Channel 2 Investigates goes prime time Friday night with eleven local investigations that exposed the truth about the seafood at a local restaurant, uncovered cancer-causing chemicals in expensive makeup, exposed government waste and got action for some Georgia homeowners fighting a local hardware giant over shoddy work by contractors.

Anchor John Pruitt’s report on restaurant seafood exposes how a popular seafood restaurant chain misled Channel 2 about the origin of the shrimp served in a popular dish. Pruitt and crew dug through the restaurant’s dumpster to find the truth. He also found that 88% of all shrimp eaten in the U.S. is now imported.

Channel 2 Consumer Investigator Jim Strickland exposed complaints from local homeowners about shoddy work done by a hometown hardware giant’s contractors. Jim gets action from the man in charge of making it right.

Plus, Channel 2 uncovers dangerous chemicals found in popular, expensive makeup. This report reveals a simple test to anyone can use to check for chemicals in cosmetics.

Channel 2 Investigates goes prime time and discovers dangers, exposes the truth and uncovers government waste.

WHAT: Channel 2 Action News Investigates

WHEN: Friday, February 29, 2008

TIME: 8 p.m. In order to bring you this special program, WSB-TV will pre-empt Grey’s Anatomy (repeat) which will be retelecast in full on Saturday, March 1st at 2:05am.

WHAT: Grey’s Anatomy

WHEN: Saturday, March 1, 2008

TIME: 2:05 a.m.

OTHER INFORMATION:

Channel 2, WSB-TV, is a Cox Television Station and ABC Affiliate. About Cox Television: Cox Television includes 15 television stations, 3 national television sales representation firms, a television production company, and a Washington D.C. news office. Cox Television is a subsidiary of Cox Enterprises, Inc., based in Atlanta.