ACME Communications Schedules First Quarter 2006 Earnings Release and Teleconference

SANTA ANA, Calif., May 5, 2006 -- ACME Communications, Inc. announced today that it will release its first quarter 2006 financial results before market hours on Monday, May 15, 2006.

The Company will also host a conference call to discuss its first quarter 2006 results on May 15th at 11:30 a.m. Eastern Time. To access the conference call, please dial 973-935-2403 ten minutes prior to the start time. The conference call will also be available via live webcast on the investor relations portion of the Company's website, located at http://www.acmecommunications.com. If you cannot listen to the conference call at its scheduled time, there will be a replay available through Tuesday, May 30, 2006, which can be accessed by dialing 877-519-4471 (U.S.), 973-341-3080 (Int'l), passcode 7353521. The webcast will also be archived on the Company's website for two weeks. About ACME Communications, Inc.

ACME Communications, Inc. owns and operates eight television stations serving markets covering 3.0% of the nation's television households. The Company's stations are: KWBQ-TV and KASY-TV, Albuquerque-Santa Fe, NM; WBDT-TV, Dayton, OH; WBXX-TV, Knoxville, TN; WTVK-TV, Ft. Myers-Naples, FL; WIWB-TV, Green Bay-Appleton, WI; WBUI-TV, Champaign-Springfield-Decatur, IL and WBUW-TV, Madison, WI. All of the Company's stations, except KASY-TV, a UPN affiliate, are WB Network affiliates. ACME's shares are traded on the NASDAQ Stock Market under the symbol: ACME.

Contacts:  ACME Communications, Inc.
           Tom Allen
           (714) 245-9499 

           Brainerd Communicators, Inc. 
           Todd St. Onge
           (212) 986-6667 
           stonge@braincomm.com