Mega TV’s ‘Paparazzi’ going national.

Spanish Broadcasting System (SBS) announced that beginning Monday, July 2, “Paparazzi,” the popular program on MEGA TV, will be syndicated across various television stations owned by Pappas Telecasting Companies, the largest privately-held, commercial television broadcast group in the United States.

“Paparazzi” gives viewers an inside look at the lives of their favorite celebrities, while providing unique commentary and insight based on investigative reporting. The show, which airs every weekday at 7:00 p.m. Eastern, 5:00 p.m. Central, and 6:00 p.m. Pacific, is hosted by Frank Cairo, who discusses each story with his regular panelists, including Daisy Ballmajó, Alan Jacott, Lourdes Ruiz Toledo, and Allan Villafaña.

Under the agreement, “Paparazzi” eventually will be televised on more than 20 Pappas television stations across California, Texas, Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska, Arizona, and Nevada, as Pappas Telecasting implements its new Spanish-language programming initiative.

In California and Nevada, on July 2, viewers will be able to tune to KTNC-TV and KTNC-DT, which cover the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose and Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto areas, and KAZR-CA, in Reno, Nevada. Over the next six months, KFRE-CA in Fresno, KEAZ-LP in Eureka, and KBBV-CA in Bakersfield will be added. KAZO, Omaha, Nebraska and KAZJ, Sioux City, Iowa will launch “Paparazzi” on July 2, as well.

In Texas, “Paparazzi” initially will appear on KAZH-TV and KAZH-DT in Houston, Texas. KXLK-CA in Austin, and KXCC-CA in Corpus Christi, Texas, WWAZ-TV and WWAZ-DT in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, will be added later in 2007. South of the border, viewers in Mexico also will be able to watch “Paparazzi” in a few months on KDBC-DT.3 in El Paso, Texas, which covers Juarez, Mexico, and KSWT-DT.3 from Yuma, Arizona, which reaches Mexicali, Mexico.