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From the hottest parties to the dirtiest diapers, VH1 is giving viewers a fly-on-wall look into the life of one of Hollywood's former sexiest bachelors as he makes the transition to super dad. 'Mario Lopez: Saved By The Baby' premieres on VH1 November 1 at 10:30PM ET/PT.

NBC's late-night lineup has delivered ratings wins for the week of September 27-October 1, as 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno' out-delivered all cable and broadcast entertainment competition in the time period in adult 18-49 viewers and total viewers.

ABC revels in the spirit of everyone's favorite spooky holiday this month.

Oxygen Media greenlights new series, 'Tori & Dean: sTORIbook Weddings,' to begin production in October. The eight-episode series follows Oxygen fan favorites Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott as they set out to give couples a once in a lifetime experience. Additionally, the network has renewed the hit series 'Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood' for a sixth season. The announcements were made today by Amy Introcaso-Davis, Senior Vice President, Original Programming and Development, Oxygen Media.

During the week of September 27, ABC's 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' retained nearly 100% of its Total Viewer audience (1.68 million vs. 1.69 million) and held 94% retention in Adults 18-49 (689,000 vs. 733,000) of its strong premiere week performance. In fact, 'JKL' turned in its 2nd-best weekly numbers in over 3 months - since the week of 6/14/10. In addition, 'JKL' was up in Total Viewers over the same week last year (1.66 million on w/o 9/28/09).

Puccini's classic love story La Bohème returns to the Metropolitan Opera on October 16 for an extended run of performances, starring some of opera's most celebrated young stars in the roles of Mimì and Rodolfo. Franco Zeffirelli's production, an audience favorite since 1981, will be conducted by Roberto Rizzi Brignoli in his Met debut.

Cape Rep Theatre will conclude its 25th Anniversary Season on November 4 with the area premiere of the Musical Comedy Smash The Drowsy Chaperone. Keith Coughlin will direct and choreograph. Scott Storr will serve as musical director. Performances will continue for 5 weeks through December 5.

The producers of 9 to 5: The Musical are pleased to announce the cast for the musical, which runs November 9 - 21, 2010 at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, located at 800 Bagby (77002).

One of the most uproariously funny musicals in recent years, URINETOWN is a hilarious tale of greed, corruption, love, and revolution in a time when water is worth its weight in gold. In a Gotham-like city, a terrible water shortage, caused by a 20-year drought, has led to a government-enforced ban on private toilets. The citizens must use public amenities, regulated by a single malevolent company that profits by charging admission for one of humanity's most basic needs. Amid the people, a hero decides he's had enough, and plans a revolution to lead them all to freedom!

British DJ/producer Gareth Emery is used to breaking boundaries. He was voted # 9 in DJ Mag's Top 100 DJs 2009 poll-one of only a handful of DJs to crack the world's top ten before the age of 30-and spent more time at the top of last year's Beatport trance chart than any other artist. He spent the first six months of this year touring 30 different countries and playing to over a million fans as well to a sold-out capacity crowd at New York's Electric Zoo Festival. And now, the global dance music superstar is releasing his highly anticipated debut artist album, Northern Lights on Napith Music, along with a full tour to give all a taste of its completely brand new tracks, a seamless mix through the worlds of house, trance, techno, and electro.

The soundtrack tracklisting for the new musical film 'Burlesque' has just been announced.

Get ready for an explosive night of sizzling performances, comebacks, cyphers and surprises on the BET HIP HOP AWARDS '10. Taped from the Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center in Atlanta, Georgia, this year's awards brought out the hottest in the game and proved that 'hip hop ain't dead.' Premiering on Tuesday, October 12 at 8:00 p.m.*, watch the elements ignite as the 'cool kids of hip hop' come together for an incredible night of tributes and performances.

CBS Mobile and Chillingo, a leading downloadable games publisher, today announced the new mobile game based on the Emmy-nominated television series NUMB3RS is now available at the App Store. The game, now available for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, lets fans continue their passion for the show and crime solving while taking on the role of a FBI consultant tasked to bring down a sinister, criminal network in Los Angeles.

CBS's LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN matched 'The Tonight Show' in adults 25-54 and adults 18-34 and THE LATE LATE SHOW with CRAIG FERGUSON topped 'Late Night' in viewers and tied in adults 25-54 and adults 18-34, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week ending Oct. 1.

Haven, Syfy's original series from leading independent producer Entertainment One (eOne), has been renewed for season two. The 13-episode season will commence production on location in Nova Scotia in Spring 2011 with an eye towards a Summer 2011 premiere.

Producing improved year-to-year returns, ABC was up over the same Wednesday last year (10/6/09) by 6% in Total Viewers (7.1 million vs. 6.7 million) and by 9% in Adults 18-49 (2.5/7 vs. 2.3/7). The Net was also up 4% over the prior week among Adults 18-49.

The buddy comedy 'Shake It Up,' television's first dance-driven sitcom, from veteran producers Chris Thompson ('Laverne & Shirley,' 'Bosom Buddies') and Rob Lotterstein ('The War at Home,' 'Ellen'), premieres SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7 (8:30 p.m., ET/PT) on Disney Channel. The series stars 13-year-old Bella Thorne and 14-year-old Zendaya as best friends CeCe and Rocky, whose dreams of becoming professional dancers are realized when they land roles as background dancers on the most popular teen dance show, 'Shake It Up, Chicago!'

Dinosaurs are coming to life on Nick Jr.'s Dino Dan, a new half-hour preschool series premiering with two back-to-back episodes on Sunday, Oct. 17, at 7:00 p.m. (all times ET). The 26-episode series combines live-action with CG-animation to create an adventure-filled modern day world where dinosaurs roam freely - at least in the imagination of the title character, Dan. Following the Oct. 17 premiere, Nick Jr. will air two weeks of brand-new episodes, Monday, Oct. 18 --Thursday, Oct. 21; and Monday, Oct. 25 - Thursday, Oct. 28 at 5:00 p.m. ET. The Dino Dan premiere will be simulcast in full on Nick Mobile and the series will air everyday at 5:00 p.m. ET on Nick Jr. The series is developed and produced by Sinking Ship Entertainment.

Cartoon Network announced today the Season Two premiere of its hit series Adventure Time is slated to air on Monday, October 11th at 8 p.m. ET/PT. The original series, which debuted in February of this year, is the highest rated new animated series of 2010 to date with boys 2-11* and received a Primetime Emmy(R) nomination in the category of Outstanding Short-Form Animation Program.

CBS placed first on Wednesday in viewers, adults 18-49 (tie) and adults 25-54 for the third consecutive week as SURVIVOR: NICARAGUA won its time period in all key measures, CRIMINAL MINDS was the night's #1 program in viewers and THE DEFENDERS placed first in viewers and adults 25-54 at 10:00 PM, according to Nielsen preliminary live plus same day ratings for Oct. 6.