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True Blood begins its ten-episode, seventh and final season SUNDAY, JUNE 22 at 9:00 p.m. Mixing romance, suspense, mystery and humor, the series takes place in a world where vampires and humans co-exist, after vampires have come out of the coffin, thanks to the invention of mass-produced synthetic blood that means they no longer need humans as a nutritional source. Check out a first look below!

Move over spelling bees! Lifetime has ordered eight episodes of the new competition docu-series Child Genius centering on some of America's most extraordinary and gifted children and their families as they prepare for a national intelligence competition. In cooperation with American MENSA, the competition will take place over several weeks this summer and will test America's best young minds on their knowledge of logic, current affairs, history, memory, science, spelling, math and debate. Only one phenomenal kid will shine brighter than the rest and be named Child Genius 2014.

HISTORY's(R) VIKINGS (#Vikings) continues to conquer. The hit drama's season two finale averaged 3.4 million Total Viewers, 1.6 million Adults 25-54, 1.4 million Adults 18-49, 989,000 Men 25-54 and 879,000 million Men 18-49 at 10:00pm last night, according to Nielsen Research.

The Tony nominee will guest star on next week's episode of NBC's long-running drama LAW & ORDER: SVU, BroadwayWorld has confirmed.

Bolstered by the first Game 7 tripleheader in 11 years, 25 one-goal games, 14 overtime games, and a record 10 multi-goal comeback wins, the first round of the 2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs delivered significant viewership or consumption increases across NBC, NBCSN, CNBC, a number of the NBC Sports Regional Networks, and NBC Sports Live Extra, the NBC Sports Group's live streaming product.

ABC News' 'Nightline' drew 1.559 million Total Viewers, 635,000 Adults 25-54 and 490,000 Adults 18-49 for the week of April 21, 2014, according to Nielsen Media Research. The ABC late night program ranked No. 1 in Total Viewers for the 2nd week in a row and 3rd time in the last 4 weeks. 'Nightline' outdrew NBC's 'Late Night with Seth Meyers' by its largest Total Viewer margin ever (+48,000) during a week of original telecasts.

CBS Sports Network has reached an agreement with Minor League Baseball(TM) (MiLB(TM)) to televise 15 games throughout the course of the 2014 season. The schedule features games from the MiLB- affiliated leagues including Triple-A(R) Baseball, and also allows for the opportunity to flex games based on possible appearances by Major League Baseball stars.

TV Land's hit sitcom 'Hot in Cleveland' has been renewed for 24 episodes for a sixth season, it was announced today by Larry W. Jones, President, TV Land. The announcement was made during rehearsal for the series' upcoming landmark 100th episode, entitled 'Win Win,' which tapes this Friday, May 2nd. 'Hot in Cleveland' stars Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves, Wendie Malick and Betty White, and is currently airing its fifth season on Wednesdays at 10pm ET/PT on TV Land.

NBC Sports Group presents 15.5 hours of Kentucky Derby coverage, a record for the event, continuing today, Thursday, May 1 at 4 p.m. ET on NBCSN, and culminating with the 140th running of the Kentucky Derby on NBC, Saturday, May 3. Coverage begins on Saturday at Noon on NBCSN and continues at 4 p.m. ET on NBC.

The Hollywood Reporter has debuted the first brief bonus feature from the DVD edition of Rob Thomas' VERONICA MARS, a project which broke records with its Kickstarter campaign last year. Check out the special feature, going inside the first day of shooting and featuring Kristen Bell and Jason Dohring, below!

According to Deadline, Queen Latifah has signed on to play blues legend Bessie Smith in HBO's upcoming, untitled biopic of the late star. PARIAH's Dee Rees will write and direct.

Hispanic cable network mun2 premieres the highly-anticipated third season of its hit reality series “Larrymania” this Sunday May 4 at 9 p.m/8 p.m. CST . The 14 episode season featuring multi-award winning Latin superstar Larry Hernandez and his fun-loving family takes viewers on more adventures, drama, a non-stop concert tour, a new home and the exclusive access to the birth of baby Dalary.

Jessica Hendy recently performed 'Chasing Cars' and 'Another Day' at Broadway Sessions on April 17th, 2014. Click below to hear her renditions!

According to Deadline, Allison Janney has signed on to join SPY, starring Melissa McCarthy and written and directed by Paul Feig.

After a single season as host, Cedric The Entertainer has confirmed that he'll be exiting Disney-ABC's long-running game show WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE.

According to Deadline, Scott Eastwood, son of Clint Eastwood, has landed the lead male role in the upcoming film adaptation of Nicholas Sparks' latest romance novel THE LONGEST RIDE.

60 Minutes has made the Top 10 again, marking the fifth time over six broadcasts that the CBS newsmagazine finished among the week's top programs. The program drew 10.44 million viewers to place #7 for the week, according to Nielsen live-plus-same-day ratings for April 27, 2014.

According to Variety, Hailee Steinfeld is in talks to join the cast of PITCH PERFECT 2, joining Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson and Brittany Snow. Elizabeth Banks will direct, with Kay Cannon also returning to pen the script. No details on who she might play were revealed.

Baz Luhrmann may be moving on from Gatsby to 'The King.'

Building upon its recent transmedia successes, Syfy Digital today announced significant new digital, social and second screen storytelling initiatives including a game-to-TV Avatar joining the cast of the hit series Defiance; Syfy Now debuting on Android phones and tablets this summer, an interactive handbook to the eagerly anticipated new drama Dominion, and a new web experience for Syfy Sync for Sharknado 2 and Defiance.