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1.1 million total viewers tuned in to the premiere of 'Jim Gaffigan: Obsessed' (April 27, 10:00 p.m.), making it the most-watched stand-up special of 2014 for Comedy Central. The #1 brand in comedy is currently in the midst of its annual Stand-Up Month which has featured one-hour premieres from Hannibal Buress, Patton Oswalt, Dave Attell and Tracy Morgan and will conclude this Sunday, May 4 at 10:00 p.m. with the premiere of 'David Spade: My Fake Problems.'

NBCUniversal announced today that Vasant M. Prabhu has been named Chief Financial Officer. Prabhu will be a member of the Executive Committee and report to Steve Burke, Chief Executive Officer, NBCUniversal when he joins the company on June 1st. In addition to serving as CFO, Prabhu will oversee Operations and Technical Services, which includes NBCUniversal's technical operations, physical plant, corporate services and information technology functions.

HISTORY has picked up 10 episodes of a new game show titled “PAWNOGRAPHY” from Leftfield Pictures, it was announced today by Elaine Frontain Bryant, Senior Vice President, Programming and Development for HISTORY. The half-hour game show will be taped in front of a live studio audience and production on the series is slated to begin this May in Las Vegas. The series is set to premiere on History in Summer 2014.

Syfy today announced a compelling and bold new unscripted development slate of seven projects featuring docuseries about family run horror houses and a special effects pyrotechnics company, Silicon Valley billionaires, fascinating men and women confronting the apocalypse, to the geek pub quiz phenomenon and surviving a disaster – alone.

Building on the momentum of Syfy's growing slate of cutting edge, provocative original programming, Syfy today announced it was developing adaptations of the graphic novels Clone, from Robert Kirkman and David Alpert (The Walking Dead) and Letter 44, from Jonathan Mostow (Terminator 3), as well as the popular novels The Magicians, based on the book series by Lev Grossman.

Syfy today announced that it will develop as longform programming Pax Romana, Jonathan Hickman's graphic novel about a time traveling clash of ages and arms, and Ronin, based on Frank Miller's (300) comic book series, about an avenging samurai.

Los Angeles and New York were not enough! Syfy and The Asylum today announced that yet another city will be devoured by flying sharks when the new Original Movie Sharknado 3 premieres on Syfy in Summer 2015.

THEATER TALK favorite Harvey Fierstein returns for an all-new interview about his latest (and Tony-nominated) play, Casa Valentina - his third show (along with Newsies and Kinky Boots) currently running on Broadway.

On the heels of achieving its best 1Q performance in a decade, TLC continues its hot streak as it garners its best April Prime performance in a decade among W25-54, P2+, and HH. April also concludes as TLC's 3rd best April Prime delivery performance ever among W25-54. Additionally, the network posted double-digit rating gains vs. year ago in ratings among W25-54/18-49, P2+, and HH.

Walt Disney Pictures and Lucasfilm may have announced the majority of its STAR WARS: EPISODE VII cast earlier today, but sources have confirmed that a final key role has yet to be filled.

il 2014 vs. April 2013 among all key demos, including P2+, HH, and P/M/W25-54/18-49 in delivery. With hit series Mountain Monsters, Hillbilly Blood, and Buying the Bayou, Destination America earned its best April ever in Prime and Total Day. The network has now experienced 23 consecutive months of year-over-year delivery gains in Prime among P25-54 and has ranked among cable's top five fastest-growing networks in Prime delivery among P2+ and HH for YTD.

For the week of April 21, 2014, “ABC World News with Diane Sawyer” averaged 7.602 million Total Viewers and a 1.6 rating/7 share/1.932 million in Adults 25-54, according to Nielsen Media Research. “World News” improved on the year-earlier week in Total Viewers (+1%) and Adults 25-54 (+3%) – 7.523 million and 1.869 million, respectively, on w/o 4/22/13. In addition, “World News” stood as the only evening newscast to grow in both measures versus the year-ago week as “CBS Evening News” (-3%/-12%) was down, while “NBC Nightly News” (+1%/-10%) was mixed.

Powered by the magnetic storytelling of NAKED AND AFRAID, FAST N' LOUD and SONS OF GUNS, compelling characters from returning favorite DEADLIEST CATCH, and freshman series LORDS OF THE CAR HOARDS, Discovery Channel delivered its best April in key demos since 2010 with double digit increases vs. April 2013. Discovery Late Night also experienced increases in key demos vs. the same month last year.

Trans Teen: The Documentary, hosted by Laverne Cox and airing simultaneously on MTV & Logo TV, will air this fall, it was announced today.

This May, fans of the popular animated series 'Littlest Pet Shop' can get ready for a new set of adventures when Blythe and her furry friends return for a third season, May 31 at 9:30 a.m. ET/ 6:30 a.m. PT, on the Hub Network, champions of family fun and the only network dedicated to providing kids and their families with entertainment they can watch together. Julie McNally Cahill, Tim Cahill, Kirsten Newland and Stephen Davis serve as executive producers for the series, which is produced by Hasbro Studios.

During April 2014, Disney Channel, the 24-hour kid-driven, family-inclusive television network, ranked as TV's #1 network for the 36th-consecutive month in Kids 6-11 (447,000/1.9 rating) and for the 48th-straight month in Tweens 9-14 (389,000/1.6 rating), driven by the '2014 Radio Disney Music Awards' and popular original series, including 'Jessie,' 'Dog With A Blog,' 'Liv and Maddie' and 'I Didn't Do It.'

According to Deadline, Ioan Gruffudd (FANTASTIC FOUR, RINGER) will join Dwayne Johnson and Carla Gugino in Warner Bros' upcoming earthquake disaster flick SAN ANDREAS. Alexandra Daddario and Colton Haynes also star.

ABC was the most-watched TV network on the first Monday of the May Sweep for the 8th straight year, leading the night for the 3rd consecutive week and outdrawing runner-up NBC by 20% (13.4 million vs. 11.2 million). The Net finished a strong 2nd on the night in Adults 18-49 (2.2/6), outdelivering CBS by 38% (1.6/5) and Fox's drama finales by 83% (1.2/3). Dancing was the night's most-watched TV program overall.

When viewers ask, you Bring It! Lifetime has ordered ten additional episodes of its all-new hit docuseries Bring It! (#BringIt), produced by Pilgrim Studios, which shines a spotlight on the elite world of hip-hop majorette competitions, to premiere this summer. The program's spring finale will air tomorrow night at 10:00pm ET/PT.

This morning on “LIVE with Kelly and Michael,” hosts Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan announced the five stellar educators chosen as finalists for the 2014 edition of “LIVE's Top Teacher Search.” All five will travel to “LIVE's” New York City studio to appear on the show during “Top Teacher Week,” May 12-16, 2014.