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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.

SHOWTIME has released the poster art and teaser for the highly-anticipated second season of its hit drama series BILLIONS. The series, starring Oscar® nominee and Emmy and Golden Globe winner Paul Giamatti and Emmy and Golden Globe winner Damian Lewis, will premiere its second season on Sunday, February 19 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. To watch and share the BILLIONS teaser, go to: https://youtu.be/lS0VKs2pDfM.

Atlantic Records / Warner Music Nashville duo HIGH VALLEY will appear on CBS This Morning on Tuesday, December 20 in a special segment taped at home in middle Tennessee. CBS correspondent Jan Crawfordsits down with the sibling duo – brothers Brad and Curtis Rempel – visiting the restored farmhouse where they wrote music for their just-released album Dear Life and sharing the inspiring story of finding success by remaining true to yourself.

The long-awaited UK premiere of Dreamgirls opens tonight, Wednesday 14 December at the Savoy Theatre in London, 35 years after originally opening on Broadway.  

Rounding out an already robust slate of new independent work, Sundance Institute adds two Documentary Premieres and two archive From The Collection films to the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. Screenings take place in Park City, Salt Lake City and at Sundance Mountain Resort January 19-29.

NBC Sports Group presents the inaugural Team USA Winter Champions Series, a tripleheader of Olympic winter sports events, this Saturday, December 17, on NBC and NBCSN.

George Street Playhouse presents the musical romance Daddy Long Legs, on stage now through December 24. With book by two-time Tony Award winner John Caird (Les Miserables, Nicholas Nickleby) and music and lyrics by Tony Award nominee Paul Gordon (Jane Eyre), Daddy Long Legs stars Ben Michael as Jervis, the titular "Daddy Long Legs" who anonymously sponsors the college education of Elise Vannerson's Jerusha.

In April 2016, FUSE Productions presented a panel discussion, 'Are We In A New Golden Age of Musical Theatre?' featuring authors Jennifer Ashley Tepper, Peter Filichia, and Scott Miller, hosted by Richard Biever. The discussion was recorded April 8th, 2016, at the Penn State Downtown Theatre, in Stage College, PA.

ABC's “The View” averaged 2.908 million Total Viewers, 534,000 Women 25-54 and 394,000 Women 18-49 during the week of December 5, 2016, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. “The View” led CBS' “The Talk” (2.683 million, 497,000 and 341,000, respectively) across the board: Total Viewers (+225,000), Women 25-54 (+37,000) and Women 18-49 (+53,000).   

This week's all-new edition of NFL Turning Point, debuting Thursday at 2:30 a.m. ET / Wednesday at 11:30 p.m. PT on NBCSN, breaks down Sunday's record setting performance by Pittsburgh RB Le'Veon Bell, and analyzes the Steelers win over the Buffalo Bills.

“The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” and “Late Night with Seth Meyers” have scored decisive wins for the week of Dec. 5-9, delivering #1 ratings versus their ABC and CBS time-period rivals in every key ratings measure – adults, men and women 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54, plus total viewers.

Miss Piggy is making her triumphant return to the world of self-help with a new advice column on Disney's pop culture site Oh My Disney. The column will feature her enlightening perspective on life, love, beauty and everything that matters --all written through the charismatic voice of Miss Piggy. The debut column tackles female empowerment, self esteem issues and how to make it big on Broadway. 

The folks over at Matza Pizza have created a fun PSA about the importance of running a fight call before engaging in any kind of stage combat (particularly stage slaps). The writer, Gianmarco Soresi, was certified in stage combat by the Society of American Fight Directors and knows a thing or two about being slapped on stage and off. Whether it's Broadway or community theater, it is always important to run a fight call so no one gets hurt!

The NHL's top two goal-scorers clash this week on Wednesday Night Rivalry, when Sidney Crosby and the defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins host David Pastrnak and the Boston Bruins on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. ET. Bruins-Penguins will be followed by a Wednesday Nightcap that features Claude Giroux and the Philadelphia Flyers against Matt Ducheneand the Colorado Avalanche at 10 p.m. ET.

Last night's New York Giants' 10-7 victory over the Dallas Cowboys on NBC's Sunday Night Football averaged a Total Audience Delivery (TAD) of 26.7 million viewers across NBC and NBC Sports Digital platforms – marking the most-watched primetime NFL telecast this season and NBC's most-watched regular-season Sunday game since Week 1 of 2015, according to Fast National data released today by The Nielsen Company, and digital data from Adobe Analytics.

NBC Sports Group's presentation of 20 Premier League matches in five days continues tomorrow, Tuesday, Dec. 13, at 2 p.m. ET with Premier League Live on NBCSN followed by Everton v. second-place Arsenal at 2:45 p.m. ET. The Gunners enter the match coming off a 3-1 victory against Stoke City on Saturday, while the Toffees look to rebound following a 3-2 loss to Watford. Steve Bower calls the match, joined by analyst Graeme Le Saux at Goodison Park.

Celebrate the holidays with the I LOVE LUCY CHRISTMAS SPECIAL, a new one-hour special featuring two back-to-back colorized classic episodes of the series, to be rebroadcast Sunday, Dec. 25 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

At Gypsy of the Year 2016, cast members from The Lion King performed a moving spoken-word piece giving voice to those marginalized by the current political climate performed by cast members Lamar Baylor, Kimberly Marable, Matthew Morgan, Brenda O'Brien and L. Steven Taylor.