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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.

NBC's TODAY continues to gain momentum posting significant long-term ratings growth. Season-to-date, TODAY ranks as the #1 morning news broadcast among A18-49

Bastille performed their new hit single 'Pompeii' off their debut album, 'Bad Blood,' on this morning's TODAY as part of the morning show's Toyota Concert Series.

Tony and Emmy awarding winning actress Swoosie Kurtz has penned a book about her numerous roles off-screen as well as on-, including her most recent: taking care of her 98-year-old mother.

Beginning today, May 5th, there will be live performances on the plaza from the hit musicals Violet, Bullets Over Broadway, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, Cabaret and Mama Mia.

Bill Cosby stopped by this morning's TODAY to talk about his legendary career and about recently receiving the Johnny Carson Award for Comedic Excellence at the American Comedy Awards.

Stage and screen legend Julie and Andrews and her daughter Emma Walter Hamilton stopped by this morning's TODAY show to talk about working together on their new children's book, 'The Very Fairy Princess.'

Special guests during the week include Broadway star Sutton Foster and actress Sophia Bush.

Naughty Boy and Sam Smith stopped by this morning's TODAY as part of the Toyota Concert Series. Below, watch the duo perform their hit 'La La La', off their album Hotel Cabana.

Olivia Newton-John stopped by this morning's TODAY on NBC to chat about 'Summer Nights', her new show at Las Vegas' Flamingo Hotel in which she performs a medley of her hits.

Joan Rivers and her daughter Melissa stopped by this morning's TODAY on NBC to chat about their reality series 'Joan and Melissa: Joan Knows Best,' as well as some of the scandalous items on Joan's bucket list.

Special guests during the week include Broadway star Sutton Foster and actress Sophia Bush.

Ed Weeks, who plays the smooth-talking British doctor on THE MINDY PROJECT stopped by NBC's TODAY to talk about accents, wearing a fatsuit and the fate of characters Mindy and Danny.

On this morning's TODAY, the foursome talked about their relationship both on and off screen including performing together.

Comedian John Oliver, formerly of Comedy Central's 'The Daily Show', stopped by this morning's Today to talk about his new series 'Last Week Tonight', in which he will recap the week's news every Sunday.

Below, check out his performance of two new songs 'La Luz' and 'Mil Pedazos' as the singer lights up the Today show plaza as part of the Toyota Concert Series!

Edie Falco stopped by this morning's today to talk about her role in the hit Showtime drama 'Nurse Jackie,' now in its sixth season.

Popular talk show host Wendy Williams stopped by this morning's TODAY to talk about her show and her upcoming romance novel 'Hold Me in Contempt.'

Known for producing hundreds of hours of creative and highly entertaining, original non-scripted programming, Wilshire Studios, a division of NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment, is ramping up its development slate adding two new overall deals to its roster with Stephanie Bloch Chambers (“Chrisley Knows Best,” “Married to Jonas”) and C. Russell Muth (“DEA,” “Bordertown Laredo”). The new deals announced today by Gary Auerbach, Executive Vice President of Development and Programming, Wilshire Studios, represents the studios' strategic direction as it grows its business into new genres of non-scripted programming that can be leveraged within the NBCU Cable portfolio and externally across all media platforms.

Ingrid Michaelson is connecting with a lot of new fans due to her latest song, 'Girls Chase Boys.'