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On the eve of Whitney Houston's funeral, more of Al Roker's 'Today' interview with Aretha Franklin, will air on DATELINE at 10p/9c. Performing at Houston's memorial tomorrow, Franklin talks to Roker exclusively about when she first met Houston, who she affectionately called Nippy, where she was when she found out that the legendary singer had passed and what she believes Houston's legacy will be.

Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award nominee Matthew Perry ('Friends') has been cast in a recurring role on THE GOOD WIFE. His first episode will air Sunday, March 25 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT), on the CBS Television Network.

The Paley Center for Media today announced the full lineup of special guest panelists for the upcoming PaleyFest: The William S. Paley Television Festival.

On the Wednesday, February 22nd episode of the CW drama ONE TREE HILL, entitled 'Last Known Surroundings', actor Chad Michael Murray returns to the show in which he began his career in a guest starring appearance. Austin Nichols will direct the special episode.

Sharon Osbourne and David Arquette, will lend their voices as Mama Hook and Skully on Disney Junior's #1 series JAKE AND THE NEVER LAND PIRATES. Disney Junior recently ordered a third season of its #1 series and cable TV's #1 series among Boys 2-5, bringing the episode tally to 100 thus far.

Hollywood icons Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy will present at the 84th Academy Awards(R), the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today. This is the Muppets' fifth appearance at the Academy Awards.

According to EWonline, political pundit Pat Buchanan will no longer be a member of the MSNBC broadcasting team.

The Las Vegas episode of AMERICAN IDOL scored a rating's win for the FOX network last night. However, numbers from the 8:00 pm first hour of the two-hour edition were off slightly from last week.

On last night's LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON on NBC, guest Maya Rudolph confirmed that SNL alum Amy Poehler would be making a cameo appearance on this Saturday's SNL, to be hosted by Rudolph.

As first reported on Deadline.com, Will Smith has signed on to star in a second installment of the Warner Bros 2007 hit film I AM LEGEND.

Oscar(R) telecast producers Brian Grazer and Don Mischer have invited Cirque du Soleil to present a wholly unique and exclusive performance for the 84th Academy Awards, it was announced today. The one-time-only event will feature the largest Cirque cast ever assembled for a single act.

CMT's BIG NEW COMEDY WEEK returns beginning Monday, March 5, promising to be the most comedy-packed week to date highlighted by the world premiere of THEM IDIOTS WHIRLED TOUR special featuring Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall and Larry the Cable Guy from their 2011 arena tour.

In an exclusive interview with the 'Today' show's Al Roker this morning, Aretha Franklin revealed that she learned the news of Whitney Houston's death much the same way most of America did, on TV.

Beginning at 11:30AM ET/8:30AM PT, BET News and CENTRIC, along with on-air correspondents April Woodard and Lola Oguinake will bring viewers complete live, in-depth coverage of the legendary pop singer's funeral from her childhood church, New Hope Baptist Church, in Newark, New Jersey.

On this morning's 'Good Morning America', entertainer William Shatner spoke with anchor Josh Elliott about his new one-man show SHATNER'S WORLD: WE JUST LIVE IN IT, now running for a limited engagement on Broadway.

According to the New York Post, funnyman Stephen Colbert has temporarily shut down production of his Comedy Central talk show THE COLBERT REPORT due to the failing health of his 91-year-old mother, Lorna Colbert. The nature of her medical issues have not been revealed. Yesterday it had been reported that the show was being cancelled due to 'unforseen circumstances'.

NBC has just released a behind-the-scenes video of the making of the SMASH upcoming episode 'Enter Mr. DiMaggio' which includes the original song 'Mr. and Mrs. Smith'. The video features Megan Hilty, who portrays an actress recently cast in the role of Marilyn Monroe in a fictional Broadway production, as well as Will Chase, whose character plays the role of Joe Dimaggio in the show.

The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce will honor Jennifer Aniston with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on February 22, 2012 in front of the W Hollywood Hotel at the famous corner of Hollywood and Vine.

TVGuide.com reports that all four coaches from the NBC singing competition THE VOICE have signed on to appear on Season 3 of the show which is now scheduled to air for the first time in the fall.

As first reported on TVLine.com, Malin Akerman and Jean Smart have been cast in the upcoming ABC comedy pilot THE SMART ONE from Portia de Rossi.