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Ty Burrell, star of ABC's comedy hit 'Modern Family,' hosts 'America Celebrates July 4th at Ford's Theatre,' airing FRIDAY, JULY 2 (9:00-10:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. The program is taped at Ford's Theatre Society's annual gala taking place June 6 in Washington, DC. The celebrities joining Ty Burrell for the special include Kelly Clarkson, Dick Van Dyke, Renee Fleming, George Lopez, Lionel Richie and Robin Roberts. Additional performers include Laura Michelle Kelly and Gavin Lee from the Broadway company of 'Mary Poppins,' as well as The Soldiers' Chorus of the United States Army Field Band. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama have been invited to attend.

The stars were out in Imperial Beach last weekend for the premiere of the news movie 'Marmaduke.'

Ford's Theatre Society will host its annual gala on Sunday, June 6, 2010, at Ford's Theatre (511 10th Street NW). The evening's performance, titled 'America Celebrates July 4th at Ford's Theatre,' will be taped for broadcast on the ABC Television Network to air July 2, 2010 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET).

TBS and Just For Laughs have announced the lineup and airdate for a new TBS special that will be taped during the second-annual edition of TBS PRESENTS A 'VERY FUNNY' FESTIVAL: JUST FOR LAUGHS this June in Chicago.

MTV today announced that Academy Award(R)-winning actress Sandra Bullock will receive the 'MTV Generation Award' during the '2010 MTV Movie Awards' for her riveting and diverse contributions to the film industry and for entertaining generations of the MTV audience over the last two decades.

It's cupcake vs. cupcake in Food Network's tastiest competition yet premiering Tuesday, June 15th at 9pm ET/PT!

TNT and TBS today unveiled a broad array of plans for new programming, including several comedy projects that are being considered for TBS and a host of projects in development for TNT. The two cable giants staged a joint Upfront presentation in New York, with appearances by a legion of stars, including TBS's Conan O'Brien, George Lopez and Ice Cube; and TNT's Kyra Sedgwick, Ray Romano, Andre Braugher, Scott Bakula, Jada Pinkett Smith, Dylan McDermott, Timothy Hutton, Noah Wyle, Jason Lee, Alfre Woodard, Ben McKenzie, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Breckin Meyer and Angie Harmon.

As BroadwayWorld previously reported, NBC has just announced it's '10-'11 primetime line-up. Today, BroadwayWorld brings you the trailers for each of the new, highly anticipated comedy and drama series. Click below to see previews of Becki Newton's new show, 'Love Bites,' 'Outlaw' starring God of Carnage alum Jimmy Smits, 'Harry's Law' featuring Kathy Bates and Hairspray's Brittany Snow and more!

The new Fall Schedule features all-drama lineups on Mondays and Wednesdays, and all comedies on Thursdays, plus unscripted programming into compatible dramas on Tuesdays and Fridays. The high-quality series include new comedies such as 'Outsourced,' Love Bites,' 'Perfect Couples,' 'Friends With Benefits' and 'The Paul Reiser Show.' The new dramas are 'The Cape,' 'Harry's Law,' 'Outlaw,' 'Undercovers,' 'The Event,' 'Chase' and 'Law & Order: Los Angeles.'

TBS has given the greenlight to the one-hour comedy series GLORY DAZE, a 1980s-set college comedy starring Kelly Blatz (Aaron Stone), Callard Harris (Sons of Anarchy), Matt Bush (High School), Drew Seeley (Freshman Father), Hartley Sawyer (Killian), Julianna Guill (My Alibi) and Tim Meadows (Saturday Night Live, Mean Girls). TBS has ordered eight episodes of the series, which was created by Walt Becker (Wild Hogs) and Michael LeSieur (You, Me and Dupree). GLORY DAZE is slated to premiere on TBS in late 2010.

Stars Joel McHale (Community) and Sofia Vergara (Modern Family) will join Television Academy chairman/CEO John Shaffner on Thursday, July 8 for 5:30 a.m. ceremony, live from Goldensom Theatre in Los Angeles.

NBC has given series pickups for its 2010-11 season to the dramatic thriller 'The Event,' the comedy 'Outsourced' and the romantic anthology series 'Love Bites.'

Oscar winner David S. Ward ('The Sting'), three-time Oscar nominee Todd Field ('In the Bedroom,' 'Little Children')and Emmy Award winners Lawrence O'Donnell ('The West Wing') and Todd Holland ('Malcolm in the Middle,' 'The Larry Sanders Show') are the latest impressive names to develop original scripted drama and comedy programming for EPIX, the multiplatform premium entertainment channel, video-on-demand and online service.

After whipping the studio audience into a frenzy with an electrifying performance of his hit single 'In My Head' on American Idol April 7th, red-hot pop sensation Jason Derulo is gearing up to release his new single, 'Ridin' Solo,' to pop radio Wednesday, April 28th.

Late-night television host Conan O'Brien will speak for the first time since losing his short-lived 'Tonight Show' role in a 60 MINUTES interview with Steve Kroft. Kroft's report will be broadcast Sunday, May 2 (7:00-8:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

The IDOL GIVES BACK fundraising effort, which culminated Wednesday night with a two-hour television event, has raised almost $45 million to benefit various U.S. and international charities including the Children's Health Fund, Feeding America, Malaria No More, Save the Children's U.S. Programs and the United Nations Foundation.

Singer-songwriter Jason Reeves' spring tour is off to an amazing start. The 25-year-old Iowa City native performed a sold-out show at Jammin' Java in Vienna, VA, near Washington DC, and is close to selling out his show at Boston's 939 Café on April 23rd. Please see below for all remaining tour dates.

Tonight, 'American Idol' presented a special episode, benefitting 'Idol Gives Back,' the historic Emmy Award-winning television event and music celebration, that has raised more than $140 million to benefit charities around the world and across the United States. Tonight, 'Idol' saluted a number of charities, including Feeding America, Save the Children, the United Nations Foundation, the Elton John Aids Foundation, and Idol Aid.