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The ABC Television Network and the PEANUTS gang will ring in the new year with the animated PEANUTS special, “Happy New Year, Charlie Brown,” created by late cartoonist Charles M. Schulz, along with “She's a Good Skate, Charlie Brown,” airing with Spanish audio via SAP MONDAY, DECEMBER 30 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.

ABC News Radio will offer listeners a full slate of year end programming as 2013 comes to a close. ABC News Radio's wide array of long-form programming will highlight the top stories, trends and topics of 2013, including:

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the former FREAKS AND GEEKS star has booked a recurring role on the hit comedy, starring Zooey Deschanel. Cardellini will play Abby, the 'wild' sister of Jess (Deschanel). As of now, there's no word when the actress' first episode wil air.

Twentieth Century Fox has released the first teaser for DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES, set to hit theaters in July 2014. Check it out below!

In the high-stakes world of professional horse race handicapping, the only thing bigger than the bets are the characters placing them -- and the best in the business are members of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA). Esquire Network's new series HORSEPLAYERS, premiering Tuesday, January 21 at 10p e/p, follows the lifestyles of a diverse cast of handicappers as they compete for a chance to face off in the annual National Handicapping Championship (NHC). One winner will walk away with the title of America's top handicapper and nearly $1 million.

It's a tale as old as time ... boy & girl meet, boy & girl fall in love, girl gets special visa to visit the United States, boy & girl only have 90 days to decide the rest of their lives: get married or go back home. In the new TLC series 90 DAY FIANCE, viewers follow as five couples explore the complicated world of international romance. Four of the relationships will play out through six one-hour episodes on TLC, while one relationship journey will air exclusively on TLC.com. The series premieres Sunday January 12, 2014, at 10/9c.

NBC Olympics, a division of the NBC Sports Group, and Yahoo have extended their existing digital alliance to include content and promotion surrounding the XXII Olympic Winter Games from Sochi, Russia. The alliance focuses on access for Yahoo's audience in the United States to all of NBC Olympics' exclusive digital video highlights and live streamed events on NBCOlympics.com, the creation of a digital Olympics daily show, and the showcase of various Yahoo products through the lens of NBC's coverage of the Games.

One Village Entertainment, an RLJ Entertainment (NASDAQ: RLJE) brand, brings you the double feature of In Sickness and In Health and To Love and To Cherish on DVD on Jan. 7, 2014. Both directed by Roger Melvin, the films star Chico Benymon (UPN's “Half & Half”, Ali), Denise Boutte (TBS's “Meet the Browns”), Golden Brooks (UPN/CW's “Girlfriends”), Jennifer Freeman (ABC's “My Wife and Kids,” You Got Served), Mel Jackson (Soul Food) and Tommy Ford (FOX's “Martin”), In Sickness and In Health / To Love and To Cherish will be available on DVD for an SRP of $14.98.

CBS will ring in the new year with all-new episodes of its hit comedies and dramas, beginning Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014. Following is information on the first original episodes of all of the Network's series, including the two-hour season finale of HOSTAGES (Jan. 6), and the special series premiere of INTELLIGENCE (Jan. 7):

PERSON OF INTEREST delivered its largest-ever live plus 7-day playback lift and matched its best-ever adult 18-49 lift, according to Nielsen ratings for Week 10 of the season ending Dec. 1.

The much beloved Chicago tradition of the presentation of THE CHRISTMAS SCHOONER recently returned to Mercury Theater Chicago, 3745 N. Southport, and continues through December 29, 2013. The whole family will enjoy this heart-warming musical story of the first Christmas tree ship and the family who risked their lives to fill Chicago with the Christmas spirit. Hailed as 'A sacred part of a Chicago Christmas!' by The Chicago Tribune, the production features a powerful, moving story, an exquisite score of original music and traditional holiday favorites, and a company of 25 actors and musicians. The production is helmed by the Jeff-award winning team of L. Walter Stearns (Director), Eugene Dizon (Musical Director) and Brenda Didier (Choreographer). Check out highlights from the production below!

Reprising their roles are Dan Lauria (Lombardi, 'The Wonder Years,' 'Sullivan and Son') as Jean Shepherd, John Bolton(Spamalot, Contact, Titanic, 'Boardwalk Empire,' 'Gossip Girl') as the Old Man, Tony Award nominee Erin Dilly (Nice Work if You Can Get It, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) as Mother and Caroline O'Connor (Chicago, Moulin Rouge) as school teacher Miss Shields. Eli Tokash (Mary Poppins) plays Ralphie at certain perforances, Noah Baird as little brother Randy, and Jake Lucas (Newsies, Far From Heaven), donning the famous spectacles will take on the lead role of Ralphie.

A first look at the upcoming fourth season of HBO's hit series GAME OF THRONES, based upon George R.R. Martin's hit novels, has hit the web. Check out the screen grabs below!

Per NewNowNext, Saunders, star of the hit British sitcom, opened up about the prospect of a 'FABULOUS' film, telling UK talk show THIS MORNING that: 'There isn't [a movie] but there will be. I'm close to picking up a pen, that' how close it is.”

The Glee actress and Broadway vet will perform, 'Cannonball,' the first single from her upcoming debut album on this week's live finale of THE X FACTOR, she announced today on Twitter.

The studio has tapped ALADDIN and THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG directors John Musker and Ron Clements to helm MONOA, a compuer animated 'mythic adventure set around 2000 years ago and across a series of islands in the South Pacific.' The film is currently set for a 2018 release.

O'Toole's daughter, Kate, confirmed the news earlier today in a statement. She confirmed that her father had been ill 'for some time,' per the report.

“Saturday Night Live,' with host John Goodman and musical guest Kings of Leon, averaged a 4.5/11 in household results in Nielsen's 56 metered markets and a 2.1/9 in adults 18-49 in the 25 markets with Local People Meters, making it the #1 telecast of the night on ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox in both metered-market households and 18-49 rating in the Local People Meters, topping all primetime programming on those networks in both categories.

Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug rose to the occasion at this weekend's box office, taking the top spot with $73.6 million.