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NBC Universal Digital Studio today announced the original web series 'Dial Star' featuring AnnaLynne McCord ('90210,' 'Nip/Tuck'). Developed exclusively for AT&T1 by the NBC Universal Digital Studio and MEC Entertainment, a division of AT&T's media agency MEC, the series will debut in June 2010 at http://www.dialstar.tv/ and will be promoted on www.facebook.com/attshare.

With The Bachelorette and True Beauty, ABC won its 2nd straight Monday night among Adults 18-49 (2.3/7), beating second-place CBS by 21% (1.9/6), third-place Fox by 44% (1.6/5) and fourth-place NBC by 53% (1.5/5). In fact, ABC delivered the #1 position in all 6 half-hours of the evening.

The most talked about installment of Bravo's 'The Real Housewives' franchise is set to take on the Hill, premiering on Thursday, August 5 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Bravo's 'The Real Housewives' franchise presents a slice of life amongst affluent, educated women, some raising kids, some driving careers, all interacting with friends and family as determined by the unwritten social rules of the Beltway. With the franchise's expansion to our nation's capital, 'The Real Housewives of D.C.' introduces five intriguing women whose relationships with each other, and with the city in which they live, are a compelling combination to explore the nexus of politics, society, and even race, as well as how the proximity to political power dictates where one fits within Beltway society.

The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art - MoCCA is pleased to present: To Teach: The Journey, In Comics William Ayers and Ryan Alexander-Tanner in conversation with Calvin Reid Thursday, June 17, 7 PM Admission: $5 | Free for MoCCA Members

Raven Theatre announces a three-week extension of Neil Simon's The Odd Couple, the closing play of Raven's 27th season, directed by Michael Menendian.

Imago Theatre presents Carol Triffle's Backs Like That for eight performances on June 17 to 27, Thursday through Saturday at 7:30 and Sunday @ 2:00.

The Tennessee Performing Arts Center (TPAC), one of the most unique performance facilities in the United States, is featured on the cover of the new AT&T Real Yellow Pages directories serving the greater Nashville area.

Make Music New York, described by city officials as "one of the largest musical events in the city's history," is back for a fourth year of free concerts in public spaces throughout the five boroughs of New York City, all on the first day of summer. On Monday, June 21, from 10 in the morning until 10 at night, musicians of all ages and musical persuasions - from Hip-hop to opera, Latin jazz to punk rock - will perform on streets, sidewalks, stoops, plazas, cemeteries, parks and gardens. Alex Ross of The New Yorker called last year's installment "impressive - more than 800 events across five boroughs. Subversive…musical disruptions invite urban dwellers to abandon their tight routines and let the rhythms of the city take over."

THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF AMERICA (ABRIDGED) Plays The Broadway Theatre Of Pitman 6/18-19

Add make-up, costumes, music, scenery, and an audience, and Hackmatack Playhouse opens for the season Thursday night, June 24 with the enchanting fairy tale, Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella. The charm, humor, warmth, and wonderful music of Cinderella runs June 24 through July 10.

Due to popular demand… and really good ticket sales… we've decided to add several more MUCH ADO ABOUT LEBOWSKI shows.

Faran Tahir (Star Trek, Iron Man, 24) will guest star in two episodes of Warehouse 13 this summer, as one of the mysterious and powerful Regents - the shadowy governing body charged with keeping the Warehouse safe. Syfy's hit series returns for its second season Tuesday, July 6, at 9PM (ET/PT).

Bravo's 'The Rachel Zoe Project' returns for a third season, taking celebrity fashion to a whole new level. Tune in to catch the incredible star power behind Zoe's styling business, with appearances from Gwen Stefani, Demi Moore, Molly Sims, and Johnny Weir, to name a few. Season three premieres Tuesday, August 3 at 11pm ET/PT.

Emmy(R) Award nominee Maura Tierney ('ER') has joined 'The Whole Truth' as a series regular. The new drama series from Jerry Bruckheimer Television will air Wednesdays from 10:00-11:00 p.m., ET this fall on ABC. With a unique alternative narrative structure that chronicles the way a case is built from the perspectives of both the defense and prosecution, 'The Whole Truth' shows each side equally and keeps its audience guessing, shifting allegiances of guilt or innocence until the very final scene.

Daniel Tosh, host of the insanely successful and popular COMEDY CENTRAL series, 'Tosh.0,' will embark on a massive national stand-up tour this fall. 'Tosh Tour Twenty Ten: A COMEDY CENTRAL Live Event' kicks off in September in Arizona and travels to more than 60 cities, with additional shows to be announced (full tour schedule at the end of this release).

The competition to become a Pitmaster just got more heated. TLC today announced that the second season of its hit series BBQ PITMASTERS will be fronted by an expert panel of judges who will pick apart each contestant as they vie for the grand prize.

With continuing coverage of the 2010 NBA Finals (Celtics-Lakers Game 5), ABC towered over its competition for the 2nd straight Sunday. Based on Nielsen's preliminary time-period-based 'Fast Affiliate' ratings, ABC outpaced its nearest competition during primetime by 5.3 million viewers (12.8 million vs. 7.5 million - CBS w/'64th Annual Tony Awards') and by 147% in Adults 18-49 (4.8/14 vs. 1.5/5 - Fox). In Adults 18-49, ABC outperformed the combined delivery of CBS, NBC and Fox by 30% on the evening (4.8/14 vs. 3.7/11). It was ABC's 5th consecutive primetime win with coverage of the 2010 NBA Finals.

SHOWTIME has announced some key talent castings for some of its acclaimed returning and new original series. For DEXTER, noted actors Shawn Hatosy and Maria Doyle Kennedy are signing on as 5th season guest stars and Julie Benz, whose character Rita was found dead in the 4th season finale, will make a guest appearance in one episode of the acclaimed drama series, premiering this fall. Additionally, award-winning actor Brian Cox will also appear in one episode of THE BIG C, which debuts August 16th at 10:30p PT/ET.

No Exit Cafe is being reconfigured to resemble a late 1940s/early 1950s neighborhood cabaret by Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre for its next show, "Sweet and Hot: The Songs of Harold Arlen," performed in association with Michael James, opening Sunday, June 20.

Lat night's win of four 2010 Tony® Awards for the Broadway hit MEMPHIS, including "Best Musical," was cause for celebration at TheatreWorks, the Silicon Valley theatre company that gave birth to the musical. The show was developed at TheatreWorks' 2002 New Works Festival and received its world premiere in 2004 on TheatreWorks' Mainstage. Since then, MEMPHIS has been working its way to Broadway, where it made its debut last October.