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ABC earned second place on Thursday in Total Viewers and Adults 18-49, while ranking #1 on the evening with Adults 18-34 and key Women (W18-34/W18-49). Increasing its overall audience on the night for the 4th week in a row, ABC generated its most-watched Thursday since March and equaled its highest Adult 18-49 rating on the night since February - since 3/25/10 and 2/11/10, respectively.

Nick at Nite will kick off the second season of its original stop-motion animated comedy series, Glenn Martin, DDS, on Friday, June 11, at 10:30 p.m. (ET/PT) with all-new episodes packed with celebrity guest stars including Bret Michaels, Mel Brooks, Fergie, Kristen Bell, Sean Hayes, Betty White, Jimmy Kimmel, John Corbett, Fran Drescher, Bradley Whitford, Cheri Oteri, MC Hammer, Jason Alexander, George Takei, Howie Mandel, Don Johnson, Ty Burrell, Ashley Tisdale, Jim Parsons, two-time Emmy Award winner Bryan Cranston and Oscar nominated actresses Gabourey Sibide and Ellen Page, among others.

OWN: THE OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK has struck an advertising partnership with leading retailer Kohl's Department Stores for the original series 'Your OWN Show: Oprah's Search For The Next TV Star.'

Led this week by 'The Office,' 'Celebrity Apprentice,' 'The Biggest Loser,' '30 Rock,' 'Law & Order: SVU' and 'Parenthood,' NBC averaged a 1.9 rating, 6 share in adults 18-49 and 5.6 million viewers overall for the week of May 3-9, according to in-home viewing figures from Nielsen Media Research.

John Carney will be joining CNBC.com, the online destination for real-time global business news and expert analysis, as Senior Editor, it was announced today by Allen Wastler, Managing Editor, CNBC.com. In addition to writing for the site, Carney will also appear regularly on CNBC's Business Day programming.

'LAST CALL WITH CARSON DALY' Announces Guests 5/13-31

NBC will present coverage of the fifth installment of its ultimate big-stakes poker showdown - the National Heads-Up Poker Championship presented by GoDaddy.com from Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nev., this Sunday at Noon ET. This Sunday will feature the Round of eight, and players who advance to the semifinals are guaranteed at least $125,000 in prize money.

On Saturday 8th May the Theo Adams Company presented the European Premiere of their new theatrical production, ‘Cry Out', at Klangraum in Krems, one of the oldest Mendicant orders' churches in world. The performance was part of the annual Donaufestival in Austria.

Tickets go on sale Friday, May 14 at 10 a.m. for all three shows and can be purchased online at BlumenthalCenter.org, by phone at 704-372-1000 or from the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center Box Office located in the Tryon Street lobby of the Belk Theater.

Artistic Director BJ Jones and Executive Director Timothy J. Evans announce the World Premiere of Low Down Dirty Blues, by Randal Myler and Dan Wheetman, the creators of It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues and Fire on the Mountain. The production will feature Tony Award nominee Felicia P. Fields (The Color Purple) in her first role in Chicago since The Color Purple and two-time Jeff Award-winner Mississippi Charles Bevel. The production will be directed by Randal Myler with musical direction by Dan Wheetman. Low Down Dirty Blues runs May 27 - July 3, 2010 at Northlight Theatre, 9501 Skokie Blvd in Skokie. The press opening is Saturday, June 5, 2010.

Salons Participate In Annual Cancer & HIV/AIDS Fundraiser 'Hopecuts' 5/16

In 2005 Wings Theatre Company hosted the New York City premiere of Repo: The Genetic Opera (Repo!), then a developing stage show spectacular created by Darren Smith and Terrance Zdunich. In 2008 Repo! was released as a movie, a Lionsgate/Twisted Pictures film, helmed by Darren Lynn Bousman famed director of Saw II, III & IV.

Judy Tenuta Presents 'Full Frontal Tenudity' At Lovitz Comedy Club 6/19

Puerto Rican actress/singer Karina Casiano returns with her third one-woman show, the theatrical concert ROOTLESS: La No-Nostalgia, featuring songs about the emotional life of immigrants. The sexy, bilingual multimedia cabaret is part of the 7th Annual soloNOVA Arts Festival at P.S.122 (150 First Avenue at 9th Street in Manhattan.)

As part of the Planet Connections Theatre Festivity, New York City's premiere eco-friendly theatre festival, the Coal Free Future Project will perform '4 1/2 Hours: Across the Stones of Fire, ' a timely and groundbreaking multimedia theatre production that brings the frontline controversies of the coalfields to the New York City stage, on June 4-13 at the Gene Frankel Theatre, 24 Bond Street, Manhattan.

Silver Spring Stage is proud to present The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler as a special benefit to the theater for 5 performances only this weekend May 14 to May 16. This exceptional celebration of women and empowerment will move audiences seamlessly from laughter to tears to rejoicing. Silver Spring Stage dedicates this benefit to two veterans of its theater community who succumbed to cancer last year. The proceeds will support Silver Spring Stage and two cancer foundations. The production is directed by Grace Overbeke, Christie Walser, and Rayona Young and features new and familiar actors to the Stage.

The Maine State Music Theatre will perform open its 52nd summer season with the ever-popular musical, ALWAYS...PATSY CLINE. Directed by Chan Harris, the show runs from June 9th and through June 26th.

Following the resounding success of RAGTIME, Drury Lane Theatre continues their celebration of ‘the year of the Director' with Jim Corti's dazzling production of the musical comedy SUGAR which previews at Drury Lane Oakbrook, 100 Drury Lane, on June 3, opens June 12 at 8:30 p.m. and runs through August 1.

In the wake of the devastating floods in Nashville, the Nashville Symphony's presentation of Gustavo Dudamel with pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, scheduled for Saturday, May 15, has moved to the Tennessee Performing Arts Center (TPAC).

The track listing for the soundtrack has been announced. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse Soundtrack will be released June 8, 2010.