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Set your guy-dar to Spike TV this June as the network will honor the year's most man-tastic accomplishments with a proverbial 'A-Team' of icons from the world of entertainment during its fourth annual 'Guys Choice.' From Olympic Gold medalists to Academy Award winners to Sports Illustrated cover models, all will be in attendance to pay tribute to the kingdom of testosterone. Taping Saturday, June 5 at the Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, CA, 'Guys Choice' premieres Sunday, June 20 (10:00 PM - Midnight, ET/PT).

The CW's reality hit AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL crowned Krista White as the cycle 14 winner in a two-hour season finale and delivered the network's best Wednesday night ratings in total viewers (3.77million), adults 18-34 (1.8/6), women 18-49 (2.6/7) and adults 18-49 (1.7/5) since March 2009. TOP MODEL delivered the best women 18-34 (2.7/8) ratings since the cycle 13 premiere in September 2009, according to national live plus same day Nielsen ratings for Wednesday, May 12, 2010.

Telemundo Communications Group, a leading producer of high-quality content for Hispanics in the U.S. and audiences around the world, announced today its 2010-2011 original programming season at a press conference held at The Modern in New York City. The new programming announcement was made by Don Browne, President, Telemundo; Jacqueline Hernández, Chief Operating Officer, Telemundo; Mike Rodriguez, Senior Vice President, Network Sales and Marketing, Telemundo; Adriana Ibañez, Executive Vice President of Programming, Telemundo and Peter Blacker, Executive Vice President, Digital Media and Emerging Businesses.

According to Nielsen Media Research data, 'Meet the Press' was top-rated Sunday morning public affairs program for the week ending May 9. The NBC broadcast attracted 3.084 million total viewers, +21% more (+535,000) than second place CBS' 2.549 million total viewers, a 52% advantage (+1,060,000) over ABC's 2.024 million total viewers, and a +179% (1,979,000) lead over FOX's 1.105 million total viewers.

'Saturday Night Live'has scored its highest national 18-49 and total-viewer results in a year and a half, since the pre-election telecast of November 2008, according to 'live plus same day'national viewing figures from Nielsen Media Research.

Hollywood's 'Golden Girl' Betty White stopped by NBC's 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno' on Wednesday, May 12, to talk about her recent stint hosting NBC's 'Saturday Night Live'and her new series 'Hot in Cleveland.'

NBC and Microsoft Advertising announced today a unique, groundbreaking digital marketing partnership designed to promote NBC's 'More Colorful' Fall 2010 program lineup. The partnership will be executed through an extensive multi-screen advertising campaign that includes MSN, X-box, Microsoft Mobile and Bing.

Jimmy Kimmel welcomes the vampire and werewolf stars of 'The Twilight Saga' to a special primetime broadcast, 'Jimmy Kimmel Live: Twilight Saga: Total Eclipse of the Heart.' In their only primetime appearance together, stars Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner and more visit Kimmel WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23 (10:01-11:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.

Oxygen spices up summer 2010 with all new buzz worthy original programming beginning with the series premiere of 'Jersey Couture' on Tuesday, June 1 at 10:00 PM ET/PT and the return of the hit dance/weight loss competition series 'Dance Your Ass Off' hosted by Mel B (Spice Girls) on Monday, June 7 at 11 PM ET/PT. Later this summer, 'Bad Girls' fans will get their next dose of guilty pleasure when the fifth season takes a new city by storm as 'BGC Miami' premieres in August. And viewers will have to get their weaves in check when the new, over-the-top competition series 'Hair Battle Spectacular,' hosted by Brooke Burns, launches this August.

Taste the culinary power on the seventh season of the No. 1 food show on cable, Bravo's Emmy and James Beard Award-winning series 'Top Chef: Washington D.C.,' premiering Wednesday, June 16 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Bravo. The 17 new chef'testants come face to face in the nation's capitol for the ultimate power play that will determine just who has the chops to become Top Chef.

Crystal Bowersox, Lee DeWyze and Casey James are this season's AMERICAN IDOL Top 3 finalists after it was revealed that Michael Lynche received the fewest of America's nearly 37 million votes - the highest of the season. On Tuesday's performance show, the Top 4 performed hit songs from the movies, and Lynche, 26, from St. Petersburg, FL, sang 'Will You Be There?' from 'Free Willy.' In addition, this evening's results show featured special performances by Daughtry, Fantasia and rock legend Bon Jovi.

Director David Leveaux will helm the Broadway revival of ZORBA, starring Antonio Banderas. The news was reported today by Variety. Leveaux directed Banderas in the 2003 Roundabout Theatre Company revival of NINE.

NBC has developed 'Fan It,' an unprecedented custom-built network wide affinity program that provides exclusive incentives and rewards for fans in return for promoting, interacting with and discussing all of the network's new and returning 2010-11 programs.

ABC Family premieres its new original scripted series, 'Huge,' a one-hour relationship drama based on the Alloy Entertainment book of the same name by Sasha Paley, on Monday, June 28 (9:00 - 10:00 PM ET/PT). This new series is being developed by Winnie Holzman ('Wicked,' 'My So-Called Life,' 'Once & Again') and her daughter, Savannah Dooley.

TLC has announced that its new series FOUR WEDDINGS has been renewed for a second season. The network has ordered 8 hour-long episodes, and plans to premiere Season 2 in September.

During the week of May 3, 2010, ABC's 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' was up over the prior week in Total Viewers (1.75 million vs. 1.73 million) for the 2nd consecutive week. In fact, 'Kimmel' drew its largest overall audience in 3 months since w/o 2/8/10. In addition, 'JKL' was up by 11% in Total Viewers (1.75 million vs. 1.58 million) over the same week last year.

Surging over its lead-in by 1.8 million viewers and by 50% with young adults at 8:30pm, self-starter The Middle was the #1 show its half-hour for its 4th straight original telecast in Total Viewers and Adults 18-49. In fact among Adults 18-49, it finished as the #1 scripted show in its half-hour for the 6th time in its last 7 first-run airings. The ABC freshman comedy also delivered the #1 position in the half-hour Adults 25-54, Men 18-49 and Men 25-54.

HISTORY(TM)'s bravest drivers head back to Alaska, 250 miles north of the Arctic Circle, for season four of the highly popular series, ICE ROAD TRUCKERS. The group of elite drivers, including legendary Hugh Rowland, Alex Debogorski, the lady of the Ice Road, Lisa Kelly, and two new drivers, will face their most difficult season on the ice. Chronicling both the incredible challenges as well as the history of this fascinating region, season four of ICE ROAD TRUCKERS will premiere Sunday, June 6 at 9pm ET/PT.

Nickelodeon, the number-one entertainment brand for kids, and SCG Power Rangers LLC, an affiliate of Saban Brands, have partnered to make Nick the U.S. television platform for Power Rangers, the long-running kids' TV phenomenon now heading into its 18th television season. The partnership marks the return of the global franchise to its original developer, Haim Saban, who developed and produced the original 'Mighty Morphin Power Rangers' series in 1993. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Beginning Monday, May 31, 2010 at 4:00 pm (PST), Los Angeles theatre professionals Michael Sterling & Paul Stroili take to the airwaves with STATE OF THE ARTS (SOTA), an all-new, 50 minute, weekly worldwide radio series devoted to coverage of the performing arts in Los Angeles and beyond.