SILVER SPRING, Md., Aug. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Through a one-of-a-kind sponsorship with the USA Network's hit series Monk, Sleep Inn is being highlighted as the only hotel that can meet the infamously compulsive detective, Adrian Monk's standards for reliability, cleanliness and consistency.

NEW YORK, Aug. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- USA Network and Sleep Inn hotels have teamed up to launch USA Network's first live-action original web series, Little Monk, a spinoff of the critically-acclaimed series MONK, starring Emmy, Golden Globe( )and SAG award winner Tony Shalhoub.

LOS ANGELES _ Before he became a working actor Tony Shalhoub was _ what else? _ a waiter, many times over. "I was always on the verge of being fired because the manager kept saying, 'You have to go faster!' I wanted to make sure everything was right.

The USA Network says Hollywood actor Hector Elizondo has signed on to play the title character's therapist in the seventh season of the TV series Monk. The new season of the sitcom is set to premiere July 18.

NEW YORK, April 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Emmy-winning and Golden Globe-nominated Hector Elizondo has agreed to appear in USA Network's award-winning, hit series MONK this summer when the series returns for its seventh season on Friday, July 18 at 9/8c.