television premiere of VeggieTales® An Easter Carol DVD, in time for Easter 2009.

The programming is part of a new agreement between GMC and Big Idea, Inc., a leading faith-based studio and producer of children's and family entertainment products, programming, characters and brands, including the popular animated series VeggieTales®.

About Big Idea, Inc.
B ig Idea, Inc., an entertainment rights group company, is the leading faith-based studio and producer of children's and family programming, characters and brands. Since 1993, Big Idea's best-selling animated series VeggieTales has sold 52+ million books and 7+ million albums. VeggieTales and Big Idea's newest property, 3-2-1 Penguins!, are in their second season as the top-rated series on NBC Saturday mornings, Telemundo and ION TV via the qubo children's programming block.

About Gospel Music Channel
Gospel Music Channel (http://www.gospelmusicchannel.com) is the nation's first and only 24/7 television network devoted to Gospel/ Christian music. Gospel Music Channel, the fastest-growing network in television today, can be seen in more than 40 million homes on various cable systems and nationwide on DIRECTV on channel 338.