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Posted: Thu., Sep. 10, 2009, 8:00pm PT

IFC sets table for 'Dinner'

Cable network orders up episodes

IFC is getting into the rock and rolls biz.

Cabler has ordered six episodes of "Dinner With the Band," a half-hour series that will have Gotham chef Sam Mason cooking a meal for top indie bands. Show premieres Nov. 24 and will air 11 p.m. Tuesdays.

Based on a Web series, "Dinner" will mix three musical performances and chat over a fine meal; skein will be shot in a Brooklyn loft. The bands booked are Les Savy Fav, Kid Sister and Flosstradamus, Men, Final Fantasy, Yacht and Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings.

According to Debbie DeMontreux, IFC senior VP of original programming, skein will help attract the net's male-skewing 18-34 demo.

"We seek guys who embrace indie ways of thinking," she said. "This show felt very much in that space."

Contact Stuart Levine at stuart.levine@variety.com

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