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Rami Malek To Star In FBI Film AMERICAN RADICAL

Hologram USA Networks Inc. today announced the date for the launch of its new hologram stage show, Higher & Higher: The Jackie Wilson Story. The show, from the leader of hologram technology founded by Greek billionaire Alki David,  tracks the wild life of the R&B star, dubbed Mr. Excitement, all the way to the end when Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley paid his hospital bills. In the same 30-minute narrative format that Hologram USA pioneered with its successful show, Billie Holiday Alive!,  the new show dramatizes scenes from the legend's life--including the sex, drugs and rock & roll-- in addition to presenting his stage presence in all its glory.

Alligator season may be over in Louisiana but King of the Swamp, Troy Landry, is still on the hunt. Fielding distress calls from family, friends and neighbors across the South, Landry teams with local experts in a wild chase to help save America from hostile, menacing and often mysterious creatures. It's a battle of wills between a legendary man and beasts in HISTORY's new six-episode nonfiction series 'Swamp Mysteries with Troy Landry,' premiering Today, June 7 at 10PM ET/PT following the season nine finale of HISTORY's hit series 'Swamp People.' After its debut, 'Swamp Mysteries with Troy Landry' moves to its regular timeslot todays at 9PM ET/PT on HISTORY.

AMERICAN WOMAN, a new half-hour scripted dramedy set amid the sexual revolution and rise of feminism in the 1970s will premiere on Paramount Network today, June 7 at 10:00pm ET/PT. The 12- episode series from John Wells Productions in association with Warner Horizon Scripted Television stars Alicia Silverstone (Clueless, 'Suburgatory'), Mena Suvari (American Beauty, 'Chicago Fire') and Jennifer Bartels ('Broken').

Starz Casts Avan Jogia as Ulysses in Scripted Comedy Series NOW APOCALYPSE

'Harry Potter Wizarding Weekend' Takes Flight 7/13 on Syfy and USA Network

Launched in September of 2017 at the Tribeca Film Festival, and now reaching over half-a-million views, the original online series, Back of House, has been honored with two Telly Awards, for outstanding Branded Content and Cinematography.

The YouTube Original series Impulse, a thrilling sci-fi that follows rebellious 16-year-old Henry as she grapples with her newfound ability to teleport, is available NOW on YouTube Premium. With 10 hour-long episodes, the series from Doug Liman stars Maddie Hasson as “Henrietta” (“Henry”) and Missi Pyle as Henry's mom “Cleo” who are outsiders in a small town and can't seem to escape the odd occurrences that keep disrupting their lives.

The 2019 National Tour of the Lincoln Center Theater Broadway Production of FALSETTOS, William Finn and James Lapine's groundbreaking, Tony Award-winning musical announces its complete touring schedule for the 2018-2019 season.

PromaxBDA, the leading global association for entertainment marketing, promotion and design professionals, announced today that acclaimed BET Networks Chairman and CEO Emeritus, Debra L. Lee will be the recipient of the 2018 PromaxBDA Lifetime Achievement Award. Lee will be presented with the Award on June 14 th at the 2018 PromaxBDA Conference in New York.

TimesTalks, The New York Times live conversation and performance series, is pleased to announce HBO as presenting sponsor of the ScreenTimes series. Over the course of the year-long sponsorship, ScreenTimes will showcase 12 high profile pre-release screenings, coinciding with key studio release dates in late spring, summer, fall, and the year-end holiday awards season. Each screening will be followed by a conversation with the top creative talent from that film, moderated by veteran New York Times contributor Logan Hill.

Scores of viewers took a trip down the aisle with Hallmark Channel Saturday night for the kick-off of the network's third annual month-long 'June Weddings' programming event. Featuring four consecutive Saturday night original movie premieres, this year's nuptial-themed extravaganza launched with the debut of 'Marrying Mr. Darcy,' which became cable's highest-rated program of the day among Households and Women 25-54, as well as the most-watched of the entire week among Total Viewers (excluding news and sports).

Hallmark Channel's hit primetime series 'CHESAPEAKE SHORES' returns for Season Three Sunday, August 5 (9pm ET/PT, 8C) and runs through October 2018 with new episodes every Sunday night. 'Chesapeake Shores' is part of the network's 'Summer Nights' programming event.

Despite last night's Game 4 blowout, in which the Washington Capitals defeated the Vegas Golden Knights 6-2 at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C., the 2018 Stanley Cup Final is averaging a Total Audience Delivery (TAD) of 4.443 million viewers through the first four games across NBC, NBCSN, NBCSports.com, and the NBC Sports app, making it the most-watched Final in three years, according to Fast National data by the Nielsen Company and streaming data by Adobe Analytics.

Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals can win the first-ever Stanley Cup in the franchise's 44-year history this Thursday at 8 p.m. ET on NBC with a Game 5 victory against Marc-Andre Fleury and the Vegas Golden Knights from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Coverage begins at 6 p.m. ET on NBCSN with a two-hour edition of NHL Live.

NBC has finished #2 among the Big 4 networks in adults 18-49, total viewers and all other key ratings measures for the primetime week of May 28-June 3, and ranks #1 in each of those categories excluding sports, according to “live plus same day” figures from Nielsen Media Research.

The enormously successful, popular and critically-acclaimed The Daily Show with Trevor Noah Presents: The Donald J. Trump Presidential Twitter Library will be coming to Los Angeles after its run this past weekend at Comedy Central Presents Clusterfest in San Francisco and will include new exhibits added to the library since its previous stops. The Presidential Twitter Library will be located at 631 N. Robertson Blvd. in West Hollywood for two consecutive weekends: Friday, June 8 through Sunday, June 10 and Friday, June 15 through Sunday, June 17.

Sundance Award-Winning Documentary MINDING THE GAP Acquired by Hulu

Hulu is the only pay-TV service to offer live and on demand channels, original series and films, and a library of premium streaming TV shows and movies, all in one place. This includes content from the four major broadcast networks, ABC, CBS, FOXand NBC, with local live broadcast affiliate programming immediately available in many markets, with more to follow; the biggest live sporting events from top pro and college leagues on channels including CBS Sports, ESPN, FOXSports, NBC Sports and TNT, as well as regional sports networks available in many markets; top news channels CNN, CNBC, FOXNews, FOXBusiness and MSNBC; popular lifestyle programming from Bravo, E!, Food Network, HGTV and Travel Channel; and fan favorites like A&E, Cartoon Network/Adult Swim, Disney Channel, Freeform, FX, HISTORY, Lifetime, National Geographic, TBS, USANetwork, Viceland and more.

Freeform Falls Head Over Heels for 'Disney's Fairy Tale Weddings,' with All-New Episodes Premiering June 11