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Coverage of the 2014/2015 season of the Premier League continues this weekend on NBC UNIVERSO, the modern general entertainment cable channel for Latinos, when Tottenham, Arsenal and Chelsea – all currently sitting atop of the table, take on their respective opponents who are looking to play the role of spoilers. On Sat., Apr. 11, Tottenham takes on Aston Villa at 9:55 a.m. ET / 6:55 a.m. PT; followed by Burnley vs. Arsenal at 12:25 p.m. ET / 9:55 a.m. PT. Then on Sunday, Apr. 12, QPR squares-off against Chelsea beginning at 8:25 a.m. ET / 5:25 a.m. PT.

In two days, boxing hits Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., for NBC's Saturday, April 11 primetime telecast of Premier Boxing Champions (PBC).

WHEEL OF FORTUNE and JEOPARDY!, television's top two game shows each averaging more than 10 million viewers daily, have been renewed through the 2017-2018 season, it was announced today by Joe DiSalvo, President of Sales for CBS Television Distribution.

WORLD SERIES OF FIGHTING returns to NBCSN tomorrow, Friday, April 10, live at 9 p.m. ET, highlighted by a light heavyweight bout between David Branch (15-3) and Ronny Markes(15-3). Branch, the reigning WSOF middleweight champion, moved up in weight to compete in the four-man tournament for the inaugural WSOF light heavyweight title. The winner of tomorrow's bout moves on to faceTeddy Holder, who scored a KO win over Thiago Silva, for the belt.

Continuing in a tradition of storytelling and music, Hershey Felder presents the Chicago stage premiere of Academy Award winning director Taylor Hackford's LOUIS & KEELY 'LIVE' AT THE SAHARA. Hackford, best known for his films An Officer and a Gentleman, Against All Odds, The Devil's Advocate, and cinematic musical events such as La Bamba, Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail Rock n'Roll and his epic musical film RAY, has decided to bring his latest award winning musical stage production to Chicago, where Louis Prima and Keely Smith created sold-out musical magic in the '50s & '60s.

Fan voting is now open for the ACM Entertainer of the Year and ACM New Artist of the Year Presented by Kohl's at www.VoteACM.com, with the awards given out live on the 50TH ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS, Sunday, April 19 (8:00-11:30 PM, live ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network. Co-hosted by Blake Shelton and Luke Bryan, the awards will take place live from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

NBCSN kicks off its 2015 Verizon IndyCar Series coverage this weekend in New Orleans with the inaugural Grand Prix of Louisiana on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. ET, highlighting more than 30 hours of motorsports coverage on NBCSN this week.

Lester Holt will anchor 'NBC Nightly News' from North Charleston, South Carolina tonight as the country reacts to the shooting death of an unarmed black man by a white police officer. Officer Michael Slager was arrested and charged with murder on Tuesday after cellphone video emerged showing him fatally shooting 50-year-old Walter Scott in the back.

NBC UNIVERSO, the modern general entertainment cable channel for Latinos, today announced that the second stop of the NASCAR Mexico Series is a return home to San Luis Potosí, Mexico for the Potosino 200, and will air live on NBC UNIVERSO this Sunday, April 12 beginning at 3:00 PM ET / 12:00 PM PT.

Alejandro Sanz, one of the world's most internationally renowned artists, will perform the worldwide television premiere of his recently released single, "Un Zombie a la Intemperie," atthe 2015 Billboard Latin Music Awards presented by State Farm®. The longest-running and most prestigious awards show in the Latin music world will be produced and broadcast live on TELEMUNDO Thursday, April 30, at 7pm/6c from BankUnited Center at the University of Miami in Florida. Fans can follow the excitement of the star-studded event on Twitter, Instagram @LatinBillboards and Facebook.com/LatinBillboards, and join the conversation using #Billboards2015.

E!'s new hybrid, comedy talk show, “The Grace Helbig Show,” returns with another laugh-out-loud episode featuring special guests including comedian Nick Krolland YouTube mega star Tyler Oakley.

Kathy Bates will officially be checking into the 'HOTEL.'

ABC announced its summer lineup, with four new series joining the schedule: “500 Questions” on Wednesday, May 20 at 8:00 p.m.; “The Whispers” on Monday, June 1 at 10:01 p.m. and “Celebrity Family Feud” on Sunday, June 21 at 8:00 p.m., followed by “BattleBots” on Sunday, June 21 at 9:00 p.m. on the ABC Television Network.

VERY VERY is a sexy electric reinvention of a classic comedy of rebellion, love, freedom, and redemption that turns Shakespeare's AS YOU LIKE IT into a full-out rock concert. Stars -- including some of the original cast -- recently reunited to rock it out in VERY VERY ROCK SHOW at 54 Below. Check out a look back at the evening below!

This week's THEATER TALK looks at the outrageous, funny and incisive new play, Robert Askin's Hand to God, which just opened to critical acclaim at Broadway's Booth Theatre, and 24/6: A Jewish Theater Company, a New York theatrical home for Sabbath-Observant Jews.

The cast of TUTS Underground's new musical LMNOP has undergone a last minute switch.

Few directors and choreographers can get the sort of performance Kathleen Marshall drew out of Sutton Foster in the 2011 revival of ANYTHING GOES; few can get them to keep going, to push through an eight-minute act closer, with hefty tapping and belting. Fewer still can stitch it all up into one of the most rousing, palpitation-inducing musical moments in decades.

Let's see what the critics had to say...

The premiere of the original animated series “Star vs. The Forces of Evil” is Disney XD's #1 animated series debut in the network's over 15-year history (includes Toon Disney) in Total Viewers (1.2 million) – #2 overall behind only live action original series “Lab Rats” (2/27/12) – its #2 animated series debut ever in Kids 2-11 (582,000/1.5 rating) and Kids 6-11 (435,000/1.8 rating) and #3 animated launch in Boys 6-11 (233,000/1.9 rating), ranking a solid #2 in the half hour in Kids 6-11, behind only Disney Channel.

Virginia's Signature Theatre is currently staging Simply Sondheim, the world premiere special event celebrating Stephen Sondheim and Signature Theatre's special partnership over the last 25 years. With special permission from Stephen Sondheim, this completely new revue plays through April 19 at Signature Theatre and will never be seen again. Featuring a 16 piece orchestra, with new orchestrations by Oscar, Tony, Grammy and Emmy Award winner Jonathan Tunick (Broadway's Company, Follies and Sweeney Todd), this one time event will feature music from Into the Woods, Sweeney Todd, Assassins, Company, Sunday in the Park with George and many other Stephen Sondheim musicals. Check out a first look at the revue below!