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TNT's exclusive presentation of the 2013 NBA Eastern Conference Finals Game 4 between the Miami Heat and the Indiana Pacers delivered a 5.1 U.S. HH rating and 8.1 million total viewers, based on Nielsen Fast Nationals, and bolstered the network to rank No. 1 across all of television (broadcast and cable) in prime time. TNT has televised the four most-viewed 2013 NBA Playoff telecasts to date across broadcast and cable.

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network continues its strong ratings momentum as 1.77 million viewers watched the series premiere of Tyler Perry's new original series 'The Haves and the Have Nots' on Tuesday night, May 28 at 9 p.m. making it the highest rated series debut in network history.

This May, Animal Planet was a beast, crushing the competition, and devouring ratings with its second annual Monster Week. The network achieved its most-watched month ever in prime among key demos, including 361K P25-54, 344K P18-49, 200K M25-54 and 185K M18-49.

Pro Football Talk, NBC Sports Network's daily NFL show co-hosted by Mike Florio and Erik Kuselias, is creating a series -- 'Faces of the Franchise; Who's on Your Team's Mount Rushmore?' -- to determine the four most influential people in the history of each NFL team. Multiple NBC Sports Group platforms, including NBC Sports Network, ProFootballTalk.com, NBC Sports Regional Networks, and numerous NBC Sports social media assets, will participate in the series.

To mark the final table read of its freshman season, the cast of the anticipated new Showtime drama series Ray Donovan will take to Twitter this afternoon for a 'Table Read Tweetup,' to offer a behind the scenes look at life on the set, allowing the show's viewers early access to the series and its stars. Ray Donovan (#RayDonovan) premieres on Sunday, June 30th at 10 p.m. ET/PT only on SHOWTIME.

Jared Zirilli of the upcoming 'Broadcast' (Oneil Theatre Center) and 'LMNOP' (Goodspeed); and previous 'A Few Good Men' (Alley Theatre- Houston) and industry reading of 'Bullets Over Broadway' directed by Susan Stroman (also FAT CAMP, Original Broadway Cast Lysistrata Jones, BARE, Wicked, Twilight the Musical) brings you 'Jared's Broadway Boo's' # 58 with Max Crumm of Broadway's revival of 'Grease' and current Off Bway Hit 'F*&KING UP EVERYTHING'!

The Unbleached American tells the story of Ernest Hogan, the 'father of ragtime' and the first African American to perform on Broadway. Beloved by his fans and wealthy beyond his wildest dreams, Hogan was also an infamous writer of 'coon songs' that many considered offensive to his own race. The Unbleached American imagines the relationship between Ernest and the woman sent to care for him at the end of his life.

The third season finale of MIKE & MOLLY has been rescheduled for Thursday, May 30 (8:30-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

Brolin joins Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Martin Short Owen Wilson, and Jena Malone for the film. Sean Penn is also reportedly considering a role.

Ketchup Entertainment will be releasing AROUSED on DVD on June 4, 2013. The film was directed by Deborah Anderson and stars Alexis Texas, Allie Haze, April O'Neil, Ash Hollywood, Asphyxia, Belladonna, Brooklyn Lee, Francesca Le, Jesse Jane, Katsuni, Kayden Kross, Lexi Belle, Lisa Ann, Misty Stone, Tanya Tate and Teagan Presley.

Hot on the heels of the first season finale of A&E's hit freshman drama “Bates Motel,” the network's returning drama series, “Longmire” and “The Glades,” debuted to season-over-season growth on Memorial Day.

NBC's live broadcast of the Monaco Grand Prix this past Sunday morning was watched by nearly 1.5 million viewers, making it the most-watched Formula One race on U.S. television in six years, and up 241% vs. last year's race, which aired on SPEED, according to Fast National data provided today by the The Nielsen Company.

Millions are still discussing the existence of mermaids today but one thing is clear, the ratings are real. Animal Planet's MERMAIDS: THE NEW EVIDENCE telecast on Sunday evening at 10 PM was the network's #1 most-watched telecast of all time with the premiere delivering 3.6 million P2+ viewers. Animal Planet was the #1 network in all of television for the timeslot among P25-54 and W25-54 delivery, earning a magical 1.9M P25-54 and 809K W25-54 viewers (excluding sports on Fox & TNT). The special drove the Planet's best nightly delivery ever earning 2.8M P2+ viewers.

Chris Linn has joined Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. as president, head of programming, truTV. In this role, he is responsible for all programming on the network, including the development and production of original programs. Linn's duties also include overseeing all marketing, digital initiatives and strategic planning for truTV. Linn comes to Turner from MTV, where he served as executive vice president of programming and head of production. He is based in New York and reports to Steve Koonin, president of Turner Entertainment Networks, which includes truTV, TBS, TNT and Turner Classic Movies (TCM).

Spike TV has been named the official broadcaster for the biggest event in video games, the 2013 Electronic Entertainment Expo. The network, coming off its exclusive television broadcast of the Xbox One reveal, will once again be the home for all things gaming. Fans will be treated to LIVE multi-platform coverage of all the action taking place at E3.

From the people who brought you 'Total Drama Island' comes a brand new musical comedy series. 'Grojband' takes the Cartoon Network stage, Monday, June 10 at 5:00 p.m. (ET, PT).

Showcasing his wickedly smart and witty brand of humor, Kaplan's “Meat Robot” is the comedian's newest fast-paced, mind-melting and side-splitting stand-up comedy album. Kaplan delves into his grandmother's attempts to make grammar fun, how to avoid being axe-murdered and his love for fake meat names. Other topics include “Open Relationships and Tigers,” “Chuck Norris and Owls,” and “Super Mario and Will Smith.”

Hyperion today announced plans to publish a series of WHODUNNIT? mysteries by Anthony E. Zuiker, the visionary creator of the “CSI” franchise and executive producer of the new primetime reality series, “WHODUNNIT?” The first is WHODUNNIT?: MURDER IN MYSTERY MANOR, to be digitally released on June 18, one week before the premiere of ABC Television Network's new mystery reality competition “WHODUNNIT?”

Cassadee Pope, winner of season three of “The Voice,” will return to NBC's hit musical competition series on June 4 with a live performance of her first single, “Wasting All These Tears.” The song, which will be available on iTunes on the same day, has already received airplay on country radio.

MOTOWN THE MUSICAL's Tony Award nominated leading lady Valisia LeKae, who stars in the new hit musical based on the life of Motown founder Berry Gordy, recently sat down with NBC's "The Grio" host Chris Witherspoon for a special segment on portraying the legendary Diana Ross for the first time ever on a Broadway stage and playing to standing ovations in the biggest box office hit of the season. Check out LeKae's interview below!