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Imagination Theater in Placerville has scheduled auditions for the holiday favorite, White Christmas. Auditions will be held May 14 at 9:00 a.m. with callbacks following on May 15 at 1:00 p.m.

St.Thomas Players announces auditions for Almost, Maine by John Cariani

The Northwest Development Officers Association (NDOA) has selected Robert W. Davidson as the recipient of the 2011 Professional Achievement Award.

Showbiz legend Debbie Reynolds will bring a lifetime of songs and stories to McCarter Theatre on Saturday, May 21 at 7:30 p.m. She will be accompanied by musical director Joey Singer on piano and Albie Berks on drums.

The season opens when 'Sesame Street meets South Park' in the Tony Award Best Musical of the Year, smash-hit, Avenue Q. This delightful parody that dares to ask the question, 'What do you do with a B.A. in English?' is on stage May 25 to June 18.

CBS placed first for the week in viewers with 10 of the top 20 programs led by NCIS, the #1 scripted program, and THE GOOD WIFE, which delivered its best ratings since October, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week ending May 8, week 33 of the 2010-2011 television season.

Innerscope Research, Inc. and Fox Broadcasting Company (FOX) today released new biometric research on the roles of television and online media in creating and extending brand equity. Using Innerscope's Brand Immersion Model, a framework for defining the relationship between the immersive platform of TV and the web's flexible platform, the research found that TV, through its unmatched ability to create new, unconscious emotional connections, has the power to form need states - which make consumers receptive to brand messages - where none existed before.

Homeowners who want a license to create over-the-top backyards worthy of a theme park will get it with HGTV's new weekly series My Yard Goes Disney, premiering on Monday, June 6, at 8 p.m. ET/PT. During the six-episode series, hosted by R. Brandon Johnson, HGTV and Disney Parks will team up to surprise lucky families with a spectacular backyard makeover. Whether it's a collection of water-spouting elephants, a miniature teacup ride or a magical pool inspired by Mickey Mouse, HGTV brings the fun and spirit of the Disney Parks home.

SHARK WEEK, cable television's longest-running programming event and the ultimate summertime ritual, returns to Discovery Channel Sunday, July 31 at 9PM with seven all-new specials and some of the most watched shows from recent years. The 24th annual fin-filled celebration will feature Discovery Channel's new Chief Shark Officer (CSO), comedian Andy Samberg.

Led by 'The Voice,' which grew in its second week in all key ratings and was the #3 primetime show of the week in adults 18-49, and 'The Office,' which also ranked among the top 10 programs in primetime's key demo, NBC averaged a 2.0 rating, 6 share in adults 18-49 and 5.7 million viewers overall for the week of May 2-8, according to in-home viewing figures from Nielsen Media Research.

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network's new original series 'Why Not? With Shania Twain,' which premiered Sunday, May 8 at 11 p.m. ET/PT, debuted as the highest rated premiere to date outside of launch weekend for the network and posted triple digit growth across all key demos versus year ago Discovery Health numbers (.80 W25-54, 839,000 total viewers; +321% W25-54, +230% P2+ vs. YAGO). The series ranked third in its timeslot in the key female demo among 88 ad-supported cable networks. 'Why Not? with Shania Twain' moves to its regular time period Sundays at 10 p.m. ET/PT this week (May 15).

Continuing to build its numbers during the week of May 2, 2011, ABC delivered a strong second-place finish in both Total Viewers (9.1 million) and Adults 18-49 (2.5/7). In fact ABC paced No. 2 to Fox in Adults 18-49 for the 4th consecutive week, beating CBS by 14% (2.2/6) and NBC by 25% (2.0/6).

FOX has renewed the hit series HOUSE for an eighth season, it was announced today by Kevin Reilly, President of Entertainment, Fox Broadcasting Company.

During the week of May 2, Disney Channel ranked as TV's No. 1 network in Total Day among Tweens 9-14 (441,000/1.8 rating) for the 2nd straight week, and for the 21st time in the previous 23 weeks, and was also TV's No. 1 network among Kids 6-11 (544,000/2.2 rating). Led by the series finale of 'The Suite Life on Deck' and a special preview of upcoming original series 'A.N.T. Farm,' Disney Channel delivered TV's Top 3 telecasts in Kids 6-11 and the Top 4 TV telecasts in Tweens 9-14.

From the foods we love to eat to the mythical creatures that love to eat us, Sundance Channel's 'Love Lust' will take on our guiltiest pleasures this summer, including the undead (vampires, zombies, etc.), social networks, sex symbols and secret societies. Airing Tuesdays nights, beginning June 7th at 10 pm ET/PT, each hour-long episode of 'Love Lust' provides a definitive and entertaining account of how life's cultural innovations progress from novelty to ubiquity.

Actor Colin Hanks has joined the cast of SHOWTIME's Emmy(R) nominated drama series DEXTER(TM) for Season 6. Hanks, who will appear in all twelve episodes, will play Travis, a highly intelligent young expert on ancient artifacts who gets linked to a series of grisly murders in Miami. Production on begins in June in Los Angeles and will premiere on SHOWTIME this fall.

CBS has announced premiere dates for two summer reality series - the returning BIG BROTHER and new series SAME NAME - and announced airdates and hosts for three of its summer event specials.

With DWTS and Castle, ABC dominated its 2nd straight Monday of the May Sweep, more than doubling runner-up CBS in Total Viewers and beating Fox by 65% in Adults 18-49. In fact the Net beat its rivals in all 6 half-hours of the night in viewers and young adults. ABC qualified as Monday's most-watched TV network for the 9th week running and took first place on the evening in Adults 18-49 for the 8th time in 9 weeks.

Tears have been shed and relationships have been tested as the couples of 'Wedding Wars' have endured the long, hard, mosquito-bitten battle for the wedding of their dreams. For the past nine weeks, viewers have watched 12 engaged couples face extreme challenges and harsh living conditions while competing for incredible prizes and a destination wedding. But as the competition draws to an end, there are only three couples left to duke it out and no one wants to lose the war now.

Daniel Tosh steps into the ring with Manny Pacquiao and challenges the World champion boxer to clock him in the face. Tune-in to COMEDY CENTRAL's 'Tosh.0' on Tuesday, May 17 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT to see how the host handles the punch when new episodes return.