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The new original comedy series WHATTA LARK discovers that if you're lucky, true friendship can be a real drag (queen). Releasing on the queer-centric platform Revry.TV on December 15th, this 10-episode comedy series was created by voice-over veteran/actress Tara Platt (The Call, League of Legends), who also stars alongside Christopher Graham, aka real-life Drag legend Poppy Fields.

OLAF'S FROZEN ADVENTURE makes its broadcast television debut as part of Disney ABC Television Group's '25 Days of Christmas' celebration TONIGHT, DEC. 14 (8:00-8:30 p.m. EST), on The ABC Television Network.

New York Women in Film & Television has announced the honorees for this year's Muse Awards on December 14th: Laura Dern (actor), Judith Light (actor) and Amy Emmerich (Refinery29 CCO); Regina K. Scully (filmmaker and CEO of Artemis Rising Foundation) will receive the Loreen Arbus Changemaker Award; and the inaugural Nancy Malone Directing Award will be presented to groundbreaking filmmaker Julie Dash.

CBS celebrates the 50th anniversary of Carol Burnett's classic, award-winning comedy series with THE Carol Burnett 50TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL, a new two-hour star-studded event featuring Burnett, original cast members and special guests, tonight, Dec. 3 (8:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

This year Are You Series? is celebrating its fifth edition. In five years, this festival devoted to TV series has turned into the place to be for fans of series and professionals alike.

Grammy Award-winning and multi-platinum recording artist Pentatonix is returning to NBC this holiday season with A VERY PENTATONIX CHRISTMAS set for Monday, Nov. 27 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. The special will also have an encore airing on Wednesday, Dec. 6 at 8 p.m.

This December, Theater Close-Up will raise the curtain for viewers on Tony Award-winning playwright and director Richard Nelson's compelling three-play cycle, The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family.

If you had told a Chicagoan 100 years ago that a tour of the Chicago River would top every visitor's list, you would have been laughed out of town. What was once a meandering weed-choked stream turned smelly industrial channel is now lined with soaring skyscrapers and jammed with tour boats jockeying for position with kayakers and water taxis. Today the Chicago River is more popular than ever, with a new Riverwalk, dramatic new towers and boathouses, and entire new neighborhoods rising along the river's edge.

New York Women in Film & Television has announced the honorees for this year's Muse Awards on December 14th: Laura Dern (actor), Judith Light (actor) and Amy Emmerich (Refinery29 CCO); Regina K. Scully (filmmaker and CEO of Artemis Rising Foundation) will receive the Loreen Arbus Changemaker Award; and the inaugural Nancy Malone Directing Award will be presented to groundbreaking filmmaker Julie Dash.

NYC-ARTS, THIRTEEN's weekly arts and culture multi-platform showcase, brings artslovers an all-access pass to the interesting, unusual and unique cultural offerings of the greater New York City region. On November 16, the series will feature the program's co-host and New York Emmy winner Paula Zahn in conversation with Tony Award-winning director of theater, opera and film, Julie Taymor.

The Broadway's Best lineup on PBS continues this week with the Great Performances presentation of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel's Tony Award-winning play Indecent, premiering Friday, November 17 at 9pm ET (check local listings), and available to stream the following day via pbs.org/gperf and PBS OTT apps. Get ready with a preview for the show below!

Amidst the Indiegogo campaign for its second original series, 'Cady Did,' Monday Morning Productions is announcing members of the production crew who will bring the online comedy, starring Tony Award winner Cady Huffman, to life.

iThentic announced today the rebrand of its distribution platform - under the name iFestivus. The digital content studio also announced a strategic partnership with comedy powerhouse, FUNNY OR DIE, with the launch of a dedicated iFestivus comedy channel on that platform.

THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW - NOW IN LIVING COLOR!, a new one-hour special with two newly colorized back-to-back classic episodes of the beloved 1960s series, will be broadcast Friday, Dec. 22 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

Mazel all around! Bravo Media has signed a three year multi-tiered deal with late night talk show host and Emmy award-winning producer Andy Cohen, it was announced today by Frances Berwick, President, Lifestyle Networks, NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment.

NBC Sports Group surrounds the Brazilian Grand Prix the penultimate race of the 2017 Formula One campaign this weekend, highlighted by live race coverage from Aut dromo Jos Carlos Pace on Sunday at 10:30 a.m. ET on NBCSN. Pre-race coverage begins at 10 a.m. ET on NBCSN with F1 Countdown.

NBC Sports Group surrounds the penultimate races of the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup and XFINITY Series Playoffs, with more than 15 hours of trackside coverage from Phoenix International Raceway, in Avondale, Arizona.

NBC, the only network with two primetime NFL packages, presents a pair of primetime games this week as it marks the return of Thursday Night Football to the network.

CBS continues its merry tradition as a destination for special events during the holidays! Kicking off with THE THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE ON CBS, viewers will also be treated to animated holiday favorites, newly colorized classic series, nostalgic reunions, festive musical performances and much more.

ABC's The View averaged 2.928 million Total Viewers, 505,000 Women 25-54 and 336,000 Women 18-49 during the week of October 30, 2017, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research.