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Actor Matthew Broderick will appear on GOOD MORNING AMERICA next Friday, April 20th to discuss his new Broadway play 'Nice Work if You Can Get It'.

With final ratings for last week being reported today, NBC's The Today show's 852-week winning streak is officially over. ABC's GOOD MORNING AMERICA earned an average of 5.168 million viewers, a 31,000 lead over Today's 5.137.

Actor Matthew Broderick will appear on GOOD MORNING AMERICA next Friday, April 20th to discuss his new Broadway play 'Nice Work if You Can Get It'.

This season's spectacular new cast of celebrities for DANCING WITH THE STARS will be announced live from the El Capitan Theater in Hollywood, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28 exclusively during 'Good Morning America' (7:00-9:00 a.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. The major announcement returns to 'GMA' in a morning that will be packed with big surprises.

ABC News GOOD MORNING AMERICA has caught Oscar fever as it prepares to head to Hollywood for the 84th Academy Awards. All month, 'Good Morning America' has been featuring its 'Countdown to the Academy Awards' series, as Robin Roberts, George Stephanopoulos, Lara Spencer, Josh Elliott and Sam Champion bring viewers daily segments on entertainment news, red carpet fashion trends, and interviews with the nominees.

Actor Daniel Radcliffe and legendary recording artist Elton John will appear as guests on ABC'S GOOD MORNING AMERICA on Monday, January 30th. Radcliffe will be discussing his upcoming film 'The Woman in Black', while John will chat about his new Super Bowl ad.

As announced today on 'Good Morning America,' this season's spectacular new cast of celebrities for DANCING WITH THE STARS will be announced live from the El Capitan Theater in Hollywood, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28 exclusively during 'Good Morning America' (7:00-9:00 a.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.

Sam Harris, Star Search Grand Champion and Broadway star, will work one-on-one with participants in this intimate and supportive class designed to help participants delve more deeply into a song and strengthen thier live performance. He will provide insight and coaching in such areas as lyric interpretation, phrasing, connecting with the audience and acting, in order to help to bring the story of the song to its greatest potential.

The heart-tugging original feel-good series 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition' concludes its 9th and final season on ABC with two episodes in January 2012, including its biggest-ever build -- the 200th episode, in which the team builds 7 homes in 7 days for tornado victims in Joplin, Missouri. The final two regularly scheduled episodes, 'Gibbs Family' and 'Joplin, Missouri,' will air January 6 and January 13, respectively (8:00-10:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network. 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition' will continue on ABC with specials after this season.

Sam Harris, Star Search Grand Champion and Broadway star, will work one-on-one with participants in this intimate and supportive class designed to help participants delve more deeply into a song and strengthen thier live performance. He will provide insight and coaching in such areas as lyric interpretation, phrasing, connecting with the audience and acting, in order to help to bring the story of the song to its greatest potential.

The following report highlights the programming of ABC's GOOD MORNING AMERICA during the week of January 2 - January 6, 2012

ABC has cancelled its emmy-reality series EXTREME MAKEOVER: HOME EDITION. The heart-tugging original feel-good series concludes its 9th and final season on ABC with two episodes in January 2012.

The heart-tugging original feel-good series 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition' concludes its 9th and final season on ABC with two episodes in January 2012, including its biggest-ever build -- the 200th episode, in which the team builds 7 homes in 7 days for tornado victims in Joplin, Missouri. The final two regularly scheduled episodes, 'Gibbs Family' and 'Joplin, Missouri,' will air January 6 and January 13, respectively (8:00-10:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network. 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition' will continue on ABC with specials after this season.

Friday night at the Waldorf-Astoria, Bette Midler hosted Hulaween 2011, her annual gala to benefit the New York Restoration Project. In addition to a lauded career as a singer and actress, Midler has made her first foray into Broadway producing with PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT, currently playing on Broadway at the Palace Theatre. Check out photos below from the star studded, costume filled night!

Five-time Emmy Award winner and 2010 Tony Award nominee Kelsey Grammer, who recently starred on Broadway in the Tony Award-winning revival of LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, will be a guest on Thursday, October 20 on GOOD MORNING AMERICA.

Earlier today, October 19, 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition' traveled to tornado-ravaged Joplin, Missouri to celebrate its 200th episode in historic fashion. The show surprised an unprecedented seven families with the door knock that changes lives, as the 'EM:HE' design team and many others take on the series' biggest-ever build: 7 homes in 7 days. The episode will air later this season on ABC.

Five-time Emmy Award winner and 2010 Tony Award nominee Kelsey Grammer, who recently starred on Broadway in the Tony Award-winning revival of LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, will be a guest on Thursday, October 20 on GOOD MORNING AMERICA.

'Good Morning America' today announced its sizzling 2011 Summer Concert Series lineup with the hottest chart-topping acts in the country and the biggest names in music, a mix of the best pop, country and nostalgia acts around. There is something for everyone-from mega-watt stars including Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Mary J. Blige and Jennifer Hudson; to pop sensations Selena Gomez, Nicki Minaj, all Top 11 American Idol contestants, Taio Cruz, Florence and The Machine, and The Goo Goo Dolls; to country superstars Brad Paisley and Miranda Lambert; plus the best nostalgia with The GO-GO's in their final television performance, and Debbie Gibson and Tiffany on stage together for the first time.

Last night, April 4, The Point Foundation, celebrating LGBT leaders, hosted a benefit last night in New York City, co-hosted by Kelly Ripa and Sam Champion. Participants in the event included performers Montego Glover (Memphis), Kerry Butler (Catch Me If You Can) and Rob Thomas (Matchbox Twenty), Ellen Barkin, Iman, Isaac Mizrahi, John Benjamin Hickey (The C Word), Thomas Roberts (MSNBC) and Marsha Thomason (White Collar). BroadwayWorld was on hand for the event and brings you photo coverage below.

On February 7, 1964, The Beatles were greeted by a sea of screaming American fans at J.F.K. as they took their first steps onto U.S. soil ushering in the era of Beatlemania. On February 7, 2011, the cast of the hit musical RAIN: A Tribute to The Beatles on Broadway will perform a medley of The Fab Four's hit songs on ABC's 'Good Morning America' in the 8am hour.