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According to Deadline, NBC has picked up its breakout drama, starring James Spader, for a second season with a 22-episode order. The crime drama debuted strong earlier this fall, and has continued to hold on to the top spot in Adults 18-49 on Mondays.

NBCSN will deliver comprehensive coverage of the 2014 IndyCar season, beginning with the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach on April 12-13. All 13 races, which include the final 11 races of the season, will also be streamed live via NBC Sports Live Extra, NBC Sports Group's live streaming product for desktops, mobile devices, and tablets.

Musician Bret Michaels literally joins the revolution in a guest-starring role on the hour-long sci-fi drama, "Revolution," from NBC and Warner Bros. Television. Michaels plays a post-apocalyptic version of himself and will be performing an acoustic version of Poison's hit ballad "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" in an episode to air in 2014.

The first trailer for THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 bows tomorrow, but today, Sony has revealed the film's official synopsis, as well as the banner that's caused this week's rumors that Spidey may be facing off against more villains than initially expected.

Garber is set to take on the role of Ichabod's father in at least one episode. As of now, there's no word on whether the Emmy nominee's deal includes the option to up to series regular or a recurring role in the future.

HOT IN CLEVELAND returns for its fifth season in the spring of 2014.

NBC Sports Digital experienced its best month ever for the second consecutive month in visits with 129.8 million in October, according to data released by Adobe Reports & Analytics. Contributing to the overall success, NBCSports.com notched its best month ever in uniques (22.1 million) and visits (57.0 million). Other noteworthy metrics include:

On this week's all new episode of The CW's NIKITA, titled'Set-Up,' tensions continue to escalate between the United States and Pakistan after Amanda (Melinda Clarke) plants evidence that Pakistan hired Nikita (Maggie Q) to kill the President. Ryan (Noah Bean) becomes suspicious of Birkhoff's increasingly odd behavior and tells Nikita and Michael that he thinks Amanda may have kidnapped Birkhoff and planted a double on the plane.

On this week's new episode of the THE VAMPIRE DIARIES, titled 'The Cell,' Stefan (Paul Wesley) continues to offer Katherine (Nina Dobrev) his support while trying to mask his own pain, until Caroline (Candice Accola) shows up with an unusual form of therapy. After trying to make amends with Caroline, Elena (Nina Dobrev) grows so concerned about Damon (Ian Somerhalder) that she turns to Aaron (guest star Shaun Sipos) for help.

According to Deadline, Ora has signed on to make her feature film debut as Mia, Christian Grey's adopted sister.

Fan favorite Olivia Holt (Disney XD's 'Kickin' It' and Radio Disney Music Award winner) moves to new series role and a new reverse storytelling approach for Disney Channel in 'I Didn't Do It,' a comedy that tells of the hilarious twists and turns in the lives of five teenagers – ultra-competitive fraternal twins and their three best friends. Each episode begins at the end of a predicament, just after an adventure has gone absurdly haywire, just as twins Lindy and Logan and their friends Jasmine, Garrett and Delia somehow try to explain -- with flashback scenes -- exactly what happened. 'I Didn't Do It' series premiere is part of Disney Channel's 'janNEWary' programming event FRIDAY, JANUARY 17 (9:40 p.m., ET/PT), immediately following the premiere of the Disney Channel Original Movie 'Cloud 9.' Beginning January 26, the series will join Disney Channel's Sunday night family comedy block (8:30 p.m., ET/PT).

Set high atop snow-capped mountains in the adrenaline-fueled world of competitive snowboarding, the Disney Channel Original Movie 'Cloud 9' tells the inspiring story of two snowboarders who must overcome self-doubt to learn that achieving their dreams is possible. Executive-produced by Ashley Tisdale, and starring Luke Benward ('Ravenswood,' 'Good Luck Charlie') and Dove Cameron ('Liv and Maddie'), 'Cloud 9' premieres FRIDAY, JANUARY 17 (8:00 p.m., ET/PT) on Disney Channel.

FX has released the first teaser for THE STRAIN, from Academy Award nominated Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro, author Chuck Hogan and writer/producer Carlton Cuse, which is based on the best-selling vampire novel trilogy of the same title written by del Toro and Hogan. Check it out below!

Cast In HBO Pilot 'The Brink'

Telemundo announced its special programming to commemorate the anniversary of the tragic death of blockbuster Hispanic singer Jenni Rivera. Starting Thursday, December 5, the network's reporting team will travel to the state of Nuevo León in Mexico to cover tributes organized by family and fans of the Diva de la Banda for “Un Nuevo Día”(7AM/6 C), “Al Rojo Vivo con María Celeste” (5PM/6 C) and “Noticiero Telemundo” (6:30PM/5:30 C).

NBC's TODAY continues to gain momentum and deliver substantial ratings growth. Season-to-date, TODAY has posted the largest year-to-year growth of the morning programs in the key demo A25-54. Over the first nine weeks of the season, TODAY has closed the demo gap with GMA by 47% (61k) versus the same period last year. For the week of November 18 – November 22, TODAY delivered its biggest total viewer and demo audience since the London Olympics and its smallest total viewer gap with GMA in four months.

NBC Sports Group's Premier League coverage this week is highlighted by first-place Arsenal hosting Everton, one of the league's hottest clubs. In addition, Manchester United face Newcastle United on Saturday at 7:45 a.m. ET, followed by Southampton hosting Manchester City at 10 a.m. ET on NBCSN. Coverage begins Saturday at 7 a.m. ET with Premier League Live on NBCSN.

For the November 2013 Sweep, “This Week” drew 2.911 million Total Viewers and 787,000 Adults 25-54, according to Nielsen Media Research. The ABC public affairs program posted double-digit increases over the previous sweep (2.304 million and 641,000 for July 2013) in both Total Viewers (+26%) and Adults 25-54 (+23%). In fact, “This Week” drew its largest overall sweeps audience in nearly 5 years – since February 2009.

ABC News' “Good Morning America” was the No. 1 morning program in Total Viewers (5.919 million) and Adults 25-54 (2.255 million) for the week of November 18, 2013, according to Nielsen Media Research. Taking the top spot in all 9 weeks of the season, “GMA” outperformed NBC's “Today” (5.257 million and 2.168 million, respectively) during the week by 662,000 Total Viewers and by 87,000 Adults 25-54. “GMA” built on its year-ago Total Viewer lead over the No. 2-ranked “Today” by 36% (+486,000 on w/o 11/19/12). Additionally, GoodMorningAmerica.com on Yahoo! reached 22 million users last month. It is the No. 1 morning news website and beats Today.com by millions of users each month.

Erik Estrada, Laura McKenzie, Dean Cain and Montel Williams hosted the82nd Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade, the largest Christmas celebration in America, presented by Associated Television International on December 1st. The Grand Marshal of the parade was Buzz Aldrin, the second man to ever walk on the moon. The Parade benefited Toys for Tots and saluted Disabled American Veterans.