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ABC's Emmy award-winning television reality show "Extreme Makeover Home Edition" has selected Children's Theatre of Charlotte to co-design and fabricate two children's bedrooms in an upcoming build in the Charlotte area.

The weather outside is frightful, but the season premiere of Winter 'Wipeout' is delightful, as 24 winter warriors battle head-to-head in a frigid free for all for $50,000. Players first take on the frost bitten qualifier with some brand new obstacles designed to lift spirits in more ways than one -- Snow Shovel Trouble, Pain in the Ice and Candy Pain Lane, which boasts the ultimate sugar crash -- and the obstacle built for all seasons, the classic Big Balls.

Hosted by John Anderson (ESPN's 'SportsCenter,'), John Henson (E! Entertainment's 'Talk Soup') and new co-host Vanessa Lachey ('ABC's True Beauty'), Winter 'Wipeout' airs THURSDAY, JANUARY 5 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network.

The Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) and the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) have announced nominations for outstanding achievement in television, news, radio, promotional writing, and graphic animation during the 2011 season. The winners will be honored at the 2012 Writers Guild Awards on Sunday, February 19, 2012, at simultaneous ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York.

EXTREME MAKEOVER: HOME EDITION traveled to Lewes, Delaware to surprise the Dunning family with the door knock that can change lives. The special Thanksgiving episodes of 'EM: HE' air FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18 (8:00-9:00 & 9:00-10:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.

NBCUniversal Domestic Television Distribution has sold 'Steve Harvey' in more than 70% of the U.S., including in 40 of the top 50 markets, for its debut in national broadcast syndication next Fall 2012, it was announced today by Barry Wallach, President, NBCUniversal Domestic Television Distribution.

NBCUniversal Domestic Television Distribution has sold 'Steve Harvey' in more than 55% of the U.S. for its debut in national broadcast syndication next Fall 2012, it was announced today by Barry Wallach, President, NBCUniversal Domestic Television Distribution.

After breaking the Western mold with the hit mini-series 'Broken Trail,' AMC returns to the genre with the epic drama 'Hell On Wheels,' starring Anson Mount (City by the Sea, Cook County), Common (Just Wright, Date Night), Colm Meaney (Get Him to the Greek), Dominique McElligott (Moon), Ben Esler (The Pacific), Philip Burke (Mercy), and Eddie Spears (Into the West).

I guess it's just human nature to wonder what became of our beloved childhood icons when they grow up. Owe it to some sense of fictional closure if you must. And such is the subject of Balagan Theatre's season opener "Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead" by Bert V. Royal and directed by M. Elizabeth Eller as we look at the Peanuts gang as they are allowed to progress beyond their childlike state into angst ridden young adulthood. Unfortunately the current production tends to focus on the angst and not so much on the adulthood.

The 15th Annual Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Film Awards, presented by Starz Entertainment, are pleased to announce honorees that will be recognized for their achievements at the festival's Hollywood Awards Gala Ceremony, which will take place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills on October 24, 2011.

NBC today announced that its adventure-dating series 'Love in the Wild' will return to the program schedule next year. The series, produced by Endemol USA, heads to a brand new tropical paradise in its second season where contestants will navigate rigorous adventure challenges as well as the choppy waters of relationships in their quest to find love.

I guess it's just human nature to wonder what became of our beloved childhood icons when they grow up. Owe it to some sense of fictional closure if you must. And such is the subject of Balagan Theatre's season opener "Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead" by Bert V. Royal and directed by M. Elizabeth Eller as we look at the Peanuts gang as they are allowed to progress beyond their childlike state into angst ridden young adulthood. Unfortunately the current production tends to focus on the angst and not so much on the adulthood.

NBCUniversal Domestic TV Distribution has sold the new talk show, 'Steve Harvey,' to NBC Owned Television Stations for its Fall 2012 debut, it was announced today by Barry Wallach, President, NBCUniversal Domestic Television Distribution.

After the success of our inaugural awards last year, in which Parade and August Osage County won bit, nominations for the 2011 BWW: Los Angeles Awards are now open!

'How to Be Gay in the 21st Century' is a theatrical review of major gay changes in the 21st century. There is nothing wrong with being gay...but there's plenty wrong with the way a lot of people are gay. In this musical romp, you'll find that in this new century there are new ways to do everything, and being a 21st Century gay is foremost among those new things.

ABC.com and Endemol USA launch 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition' Social Game on Facebook.

'How to Be Gay in the 21st Century' is a theatrical review of major gay changes in the 21st century. There is nothing wrong with being gay...but there's plenty wrong with the way a lot of people are gay. In this musical romp, you'll find that in this new century there are new ways to do everything, and being a 21st Century gay is foremost among those new things.

The 15th Annual Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Film Awards, presented by Starz Entertainment, are pleased to announce honorees that will be recognized for their achievements at the festival's Hollywood Awards Gala Ceremony, which will take place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills on October 24, 2011.

Nominees for the 2011 LA STAGE Alliance Ovation Awards were announced on the evening of Monday, September 19 at the Falcon Theatre in Burbank; the complete list of nominees is as follows.

Due to high advance sales and several sold out performances, Ghostlight has extended at the New York Musical Theatre Festival.