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The results will be revealed during an unprecedented two-hour broadcast hosted by Barbara Walters, BEST IN TV: THE GREATEST SHOWS OF OUR TIME airing September 18th in conjunction with ABC's broadcast of the Emmy Awards.

Celebrate 'Sweet 16' when ABC's THE VIEW returns for its new season, live, today, September 4, 2012. 'The View' airs Monday-Friday (11:00 am-12:00 pm, ET) on the ABC Television Network.

Premiering tonight, September 4th at 6p ET, Emmy(R) award winning talk show host Joy Behar will make her return to cable on Current TV's new hour-long series JOY BEHAR: SAY ANYTHING! The series will air nightly Monday through Thursday at 6pm and will repeat later the same evening.

Lucimarian Tolliver Roberts, mother of GOOD MORNING AMERICA anchorwoman Robin Roberts, passed away yesterday, August 30th. The news of her death explains why her daughter Robin began her medical leave from the ABC morning show one day earlier than expected.

A new season of ABC's Emmy Award-winning talk show THE VIEW begins live, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4-7 (11:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon, ET), with celebrities including Glenn Close, Dwyane Wade, Kim Kardashian, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kirsten Dunst and her 'Bachelorette' co-stars Isla Fisher and Lizzy Caplan.

Robin Roberts will begin her medical leave from ABC's GOOD MORNING AMERICA tomorrow, August 31st. It was revealed this morning that hosting duties will be shared among some of Hollywood's biggest names, including Oprah Winfrey, Chris Rock, the cast of Modern Family, Diane Sawyer, Katie Couric, Barbara Walters and Kelly Ripa.

ABC's Emmy Award-winning talk show THE VIEW returns live, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 (11:00a.m. - 12:00 noon, ET),. Slated to appear in the coming weeks: Oscar-winning actress/singer Jennifer Hudson, reality star Kim Kardashian ('Keeping Up with the Kardashians'), professional basketball player Dwayne Wade (author, A Father First), actress Amy Adams and 'Bachelorette' stars Kirsten Dunst, Isla Fisher and Lizzy Caplan.

Celebrate 'Sweet 16' when ABC's THE VIEW returns for its new season, live, Tuesday, September 4, 2012. 'The View' airs Monday-Friday (11:00 am-12:00 pm, ET) on the ABC Television Network.

FREUD'S LAST SESSION will feature a post-show talkback discussion with Dr. Jeffrey W. Barbeau, Associate Professor of Theology in the Graduate School of Wheaton College; Dr. Tracy L. Caldwell, Associate Professor of Psychology at Dominican University; and Dr. Larry Arnhart, Presidential Research Professor of Political Science at Northern Illinois University, following the 1:00 p.m. performance today, August 19 at the Mercury Theater, 3745 N. Southport in Chicago. The scholars will discuss the thought-provoking themes addressed in the play, such as the existence of God and the meaning of life.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, CNN's Candy Crowley will serve as moderator for the October 16 presidential debate to be held at New York's Hofstra University. The newswoman will be the first woman in 20 years to take on the role.

Due to popular demand, the smash hit FREUD'S LAST SESSION today announced its final extension through November 11th at the Mercury Theater, 3745 N. Southport, in Chicago.

FREUD'S LAST SESSION will feature a post-show talkback discussion with Dr. Jeffrey W. Barbeau, Associate Professor of Theology in the Graduate School of Wheaton College; Dr. Tracy L. Caldwell, Associate Professor of Psychology at Dominican University; and Dr. Larry Arnhart, Presidential Research Professor of Political Science at Northern Illinois University, following the 1:00 p.m. performance on Sunday, August 19 at the Mercury Theater, 3745 N. Southport in Chicago. The scholars will discuss the thought-provoking themes addressed in the play, such as the existence of God and the meaning of life.

Woody Harrelson ('Bullet for Adolf'), Cybill Shepherd ('The Best Man'), Kyra Sedgwick ('The Closer') and Edward Norton ('The Bourne Legacy') will all be featured now through AUGUST 3 on ABC's THE VIEW.

Casting is now complete for the world premiere of TAIL! SPIN!, a 'hilarious and heartbreaking verbatim reenactment of the preposterous sex scandals that brought down Former South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, Former U.S. Congressman Anthony Wiener of New York, Former U.S. Congressman Mark Foley of Florida, and Former U.S. Senator Larry Craig of Idaho.'

Joan Rivers, Karina Smirnoff (ABC's 'Dancing With the Stars'), Woody Harrelson ('Bullet for Adolf'), Cybill Shepherd ('The Best Man'), Kyra Sedgwick ('The Closer') and Edward Norton ('The Bourne Legacy') will all be featured JULY 30 - AUGUST 3 on ABC's THE VIEW .

TVGuide.com reports that veteran news anchors Diane Sawyer, Barbara Walters and Katie Couric will take turns filling in at the desk of GOOD MORNING AMERICA when host Robin Roberts takes a medical leave to undergo a bone-marrow transplate.

FREUD'S LAST SESSION, the runaway hit play by Mark St. Germain, ends its run on Sunday, July 22nd at New World Stages (340 West 50th Street). The date also marks the show's two-year anniversary. Upon the New York closing of FREUD'S LAST SESSION on July 22nd, the production will have played a total of 775 performances and eight previews.

FREUD'S LAST SESSION, New York's smash hit play by Mark St. Germain, will host the last in its series of popular post-performance discussions tonight, July 20th led by one of the show's producers, Jack Thomas, and the show's cast. They will also conduct a Q&A session with the audience.

Jessica Alba, Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard ('Hit & Run'), Jane Seymour, Les, Seth and Ashley Gold ('Hardcore Pawn'), plus a Pistol Annies performance will all be featured JULY 23-27 on ABC's THE VIEW .

Morgan Freeman and Michael Cain ('The Dark Knight Rises'), Mike Tyson ('Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth'), Jeff Daniels ('The Newsroom'), Chris Colfer ('Glee' and author, The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell) and Judge Jeanine Pirro (author, Sly Fox) are among the guests now through July 20 on ABC's THE VIEW. (11:00 a.m.-12:00 noon, ET; broadcast live in stereo; CC; TV-14).