via press release:

MARTHA STEWART AND RACHAEL RAY MAKE TELEVISION HISTORY BY APPEARING ON SAME SET FOR THE FIRST TIME

Martha Stewart will be on ‘Rachael Ray’ on November 12 and Rachael Ray on ‘The Martha Stewart Show’ on November 13

New York, November 5, 2009 – Next week, television fans are in for a huge treat when two of America’s favorite daytime hosts share the same stage for the very first time on their respective Emmy® Award-winning self-named shows.  It was announced today that  Martha Stewart will make an appearance on CBS Television Distribution’s ‘Rachael Ray Show’ on November 12, where she will show Rachael how to create a unique Thanksgiving centerpiece. The next day Rachael makes her first trip to the NBC Universal Domestic Television series ‘The Martha Stewart Show’ on November 13, where Martha will show the baking-challenged Rachael how to prepare a perfect Thanksgiving Day dessert.

About ‘The Rachael Ray Show’

In August 2009, RACHAEL RAY won the Outstanding Talk Show-Entertainment Emmy® for the second year in a row and scored three other Daytime Emmy nominations. Now in the fourth season of her namesake series, Rachael Ray continues to bring her warmth and no-fuss approach to life into the homes of millions with her signature quick meals, improvised entertaining, celebrity surprises, provocative topical discussions, cutting-edge musical performances and groundbreaking features.  Credited with getting America back in the kitchen with her easy approach to cooking, Rachael takes the same philosophy—finding simple solutions to everyday problems—beyond the kitchen into all aspects of the show. RACHAEL RAY, the Emmy® Award-winning Outstanding Talk Show, is distributed and produced by CBS Television Distribution in association with Harpo Productions, Scripps Networks and Watch Entertainment.  Janet Annino is Executive Producer. Joseph Freed and Shane Farley are Co-Executive Producers. CBS Television Distribution is a unit of CBS Corp.

About ‘The Martha Stewart Show’

Celebrating its fifth anniversary in September 2009, “The Martha Stewart Show” is an Emmy-winning, nationally-syndicated, “how-to” series anchored by entertaining segments that both inform and inspire. Shot in front of a studio audience, the hour-long program features visionaries, creatives and everyday people who’ve accomplished extraordinary things, and sheds new light on subjects from cooking and entertaining to crafting and gardening.  ”The Martha Stewart Show” allows audience members, home viewers and special guests including renowned chefs, seasoned artisans and designers, authors, collectors, entertainers and experts from all walks of life to participate with host Martha Stewart in an interactive format that celebrates Martha’s sense of fun and love of teaching.  Martha Stewart and Mark Burnett are executive producers. Bernie Young is co-executive producer. The program is produced by MSLO Productions, Inc. in association with Mark Burnett Productions and is currently distributed by NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution to more than 95% of the country.