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TBS Just For Laughs Chicago presented by State Farm(R), is kicking off its 5th Anniversary celebration with the first announcement of this year's spectacular lineup, featuring many of comedy's living legends, brightest stars and fastest-rising talent.

Comedians D.L. Hughley and Michael Ian Black have signed on to host the TBS original series TRUST ME, I'M A GAME SHOW HOST, the first game show in which two hosts duel to deceive contestants.

Comedian, host and reality star Theo Von (Primetime in No Time, Last Comic Standing, Road Rules) is set to host TBS's upcoming new series DEAL WITH IT, from executive producer Howie Mandel.

SUNDAY MLB on TBS will return today, April 7, at 1 p.m. ET, as the network begins its 26-game Major League Baseball regular season schedule with a rematch of the American League Championship Series when the Detroit Tigers and reigning AL MVP and Triple Crown winner Miguel Cabrera host the New York Yankees and four-time All-Star Robinson Cano.

Picture, if you will, the most cringe-worthy walk down memory lane imaginable. I'm talking tacky dresses, bad hair and middle-aged men and women gyrating on the dance floor all in the name of reliving their glory days. By all counts, DANCING WITH THE STARS' prom night should have been just that train wreck. But ABC had the last laugh this April Fool's, because it was actually kind of awesome.

If you're named April and flying JetBlue (JBLU) today, you'll receive a JetBlue credit equal to the amount of the fare you paid for today's flight, because JetBlue understands that this should be your day, not the fools. No fooling!

As CONAN begins a week of shows in Atlanta to celebrate the 2013 NCAA(R) Men's Final Four(R), TBS has announced that it is extending the late-night series through November 2015.

TBS has renewed its hit original comedy Cougar Town, produced by ABC Studios and starring Courteney Cox, Christa Miller, Busy Philipps, Dan Byrd, Ian Gomez, Josh Hopkins and Brian Van Holt. The network has ordered 13 episodes for season five, which is expected to launch in 2014. Cougar Town joined the TBS lineup in January for the show's fourth season. It currently airs Tuesdays at 10 p.m. (ET/PT), with the season finale slated for April 9.

SUNDAY MLB on TBS will return Sunday, April 7, at 1 p.m. ET, as the network begins its 26-game Major League Baseball regular season schedule with a rematch of the American League Championship Series when the Detroit Tigers and reigning AL MVP and Triple Crown winner Miguel Cabrera host the New York Yankees and four-time All-Star Robinson Cano.

TBS has ordered a four-week run of a new untitled late-night comedy series starring popular comedian Pete Holmes and produced by Conaco LLC, the company behind the late-night hit CONAN.

FLASHDANCE-THE MUSICAL, the stage adaptation of the 1983 hit film that defined a generation, will perform at the Majestic Theatre for eight performances June 18-23. Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m., Friday, March 1.

TBS has ordered a second season of its unique new competition series King of the Nerds. The series, which currently airs Thursdays at 10 p.m. (ET/PT) on TBS, is set to wrap its first season on March 7. The network has ordered eight episodes for the second season of King of the Nerds, with plans for the show to return in 2014.

TBS has ordered a pilot for DO IT YOURSELF, a new sitcom from executive producers and creators Walt Becker (Wild Hogs, Van Wilder) and Rob Long (Cheers, TBS's Sullivan & Son). The pilot is being produced by TBS.

FLASHDANCE - THE MUSICAL, the stage adaptation of the 1983 hit film that defined a generation, will make its Segerstrom Center premiere May 7 - 19, 2013.

Amaury Nolasco is set to be a guest star this summer during the fourth season of TNT's hit drama series Rizzoli & Isles, starring Angie Harmon and Sasha Alexander. Nolasco is best known for his role on hit television series Prison Break, as well as his performance in the box-office hit Transformers.

TBS has announced premiere dates for two of its original series set to hit the air in April. The network's hit original sitcom Men at Work is scheduled to launch its second season Thursday, April 4, at 10 p.m. (ET/PT). And TBS's new competition series Who Gets the Last Laugh? is set to premiere Tuesday, April 16, at 10 p.m. (ET/PT).

Production is now under way on the fourth season of TNT's hit series RIZZOLI & ISLES, from Warner Horizon Television.The drama, which wrapped its third season in December ranking among the Top 3 original series of 2012, stars Angie Harmon and Sasha Alexander.

February 2, 1954 marks the 59th anniversary of George Balanchine's The Nutcracker. Wasn't the ballet presented in December? No, you are wrong. It was first unveiled by the New York City Ballet in 1954 for a few performances. It proved so popular that the company presented the ballet for an extended December run in 1954. It's been like that to this day.

TBS has announced that the first season of their hit show, MEN AT WORK, is set for a March 26 DVD release.

Leading multichannel retailer HSN, television's top drama network TNT and Warner Bros. Television Group welcome the debut of the DALLAS online boutique inspired by the enormously popular series Dallas, in conjunction with its return for a second season Monday, January 28, at 9 p.m. (ET/PT) on TNT.

TBS has set Jan. 31, as the day CONAN will become television's first late-night talk show to present an episode featuring scenes entirely re-created by fans.

Jackass star Bam Margera is taking his wild stunt ideas to a whole new level with Bam's Bad Ass Game Show, an over-the-top competition series greenlit today by TBS. The network ordered six episodes of the half-hour series, which is set to premiere in 2014.

TNT has given the greenlight to Marshal Law: Texas (working title), a new unscripted drama from Warner Horizon Television, Jerry Bruckheimer Television (JBTV) and Megalomedia Inc. The network has ordered six episodes of the series, which is being executive-produced by JBTV's Jerry Bruckheimer and Jonathan Littman, along with Megalomedia's Jonathan Nowzaradan. Jerry Bruckheimer Television's KristieAnne Reed is co-executive producer.

TBS has greenlit a pair of new unscripted series: Deal With It (working title) which comes to TBS from executive producer Howie Mandel, and Trust Me, I'm a Game Show Host (working title), executive-produced by Mark Burnett. Both series are slated to premiere in late 2013.

TBS will finish 2012 as basic cable's #1 network in primetime delivery of adults 18-34, complete with exceptional year-over-year growth. TBS will also claim the year's #1 off-net series with THE BIG BANG THEORY, which provided a successful launch pad for such originals as MEN AT WORK and SULLIVAN & SON.