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Jennifer Holliday stopped by this week's THE VIEW on ABC and opened up about why she accepted the invitation to perform at Trump's inauguration and the decision to ultimately back out. 'I'm an artist and I love America,' she said on her initial choice to take part. The singer didn't expect all the backlash and instant bullying that followed. She canceled her performance calling it a 'lapse in judgement.' Following the segment with the panel. the singer took to the stage to perform a moving tribute to the Civil Rights movement, reflecting on our nation's history and sending a message of hope for the future. See video of the performance below:

Olympians Ashley Wagner and Gracie Gold highlight NBC Sports Group's 30 hours of coverage of the 2017 Prudential U.S. Figure Skating Championships from the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo. Coverage begins this Thursday, Jan. 19, live in primetime at 5:30 p.m. ET with the pairs' short program on NBCSN followed by the ladies' short program at 9:30 p.m. ET.  NBC hosts live coverage throughout the weekend, beginning this Saturday, Jan. 21, at 3 p.m. ET with the pairs' free and free dance programs, continuing in primetime at 8 p.m. ET with the ladies' free skate.

If there is one thing more unfortunate than the launch of the Netflix's A Series of Unfortunate Events, it was the making of this truly dreadful series. Today, Netflix released a featurette detailing the collective misery involved in bringing this most regrettable tale to life.

NBC Sports presents five NHL games this week, highlighted by a Wednesday Night Rivalry matchup on NBCSN this Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET, when Dylan Larkin and the Detroit Red Wings host Brad Marchand and the Boston Bruins.

The Pittsburgh Steelers' down-to-the-wire 18-16 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC Divisional Playoff on NBC last night averaged a Total Audience Delivery (TAD) of 37.4 million viewers across NBC and NBC Sports Digital platforms, according to Fast National data released by The Nielsen Company, and digital data from Adobe Analytics.

Per the NFL's announcement earlier today, the AFC Divisional playoff game featuring the Pittsburgh Steelers and Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., will now be played this Sunday, January 15, at 8:20 p.m. ET, on NBC. The game, which was originally-scheduled for January 15 at 1:05 p.m. ET, was moved due to public safety concerns in light of a forecasted storm for the Kansas City area this weekend.

SHOWTIME has released a glimpse of the return of FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper (the Golden Globe®-winning and Emmy® Award-nominated role played by Kyle MacLachlan) in the new TWIN PEAKS, which will debut with a two-part premiere on Sunday, May 21 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on air, on demand and over the internet.

BWW has learned that on Thursday, January 19th, Idina Menzel will appear during the 10 am hour of NBC's TODAY to discuss her starring role in the Lifetime original movie BEACHES.

From 8:00-9:00 p.m., ABC's season finale of “The Great American Baking Show” built for its 3rd straight original telecast in Total Viewers (+2% - 5.1 million vs. 5.0 million) and held even in Adults 18-49 (1.0/4), marking the show's most watched telecast ever and equaling a season best in young adults.   

Actress LAURA NIEMI proved emotionally revealing as 'Marilyn Pearson' with the return of NBC's highly-celebrated hit drama, THIS IS US.

“The View” remembers Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., MONDAY, JANUARY 16 (11:00 a.m.-12:00p.m. EST). CNN political commentator Van Jones joins the co-hosts at the Hot Topics table to discuss race in America and his town hall, “The Messy Truth,” in which he traveled the country speaking to Americans with a wide range of political views. Then former white supremacist Arno Michaelis joins the co-hosts to share how he became an anti-hate activist. Michaelis is joined by co-founder of Serve2unite.org Pardeep Singh Kaleka, whose father was killed by a member of Michaelis former white supremacist group. Clay Aiken and Sunny Hostin also visit West High School in Iowa City to talk to students about the reported bullying following the election and the student-organized peaceful protests that followed. Students with opposing political views sit down to express their beliefs, differences and fears post-election.

During the week of January 2, 2017, “The Chew” kicked off the new year devouring near 1-year highs in Women 18-49 (435,000/0.7 rating) and Women 25-54 (552,000/0.9 rating) and delivering its 2nd most watched week in close to 1 year in Total Viewers (2.688 million), behind only Thanksgiving week 2016 – since 1/25/16, 2/22/16 and 2/22/16, respectively.

NBCSN continues its coverage of the Atlantic 10 men's basketball season with five conference matchups this weekend, highlighted by an A-10 tripleheader on Saturday, January 14, and A-10 doubleheader on Sunday, January 15.

ABC's “The View” averaged 3.045 million Total Viewers, 570,000 Women 25-54 and 434,000 Women 18-49 during the week of January 2, 2017, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. “The View” beat CBS' “The Talk” (2.913 million, 507,000 and 323,000, respectively) in Total Viewers (+132,000), Women 25-54 (+63,000) and Women 18-49 (+111,000).

Up against a big College Football National Championship Game (Alabama-Clemson) on ESPN, ABC took the entertainment lead on Monday for the 3rd straight week in Adults 18-49 (1.7/5) with a 70% advantage over runners-up NBC and CBS (1.0/3-tied).

During the first complete week of 2017 (w/o 1/2/17), ABC ranked No. 1 on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, delivering a network-leading 8 of the Top 20 broadcast programs in Adults 18-49: “Modern Family” – No. 5, “The Bachelor” – No. 6, “The Goldbergs” – No. 7, with “The Middle,” “Speechless,” “black-ish” and “Truth and Lies: The Menendez Brothers” tied at No. 12 and “American Housewife” – No. 19.

NBC Sports Group will present coverage of 12 races during the upcoming 2017 Verizon IndyCar Series season, beginning with the iconic Grand Prix of Long Beach on Sunday, April 9, on NBCSN. Coverage will feature IndyCar's return to St. Louis and Gateway Motorsports Park on Sunday, August 26, historic circuits such as Road America and Watkins Glen, and the final nine races of the 2017 campaign, including the season finale at Sonoma Raceway on Sunday, Sept. 17. Once again, the 2017 IndyCar championship will be decided on NBCSN.

NBC continues its NFL Playoff coverage this Sunday, Jan. 15, at 1 p.m. ET with an AFC Divisional Round matchup, when Ben Roethlisberger and the Pittsburgh Steelers (AFC North, 12-5) visit Alex Smith and the Kansas City Chiefs (AFC West, 12-4) at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. NBC's NFL Divisional coverage on Sunday begins at Noon ET with a special edition of Football Night In America.

Following the successful global re-launch of the beloved franchise Ben 10, which will continue its rollout later this year in the United States and Latin America, Cartoon Network now introduces Ben to a new generation of fans with the new mobile game, Ben 10: Up to Speed.  The runner launches worldwide on Jan. 12 on iOS, Google Play and Amazon for $2.99.

When I first met Joe, my Missouri-born boyfriend, he had never before encountered the term, 'stoop.' 'Let's sit on the stoop,' I'd say. 'Go wait for me on the stoop.' 'I was standing on the stoop.', etc.