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Turner's TNT & TBS have unveiled an extensive digital and social media experience to enhance the networks' live simulcast of the 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® on Sunday, Jan. 29.

WGN America's critically acclaimed, hit original drama UNDERGROUND, which struck a chord with viewers and ignited a social media movement, will premiere its second season on Wednesday March 8, 2017 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT.

The nominees for the NAACP Image Awards were announced today. The awards recognize the year's best in film, TV, music and books.

Academy Award(R) and Golden Globe(R) winner and ten-time Grammy Award(R) winning singer-songwriter John Legend will guest star in the highly anticipated second season of UNDERGROUND, created by Misha Green and Joe Pokaski, it was announced today by WGN America.

Houston Actor and former University of Houston Graduate student Kedrick Brown will Guest-star as legendary Alonzo Williams of The World Class Wrecking Cru in the new Liftime Original NWA film, Surviving Compton: Dre, Suge & Michele premiering Saturday, October 15 at 8PM ET/PT.

The Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture will host a screening of the critically acclaimed original series 'Underground,' Monday, Sept. 26, at 7 p.m. in the Oprah Winfrey Theater

Not only will Harriet Tubman grace the face of the new $20 bill, but she will also have a starring role in WGN America's hit series UNDERGROUND, from Sony Pictures Television, which begins production on season two in Savannah, Georgia

WGN America's critically acclaimed, hit series UNDERGROUND was highlighted last Friday, August 5 at the joint convention for the National Association of Black Journalists and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists in Washington, D.C.

WGN America's acclaimed series UNDERGROUN, which follows a courageous group of American heroes who attempt a daring flight to freedom from slavery, was honored with three Cablefax Program Awards

WGN America's acclaimed series UNDERGROUND, which follows a courageous group of American heroes who attempt a daring flight to freedom from slavery, has teamed with the 107th NAACP Annual Convention, July 17-18 in Cincinnati, Ohio.

A crowd of cheering fans greeted WGN America's UNDERGROUND stars Aldis Hodge ('Noah'), Alano Miller ('Cato') and Amirah Vann ('Ernestine'), and director and executive producer Anthony Hemingway, as the celebrated group took center stage at the 2016 Essence Festival

The celebrated stars and director of WGN America's Underground Railroad thriller 'Underground,' one of the most highly acclaimed television series of the year, will take center stage at the 2016 Essence Festival, the nation's premier showcase for African American music and culture. Aldis Hodge (Noah), Alano Miller (Cato), and Amirah Vann (Ernestine), with noted director and executive producer Anthony Hemingway, will discuss the phenomenon the record-breaking series 'Underground' has become, during a not-to-be missed panel discussion at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center ?on Friday, July 1 from 12:15 p.m. - 12:35 p.m. Following the main stage experience, lucky 'Underground' fans will be able to meet the cast and director during an exclusive Fan Zone event.

The pulse-pounding season one finale of WGN America's hit Underground Railroad thriller UNDERGROUND, was the #1 scripted original series on cable last Wednesday night among sought-after demos Adults 25-54

WGN America's Underground Railroad thriller UNDERGROUND, among the most widely praised series of the year and the network's most-watched original program ever, has been renewed for a second season

WGN America's Underground Railroad thriller 'Underground,' among the most widely praised series of the year and the network's most-watched original program ever, has been renewed for a second season, it was announced today by Matt Cherniss, President and General Manager, WGN America and Tribune Studios. The breakout hit series, created by Misha Green and Joe Pokaski, draws 3 million Total Viewers on Wednesday nights season-to-date in Live + 7 delivery, lifting an average of +131% in time-shifted viewing among Adults 25-54, and is the #6 highest-rated scripted series premiere of any cable drama this season. 'Underground' was the #1 original scripted series on cable last Wednesday night across all key demos in Live + 3 ratings.

?In one of D.C.'s social events of the year, the Kennedy Center pays tribute to America's immortal Motown hit-maker, the late singer Marvin Gaye, at the 2016 Kennedy Center Spring Gala on Sunday, June 5, 2016 in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall. The evening's program celebrates Gaye's enigmatic and innovative contributions to the Motown sound during the peak of his career in the 1970s and 1980s, and his musical influence that spans generations. Hosted by actress, comedian, and television host Whoopi Goldberg, the gala performance is headlined by multi-Grammy Award-winning artist Michael Buble, and features a talented, all-star cast including Andra Day, Ledisi, and Jussie Smollett, star of the FOX hit show, Empire.

EMPIRE's Jussie Smollett will guest star in WGN America's critically acclaimed hit series UNDERGROUND, marking the first time in 20 years that Smollett will appear in the same series as his younger sister Jurnee Smollett-Bel

EMPIRE's Jussie Smollett will guest star in WGN America's critically acclaimed hit series UNDERGROUND, marking the first time in 20 years that Smollett will appear in the same series as his younger sister Jurnee Smollett-Bel

WGN America announced today that UNDERGROUND, the highly-anticipated original series, will premiere tonight, March 9.

Executive produced by John Legend and created by Misha Green and Joe Pokaski, WGN America's highly anticipated original drama 'Underground,' premiering WEDNESDAY, March 9 (10:00 p.m. ET/PT) follows a courageous blacksmith Noah (Aldis Hodge) as he covertly organizes a small group of his fellow slaves and pieces together a daring plan of escape across hundreds of miles to freedom.