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This week's edition of “Saturday Night Live,” hosted by Jimmy Fallon and featuring musical guest Justin Timberlake, has generated the show's highest overnight ratings in nearly two years, according to “live plus same day” viewing figures from the 56 local markets metered by Nielsen Media Research.

Ron Burgundy returned to theaters this week in ANCHORMAN 2: THE LEGEND CONTINUES - the film, starring Will Ferrell, took second at the weekend box office, however, with THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG holding on to the top spot.

On last night's SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE cold open, a caroling gift wrapper battles two guys dressed as wrapping paper and a gift bag for business. Check it out below!

The acclaimed rapper will host the Jan. 18 broadcast of the long-running sketch comedy show.

Actor Charlie Sheen has spoke out against Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson's anti-gay comments he made in a recent interview for GQ's January issue.

During 2013 to date, Discovery Channel delivered its highest total viewership, and ratings in key demos, in 12 years; the channel also established a new ratings record for men. Additionally, SKYWIRE WITH NIK WALLENDA was the #1 live event on cable for the year and SHARK WEEK delivered its highest rated and most watched year. Discovery also had 11 series that averaged more than two million total viewers in 2013.

In preparation for the premiere of the highly-anticipated new original series PENNY DREADFUL, SHOWTIME has launched The Penny Dreadful Production Blog, a first of its kind for any SHOWTIME series. Penny-Dreadful.comprovides an in-depth look into the creation of the series, and offers unprecedented access from the series' creative team and producers. Fans will be taken behind the scenes to the production of the series from its early stages, as it is currently shooting in Ireland, through the end of season one.

Comedic collaborators Paul Rudd, Seth Rogen, Judd Apatow and Leslie Mann join Will Arnett, Channing Tatum and Judas Priest's Rob Halford as guest-voices in the all-new “Steal This Episode” episode of THE SIMPSONS airing Sunday, Jan. 5(8:00-8:30 PM ET/PT) on FOX.

Saturday Night Live alum Fred Armisen and Balthazar Getty (Brothers & Sisters) will guest star in one episode each of the upcoming third season of the hit SHOWTIME comedy series HOUSE OF LIES, premiering on January 12, 2014 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on the network. Armisen will play Vincent, a neurotic owner of a company that makes a meal-replacement product, and Getty is a wealthy hedge fund owner who knows Marissa (guest star Eliza Coupe). They join previously announced guest stars Mekhi Phifer, Tip “T.I.” Harris, Daniel Stern, Griffin Dunne and Jenny Slate, among others.

Three of AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY's leading ladies, Meryl Streep, Margo Martindale, and Abigail Breslin, recently sat down with Deadline's Pete Hammond following a screening of the film. Below, check out the interview and what they had to say about making the film!

E! will close out 2013 with three consecutive months of year-on-year growth in Primetime (8-11pm), up 20% for the timeslot among P18-49 (256K) in fourth quarter. Propelled by the continued strength of Keeping Up with the Kardashians, E! News, network specials and other core franchises, in addition to the new hit series Total Divas, Hello Ross and Eric & Jessie: Game On, the momentum has continued to build with the network on pace to deliver 31% year-on-year growth in Primetime in December.

Lange will play Wahlberg's mother, who will take on the role originally made famous by James Caan. The film follows 'a college professor whose gambling addiction takes over his life even after his debts lead to some nasty new friends.'

On Friday, Dec. 20, the union's two separate Madison Avenue offices will shut its doors for good and reopen Jan. 6 at One Lincoln Plaza, 1900 Broadway. This new space, across from Lincoln Center, will unite staff, who have been working in two locations since the March 2012 merger. Members, who have shuffled between the 260 and 360 Madison Avenue locations will now have one convenient location to conduct all their union business.

Last spring, HISTORY® introduced viewers to a clan of Norse warriors with a rapacious appetite for warfare, knowledge and power. The gripping family saga of Ragnar, Rollo, Lagertha, friends and enemies was a tale of brutality and passion, alliances and infidelities, infighting and death. It portrayed life in the Dark Ages, a world ruled by raiders and explorers, through the eyes of Viking society.

Jared Zirilli of the current broadway-aimed WE WILL ROCK YOU tour as well the Alley Theatre's A FEW GOOD MEN, off-Broadway's FAT CAMP and BARE, Broadway's LYSISTRATA JONES and WICKED, plus TWILIGHT THE MUSICAL, brings you 'Jared's Broadway Boo's' #64 with 'SMASH' and 'First Date' star Krysta Rodriguez!

NBCSN continues its coverage of the 2013-14 college basketball with the second annual Governor's Holiday Hoops Classic from Richmond Coliseum, in Richmond, Va., this Saturday, Dec. 21, starting at 3 p.m. ET.

Fox Sports launches its 2014 motor sports season with live and exclusive coverage of a jam-packed lineup of January events. From two wheels on dirt to stock cars and sports cars at iconic Daytona International Speedway, the racing season awakens in a big way from the shortest 'offseason' in all of sports.

Disney-ABC and Katie Couric announced today that Couric's struggling syndicated talk show will officially be ending after two seasons.

Telemundo has announced the filming of the original series “Camelia La Tejana,” a story inspired by the legendary norteño band Los Tigres del Norte's popular corrido “Contrabando y Traición.” Starring Mexican actors Sara Maldonado and Erik Hayser, along with a cast of 97 and a 200-member production team, the series is being filmed with state of the art cinematography by Campanario Entertainment for Telemundo. The storyline unfolds throughout several cities in Mexico as well as Los Angeles, California and San Antonio, Texas in the 70's. “Camelia La Tejana,” is the story of a naive woman driven to a life of crime by passion, betrayal and revenge.

The go-ahead to bump the film adaptation of Tracy Letts' Tony winning play came down to the crowded Christmas Day release schedule and making the most out of awards season, Weinstead told Deadline.