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Confederate symbols are still celebrated despite the ugly history they symbolize. n last night's LAST WEEK TONIGHT, host John Oliver suggested some representations of southern pride that involve less racism and more Stephen Colbert.

NBC's WILL & GRACE (2.0/7 in 18-49, 7.0 million viewers overall from 9-9:30 p.m. ET) tied as the #1 entertainment show of the night in 18-49 with Grey's Anatomy.

On last night's LATE SHOW, Madam Secretary' star Morgan Freeman bonded with host Stephen Colbert over their shared passion for the works of iconic author Isaac Asimov.

As BWW reported this week, Tony Award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda assembled an all-star group of Latino artists for his new benefit song, 'Almost Like Praying,' which was released late Thursday across digital music retailers and streaming services.

On last night's LATE NIGHT, Grammy winner and singer songwriter St. Vincent performed 'New York' and 'Los Ageless' off her new album 'Masseduction.' Watch the appearance below!

The video for emerging British artist Jade Bird's cover of Grinnin' in Your Face (opb Son House), is premiering via Entertainment Weekly who explain, Listen to 19-year-old Jade Bird's debut EP, Something American, which released this July, and a gorgeous pastiche of well-worn American sounds blues, folk, country will wash over you.

The Amazing Acro-cats Featuring Tuna and the Rock Cats are a troupe of REAL performing house cats.  

During the opening week of the new 2017-18 TV season (w/o 9/25/17), ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live jumped over the prior week by 13% in Total Viewers (2.298 million vs. 2.035 million) and 23% among Adults 18-49 (626,000 vs. 509,000) to its best performance since June since the weeks of 6/5/17 and 6/12/17, respectively.

For the 2nd Monday in a row, ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live ranked as the No. 1 late-night talk show with Adults 18-49 (0.7/4) in the 25 LPM Markets, topping NBC's The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon by 17% (0.6/3) and CBS' The Late Show with Stephen Colbert by 20% (0.5/3).

THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT won premiere week while posting year-to-year growth, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week ending Sept. 29.

TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON has won premiere week of the 2017-18 television season, leading the ratings for the week of Sept. 25-29 in the key late-night demographic of adults 18-49, according to live plus same day results from Nielsen Media Research.

NBC ranks #1 for the night among the Big 4 networks in adults 18-49. THE VOICE (2.5/9 in 18-49, 10.8 million viewers overall from 8-10:01 p.m. ET) wins the two-hour time period among the Big 4 networks in every key measure and tops Dancing With the Stars head to head by +56% in 18-49 (2.5 vs. 1.6).

On the late-night talk show circuit, the hosts grappled with how to address the devastating incident, with most calling for stricter laws on gun control.

STARTALK WITH NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON is back with more star power than ever! The three-time Emmy-nominated talk show returns on Sunday, Oct. 1, at 11/10c with 20 all-new episodes featuring mind-blowing conversations, scientific commentary and cosmic queries - all with a comedic punch.

On last night's LATE SHOW, legendary comedian and banjo player Steve Martin discussed his new Broadway play METEOR SHOWER.

Paul Weller begins his eagerly anticipated U.S. tour in support of his critically acclaimed album A Kind Revolution in Long Island, NY at The Paramount Theatre on October 1, followed by two shows at Irving Plaza in New York City on October 2 and 3. In celebration, Weller will release two of the stand-out tracks from the album digitally today, September 29.

Tony and Olivier-award winner Patti LuPone will be starring in a new production of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's Tony award-winning musical, Company.

Liam Gallagher continues to build anticipation for his debut solo album As You Were - to be released on October 6 via Warner Bros. Records - by sharing a video today for the latest album cut 'Greedy Soul.'

On last night's LATE SHOW, Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim of 'Tim & Eric's Bedtime Stories' explored an interesting coping mechanism to deal with Tim's recent divorce. Watch the appearance below!

On last night's LATE SHOW, Netflix's 'Big Mouth' creator Nick Kroll and Stephen kicked off the #PuberMe campaign to gather photos of every celebrity from their pubescent years.