dick clark productions, inc.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

                   Robert A. Chuck and Jeffrey B. Logsdon Elected As
                   New Directors of dick clark productions, inc.


Burbank, California (November 19, 1996) -- dick clark productions, inc. (Nasdaq;
DCPI)  expanded  its Board of  Directors  to seven  members with the addition of
Robert A. Chuck and Jeffrey B. Logsdon, who were elected at the Company's annual
shareholders'  meeting on November 12, 1996.  Richard W. Clark,  Karen W. Clark,
Francis C.  LaMaina,  Lewis  Klein and  Enrique F.  Senior  were  re-elected  as
directors at the shareholders' meeting.

     Mr.   Chuck  has  been   Vice-President-Special   Projects  of  dick  clark
productions,    inc.   since   1993.   Previously,   he   was   Executive   Vice
President-Administration  and Business Affairs of Triad Artists,  Inc., a talent
agency.

     Mr.  Logsdon has been a Managing  Director  since August 1996 of Cruttenden
Roth,  Inc., an investment  banking and brokerage firm,  where he is Director of
Research.  Previously,  he was a Managing  Director  of The  Seidler  Companies,
Incorporated, where he served as Director of Institutional Equities.

     dick  clark   productions,   inc.  produces  a  wide  range  of  television
programming  and  corporate  events.  The Company  also  operates  an  expanding
entertainment-themed  restaurant  group  --  "Dick  Clark's  American  Bandstand
Grill(R)."

     Except for the historical  information contained in this release, the other
statements in this release are forward looking statements that involve risks and
uncertainties,  including, without limitation, the Company's ability to sell its
television   programming,   in  particular  its  specials  programming,   timely
completion  of  negotiations  for  new  restaurants  sites  and the  ability  to
construct  and open new  restaurants  and to attract new  corporate  productions
clients, the level of increased production by the major television networks,  as
well as such other risks as from time to time may be  detailed in the  Company's
Securities and Exchange Commission reports.

Contacts:    Logan Carr, DCPI Public Relations, at (818) 841-3003
             Ken Ferguson, DCPI Chief Financial Officer, at (818) 841-3003.
             Bruce Russell, DCPI Investor Relations, at (310) 216-1414.









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