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Legendary comedian Tracy Morgan keeps Stand-Up Month going strong with the world premiere of his new one-hour stand-up special, 'Tracy Morgan: Bona Fide,' debuting on Comedy Central today, April 20.

With the Monday and Tuesday editions of “The Voice” generating two of the week's top five adult 18-49 ratings among primetime programs on the Big 4 networks

Despite airing mostly repeats on Wednesday, ABC held the No. 2 position for the 3rd straight week (w/o 4/7/14) with Total Viewers (6.2 million) and across all key Adult demos

Stand-Up Month finishes strong when David Spade returns to Comedy Central with the world premiere of his new one-hour stand-up special, "David Spade: My Fake Problems," debuting on Sunday, May 4 at 10:00 p.m.

“Grimm” (1.2/4 in 18-49, 4.8 million viewers overall from 9-10:01 p.m. ET) built on its 18-49 lead-in by +71% in adults 18-49. “Grimm” held 86% of the prior week's 18-49 rating (1.2 vs. 1.4), pending updates, and is currently retaining 99% of its week-ago result in total viewers (4.844 million vs. 4.887 million). L+7 Time-Shifting: The March 21 “Grimm” grew in 18-49 rating by 70% in L+7 (2.64 vs. 1.55).

Comix At Foxwoods will host American Comedy Award winner for “Best Male Stand-up Comedian,” Bill Engvall, at the MGM Grand Theater for a hilarious stand-up performance tonight, April 12 at 8 p.m.

Stand-Up Month rages on when Dave Attell returns to Comedy Central in a big way.

A Contemporary Theatre's New Play Award recipient: Shostakovich by Jason Grote. Best known for his play 1001 (a deconstruction of Arabian Nights) and Maria/Stuart, Jason Grote's newest work focuses on the life and work of celebrated Russian composer, Dmitri Shostakovich. Commissioned through the New Works for the American Stage initiative in 2010, Shostakovich chronicles the tumultuous career of a brilliant musician striving to make art and survive the regime of Joseph Stalin.

With “The Voice” and “The Blacklist” generating three of the week's top 10 ratings among primetime programs on the Big 4 networks

Amazon Instant Video today announced that video streams on Prime Instant Video nearly tripled year over year. According to a report from Qwilt, which tracks growth in online video usage, Amazon has now passed both Apple and Hulu in streaming video usage.

“Dateline NBC” (1.2/4 in 18-49, 6.1 million viewers overall from 8-9 p.m. ET) ranked #1 among the Big 4 nets in the time period in adults 18-49 and adults 18-34 and tied for #1 in adults 25-54. “Dateline” grew from its first half-hour to its second by +20% in adults 18-49 (to a 1.2 rating from a 1.0), +13% in adults 25-54 (1.7 vs. 1.5) and +11% in women 25-54 (2.1 vs. 1.9).

Noelle Hannibal and Chris Barillaro will be doing a special live webcast on Concert Window at 8:30pm EDT on April 15.

Brazil's top film star Wagner Moura will bring back to life the charismatic trafficker and politician Pablo Escobar in a Netflix Original Series Narcos from acclaimed director Jose Padilha and Gaumont International Television.

Led by the #1 show of the week on the Big 4 networks, Monday's “The Voice,” NBC has tied for #2 in adults 18-49 among ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox for the primetime ratings week of March 24-30

Prime Instant Video is now the exclusive online-only subscription home for streaming all 192 episodes of the award-winning series 24, starring Kiefer Sutherland as heroic agent Jack Bauer.

Get your parade permit and call the band, Stand-Up Month is here on Comedy Central! Hannibal Buress kicks it off back in his hometown with the uncensored world premiere of Hannibal Buress Live From Chicago

Legendary comedian Tracy Morgan keeps Stand-Up Month going strong with the world premiere of his new one-hour stand-up special, "Tracy Morgan: Bona Fide," debuting on Comedy Central on Sunday, April 20

Director Peter Webber is set to host a film directing workshop in Lisbon on May 24 and 25. The Portugal workshop follows a highly successful London workshop, which sold out in less than a week. There are only a few more open slots left.

F*It Club, the New York Innovative Award-winning film and theatre company, continues its annual series of short, commissioned world-premiere plays with The Spring Fling: First Love, six new short plays by Halley Feiffer (How to Make Friends and Then Kill Them), Kate Gersten (Benefit of the Doubt), Jason Grote (Mad Men, Smash, Hannibal, 1001), Mark Sitko (Rocky Philly, Tube), Tommy Smith (White Hot, Pigeon), and Lauren Yee (The Hatmaker's Wife). Performances will be Thursday, May 1st through Sunday, May 11th with Wednesday through Saturday night performances at 8pm and Sunday matinees at 2p.

“Dateline NBC” (1.4/5 in 18-49, 8.0 million viewers overall from 8-10:01 p.m. ET) generated its biggest total-viewer result for aFriday edition in three years (since averaging 8.150 million on March 25, 2011). In adults 18-49, “Dateline” matched last week's rating and equaled its high since March 7. “Dateline” grew steadily throughout its two hours, with this half-hour track in 18-49: 1.2, 1.4, 1.5, 1.7. From its first half-hour to its fourth, “Dateline” grew by 42% in adults 18-49, 41% in adults 25-54 (to a 2.4 from a 1.7) and 32% or 2.2 million persons in total viewers (9.1 million vs. 6.9 million).