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Growing for the 2nd consecutive week, Freeform's “Baby Daddy” surged to near 1-year highs in Total Viewers (1.133 million), Adults 18-49 (710,000/0.6 rating) and Women 18-49 (552,000/0.9 rating) – since 8/5/15 and 7/29/15, respectively.

As Cleveland won Game 6 of the 2016 NBA Finals to force a Game 7 on Sunday (on 6/19 at 8:00 p.m. EDT), ABC shot to the top of Thursday night, once again topping its combined competition (CBS, NBC, Fox and CW) in Total Viewers (+8% - 15.0 million vs. 13.9 million) and Adults 18-49 (+100% - 5.4/20 vs. 2.7/10). It was ABC's 6th straight evening this year to beat out its combined competition in Adults 18-49 with the NBA Finals.

The fascinating life of Chicago newspaperman turned legendary playwright, screenwriter and novelist Ben Hecht takes center stage in Grippo Stage Company's world premiere of THE BEN HECHT SHOW, written and performed by James Sherman and directed by Dennis Za?ek. Based on Ben Hecht's books A Guide For the Bedevilled and A Child Of the Century, in which Hecht confronts his own identity as an American Jew in the wake of the Nazi Holocaust, THE BEN HECHT SHOW will play June 10 - July 17, 2016 at Piven Theatre at Noyes Cultural Arts Center, 927 Noyes St. in Evanston. Tickets are currently available at grippostagecompany.com or by calling (800) 838-3006. The press opening is Tuesday, June 14 at 8 pm.

Christopher Rice (THE BOOK OF MORMON) has debuted his most recent dance-filled video, featuring Broadway performers from HAMILTON, LES MISERABLES, WICKED and more, set to new arrangements of Disney tunes.

Disney's new West End musical Aladdin opened last night, June 15, and tickets for the spectacular production are now on sale for performances up to and including February 11, 2017. Go inside opening night below!

With Beyonce officially no longer attached, Warner Bros. is once more on the hunt for the female lead in its long-gestating remake of A STAR IS BORN.

NBC's Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) travels to Chicago, Ill., in primetime this Saturday, June 18, live at 8:30 p.m. ET, highlighted by a 10-round light heavyweight bout between Andrzej Fonfara (28-3, 16 KOs) of Poland and New Yorker Joe “The Irish Bomber” Smith Jr.(21-1, 17 KOs) from UIC Pavilion.  

With its late-night lineup of 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' at 11:35 p.m. and 'Nightline' at 12:35 a.m. during the week of June 6, 2016, ABC was up by double digits for the 3rd week in a row in Adults 18-49 (+11% - 872,000 vs. 783,000) to post a new season best and a 1-year high - since the week of 6/8/15.

ABC News' “Nightline” ranked No. 1 in Total Viewers (1.723 million), Adults 25-54 (743,000) and Adults 18-49 (645,000) for the 2nd week in a row during the week of June 6, 2016, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. 

ABC News' “Good Morning America” stood as the morning's No. 1 newscast in Total Viewers (4.560 million) for the week of June 6, 2016, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. “GMA” beat NBC's “Today” (4.172 million) by 388,000, widening its week-to-week advantage for the 4th consecutive week (+54%; vs. 252,000 on w/o 5/30/16) to its largest margin of victory in over 5 months – since w/o 12/28/15.

On Thursday June 23rd, Truth Slash Fiction, a television pilot about a group of high schoolers who write gay erotic fan fiction about their favorite boyband will make its premiere at SeriesFest in Denver. The pilot features original pop music, fantasy sequences and performances by Broadway favorites Matt Doyle, Daniel Quadrino and Tony-winner Cady Huffman, among others.

FOX has set the fall premiere dates for its new and returning series.

An all-new THEATER TALK features its annual TONY Wrap-Up, with journalists Jesse Green (New York Magazine), Michael Musto (Out.com) and Patrick Pacheco (Los Angeles Times); an AndrewAndrew report from the TONY Red Carpet; and a discussion about Turn Me Loose: A Play About Comic Genius Dick Gregory, now Off-Broadway.

In the wake of this weekend's shooting in Orlando, Jason Robert Brown has released an evocative performance video of the recently penned 'A Song About Your Gun.' You can watch it below.

An all-star roster of theater artists gathered today to record the new benefit single 'What the World Needs Now is Love' for victims of the Orlando Shooting. Broadway Records President Van Dean, Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley announced the single and the charitable initiative 'Broadway for Orlando' earlier today. This evening, Michael Cerveris uploaded a behind the scenes peek inside the recording studio on Facebook - check it out below!

Disney Channel has renewed the hit series 'Stuck in the Middle' after its strong debut season with executive producer Linda Videtti Figueiredo at the helm. The single camera comedy stars Jenna Ortega as the middle child, Harley Diaz, who's living in a household bustling with nine people -- two parents and seven kids -- each with distinct personalities and conflicting schedules. The series will resume production on its second season in the fall as new episodes continue to premiere Fridays (8:00-8:30 p.m. ET) on Disney Channel.

Josh Sharp and Aaron Jackson's hit Upright Citizens Brigade musical F***ING IDENTICAL TWINS will soon make it to the big screen.

Zac Efron could soon make a return to his musical roots.

Nationally syndicated morning talk show “LIVE with Kelly” announces the line-up of guest co-hosts who will join Kelly Ripa during the week of June 27-July 1, 2016.

 NBC Sports Group's coverage of the 2016 Formula One Championship continues this week with the F1 European Grand Prix this Sunday at 8:30 a.m. ET on NBCSN, highlighting more than 30 hours of motorsports coverage on NBC and NBCSN.