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Make Me A Song: The Music of William Finn by William Finn.

Last night's special Tuesday edition of 'Sunday Night Football' was the top-rated show on Tuesday, the 16th straight week that primetime football on NBC defeated its nightly competition.

Legendary actor Leslie Nielsen has passed away from complications of pneumonia at the age of 84, according to various news reports. Nielsen was surrounded by his wife and friends in a hospital near his Fort Lauderdale home.

SHINE! The Horatio Alger Musical with a Book by Richard Seff; Music by Roger Dean Anderson and Lyrics by Lee Goldsmith is being presented by Other Side Productions (Peter Mercurio, Chuck Blasius - Co-Artistic Directors) as part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival at The Theater at St. Clements, 423 West 46th Street.

This winter, the Geffen Playhouse is doing its part to spread contagious holiday cheer by presenting Neil Berg's critically acclaimed musical revue Broadway Holiday.

Creative Alliance announces Wrap it UP! Our First Ever OFFICIAL Holiday Season!

Kumu Kahua Theatre presents The Great Kaua‘i Train Robbery, A Kumu Kahua commissioned play, by Lee Cataluna.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art's next upcoming Holiday Monday-Columbus Day, October 11-will give visitors a special opportunity to view such new and popular fall exhibitions as The World of Khubilai Khan: Chinese Art in the Yuan Dynasty and to spend time in the Museum's encyclopedic collections galleries.

Returning after his acclaimed Beethoven Sonata Cycle two seasons ago, Hungarian pianist András Schiff revisits Walt Disney Concert Hall to pay tribute to Schumann during his bicentennial year, Wednesday, October 13, at 8 p.m. The recital program features the German composer's Waldszenen, Op. 82, Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6, Kinderszenen, Op. 15, and Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13. The performance is the first event of the Los Angeles Philharmonic's 2010/11 Colburn Celebrity series, which features some of the world's leading virtuosos.

Albertina Walker died today in Chicago after a battle with emphysema. She was 81 years old. Hailed as the Queen of Gospel, Walker was known for forming the Caravans, the popular gospel act in the '50s that helped launch the careers of artists such as Inez Andrews, Shirley Caesar, James Cleveland, and Cassietta George. The group's classic recordings include songs such as 'Blessed Assurance,' 'Mary Don't You Weep,' 'Soldiers In The Army,' and 'Solid Rock.' As a solo artist, Walker won a GRAMMY for Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album in 1994 for Songs Of The Church - Live In Memphis.

Legendary singer-songwriter Barry Manilow's non-profit organization, the Manilow Music Project (www.manilowmusicproject.org) put more than $500,000 worth of musical instruments into the hands of 15 Clark County School District middle schools and high schools during a ceremony on Thursday, October 7 at Valley High School in Clark County, Nevada. Reinvigorating the school system's music program at a critical time of need; this is the single largest donation of its kind in Clark County history for a music program. 'The happiest mayor in the world,' Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman, was also on hand, as the five semi-trucks left directly from the event to drop the brand new instruments at schools across Clark County.

After standing ovations in San Francisco and Long Beach, California, Anthony Kearns continues a unique concert tour to help improve education for children across the U.S. In the concert tour, sponsored by Wexford Institute, Kearns sings favorite songs of Ireland, Broadway and opera. The next stops for Kearns are in Columbus, OH (October 21), and Wilton, CT (October 23).

Bravo's 'The Real Housewives of D.C.' ends it first season run as the second highest rated freshman series in the 'Real Housewives' franchise among total viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research. The season averaged 1.36 million total viewers and 843,000 adults 18-49. BravoTV.com's showsite for 'The Real Housewives of D.C.' posted 19 million page views, 1 million unique visitors, and 775,000 video streams during the season.

The CW's Thursday dramas bucked the competitive trend and delivered week-to-week gains in key categories, as freshman drama NIKITA in particular posted killer increases over last week, according to Live Plus Same Day Nielsen ratings for Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010.

ABC Family has given the production greenlight to four more pilots and ordered additional episodes of its new hit comedy series, 'Melissa & Joey,' it was announced today by Michael Riley, president, ABC Family. The pilots are 'Untitled Brenda Hampton Project,' 'What Would Jane Do,' 'The Lying Game' and 'The Great State of Georgia.'

'Deadliest Catch' Captains Sig Hansen and Johnathan & Andy Hillstrand Release Statement.

truTV has ordered a third season of its hit original series ALL WORKED UP and has given the greenlight to the spinoff series LIZARD LICK TOWING. The network ordered 13 episodes for the third season of ALL WORKED UP, the series that follows regular working people who endure being yelled at, insulted and sometimes even assaulted ... all before their first coffee break. truTV has also ordered six episodes of LIZARD LICK TOWING, which centers on a North Carolina repossessing and towing company that was one of the most popular fixtures in the first season of ALL WORKED UP. Both series are slated to air in early 2011.

SNL returns with two back-to-back live shows starting on October 23rd with actress Emma Stone and musical guest Kings of Leon.

Kathryn Erbe, who portrayed Detective Alexandra Eames on Dick Wolf's hit USA Network series LAW & ORDER: CRIMINAL INTENT for eight seasons, will return for the tenth and final season, it was announced today by Jeff Wachtel, president original programming, USA & co-head original content Universal Cable Productions. USA Network will air eight all new episodes beginning in 2011.

Flesh eating zombies have taken over Britain and are multiplying as quickly as they kill. Survivors must rapidly find ways to endure in a world that offers little refuge. Cocooned in the safety of their 'Big Brother' house, fame-seeking contestants of this hit reality TV game show are safe and blissfully unaware-until 'eviction night,' when all hell breaks loose.