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The compelling live three-hour television event will begin with America watching along with the studio audience, as Nick Viall's journey to find love comes to its astonishing conclusion. 

It was one of the most gruesome crime sprees of the 20th century that shocked and haunted the nation and people all over the world. ABC airs a special two-hour documentary on Charles Manson, his cult of devoted followers and the grisly murders in Los Angeles that he instructed his members to carry out. Amidst a counterculture era of sex, drugs, rock and roll and not long after the Summer of Love, Americans had a rude awakening when, on two consecutive nights in 1969, Manson's followers killed seven people, including actress Sharon Tate, who was more than eight months pregnant at the time, in the home she shared with her husband, Roman Polanski. The heinous acts instantaneously eliminated a sense of safety and security for many people across the country. 

On Sunday, March 9, 2008, In The Heights officially opened on Broadway at the Richard Rodgers Theater. With music and lyrics by Pulitzer Prize winner, Lin-Manuel Miranda, a book by Quiara Alegra Hudes, and conceived by Miranda, In The Heights was directed and choreographed by Tony Award winners Thomas Kail and Andy Blankenbuehler.

stufffOn this day in 2015, Academy Award winner Helen Mirren returned to Broadway with a stunning portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in Peter Morgan's The Audience, directed by two-time Tony Award winner Stephen Daldry. The production nabbed two Tony Awards, one for Mirren in the Leading Actress in a Play category and the other for Featured Actor in a Play, taken home by Richard McCabe for his portrayal of Harold Wilson.

During the week of February 20, 2017, “LIVE with Kelly” held even with last week in Households (2.4 rating), while growing over the prior week by 9% in Women 25-54 (1.2 rating vs. 1.1 rating) and for the 3rd consecutive week in Total Viewers (+1% - 3.240 million vs. 3.219 million) to deliver 4-week highs on all three Nielsen measures – since the week of 1/23/17.

ABC News' “Good Morning America” stood as the No. 1 morning newscasts in Total Viewers (4.806 million) for the week of February 27, 2017, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. “GMA” outperformed NBC's “Today” (4.318 million), widening its lead from the prior week by 33% (488,000 vs. 368,000) to its largest winning advantage in over 14 months – since w/o 12/21/15.

ABC News' “Nightline” averaged 1.466 million Total Viewers, 516,000 Adults 25-54 and 405,000 Adults 18-49 during the week of February 27, 2017, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. “Nightline” led CBS' “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (1.294 million, 496,000 and 383,000, respectively) in Total Viewers (+172,000), Adults 25-54 (+20,000) and Adults 18-49 (+22,000), scoring its largest Total Viewer lead over the CBS program in 3 months - since w/o 11/21/16, based on original telecasts.

Time Warner's Turner and Warner Bros. announced today they have partnered on a new standalone domestic premium video subscription service – Boomerang – that will launch in the Spring. This will be the first time the two companies have offered the massive Hanna-Barbera, Looney Tunes and MGM animation library of over 5,000 titles on a streaming platform. Boomerang will provide audiences instant and exclusive access to both brand-new original series and timeless franchises like Scooby Doo, Tom & Jerry, Bugs Bunny, The Jetsons and The Flintstones among many others. Launching with a vast number of episodes, new content will be added weekly for kids, families and animation lovers of all ages to enjoy.

NBCSN presents the Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Championship this Thursday and Friday from PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pa., totaling more than 15 hours of coverage of the Second Round and Quarterfinals.

NBC has dominated the primetime ratings week of Feb. 27-March 5, winning the week in every key measure and taking six of seven nights in the key demographic of adults 18-49, according to “live plus same day” viewing figures from Nielsen Media Research.

NBC Sports Group's live Premier League coverage this week kicks off tomorrow, Wednesday, Mar. 8, at 2 p.m. ET with Premier League Live, followed by third-place Manchester City v. Stoke City at 3 p.m. ET on NBCSN. Manchester City have won four consecutive Premier League matches, most recently defeating Sunderland 2-0 on Mar. 5. Meanwhile, Stoke City are coming off a 2-0 victory over Middlesbrough on Mar. 4.

See a first look at six-time Tony winner Audra McDonald in Disney's brand-new remake of Disney's Beauty and the Beast. Portraying Madame de Garderobe, an opera diva who has been transformed into a magical wardrobe, McDonald gets to show off her personal styling chops in addition to a killer high C as she preps Belle for her evening with Beast. 

Welcome to BWW's ON THIS DAY Series celebrating theatrical birthdays, openings and special events that took place on this day in theatre history!

NASCAR America celebrates NASCAR's legends with a special 90-minute episode to exclusively announce the 2018 nominees for enshrinement in the NASCAR Hall of Fame, Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN. Wednesday's episode will recognize the 20 nominees for next year's NASCAR Hall of Fame Class, as well as the five nominees for the Landmark Award for Outstanding Contributions to NASCAR.

NBC Sports presents the NHL's “Best of the West” in its NHL Game of the Week showdown on Sunday at 12:30 p.m. ET on NBC, when Patrick Kane and the Chicago Blackhawks host Ryan Suter and the Minnesota Wild. Coverage begins at noon ET on NBC with NHL Live.

Tonight marks the return of “Jimmy Kimmel Live''s “Mash Up Mondays.” Jimmy brings two well-known music acts together to form one super, pun-filled band performance. The first mash-up will air on tonight's show featuring Lady AnteBell Biv DeVoe (Lady Antebellum and Bell Biv DeVoe). 

Leading off the night in the 7 o'clock hour, ABC's “America's Funniest Home Videos” grew 11% over its most recent airing two weeks ago in Adults 18-49 (1.0/4 vs. 0.9/4).

The official trailer for the upcoming documentary film DISGRACED was released today and is available now on SHO.com and the SHOWTIME Sports YouTube page.  DISGRACED will make its anticipated world premiere at the SXSW® Film Festival on Sunday, March 12and its television premiere on SHOWTIME on Friday, March 31 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.

The question of gender parity in the theatre is a matter that has long been explored within our community. While recent Broadway seasons have taken encouraging steps toward better female representation, both on and offstage, the question of gender equality within the theatre continues to be a hotly debated issue across the theatrical sphere.

Significant Other, the new American play by playwright Joshua Harmon (Bad Jews) and directed by Trip Cullman (Yen, Six Degrees of Separation), officially opens tonight, March 2, at The Booth Theatre (222 West 45th St.).