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Ke$ha, Far East Movement, OneRepublic and Ne-Yo are the latest additions to the extensive list of music artists announced to be performing at 'The 2011 Billboard Music Awards,' hosted by Ken Jeong, which airs live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on SUNDAY, MAY 22 (8:00-11:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. They join previously announced artists Black Eyed Peas, Cee Lo Green, Nicki Minaj, Rihanna, Keith Urban, Pitbull, Lady Antebellum and Taio Cruz.

'Suit up!' This summer, WGN America expands the network's 'legendary' commitment to social media by celebrating fans of How I Met Your Mother online and on- air with the debut of the 'Summer of the SuperFan.'

'A.N.T. Farm,' a comedy series about a middle school musical prodigy who is newly enrolled in a prestigious A.N.T. (Advanced Natural Talents) program at a local high school, will premiere FRIDAY, JUNE 17 (8:30 p.m., ET/PT) on Disney Channel. Starring 12-year-old China Anne McClain, the series depicts the new fish-out-of-water situation Chyna Parks and her fellow A.N.T.s. encounter in the sometimes daunting world of high school - three years earlier than expected.

With even more taffeta, trains and tantrums, TLC premieres another installment of the hit franchise SAY YES TO THE DRESS - SAY YES TO THE DRESS: BRIDESMAIDS - on Friday, July 8 at 10 PM ET/PT.

Owing to the strong performance of NBC's new series 'The Voice,' NBC will offer expanded two-hour live episodes of the vocal competition show beginning June 7 (9-11 p.m. ET) following original episodes of America's top-rated summer show 'America's Got Talent' (8-9 p.m. ET).

Production has begun in Europe on 'Missing,' ABC's highly anticipated new drama series starring Ashley Judd ('Double Jeopardy,' 'Kiss the Girls'). Exotic locations and thrilling twists will keep viewers riveted in this story of a mother whose son suddenly disappears while studying abroad, and of the surprising events that reveal just how far she'll go to find him and bring him back home. The series will begin with 10 episodes, and comes from writer Gregory Poirier ('National Treasure: Book of Secrets') and executive producers Gina Matthews and Grant Scharbo ('The Gates').

June Syfy Saturday Original Movies begin with the highly anticipated premiere of Red Faction: Origins on Saturday, June 4, at 9PM (ET/PT).

NBC's late-night lineup has delivered #1 results for the week of May 2-6, as 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno' out-delivered CBS's 'Late Show with David Letterman' and ABC's combination of 'Nightline' and 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' in 18-49 viewers, total viewers and most other key ratings categories. At 12:35 a.m. ET, 'Late Night with Jimmy Fallon' topped CBS's 'Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson' and ABC's 'Kimmel' in 18-49 viewers and other key categories. Note that 'Kimmel' was an encore on Friday and Monday's telecast was delayed and is excluded from these averages.

Opposite an 'Idol'-fueled Fox on Wednesday night, ABC (2.1/7) once again beat out CBS (+24% - 1.7/5) and NBC (+75% - 1.2/4) by wide margins with Adults 18-34.

Critically-acclaimed hip-hop superstar Lupe Fiasco will take the stage at the '2011 MTV Movie Awards'. He will be joined by R&B sensation, Trey Songz for their first-ever televised performance together. Grammy Award-winning Lupe Fiasco will treat viewers to two songs from his hit album LASERS, which debuted at #1 on the Billboard charts. Fiasco will first rip the stage with the television debut of Fiasco and Trey Songz's collaborative single 'Out of My Head,' to be followed by a performance of his platinum single 'The Show Goes On.'

Oxygen's new look at brides and their bachelorette parties in 'Bachelorette Party: Las Vegas,' will debut this fall. The series follows the VIP staff of the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, NV as they plan memorable, all-access, VIP bachelorette weekends for lucky brides-to-be and their chosen bridal parties.

During the week of May 2, 2011, which included the first full week of the May sweep, ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live turned in its 4th-most-watched week of the season. Building on the previous week by 4% in Total Viewers and by 4% in Adults 18-49, ABC's JKL drew its largest weekly audience in 5 weeks (since w/o 3/28/11).

Childrens Hospital, a comedy series created by Rob Corddry (Hot Tub Time Machine, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart) and featuring an all-star cast, is based on the Webby Award-winning digital series that debuted on TheWB.com in 2008. Season 3 returns to Adult Swim on Thursday, June 2 at midnight (ET, PT).

Spike TV announces an ambitious new slate of non-scripted original pilots aimed at the network's core audience of Men 18-34, while also appealing to the network's expanding audience of Men 35-49. The pilots in development follow a distinctive theme of authentic characters in a high risk/high reward environment, similar to that of the network's new crop of successful original series, 'Auction Hunters,' 'Coal' and 'Repo Games.'

Emmy and Golden Globe nominated actor Mos (formerly known as Mos Def) joins recently announced guest star Colin Hanks in the cast of the Emmy nominated SHOWTIME(R) drama series DEXTER(TM) for Season 6. Mos will appear in a multi-episode story arc in which he will play Brother Sam, a hardened ex-con who claims to have found religion, yet seems to continually find himself surrounded by violence. Production on DEXTER begins in June in Los Angeles and will premiere on SHOWTIME this fall.

Coming off of THE GAME's record-breaking series premiere that drew 7.7 million viewers and becoming the #1 sitcom in ad-supported cable TV history, BET Networks has announced an unprecedented multi-year agreement with Salim and Mara Brock Akil. In addition to their current roles as executive producers and director for THE GAME, the husband and wife team, through Akil Productions, will develop new shows for BET Networks.

If you think the competitive world of fashion is tough, nothing is as intimidating as meeting the boyfriend's family for the first time. Budding designer Alicia Crosby (Kayla Ewell, 'The Vampire Diaries') must earn the approval of a new family and she must do so under the pressures of their annual extravaganza in 'Keeping Up With The Randalls,' a Hallmark Channel Original Movie World Premiere, Saturday, July 16 (9 p.m. ET/PT, 8C). Two-time Emmy(R) nominee Roma Downey ('Touched by an Angel'), television legend and five-time Emmy(R) nominee Marion Ross ('Happy Days,' 'Brooklyn Bridge') and Thad Luckinbill ('The Young and the Restless') also star in the high-spirited summer movie.

Officer Tommy Norman of the North Little Rock (Arkansas) Police Department has been chosen as the grand prize winner of the 2011 AMERICA'S MOST WANTED All-Star Contest. AMERICA'S MOST WANTED (AMW) will feature Officer Norman's story Saturday, June 4 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX.

Road Less Traveled Productions (RLTP) today announced it will present its second annual Buffalo Young Writers night on Wednesday, May 25th at 7:00pm at The Road Less Traveled Theater. The event features winners of the 2011 Buffalo Young Writers contest, developed by RLTP to recognize outstanding student playwrights in the WNY area between the ages of 17 and 22.

Iron Crow Theatre Company will produce Brad Fraser's LOVE AND HUMAN REMAINS at the Swirnow Theatre on the Homewood campus of Johns Hopkins University, June 2nd through the 18th.