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'Same Name' to premiere next month

American actor/ TV personality David Hasselhoff attends the world premiere of "Larry Crowne" at Westfield in London on June 6, 2011. UPI/Rune Hellestad
American actor/ TV personality David Hasselhoff attends the world premiere of "Larry Crowne" at Westfield in London on June 6, 2011. UPI/Rune Hellestad | License Photo

LOS ANGELES, June 27 (UPI) -- "Same Name," a new U.S. reality series in which celebrities meet ordinary people with the same names, is to premiere next month, CBS said Monday.

The show will begin airing July 24.

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"Television star David Hasselhoff exchanges his glamorous Los Angeles lifestyle with his 27-year-old namesake David Hasselhoff of Lake Jackson, Texas -- population 27,614 -- on the season premiere," NBC said in a news release. "The actor and electrical technician/landscaper walk in each other's shoes and experience the other's home life, work and outside activities. Through their interaction with family, co-workers and friends emerge moments of humor, laughter and unexpected emotion."

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