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NPR and Olympia Entertainment will present a live performance of Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! from Detroit on Thursday, January, 19 at 7:30 p.m. The Peabody Award-winning radio show is NPR's weekly hour-long quiz show that will take to the stage at the historic Fox Theatre for a live performance being taped for national broadcast.

With a ceremony fitting a diamond anniversary, TODAY toasted six decades on the air with an anchor homecoming that brought current and former hosts to NBC.

NBC has released the schedule of upcoming guests on THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO for the week of January 11th - 20th.

Former 'Oprah Winfrey Show' supervising producer Amy Coleman has been named executive producer of CBS Television Distribution's new syndicated first-run talk show JEFF PROBST, it was announced today by Aaron Meyerson, President of Programming and Development for CTD.

Tribeca PAC has announced the following events.

Eminent artists, friends and peers of this year's five honorees converged in Washington, D.C. on December 4, 2011 to present entertaining and heartfelt tributes at THE 34TH ANNUAL KENNEDY CENTER HONORS, an entertainment special to be broadcast Tuesday, Dec. 27 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, with Caroline Kennedy as host for the ninth consecutive year. This year's honorees include Barbara Cook, Neil Diamond, Yo-Yo Ma, Sonny Rollins and Meryl Streep.

Eminent artists, friends and peers of this year's five honorees converged in Washington, D.C., on December 4 to present entertaining and heartfelt tributes at THE 34TH ANNUAL KENNEDY CENTER HONORS, an entertainment special to be broadcast tonight on the CBS Television Network with Caroline Kennedy as host for the ninth consecutive year.

97.3 KBCO will present the Yonder Mountain String Band's Colorado Countdown New Year's Eve Celebration at the Boulder Theater Tuesday, December 27th, 2011 through Saturday, December 31st, 2011.

AMNH has announced the following upcoming events.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama participated in an ABC interview with Barbara Walters in the Green Room of the White House on December 15, 2011. The interview will air in its entirety as a '20/20 Exclusive from the White House' on Friday, December 23 (10-11pm, ET) on the ABC Television Network.

History repeats itself as the cabaret provocateur Mark Nadler extends his mile-a-minute musical survey of 1961 into 2012. The special 51st anniversary of "Crazy 1961" plays three consecutive Sundays at 1pm - January 15, 22, 29 - at the Laurie Beechman Theatre, 407 West 42nd Street.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama participated in an ABC interview with Barbara Walters in the Green Room of the White House on December 15, 2011. The interview will air in its entirety as a '20/20 Exclusive from the White House' on Friday, December 23 (10-11pm, ET) on the ABC Television Network.

TNT will be presesnting CHRISTMAS IN WASHINGTON on Friday, December 16th at 9:00 pm. Conan O'Brien hosts this annual holiday gala attended by the president and first lady. Performers Justin Bieber, Cee Lo Green, Jennifer Hudson, Victoria Justice and The Band Perry are set to come together in the nation's capital.

TNT will be presesnting CHRISTMAS IN WASHINGTON on Friday, December 16th at 9:00 pm. Conan O'Brien hosts this annual holiday gala attended by the president and first lady. Performers Justin Bieber, Cee Lo Green, Jennifer Hudson, Victoria Justice and The Band Perry are set to come together in the nation's capital.

TNT has unveiled the song selections for this year's Christmas in Washington concert, starring Justin Bieber, Cee Lo Green, Jennifer Hudson, Victoria Justice and The Band Perry. Hosted this year by Conan O'Brien, the star-studded concert will premiere Friday, Dec. 16, at 8 p.m. (ET/PT), exclusively on TNT.

South Coast Repertory is partnering with some of SoCal's most intriguing artists to present a series of eclectic, contemporary theatre in its intimate Nicholas Studio.

Actor and singer Gavin Creel has appeared in THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE and the 2009 revival of HAIR and on Broadway, as well as PROMETHEUS BOUND at a.r.t. in Cambridge, MA., the 2004 Broadway Revival of LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, The Goodman Theatre/Kennedy Center production of BOUNCE, as well as HAIR and MARY POPPINS on the West End.

With the seasonal splendor of the 'people's house' on full display, HGTV's popular coverage of the White House Christmas 2011 returns on Sunday, December 11, at 8 p.m. ET/PT.