TV News Desk - Page 139

NBC Sports Group surrounds the first race of the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs, with more than 17 hours of trackside coverage from Chicagoland Speedway, in Joliet, Illinois.

Country Music queen Reba McEntire will debut as host for the eighth annual CMA Country Christmas event from Nashville's famed Grand Ole Opry House on MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 8/7C.

As the network doubles down on genre programming, Freeform, Disney's young adult television and streaming network, announced today that it will be presenting an unprecedented three hours of genre programming panels and screenings with cast and executive producers from several original series including Shadowhunters, Beyond and new original drama Siren at New York Comic Con on Saturday, October 7.

Starz President and CEO Chris Albrecht announced today that the development project Vida (formerly titled Pour Vida ) has been greenlit to series.

SportsEngine Inc., a division of NBC Sports Group, announced today a multi-year agreement with United States Youth Futsal to power their national website at www.usyouthfutsal.com.

Everton forward Wayne Rooney returns to Old Trafford, home of his former club Manchester United, when the Toffees visit the Red Devils this Sunday, September 17, at 11 a.m. ET on NBCSN and Telemundo.

Hand in Hand: A Benefit for Hurricane Relief today announced additional celebrity participants and corporate partners. The one-hour special, which will benefit those affected by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, will air live and commercial free on TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, at 8:00 p.m. EDT/7:00 p.m. CDT and re-air at 8:00 p.m. PDT on the West Coast.

On a night where millions of viewers lost electricity due to Hurricane Irma and opposite big NFL-fueled competition from the season opener of NBC's Sunday Night Football (New York Giants-Dallas Cowboys) and Fox's NFL overrun-inflated lineup with the highly promoted series debut of The Orville, ABC's Sunday 9:00-11:00 p.m. broadcast of The 2018 Miss America Competition built on its lead-in and surged by 1.3 million viewers

True to the Game, the film adaptation of the book by New York Times' best-selling author Teri Woods, hit theaters over the weekend and came in as the #1 independent film at the box office.

Director Richard Gabai's feature film JUSTICE opens in theaters on September 15, 2017 and will concurrently debut on Digital and On Demand through Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.

AMC today announced the renewal of Ride with Norman Reedus for a third season, slated to air in 2018.

The second season of the popular short form comedy series Successful People will be released in full exclusively via Amazon on September 17.

Former Secretary of State and presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton will sit down with CBS SUNDAY MORNING anchor Jane Pauley for her first TV interview about her new book and her run for the White House. The interview will be broadcast Sunday, Sept. 10 (9:00 AM, ET) on CBS SUNDAY MORNING.

'Snapped,' Oxygen Media's longest running true-crime franchises, will premiere the two-hour special, SNAPPED NOTORIOUS: TUPAC SHAKUR. The special will focus on the pivotal six day period leading up to the death of one of hip-hop's greatest rappers

In partnership with New York Road Runners and USA Track & Field, NBC Sports Group will broadcast the 2017 New Balance 5th Avenue Mile live on NBC at 1:30 p.m. ET on Sunday, September 10.

The Miss America Organization, dick clark productions and ABC announced today that the 97th Miss America Competition will return to Atlantic City's historic Boardwalk Hall on SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

According to Entertainment Weekly, stage and screen star Bobby Cannavale (Broadway's THE BIG KNIFE, THE MOTHERF**K WITH THE HAT) will reprise his role as 'Vince D'Angelo, easily distracted cop and ex-boyfriend of Will' in the highly anticipated NBC revival of WILL & GRACE.

ABC's “The View” welcomes former presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton live on WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 (11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. EDT), for her first talk show appearance since the election.

On Wednesday, September 13, former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer will be interviewed by Jimmy Kimmel on the host's ABC late-night talk show. This will be Spicer's first interview since leaving his post at the White House.

Tonight, September 8th, musical theater star Alfie Boe will perform with music legend Pete Townshend on NBC's TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON.