Roleset premiere.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "give/have first performance":

Roles:

Arg0:causal agent


Arg1:thing premiering

Examples:

person: ns tense: future aspect: ns voice: active form: full


ergative (-)
The operator of cable-television networks said the new Turner Pictures unit will produce movies that [*T*-1] will premiere on Turner Broadcasting 's Turner Network Television channel, or TNT, and then will be released internationally in movie theaters.
Arg1:	[*T*-1] -> that -> movies
ArgM-MOD:	will
REL:	premiere
ArgM-LOC:	on Turner Broadcasting's Turner Network Television channel, or TNT,

person: ns tense: future aspect: ns voice: active form: full


agentive (-)
Tonight, to kick off the effort, CNN will premiere its first prime-time newscast in years, an hourlong show at 6 p.m. Eastern time to air head-to-head against the network newscasts.
ArgM-TMP:	Tonight
ArgM-PNC:	to kick off the effort
Arg0:	CNN
ArgM-MOD:	will
REL:	premiere
Arg1:	its first prime-time newscast in years, an hourlong show at 6 p.m. Eastern time to air head-to-head against the network newscasts

Quoth the American Heritage Dictionary: "premiere as a verb is unacceptable to a large majority of the Usage Panel, despite its wide usage in the world of entertainment."