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A&E Network will premiere the original scripted drama series, 'Breakout Kings' on Sunday, March 13 at 10:00pm ET/PT. From Matt Olmstead and Nick Santora, writers/producers of the hit series 'Prison Break,' comes 'Breakout Kings' a new action-packed ensemble drama following an unconventional partnership between the U.S. Marshals' office and a group of convicts as they work to catch fugitives on the run.

CBS delivered its largest Thursday audience of the season, winning the night in viewers and adults 25-54 as original episodes of THE BIG BANG THEORY, CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION and THE MENTALIST returned with their best adults 18-49 ratings since early November, according to Nielsen preliminary live plus same day ratings for Jan. 6.

ABC won Thursday night in Adults 18-49, besting CBS' all-original line up by 6%. Hitting a season high, the Net generated its strongest non-sports Thursday performance since last May - since 5/20/10.

ABC's 'Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2011 - Part 1' Tops its Combined Competition by Wide Margins in Viewers and Young Adults

Paul Mesner Puppets Presents FLOSSIE AND THE FOX 2/2-20

Discovery Channel has announced a Chicago spin-off of CASH CAB, everyone's favorite game show-on-the-go. The new Windy City edition of the Emmy award-winning series is set for a Summer 2011 premiere with Second City alum and comedian Beth Melewski stepping behind the steering wheel as host. The original CASH CAB with Ben Bailey in New York continues with new episodes set for a Spring 2011 premiere on Discovery Channel.

Ridley Scott, the visionary mind behind iconic works of science fiction including 'Blade Runner' and the 'Alien' franchise, and epic adventures such as 'Gladiator', brings his unique expertise to Science Channel for the project, PROPHETS OF SCIENCE FICTION. The network today announced the greenlight of the eight-episode series that will profile great minds of science fiction who later inspired 'science fact.' PROPHETS OF SCIENCE FICTION explores legendary figures; including Isaac Asimov, Gene Roddenberry and George Lucas, and examines how their work often inspired future discoveries decades before they took place.

Discovery Channel's GOLD RUSH: ALASKA continues to stake its claim on Fridays, with the December 17 premiere episode delivering 2.91 million viewers (P2+). The series, which follows a group of six rookie gold miners from Oregon who risk it all by trying to strike it rich in Alaska, is now the #1 new original series on cable.*

This January, Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant are bringing the most elaborate practical-joke-turned-sociology-experiment in television history to Science Channel. The Emmy(R)-winning crazy geniuses behind the acclaimed series 'The Office' and 'Extras' bring the eight-episode series AN IDIOT ABROAD to the United States, beginning Saturday, January 22, at 10:00 PM ET/PT. A special preview episode will air immediately prior to the series premiere at 9:30 PM ET/PT.

Discovery Channel and Film Garden Entertainment announce that they have teamed up to produce a new ten-part series, HOGS GONE WILD.

Tennessee Williams best known for his dramatic works including A Streetcar Named Desire, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and The Glass Menagerie was born 100 years ago this March. This celebrated American playwright received many of the top theatrical awards including the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Tony award for best play, and Presidential Medal of Honor.

Polaroid and its Creative Director, Lady Gaga today unveiled Polaroid Grey Label, an original line of products co-designed with Lady Gaga.

This brand new weekly open mic night is highly recommended for show-tune lovers, Broadway enthusiasts, 'Gleeks', fans of Charles Nelson Reilly, and anyone who ever wanted to do their own dream ballet. Come join us and pay homage to the old Village Gate, a nightclub/theater that opened in the late 50's and premiered a number of Off-Broadway shows, including Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, in 1968!

One of the most famous stage comedies in American history, Neil Simon's 'The Odd Couple,' comes to the Norris Center for the Performing Arts, January 28 - February 13. The hit comedy about mismatched roommates premiered on Broadway over 40 years ago, became an instant success, and won the 1965 Tony Award for Best Play.

The Madame Walker Theatre Center has announced its plans to celebrate and honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Monday, January 17th, 2011. On the 25th anniversary of the federal holiday, the Walker has invited The College of Aspiring Artists (TCAA) from Little Rock, Arkansas to film the days' program for a national documentary that will be housed in the Presidential Library in Washington, D.C.

The Los Angeles Master Chorale explores England's grand choral tradition through the ages with 'London Bridges,' an all-British program conducted by Music Director Grant Gershon featuring the music of William Byrd, Judith Weir, John Tavener and Benjamin Britten, as well as a selection of English madrigals, on Sunday, January 30, 2011, 7:00 p.m., at Disney Hall. Lesley Leighton, appointed Assistant Conductor of the chorus in July 2010, makes her Los Angeles Master Chorale conducting debut leading Hymn to St. Cecelia, one of two Britten works to be spotlighted. Organist Paul Meier is the guest artist.

The Almeida Theatre will produce Edward Albee's A DELICATE BALANCE. Imelda Staunton and Lucy Cohu will join the previously announced Penelope Wilton. The play is set to begin performances May 5.

Christopher Tierney, the injured SPIDER-MAN cast member, will be returning to the show on Friday, January 7 - although only as an audience member.

Acclaimed actors Jeff McCarthy, Jay O. Sanders and Harris Yulin will join Vanessa Redgrave in a one night only reading based on Philippe Sands' book Torture Team, adapted and directed by Long Wharf Theatre Artistic Director Gordon Edelstein.