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Hosted by Tiffany Haddish, last night's 'MTV Movie & TV Awards' scored a 21% increase across the simulcast with 3.371 million total viewers.

HipHopDX, the #1 Hip Hop news source is bringing back their extremely popular annual video game tournament, DX TURBO. This year's event, DX TURBO III, is sponsored by BET, the nation's leading provider of quality entertainment, music and news television programming for the African-American audience and Wingstop, a worldwide franchise who remains on the cutting edge of digital ordering technology. DX TURBO III, is a highly anticipated event and will once again pit teams of professional gamers and celebrities face off against one another in this year's competition, Tekken 7, a fighting game developed and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. The game is the ninth installment in the Tekken series, and the first to make use of the Unreal Engine. This exciting double elimination tournament will consist of eight teams of two players, which consist of one Hip Hop artist and one professional gamer.

CuriosityStream, the award-winning global streaming service launched by John Hendricks, Founder and former Chairman of Discovery Communications, announced today that Clint Stinchcomb has been named President and CEO.

After playing more than 30 sold-out arena and amphitheater dates, being named an ACM Male Vocalist nominee and scoring his 10th No. 1 single, Chris Young has added 15 more shows to his “Chris Young Losing Sleep 2018 World Tour.” Special guests Dan + Shay, Morgan Evans and Dee Jay Silver will join the multi-platinum entertainer, hailed “a true country singer” (Lincoln Journal Star) who has “handily made the leap to headliner status” (Green Bay Press Gazette) and puts on a “riveting performance” (La Crosse Tribune), on the added dates.

The audience is invited to eavesdrop on the vibrant and perilous world of RUSALKA. Blending history with the atmosphere of an underground speakeasy, this world is brought to life by the bar's live house band, playing an eclectic selection of music from the WWII era as well as stylized interpretations of modern music meant to invoke the fire & frenzy of a world at war. The story revolves around two young sisters infiltrate an underground bar catering to jazz-loving Nazis who find an escape in the music they are meant to forbid. One SS Lieutenant in particular welcomes a sweet romance, though the sisters have been tasked to seduce him to a darker fate. The nearby woods await revenge as music, dancing, boozing and secrets weave together to unlock this wild tale of youthful resistance.

Go behind the scenes of HEAD OVER HEELS Broadway tomorrow (620) when Ari Groover takes over our Instagram account to give you a behind the scenes look at the production as they continue their final week of tech ahead of their first performance Saturday!

YELLOWSTONE, Paramount Network's new epic scripted dramatic series, will premiere on the network, Today, June 20 at 9:00 pm, ET/PT.

Starz, a Lionsgate company (NYSE: LGF.A, LGF.B), and YouTube today announced the launch of STARZ and STARZ ENCORE premium pay TV channels and services - including STARZ, STARZ ENCORE and STARZ ENCORE WESTERNS - on YouTube TV.

NBC has won the primetime ratings week of June 11-17 in the key demographic of adults 18-49, led by the “America's Got Talent,” the week's #1 primetime telecast on the Big 4 networks; “World of Dance,” tied for #2; and “American Ninja Warrior,” tied for #4; according to “live plus same day” figures from Nielsen Media Research.

CNBC Transcript: Hulu CEO Randy Freer Sits Down with CNBC's Andrew Ross Sorkin Today

Stareable, the largest community of web series creators, is proud to present the inaugural Stareable Fest from July 20-22. The three-day event aims to celebrate and connect the ever-growing hub of independent web series creators.

Today, Hulu announced a deal to acquire whistleblower doc CRIME + PUNISHMENT as a Hulu documentary. After debuting at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, CRIME + PUNISHMENT went on to win the U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Social Impact Filmmaking, and has garnered numerous awards, including the Grand Jury Prize at the 2018 Independent Film Festival in Boston. Stephen Maing directed, produced and filmed, and Academy Award Winner Laura Poitras serves as an executive producer.

Farouk Systems is thrilled to announce its participation in THE LOOK: ALL STARS, a new hour-long make-over beauty competition format created by Dreamventure Productions, beginning, Sunday, June 24th across Sinclair owned CW and MyNetwork affiliates. Dr. Farouk Shami, Hairdresser, Chairman & Founder, Farouk Systems, CHI Expert and Celebrity Hairdresser Scotty Cunha and Esquire Fashion Director Nick Sullivan are all featured on the show's premiere episode “First Look - The Look: All Stars!”

On the heels of VH1's industry leading eleven consecutive quarters of year over year ratings growth, the best streak among entertainment networks in all of television, comes the return of Monday night cable's #1 unscripted franchise 'Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood' on Monday, July 23rd at 8:00PM ET/PT.

FOX Sports announced today its broadcast voices for the BIG3 3-on-3 basketball league's second season, tipping off Friday, June 22, 2018 live on FS1 at 7:30 pm ET.

At the HITEC Houston 2018 conference, Spectrum Enterprise, a part of Charter Communications, Inc. (CHTR), today announced an expansion of its Enterprise TV Portfolio, offering enterprises a choice of extensive channel line-ups and multiple platforms that combined provide a consistent viewing experience and support the demands of the digital age.

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Go behind the scenes of HEAD OVER HEELS Broadway tomorrow (620) when Ari Groover takes over our Instagram account to give you a behind the scenes look at the production as they continue their final week of tech ahead of their first performance Saturday!

Global Road Entertainment's Unscripted & Alternative Division to Join The Miss America Organization in Producing 'The 2019 Miss America Competition'

VIDEO: Trailer Released for Sundance Now's 'Next of Kin,' Making Its U.S. Debut on 6/21