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Cuccioli And Stevens Lead DIEITRICH & CHEVALIER At St. Luke's Theatre Beginning 6/5

New York They've seen 3-cent nickels, clocks that kill, a historic Revolutionary War bond printed by Paul Revere, sunken treasure from the Spanish Empire, a glass sword hand-crafted by a self-proclaimed 'nutcase' and so much more. In the only family-run pawnshop in Las Vegas, three generations of men from the Harrison family buy and sell collectible, unusual and historically significant items. Their customers, often as colorful as the merchandise, are carrying on a centuries-old practice: pawning or selling their possessions to make a quick buck.

Time may be running out on 24, one of the most innovative and acclaimed dramas on television, but fans can relive every heart-pounding minute of the show's final season when '24' Season Eight arrives on December 7, 2010 to Blu-ray and DVD from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. Additionally on December 7, fans will also have a chance to experience all 8 days of Jack Bauer when '24' The Complete Series arrives in a collectible DVD box set.

With three nights remaining, CBS will win the 2009-2010 television season in viewers, it seventh victory in the past eight years, and also place first in adults 25-54 (projected tie with FOX), according to Nielsen most current ratings through Sunday, May 23.

Boasting the week's Top 2 telecasts in Tweens 9-14 with 'Good Luck Charlie' and 'Sonny With a Chance,' Disney Channel was TV's No. 1 network in Total Day for the 4th consecutive week in the key demo (472,000/1.9 rating - tie).

ABC won the final complete Nielsen week of the 2009-10 TV Season (w/o 5/17/10) among Adults 18-49 (2.9/9), beating Fox by 7% (2.7/9), CBS by 32% (2.2/7) and NBC by 53% (1.9/6). Excluding only 'Academy Award' and 'Super Bowl' weeks, it represented the first-ever victory for ABC over Fox during a week with 'American Idol.' The Net also ranked No. 1 for the week with Adults 18-34 (2.4/8) and Adults 25-54 (3.6/10).

AMERICAN IDOL, GLEE, MLB BASEBALL and the season finale of HOUSE delivered homeruns for FOX last week. FOX once again had the No. 1 and No. 2 programs of the week among Adults 18-49 and dominated among Teens with the top 5 shows of the week in that demo. Season to date, FOX continues to hold a double-digit lead over the next highest rated network and is outperforming the No. 3 and No. 4 networks by +33%.

Clark Bunting, President and General Manager of Discovery Channel and President of Science Channel, today announced that Simon Andreae has been named Senior Vice President of Development and Production, based in Los Angeles, CA. He will start on June 1.

Nickelodeon notched another weekly ratings win as basic cable's top total day network, driven by the True Jackson, VP TV movie, 'Trapped in Paris' (Saturday, 8 -9 p.m.), which secured basic cable's top spot in its time period, averaging 3.4 million total viewers. The hour-long movie also was the number-one telecast on all TV in its time period with kids 2-11(5.2/1.9 million, +41%), kids 6-11 (6.8/1.5 million, +62%) and tweens 9-14 (6.1/1.3 million, +85%).

CBS won the final Monday of the season in adults 18-49 and adults 25-54 led by the time period-winning season finales of TWO AND A HALF MEN, THE BIG BANG THEORY (the night's number one program in key demos) and CSI: MIAMI, according to Nielsen preliminary live plus same day ratings for May 24.

ABC qualified as most-watched TV network for the 10th consecutive week (all 4 Mondays of the May Sweep). ABC built its overall Monday audience from the year-ago night for the 9th time in 10 weeks.

USA's current longest running original series on-air, PSYCH returns as part of the network's summer weekday block of USA original series. PSYCH will move up one week, now premiering on WEDNESDAY, JULY 14 at 10/9c.

Oxygen Media today announced the second annual 'Dance Your A** Off Tour,' a five-city tour sponsored by Yoplait and includes the 'Dance Off a Million' campaign benefiting the American Heart Association. The high energy, interactive 'Dance Your A** Tour' is bringing Oxygen's critically acclaimed, dance/weight loss competition series to consumers for the second year in a row, providing fans the chance to see first-hand the benefits of dance as a fun and positive way to lose weight.

Spike TV's 'Guys Choice' will honor Academy Award-winning actress Charlize Theron with the Decade of Hotness Award, one of the evenings highest honors, given to a legendary beauty we love for all of the right reasons: she kicks ass as a superhero, she's an Oscar winning actress and a world class beauty. Taping Saturday, June 5 at the Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, CA, the fourth annual award show premieres Sunday, June 20 (10:00 PM - Midnight, ET/PT).

NBC, Donald J. Trump and Paula M. Shugart, President of the Miss Universe Organization, announced today the 2010 Miss Universe(R) Pageant will air live on NBC and Telemundo, Monday, August 23 (8-10 p.m. ET) from Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.

Logo, the entertainment network for gays, lesbians and their families and friends, announced the presenters for the 'NewNowNext Awards' 2010. Presenters are scheduled to appear in front of a live audience for the taping at the retro-glam Edison in Downtown Los Angeles on June 8th.

Abbey Pub Announces Their Lineup Through 9/27

The Cameron Mackintosh/Really Useful Theatre Company, Inc. production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera, directed by Harold Prince, begins performances Wednesday, June 9 at 8:00 PM at the Benjamin and Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center and runs through Sunday, June 27, 2010.

Producers of the three-year running critically acclaimed BAB FAB, Three Cat Productions, present their inaugural theatrical production with the award winning musical 'The Stops', written by Eric Lane Barnes and Drew Emery. Jason Paul Smith makes his Chicago directing debut with this production. 'The Stops' stars Kevin Bishop, Paul Motondo, and Steve Kimborough, 2010 Jeff Award Nominee for Best Actor in a Supportig Role in 'Poseidon! An Upside Down Musical". Nick Sula, 2010 Non-Equity Jeff Award nominee for Music Direction in "The Glorious Ones", is the Musical Director. Jesse Pierce is the Choreographer. 'The Stops' will be playing every Saturday in June (June 5th, 12th, 19th and 26th), at 8pm only at Skokie Theatre Music Foundation.

Blank Theater Co extends SEE WHAT I WANNA SEE. The show features Music and Lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa, Musical Direction by David O and is Directed by Daniel Henning while making its West Coast Premiere presented by The Blank Theatre Co.