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The NAACP and TV One announce today that Stevie Wonder will perform, Kevin Hart has been added as a presenter, and Kerry Washington, Michael B. Jordan, Terrence Howard, Alfre Woodard, David Oyelowo, Chandra Wilson, Shemar Moore and Regina King have been confirmed to attend the 45th NAACP Image Awards. The two-hour star-studded special will broadcast LIVE on TV One from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium on Saturday, February 22, 9:00 p.m./6:00 p.m. ET/PT. The telecast will also include 'The 45th NAACP Image Awards Red Carpet Live' one-hour pre-show at 8:00 p.m./5:00 p.m. ET/PT.

The Paley Center for Media today announced acclaimed writer, producer, and director Judd Apatow as the recipient of the 2014 PALEYFEST Icon Award, which is named for William S. Paley, the pioneering media titan and founder of The Paley Center for Media, and recognizes individual creative achievements in television. Apatow will receive the award at a celebration hosted by Pat Mitchell, president & CEO of The Paley Center for Media on Monday, March 10, 2014, at the Center's Beverly Hills location, which will serve as the kickoff event for PALEYFEST.

TLC's highest-rated freshmen series ever introduced viewers to five young men and women who chose to leave their sheltered Amish and Mennonite lives to experience New York City together for the first time, and then followed them as they traveled south to Sarasota, FL. TLC is now in production with a new spin-off series that follows Abe, Rebecca, Sabrina, Jeremiah, and Kate as they continue to acclimate to their new lives while still applying some Amish traditions to holidays and major life events. Mary, Katie Ann, and Andrew all return as well, and viewers are finally introduced to Chester (Mary's husband), Chapel (Andrew's girlfriend) and Kayla (Rebecca's daughter). The network has ordered six hour-long episodes, slated to premiere in June 2014.

Well-known TV personality Penelope Menchaca returns to Telemundo as host of “Suelta La Sopa Extra' on Sunday nights following 'Top Chef Estrellas,' the culinary competition that premiered last week, and soon, 'La Voz Kids.' The vibrant and charismatic Penelope, will bring viewers the latest developments, exclusive features, behind the scenes footage, gossip and previews of these popular Sunday programs.

NBC's primetime coverage of the XXII Olympic Winter Games tomorrow, Friday, February 21 at 8/7c is highlighted by the women's slalom gold medal final in alpine skiing where 18-year-old phenom Mikaela Shiffrin, the reigning world and World Cup champion in slalom, takes to the Sochi course for her signature event. In men's short track, two-time Olympic medalist J.R. Celski aims to qualify for gold medal finals in the 500m and 5000m relay. He is the world record holder in the 500m and will anchor the U.S. relay, which is ranked No. 1 in the world. Also in short track is the women's 1000m, with the team pursuit in men's speed skating featuring four-time Olympic medalist Shani Davis skating for Team USA rounding out primetime on NBC Friday.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Universal has just picked up the rights to Kim Barker's memoir THE TALIBAN SHUFFLE, with Tina Fey attached to star. SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE's Lorne Michaels will produce alongside Fey. 30 ROCK writer Robert Carlock will pen the script.

ODYSSEY follows three families entangled in a military conspiracy by way of a female solider (Friel), a corporate attorney (Facinelli) and a political activist (Robinson). Adam Armus and Kay Foster (The Following) are set to write the script and produce with Horton, who will direct the pilot.

The official “Fury” trailer from Exxodus Pictures' upcoming supernatural thriller JINN, which will be hitting theaters across the country on April 4, 2014 via Freestyle Releasing. It is written and directed by Ajmal Zaheer Ahmad, and stars Serinda Swan, Ray Park, Dominic Rains, and Faran Tahir. Check it out below!

At 8 o'clock, “Pretty Little Liars” spiked to four-week highs, ranking as cable TV's #1 telecast in the hour for its 91st-consecutive original telecast in Females 12-34 (1.5 million/3.2 rating) – every telecast since its June 2010 series launch – 43rd in Adults 18-34 (1.0 million/1.5 rating), 50th in Women 18-34 (855,000/2.5 rating) and 54th in Viewers 12-34 (1.7 million/1.8 rating).

Actress Fran Drescher opens up about her life, love and her Broadway debut in a revealing interview with Tracy Smith for CBS SUNDAY MORNING WITH CHARLES OSGOOD to be broadcast Feb. 23, 2014 (9:00 AM ET) on the CBS Television Network.

Sex Tips for Straight Women from a Gay Man, a new comedy written by Matt Murphy, based on the best-selling book by Dan Anderson and Maggie Berman, is now playing Off-Broadway at The 777 Theatre (777 Eighth Avenue, between 47th and 48th Streets). Directed by Tim Drucker (writer/director of Spidermusical,co-book writer for the musical Fat Camp) Sex Tips for Straight Women from a Gay Man stars Jason Michael Snow (last seen on Broadway in Book of Mormon, and the composer, co-writer and co-producer of the current internet sensation Russian Broadway Shut Down) as Dan, Lindsay Nicole Chambers (Lysistrata Jones, Forbidden Broadway, "Submissions Only") as Robyn, and Andrew Brewer (Cougar The Musical) as Stefan. Tickets for Sex Tips for Straight Women from a Gay Manare now on sale now at SexTipsPlay.com. Check out highlights from the production, below!

The newest THEATER TALK features A Tribute to Jerry Herman - occasioned by the 50th Anniversary of Herman's Hello, Dolly!, featuring anecdotes and performances by Lee Roy Reams, Klea Blackhurst and Fred Barton - and A Romance in Radio with actor Richard Seff reminiscing about his career in radio when the medium was at its peak and just beginning to lose ground to TV in the 1950s.

STARZ announced today that acclaimed filmmaker David Mich'd will direct the first episode of the new original drama series 'Flesh and Bone.' Mich'd is known as both a writer and director and his debut feature film Animal Kingdom went on to win multiple awards, as well as Golden Globe(R) and Oscar(R) nominations. His next feature film, The Rover, which he wrote and directed, stars Guy Pearce and Robert Pattinson.

FOX's week was highlighted by strong performances by AMERICAN IDOL XIII, ALMOST HUMAN, THE FOLLOWING, DADS, NEW GIRL and BROOKLYN NINE-NINE. FOX ranked No. 2 for the week among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 and Teens, but was No. 1 for the week among these demos with entertainment programming.

Sabine is a key member of the Ghost crew in Star Wars Rebels. As seen in the video below, featuring early design concepts, animation tests, and final art, Sabine is unlike any Star Wars character ' especially in her love for blowing things up and tagging her work with graffiti.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Oscar winner Terrence Howard has signed on to star in Lee Daniels and Danny Strong's upcoming hip-hop drama pilot EMPIRE for Fox.

For the week of February 10, 2014, powered by Sunday's finale of 'Good Luck Charlie' and an all-new 'I Didn't Do It,' Disney Channel extended its streak as TV's #1 Total Day network to 140-consecutive weeks among both Kids 6-11 (519,000/2.2 rating) and Tweens 9-14 (466,000/1.9 rating) ' dates back to week of 6/13/11 ' exceeding Nickelodeon by double digits in the target youth demos.

The fast-paced medical documentary series, SYDNEY ER, is heading back to Discovery Fit & Health for a second season. Viewers will get a glimpse into Australia's world-class St. Vincent's Hospital, which is located just a stone's throw from Sydney's bustling business district and entertainment hub. Each 30-minute episode follows an extraordinary team of doctors, nurses and specialists, as they work together to deal with the frenetic pace of one of Australia's busiest emergency departments. SYDNEY ER premieres Friday, March 7, 2014 at 9PM (ET/PT) on Discovery Fit & Health.

Hallmark Channel announces the World Premiere of 'Signed, Sealed, Delivered,' the network's highly anticipated new Original Series, debuting Sunday, April 20 (8pm ET/PT, 7C), created and Executive Produced by Martha Williamson, best known as the creative force behind the mega-hit 'Touched By An Angel.' The time slot represents Hallmark Channel's expansion into Sunday evenings and a coming home for Williamson to the same time period once held by 'Touched by an Angel.' The series stars Eric Mabius ('Ugly Betty'), Kristin Booth ('The Kennedys'), Crystal Lowe ('Smallville') and Geoff Gustafson ('Primeval: New World'). Special guest-stars announced to-date include Golden Globe(R) and four-time Emmy(R) winning actress Valerie Harper ('Mary Tyler Moore,' 'Rhoda') and five-time Emmy(R) winner and two-time Golden Globe(R) nominee Dick Van Dyke ('The Dick Van Dyke Show,' 'Diagnosis Murder'). Both stars will portray Supervisors in a revolving role that will feature television icons through the run of season one.

Bravo Media's favorite New York realtors of 'Million Dollar Listing New York' and the 'shady boots' ladies of 'Married to Medicine' are back for brand-new seasons at the beginning of April.