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Fox Inclusion today announced that the Fox Writers Lab (FWL) is now accepting applications for its 2018 program, designed to nurture experienced and emerging writers with unique voices, backgrounds and life experiences and create a strong pipeline of well-rounded talent for potential staffing as writers and/or story editors on Fox productions.

Bringing the best of Broadway to primetime, NBC has cast Tony Award winner and Dear Evan Hansen star Ben Platt as a guest star on NBC's WILL & GRACE The episode will air tonight, October 5 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on NBC.

CBS All Access, the CBS Television Network's digital subscription video on demand and live streaming service, today announced that its latest original series, STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, has pushed the service to a new record high for subscriber sign-ups in a single week.

During season premiere week (w/o 9/25/17) in the Live + Same Day numbers, ABC aired 5 of the Top 15 entertainment series in Adults 18-49: Grey's Anatomy No. 8, The Good Doctor No. 10, Modern Family No. 11, The Goldbergs No. 12 and American Housewife No. 15. ABC's The Good Doctor opened as TV's No. 1 new drama in Total Viewers and Adults 18-49.

During the week of September 25, 2017, Live with Kelly and Ryan topped the debut week of NBC's Megyn Kelly Today by 21% in Households (2.3/8 vs. 1.9/7) in the 56 U.S. Metered Markets and by 43% among the key demographic of Women 25-54 (1.0/8 vs. 0.7/6) in the 25 LPM Markets.

For the week of September 25, 2017, ABC's The Chew outdelivered CBS' The Talk for the 16th consecutive week in key Women 18-49 (+13% - 300,000/0.5 rating vs. 266,000/0.4 rating), including by double digits for the past 7 weeks in a row among the target demographic dates back to weeks of 6/12/17 and 8/14/17, respectively.

During the opening week of the new 2017-18 TV season (w/o 9/25/17), ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live jumped over the prior week by 13% in Total Viewers (2.298 million vs. 2.035 million) and 23% among Adults 18-49 (626,000 vs. 509,000) to its best performance since June since the weeks of 6/5/17 and 6/12/17, respectively.

With Dancing and the season's No. 1 new drama in The Good Doctor, ABC was the most watched network on Monday night (10.2 million) and nearly tied NBC for No. 1 in Adults 18-49 (1.9/7 vs. 2.0/7).

For the 2nd Monday in a row, ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live ranked as the No. 1 late-night talk show with Adults 18-49 (0.7/4) in the 25 LPM Markets, topping NBC's The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon by 17% (0.6/3) and CBS' The Late Show with Stephen Colbert by 20% (0.5/3).

Television's No. 1 new drama, The Good Doctor, has been given a full-season order, Channing Dungey, president, ABC Entertainment, said today.

GSN announced today it will celebrate the work of TV icon Monty Hall with a 6-hour marathon of Let's Make a Deal on Sunday, October 8, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. ET.

Charitybuzz is pleased to premiere its Hollywood Auction, providing access to Fall's newest TV shows, the most anticipated movies, incredibly talented directors, screenwriters, producers, actors and more - bidders can step on set, snag a role, or get exclusive access to previews and premieres. The best part? It's all to benefit worthy non-profit causes.

Telemundo Deportes, the Spanish-language home of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia, presents exclusive broadcast of four key matches in the final two days of the hexagonal. The broadcast includes Costa Rica vs. Honduras on Friday, October 6, and all three matches on Tuesday, October 10: Honduras vs. Mexico, Trinidad & Tobago vs. USA, and Panama vs. Costa Rica.

Dancing with the Stars will air live on MONDAY, OCTOBER 2 (8:05-10:00 p.m. EDT), on The ABC Television Network, and will open with a moment of silence in honor of the victims of the mass shooting that occurred last night in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Good Doctor will air as originally scheduled from 10:00-11:00 p.m. EDT.

Submissions for the 49th NAACP IMAGE AWARDS closes on Friday, October 6, 2017.

According to TV Guide, the season 8 premiere of FOX's Bob's Burgers will comprise completely of fan animation. The creative team of the animated sitcom asked 62 super fans with backgrounds in animation to submit their own designs to be used in the premiere coming this Sunday.

Science Channel continued its ratings successes of 2017 by setting a new Primetime record with its highest rated 3Q ever among Total Viewers P2+.

Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie have signed on as judges for the beloved music competition series American Idol for its first season on ABC.

The 2017-18 NHL regular season next Wednesday, Oct. 4, with an opening night doubleheader on NBCSN starting at 8 p.m. ET.

Popular home renovator Nicole Curtis stars in a new season of Rehab Addict premiering Wednesday, October 4, at 9 p.m. ET/PT. During the eight-episode series, Nicole and her team save historic homes in Detroit and restore them to their stately beauty.