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Yahoo! and Paramount's Insurge Pictures today announced that the second season of BURNING LOVE the popular comedy series created by Erica Oyama that spoofs reality dating shows, will return to Yahoo! Screen (www.yahoo.com/burninglove) on February 14th, as a Valentine's Day treat.

Kicking off its drama pilot orders, FOX Broadcasting Company (FOX) has given a pilot order to RAKE, a character-driven comedic drama by Peter Duncan (creator of the original Australian series) and executive-produced by Peter Tolan ('Rescue Me,' 'Analyze This') and Michael Wimer ('2012'). Academy Award nominee and Emmy Award winner Greg Kinnear ('Little Miss Sunshine,' 'The Kennedys') has been cast in the lead role of KEEGAN JOYE, a brilliant, but self-destructive criminal defense lawyer. Kinnear also will co-executive-produce.

Opening in theaters this Friday, Relativity Media has released a new Red Band preview for MOVIE 43. The film features an all-star cast. Get a first look below!

BWW TV World is thrilled to present our weekly Critic's Cut: slicing the best (and the worst) moments of pop culture into ten little digestible pieces. This week's edition presents the most underrated and overzealously cancelled shows. Check out the top 10 below!

New images from the Relativity Media's new comedy MOVIE 43 have been released. Opening in theaters on January 25, the film features an all-star cast. Check out the new six-degrees of separation featurette below!

Talk Show Listings For Today, January 17

Minneapolis Musical Theatre's Reefer Madness, the raucous musical comedy taking a tongue-in-cheek look at the perils of marijuana, debuts February 1-24, 2013 at Hennepin Theatre Trust's New Century Theatre (Street Level of City Center in downtown Minneapolis). Directed by Steven Meerdink, MMT's artistic director, it is the first production in the new partnership between Hennepin Theatre Trust and Minneapolis Musical Theatre. Inspired by the original 1936 film, this satirical morality tale is a depiction ofclean-cut kids lured into a hysterical downward spiral by the evil weed, jazz, sex and violence. Single tickets are on sale now. For tickets or more information, visit www.HennepinTheatreTrust.org or call 1.800.982.2787.

Aeropostale and DoSomething.org, the largest U.S. organization for teens and social change, announced the launch of their sixth annual 'Teens for Jeans' campaign, which encourages teens to donate their denim. One in three homeless people in the U.S. is under the age of 18 and the number one item that young people request when they visit a homeless shelter is a pair of jeans.

Showtime's Sunday night lineup returned last night, and to numbers bigger than ever. Its three dramedies, SHAMELESS, HOUSE OF LIES, and Californication all broke their own viewership records, up from their previous premieres.

EWonline reports that Matt Damon with be reuniting with his Ocean's Eleven co-star Don Cheadle for a guest star appearance on Showtime's hit drama HOUSE OF LIES.

Noted actor Adam Brody (The O.C.) will guest star in two episodes of the upcoming second season of the hit SHOWTIME comedy series, HOUSE OF LIES.

Talk Show Listings For Thursday, January 17

Hennepin Trust Company presents REEFER MADNESS, February 1-24, 2013, at the New Century Theatre.

Though the snow is still falling and the cocoa still flowing, E! is all sizzle with a "White Hot Winter" line-up of original programming that continues to fuel the network's pop culture power. The network kicks off the new year with extensive coverage of Hollywood's most prestigious red carpet events, as well as the back-to-back two-night premiere event of the new series "Chasing The Saturdays" that features the UK's hottest girl group and the fiery new season of the hit series, Kourtney & Kim Take Miami. In February, red carpet season continues on and E! presents a hilarious new season of After Lately. Throughout the "White Hot Winter" months, E!'s topical core franchises Fashion Police, The Soup, Chelsea Lately and Love You, Mean It With Whitney Cummings will also keep viewers laughing with all new episodes featuring their signature comedy and special celebrity guests.

It's a marathon of 'BUNHEADS 'Baby' and 'Burlesque' as ABC Family celebrates the New Year with a day of dance. Starting at 11AM ET/PT, catch seven hours of the hit drama 'Bunheads,' followed by a special airing of 'Dirty Dancing' at 6PM ET/PT and the network premiere of 'Burlesque,' at 8:30PM ET/PT.

Noted actor Adam Brody (The O.C.) will guest star in two episodes of the upcoming second season of the hit SHOWTIME comedy series, HOUSE OF LIES.

SHOWTIME will be available in over 80 million households for a Free Preview Weekend from Friday, January 11 through Sunday, January 13, the network's biggest free preview audience ever. The network currently attracts 22 million subscribers and will be available to 58 million more, for one weekend only. Viewers across the country will have the opportunity to sample the premium network's award-winning programming on SHOWTIME, SHOWTIME HD, SHOWTIME On Demand and SHOWTIME ANYTIME. The Free Preview weekend will include the series premieres of the critically-acclaimed hit series SHAMELESS, HOUSE OF LIES and CALIFORNICATION, live offerings from SHOWTIME Sports including ShoBox: The New Generation and STRIKEFORCE, and the television premieres of the blockbuster hit The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part I and The Iron Lady, starring Meryl Streep in her Oscar winning role.

WILL & GRACE's Sean Hayes is set to executive produce and star in a new NBC half-hour sitcom, TV Guide has reported. BETTER OFF TED's Victor Fresco will write the project.