MONDAY, AUGUST 22

[EDITOR'S NOTE: An audio description for tonight's episode of BEAT SHAZAM is available on the SAP Audio Channel.]

**FOX SPECIAL**--"TMZ INVESTIGATES: WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO RICHARD SIMMONS" - (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) CC-HDTV 720p-Dolby Digital 5.1

THE UNTOLD STORY OF RICHARD SIMMONS COMES TO LIFE ON THE ALL-NEW "TMZ INVESTIGATES: WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO RICHARD SIMMONS" MONDAY, AUGUST 22, ON FOX

How does one of entertainment's most visible celebrities... just disappear? What really happened to beloved fitness icon Richard Simmons, who has not been seen for more than eight years? There are many theories -- his housekeeper is holding him hostage, his beloved dog died and left him devastated, his medical issues made it too difficult to continue working, he was burnt out listening to other people's problems, or maybe he was transitioning to become a woman. Some of these are absolutely false... others hold some weight. TMZ combed through the facts and spoke to the people closest with him, including comedian Bruce Vilanch, Suzanne Somers, Dr. Phil and Simmons' longtime costume designer, Leslie Wilshire. In the end, we have uncovered the answer - how a beloved icon just disappeared into thin air in the all-new TMZ Special TMZ INVESTIGATES: WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO RICHARD SIMMONS airing Monday, Aug. 22 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (SP-2301) (TV-PG D,L,V)