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POLKADOTS: THE COOL KIDS MUSICAL will receive its premiere developmental production at the Ivortyon Playhouse, April 11th-16th, 2016. Conceived by (composer) Douglas Lyons, POLKADOTS was inspired by the 1957 events of the 'Little Rock Nine' in Arkansas and serves as a colorful musical history lesson for children, reminding them that our individual differences make us awesome, not outcasts.POLKADOTS has lyrics by Mr. Lyons, who co-wrote the score with Greg Borowsky (Sony ATV). Melvin Tunstall III (BLooM!) helmed the book. The show's original illustrations are by Salina Giardino.

WGN America announced today that the much-anticipated third season of the supernatural thriller “Salem” will premiere this fall during Halloween week.   The network also released an intense new teaser trailer for the upcoming season currently in production in Shreveport, LA.  “Salem” continues its bloody, sexy and fantastical reimagining of Colonial America, with renowned recording artist Marilyn Mason, who guest stars in the upcoming season as the bloody barber surgeon Thomas Dinley. 

 The war on Wesen rages on! NBC's Friday night drama series “Grimm” has been renewed for a sixth season.

FYI's hit series 'Arranged,' which follows modern American singles whose cultural traditions include an arranged marriage, returns with three new couples for a second season. Eleven hour-long episodes are set to premiere beginning Tuesday, May 10 at 9pm ET/PT.

With five weeks until the Premier League's “Championship Sunday,” NBC Sports Group presents a full slate of action featuring title and Champions League hopefuls, and clubs desperate to avoid relegation. Action begins this Saturday, April 9, at 7 a.m. ET with Premier League Liveon NBCSN, followed by 6th-place West Ham United v. third-place Arsenal on NBCSN and NBC UNIVERSO. Arsenal kept their title ambitions alive on Saturday by defeating Watford 4-0.

Today, STARZ released the first look video from season three of the highly anticipated STARZ original series “Power” in advance of its season 3 return this July.

With two editions of “The Voice” plus “Chicago Med” and “Little Big Shots” all ranking in the top 10 among primetime telecasts on the Big 4 networks, NBC has tied for #2 for the week of March 28-April 3 in adults 18-49 and ranked #2 outright in total viewers and adults 25-54.

NBCUniversal Hispanic Group announced today, “Movimiento” a social-first movement based on CultureFirst– a first-of-its-kind report on U.S. Latinos from NBCUniversal's consumer insights practice, The Curve Report, in collaboration with Telemundo – research findings exposing the next generation of multicultural storytellers, artists, filmmakers, social media stars and more. With a focus on key Latino passion points: music, movies, food, style, comedy and sports. The first project of the initiative will be “Movimiento Música,” a social video series with multi-platform extensions dedicated to aligning emerging artists and their content with forward-thinking brands.

NBC Sports Group's NHL “Push For The Playoffs” showcases all six Eastern Conference teams battling for five remaining Stanley Cup Playoff berths in the final week of the regular season, highlighted by a pivotal Wednesday Night Rivalry showdown between Claude Giroux and the Philadelphia Flyers and Pavel Datsyuk and the Detroit Red Wings at 8 p.m. ET on NBCSN.

The upcoming film adaptation of August Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning play FENCES will welcome back another pair of Broadway actors.

AMC today announced that the network's upcoming original series “Feed the Beast,” is set to premiere on Tuesday, May 31st at 10pm ET/PT. The series, starring David Schwimmer (“American Crime Story,” “Band of Brothers,” “Friends”) and Jim Sturgess (21, Across the Universe, Cloud Atlas), is a drama about two best friends, Tommy Moran (Schwimmer), and Dion Patras (Sturgess) who take one last shot at their dream of opening a restaurant. 

According to Multichannel.com, Disney Channel will honor the late Oscar-winning actress Patty Duke with encores of a LIV AND MADDIE episode in which she appeared.

HBO has landed the highly-anticipated tv adaptation of Gillian Flynn's novel SHARP OBJECTS, starring Amy Adams, according to Deadline. The project has received a straight-to-series order, with eight episodes planned for the first season.

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia has been renewed for seasons 13 and 14 on FXX, it was announced today by Nick Grad and Eric Schrier, Presidents of Original Programming for FX Networks and FX Productions. With Season 14, Sunny will tie The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet as the longest-running live-action comedy series in television history. The previously announced season 12 will premiere in early 2017.

Cirque du Soleil has hit Grammy winner Justin Timberlake with a copyright infringement suit.

 TELEMUNDO and NBC UNIVERSO earned seven Sports Emmy Award nominations for the 37th Annual Sports Emmy® Awards. The announcement was made yesterday by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Winners will be announced by the Academy on Tuesday, May 10th, 2016 at the Jazz at Lincoln Center's prestigious Frederick P. Rose Hall in New York City. The networks' nominations include:

Bravo Media's “The Real Housewives of Potomac”delivers the ultimate showdown with  a gripping two-part reunion kicking off onSunday, April 10 at 10pm ET/PT.  Host Andy Cohen sits down with Gizelle Bryant, Katie Rost, Karen Huger, Charrisse Jackson-Jordan, Robyn Dixon and Ashley Darby to reflect on some of the most memorable moments of the inaugural season. From heated interactions addressing the deterioration of blossoming friendships to upsetting accusations of substance abuse and betrayal, the ladies of Potomac hold nothing back as they join together to reflect on a fiery season. 

Driven by ratings success, usa network has ordered eight additional episodes of the original hit reality series CHRISLEY KNOWS BEST, bringing the season four total to 20 episodes. Currently underway, part one of the fourth season airs Tuesdays at 10/9c, with the back eight episodes set to premiere this fall.

USA Network's unscripted competition series, FIRST IMPRESSIONS, featuring Emmy Award-Winner and “SNL” Alum Dana Carvey, has locked in Freddie Prinze Jr. (“Star Wars Rebels”) to host the weekly half-hour battle.  The series is set to premiere on Tuesday, May 10 at 10:30/9:30 c.  In addition to Carvey and Prinze Jr., FIRST IMPRESSIONS will also welcome an all-star celebrity line-up to cheer-on the contestants; Steve Carell (“The Big Short”), Jay Leno (“The Tonight Show”), Kevin Nealon (“SNL”), Yvette Nicole Brown (“Community”), Tom Arnold (“Sons of Anarchy”), Jon Lovitz (“Saturday Night Live”) and Kate Flannery (“Inside Out”) will coach the aspiring impressionists through a variety of challenges, helping them to hone their skills. 

MSNBC's night of four candidate events scored big in the ratings Wednesday night, beating both Fox News and CNN in the demo and topping CNN among total viewers for the 8-11pm daypart.