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NBC Sports Films will premiere Courageous, a one-hour documentary which chronicles media pioneer and sailing maverick Ted Turner's quest to win the 1977 America's Cup, on Saturday, June 17 at 2:30 p.m. ET on NBC. The special will air immediately following NBC's coverage of Race 1 of the 2017 America's Cup Finals.

Thursday Night Football on NBC continues tonight as Eli Manning and the New York Giants (10-4) aim to clinch a playoff berth with a win at Lincoln Financial Field against Carson Wentz and the Philadelphia Eagles (5-9). Pre-game coverage starts at 7:30 p.m. ET on NBC with Football Night in Philadelphia, and will include a feature on Giants QB Eli Manning, who discusses the 2016 Giants and playing games in Philadelphia.

VidAngel, the market-leading entertainment platform empowering users to filter language, nudity, violence, and other content from movies and TV shows, has gained massive support from national nonprofit leaders, prominent pastors, and grassroots customers alike as the company moves forward in its legal battle with Disney, Warner Bros, 20th Century Fox, and Lucasfilm. These four Hollywood studios have taken legal action in an effort to undercut the 2005 Family Movie Act and prevent VidAngel from lawfully empowering parents and families to filter content on modern devices in their homes.

NBC's Sunday Night Football -- primetime television's No. 1 show -- continues this week with an AFC West clash, as the Kansas City Chiefs (10-4) aim to clinch a playoff berth with a win against the rival Denver Broncos (8-6) on Christmas Night at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City. Coverage begins with Football Night in America this Sunday, Dec. 25, at 7 p.m. ET on NBC.

On Monday, January 2, 2017 Esquire Network presents a full day programming takeover of Pierce Brosnan's James Bond, one of the world's most celebrated franchises. Ignite your adventurous side and kick off 2017 with Goldeneye, Tomorrow Never Dies, World is not Enough and Die Another Day. It's going to be one hell of an unforgettable day and an even better year. Straight up, shaken not stirred. Procrastinating those resolutions? Let Bond inspire your thrill-seeking self to take charge. “There's no point in living if you can't feel alive.”

Ring in the New Year with Syfy's 22nd annual 'The Twilight Zone' marathon, running from Saturday, December 31 at 6am through Monday, January 2 at 4am, and featuring 128 classic episodes, including “Twenty-Two” and “Nightmare At 20,000 Feet.”

CBS and OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network together present the special FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA SAYS FAREWELL TO THE WHITE HOUSE – AN OPRAH WINFREY SPECIAL, to be rebroadcast Saturday, Dec. 24 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. OWN will air the special on Wednesday, Dec. 21 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT).

ABC News' “Nightline” averaged 1.436 million Total Viewers, 549,000 Adults 25-54 and 416,000 Adults 18-49 during the week of December 12, 2016, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research.  “Nightline” led CBS' “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (1.335 million, 509,000 and 369,000, respectively) in all key target demos: Total Viewers (+101,000), Adults 25-54 (+40,000) and Adults 18-49 (+47,000).

ABC's “The View” averaged 2.931 million Total Viewers, 565,000 Women 25-54 and 416,000 Women 18-49 during the week of December 12, 2016, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. “The View” outdelivered CBS' “The Talk” (2.611 million, 453,000 and 305,000, respectively) in Total Viewers (+320,000), Women 25-54 (+112,000) and Women 18-49 (+111,000), posting its largest Total Viewer lead over the CBS program since the week of its season premiere – since w/o 9/5/16.

The only network with two primetime NFL packages, NBC continues its coverage of Thursday Night Football this Thursday, December 22, as Eli Manning and the New York Giants (10-4) aim to clinch a playoff berth with a win at Lincoln Financial Field against Carson Wentz and the Philadelphia Eagles (5-9). Coverage starts at 7:30 p.m. ET with Football Night in Philadelphia on NBC.

THE LATE LATE SHOW with JAMES CORDEN delivered 1.37 million viewers, up +14% from the same week last year, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week ending Dec. 16.

THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT delivered 2.79 million viewers, up +13% from the same week last year, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week ending Dec. 16. Tuesday's broadcast, with guests Mark Wahlberg, Lee Daniels and Miranda Lambert, scored the week's largest audience with 3.19 million viewers.  

Take a virtual flight through set designer Paul Tate DePoo III's remarkable set in this new video! Washington Post theater critic Nelson Pressley visited a rehearsal for Titanic and wrote a fascinating piece (link below) about the challenges of creating a set that encompasses the grandeur of the show in our intimate space.

Pre-production has started on the horror film Darkest Night. From writer Michael Sean Erickson's book of the same name, this feature will star: Bill Oberst Jr. (Stressed to Kill), Robert LaSardo (Anarchy Parlor), Noel Gugliemi (Basement Jack), and Mykayla Sohn (The Chosen). As well, part of the cast will produce the film, including: Oberst Jr. and LaSardo, along with Shaun Gerardo and Michael Sean Erickson. The film will begin shooting in Los Angeles, California, shortly. And, early artwork and a synopsis are available here for the mysterious thriller Darkest Night.

NBC will commemorate the 90th birthday of one of America's most treasured musical icons, Tony Bennett, with the two-hour special “Tony Bennett Celebrates 90: The Best Is Yet to Come,” on Tuesday, Dec. 20 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.

What's better than a big-time birthday bash? Two of them in one unforgettable episode! From Montauk to Sonoma, Bravo Media is hosting a special two-hour “Vanderpump Rules” celebration on Monday, January 9 at 9pm ET/PT.

Today, The Walt Disney Studios will become the first studio ever to reach the $7 billion threshold at the global box office, setting a new industry record. With a powerful $290 million global debut for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Disney's year-to-date grosses are $6,988.3 million from Jan. 1 through Dec. 18, 2016, including $2,700.4 million domestically, also an industry record, and $4,287.9 million internationally, a Disney record.

Comedy Dynamics has two specials featured on the Vulture  '10 Best Comedy Specials of 2016' list, with Janeane Garofalo's 'If I May' and Ali Wong's 'Baby Cobra' rounding out the list. Read the reviews here: http://www.vulture.com/2016/12/10-best-stand-up-comedy-specials-of-2016.html 

Each holiday season, many folks find their thoughts wandering back to home. And whether home is a small, familiar house just around the corner, a small town somewhere across the country, or on the other side of an ocean, the season invariably invokes images of a more idyllic reality than the one we know; replete with a loving family nestled around the Christmas tree, or gathered around a warm hearth, taking refuge from the wintry conditions outside with some hot cocoa, and enjoying each other's company.

Deadline has reported that Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig have signed on to develop an original musical for Amblin Entertainment.