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The 32nd Santa Barbara International Film Festival is in full swing as Leonard Maltin awarded the Maltin Modern Master Award presented by Dom Perignon to Denzel Washington last night. 

Den of Thieves, the production company that has brought audiences some of the biggest moments in live event television, returns for the third consecutive year for the 2017 Radio Disney Music Awards (RDMA). Sandra Restrepo Considine, who most recently directed the multiplatform live music series 'Wonderland,' joins the RDMA creative team. Ignjatovic, Prager and Restrepo Considine will mark RDMA's fifth anniversary with an incredible show for viewers, accessible across multiple platforms including Disney Channels Worldwide, Radio Disney network and digital and social platforms.

Edie Falco, who won three Emmy Awards for her role as matriarch Carmela Soprano on HBO's “The Sopranos” and an additional Emmy for the title role on Showtime's “Nurse Jackie,” has been cast as tenacious defense attorney Leslie Abramson on NBC's upcoming “Law & Order: True Crime — The Menendez Murders.”

On this week's edition of “Enfoque con José Díaz-Balart”: a look at the first days of Donald Trump's presidency and its impact on the Hispanic community; an analysis of new policy announcements on immigration; a conversation with Cuban dissident artist Danilo “El Sexto” Maldonado; and a profile of Levi Ponce, the man whose art transformed an abandoned city, this Sunday, February 5 at 1 PM/12 CT on Telemundo. 

Big Brother may be watching, but soon Broadway fans will have the opportunity to watch right back. In a move that is as timely as it is eerie, the lauded stage adaptation of George Orwell's classic dystopian novel 1984 will make the leap from the West End to Broadway this summer. 

This February 2-4, both ABC and Freeform take the stage at SCAD's (Savannah College of Art and Design) aTVfest, an international event where attendees discover the latest in design creativity and innovation and media production, with ten series.

This week's NHL Game of the Week on NBC features a “Star Sunday” showcase highlighting Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin, who was recently named one of the NHL's Top 100 Greatest Players, and Kings forward Jeff Carter, when Washington hosts Los Angeles this Sunday at noon ET on NBC from Verizon Center in Washington, D.C.

TELEMUNDO presents five hours of exclusive programming for the whole family this Sunday, February 5th:

Tom Petty will be honored as the 2017 MusiCares Person of the Year in celebration of his extraordinary creative accomplishments and significant charitable work. Proceeds from the annual Person of the Year tribute—now in its 27th year—provide essential support for MusiCares, which ensures music people have a place to turn in times of financial, medical, and personal need.

The Santa Barbara International Film Festival kicked off its 32nd year with the World premiere of CHARGED.

Amber Riley and her DREAMGIRLS co-star, Liisi LaFontaine, dropped in on The Radio 2 Arts Show this week in support of their West End run in in the first ever UK production of the 1980's classic musical, Dreamgirls. Watch the video below to catch a re-tooled version of the Oscar-nominated song, 'Listen', originally performed in the film version of the musical and originated by Beyonce.  

Bravo Media's Emmy Award-winning “Inside the Actors Studio,” hosted by James Lipton, presents a laugh-out-loud, yet intimate episode with the cast of HBO's critically-acclaimed comedy “Girls” on Thursday, February 9 at 8pm ET/PT. Creator, co-executive producer and star, Lena Dunham is joined by fellow cast members Jemima Kirke, Zosia Mamet and Allison Williams to appear on Lipton's stage and discuss their most cherished experiences just days before the start of the final season premiering on HBO this Sunday, February 12th at 10pm ET/PT. Loosely drawn from Dunham's personal life, the Emmy Award-winning series is a comedic look at the raw humiliations and intermittent triumphs of a group of girls in their mid-20's living in New York City.

Make your best guesses at what shows are coming in the SunTrust Broadway at DPAC, 2017 / 2018 Season. Then, tune in Saturday, February 11 at 7pm on WTVD ABC 11 for exclusive season announcements to find out if you guessed correctly. 

ABC's “The View” averaged 3.180 million Total Viewers, 617,000 Women 25-54 and 414,000 Women 18-49 during the week of January 23, 2017, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. “The View” led CBS' “The Talk” (2.823 million, 522,000 and 361,000, respectively) in Total Viewers (+357,000), Women 25-54 (+95,000) and Women 18-49 (+53,000), posting its largest overall viewer advantage in over 4 months – since w/o 9/5/16.

On the morning of MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, live at 9 a.m. EST, “LIVE's After Oscar® Show” will rock the crowd in the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center®, as host Kelly Ripa and guest co-host Ryan Seacrest welcome music mogul, social media super star and world renowned DJ, Grammy-nominated producer and personality DJ KHALED and chart-topping hip-hop superstar FLO RIDA.

To cultivate kids' deeper interest in history and inspire them to feel their own significance in the present and future, stories about distinguished men and women including the Tuskegee Airmen Chief Civilian flight instructor Charles Alfred 'Chief' Anderson, the history-making commercial airline pilot Stephanie R. Grant, animator and Disney legend Floyd Norman, and physician, role model and activist Dr. Myiesha Taylor, will be presented as part of Disney|ABC Television Group's 'Be Inspired' interstitial series during Black History Month on Disney Channel, Disney XD and Disney Junior.

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” and “Late Night with Seth Meyers” have won the week of Jan. 23-27, outrating their ABC and CBS time-period rivals in every key measure – adults, men and women 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54, plus total viewers -- according to “live plus same day” ratings from Nielsen Media Research.

For the month of January 2017, MSNBC racked up the most growth for total viewers in cable news across key dayparts. MSNBC outpaced the competition in total day M-Su 6a-6a (+53% vs. CNN's +37% and FNC's +45%), M-F prime 8-11pm (+62% vs. CNN's +34% and FNC's +27%), and dayside M-F 9am-5pm (+60% vs. CNN's +36% and FNC's +48%).

NBC and NBCSN will combine to present six NHL and college hockey matchups this week, including a pair of games featuring the NHL-leading Washington Capitals, beginning tomorrow at 8 p.m. ET on NBCSN when Alex Ovechkin and the Caps host Brad Marchand and the Boston Bruins on Wednesday Night Rivalry.

“This Is Us” has earned the #1 ranking for the ratings week of Jan. 23-29 in the key demographic of adults 18-49, according to “live plus same day” viewing figures from Nielsen Media Research. It's the third time this season “This Is Us” has rated #1 among entertainment programs on the broadcast networks.