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CBS has officially announced that Emmy Award winner and Golden Globe Award nominee Jane Curtin ("Kate & Allie") will join the cast of UNFORGETTABLE as a series regular, on the CBS Television Network.

Valerie Simpson (of the hit songwriting/performing duo Ashford & Simpson) and Mike Stoller (of the GRAMMY®-winning songwriting team Leiber & Stoller) - both of whom lost their longtime songwriting partners this past year (Nick Ashford and Jerry Leiber) - will join previously announced seven-time GRAMMY winner Usher in a moving tribute to songwriters on THE GRAMMY NOMINATIONS CONCERT LIVE! - COUNTDOWN TO MUSIC'S BIGGEST NIGHT®.

To usher in the holiday season, Syfy will present a snow globe with the power to destroy the world in the Saturday Original Movie Snowmageddon, airing Saturday, December 10 at 9PM (ET/PT) during the channel's second annual Countdown to Christmas Week.

Talk show host Conan O'Brien will appear as himself on the hit improvisational comedy series WEB THERAPY starring Lisa Kudrow. Kudrow plays therapist Fiona Wallace in a three-part episode which will air on LStudio.com on December 14th.

In a post-performance interview with the Hollywood Reporter last night, DANCING WITH THE STARS contestant Ricki Lake discussed her performance as well as her excitement for her newly slimmed-down figure.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Twentieth Television has announced that DANCING WITH THE STARS contestant Ricki Lake will have a new talk show, 'The Ricki Lake Show', beginning in September of 2012.

HBO's GAME OF THRONES is currently in production for a second season. The show will return to the air in the spring of 2012. The season will mainly focus on the events in George R.R. Martin's A Clash of Kings, the second book in the best-selling A Song of Ice and Fire series on which Thrones is based.

The Washington Post reports that superstar Lady GaGa made a surprise appearance last night at the 39th International Emmy Awards in New York. The star presented the honorary International Emmy Founders Award to Britain's Nigel Lythgoe. Lythgoe serves as executive producer of the two popular US talent competition shows 'American Idol' and 'So You Think You Can Dance'.

Actors Kellan Lutz and Ashley Greene have paired up once again for the upcoming film A WARRIOR'S HEART which will be in theaters on December 2nd. The twosome played Edward Cullen's adopted siblings Emmett and Alice in 'The Twilight Saga'.

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: GHOST PROTOCOL is coming to theaters nationwide on December 21st from Paramount Pictures. The action drama is written by J.J. Abrams, Josh Appelbaum, Tom Cruise, André Nemec and stars Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg and Josh Holloway.

On last night's episode of NBC's THE SING-OFF, Afro-Blue became the most recent group to be eliminated from the competition. On the show, the a cappella singing groups were challenged to sing a mash up of two songs which were related lyrically, as well as a song chosen by the judges.

On tonight's episode of NBC's PARENTHOOD entitled, 'Mr. Honesty', an inappropriate moment at work disrupts Adam (Peter Krause) and Kristina's (Monica Potter) marriage.

On tonight's episode of NBC's THE BIGGEST LOSER, the contestants start their week with a holiday food temptation involving Thanksgiving favorites and amazing prizes, including a coveted 3 lb. advantage. Later, trainers Bob Harper, Anna Kournikova and Dolvett Quince prepare a healthy Thanksgiving dinner for the players, and everyone shares what they are most thankful for, with one trainer sharing a surprising revelation.

In the November 29th episode of ABC's BODY OF PROOF entitled 'Gross Anatomy', a murdered young woman's body turns up in place of a medical school cadaver during class, leaving Megan to rely on the aid of the star student to help solve the case.

On Wednesday night's episode of MODERN FAMILY on ABC entitled,'Punkin Chunkin', an old neighborhood kid, (Josh Gad) returns to town as a hugely successful internet billionaire and it gets Phil thinking of what could have been. Jay feels Manny could use a little dose of constructive criticism, and Cameron is offended when Mitchell questions the authenticity of his colorful childhood stories.

On last night's episode of ABC's DANCING WITH THE STARS, all three couples competed against one another with two dances. The first number was a style the couples had not yet done. Then, all three contenders performed the always popular and fan favorite Freestyle dances, in the final one-hour performance show.

Steve Buscemi returns on December 3 for his second time hosting. Buscemi currently stars in HBO's critically acclaimed series, 'Boardwalk Empire,' which earned him a Screen Actors Guild Award, Golden Globe Award and an Emmy nomination for his role. Along with acting, he also directs episodes of '30 Rock' and 'Nurse Jackie.'

People.com reports that Bachelorette Ali Fedotowsky and her fiance Roberto Martinez have ended their relationship. The couple had met on Season 6 of the ABC reality show THE BACHELORETTE in 2010. In the last several months, Fedotowsky has denied rumors that their relationship was having its share of difficulties and was not the cause of the postponement of their upcoming wedding.

The SXSW Film Festival award-winning documentary BECOMING SANTA makes its television debut on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network on Wednesday, December 7 from 9:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. ET/PT.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, the final appearance of talk show host Regis Philbin on the ABC morning show LIVE WITH REGIS AND KELLY delievered huge ratings for the network. Last Friday's show pulled ia 7.7 household rating and a whopping 23% of households in the nation were tuned in to the special farewell episode.