Hosts Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan have announced the return of "Top Teacher Week" to "LIVE with Kelly and Michael." Each day during the week of April 29 through May 3, "LIVE" will honor the nation's best educators for being outstanding mentors to their students in and out of the classroom, for making their schools better, and for going above and beyond to serve their communities.

The Center for the Arts, University at Buffalo, will present Boz Scaggs on Tuesday, April 9, at 7:30 p.m. in the Mainstage Theatre, located at the Center for the Arts, North Campus.

First Presbyterian Church of Youngstown, 100 Church St., hosts the next installment of its "Second Saturday" concert on March 9.

INTERVIEW: "Psych's" "B Team" is grade-A quality. Timothy Omundson (Det. Carlton Lassiter) and Maggie Lawson (Det. Juliet O'Hara) are no one's second banana.

Rocker Billy Idol will ignite the summer concert season at Artpark on June 4, kicking off "First Niagara presents Tuesday in the Park." One week later, Joan Jett and The Blackhearts are slated to take the Outdoor Amphitheater stage. Tickets go on sale March 15.

Fans of ABC's "The Chew" will be able to submit questions and receive real-time responses on Twitter from the co-hosts during the eastern and central time broadcasts of the show Wednesday, March 6 (1 p.m.). Use hashtag #AskTheChew to join the conversation.

NBC's "Last Call with Carson Daly" announced that it will return to the popular South by Southwest Music Festival to host its annual music showcase in Austin, Texas, on March 13. That will be followed by a week-long spotlight of SXSW beginning Tuesday, March 19 (1:35-2:05 a.m.), through Friday, March 22.

The coming month, the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra promises adventurous concerts, as well as some tried-and-true favorites, and it all kicks off with an opera legend lending her voice to a community effort.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present a new digital restoration of "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" in celebration of the film's 25th anniversary on Thursday, April 4, at 7:30 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.

Buffalo Sabres forward Patrick Kaleta has been suspended for five games, without pay, for boarding New York Rangers forward Brad Richards during Sunday's game in New York City, the National Hockey League's department of player safety announced Monday.

NBC announced that supermodel/designer/executive producer/TV host Heidi Klum ("Project Runway") has been added as a new judge on "America's Got Talent" - marking the first time that the top-rated summer series has added a fourth judge.

The Buffalo Sabres "Green Team" has again teamed up with the non-profit Cell Phones for Soldiers organization to provide troops serving in the U.S. military with cost-free methods of communication with their loved ones.

The Buffalo Sabres announced Friday that the team's "Road Crew" will be making its first and only "Tour Stop" of the 2012-13 season on March 27 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., prior to the team's game against the Florida Panthers on March 28.

"American Idol" goes live and voting begins next week; top 10 girls compete Tuesday, March 5; top 10 guys compete Wednesday, March 6; finalists announced Thursday, March 7, on FOX.

"Top Chef" crowned its 10th winner, and the franchise's second female winner ever, Kristen Kish, with the highest-rated episode of the season among all key demos on Wednesday with more than 1.85 million live same day total viewers, up 7 percent from the prior week, according to Nielsen.

"Finale" - After seven weeks of intense competition and invaluable one-on-one mentoring from four of the world's most renowned culinary superstars - Anthony Bourdain, Nigella Lawson, Ludo Lefebvre and Brian Malarkey - "The Taste's" four remaining contestants will face off to determine the series' first champion.

Buffalo Sabres General Manager Darcy Regier has announced forward Brian Flynn has been recalled from the Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League.

The CW is going for laughs this summer by ordering a new take on the hit improvisational comedy series, "Whose Line Is It Anyway?", hosted by comedian Aisha Tyler ("The Talk"), it was announced Friday by Mark Pedowitz, The CW president. Premiere information will be announced at a later time.

Surprises are in store - as an appearance from Regis Philbin - when Barbara Walters, executive producer, co-host and creator of ABC's "The View" returns live Monday, March 4 (11 a.m.).

Wheatfield's St. Johnsburg Volunteer Fire Co. was bustling with activity as the community responded to help one of their own.

The Buffalo Sabres announced Thursday that MSG will air new episodes of "Beyond Blue & Gold," a video series that takes fans behind the scenes of the Sabres organization, beginning this Saturday, March 2, at 2 p.m.

Adult contestants and kid participants Biingo, Lindsay and Sunny all reveal their new looks at home with family and friends for first time ever on the series.

Thursday from Las Vegas, the second group of "American Idol" girl semifinalists faced the "Sudden Death Round." Then, in a dramatic conclusion, judges Mariah Carey, Randy Jackson, Nicki Minaj and Keith Urban announced the final five girls who will join the 10 semifinalists announced last week in this season's Top 20.

Naxos Music has released the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra's recording of five of Duke Ellington's orchestral works.

Quadruple-platinum, Billboard chart-topper and "American Idol" winner Phillip Phillips will perform his second single, "Gone, Gone, Gone," from his debut album, "The World From The Side Of The Moon," on "American Idol" Thursday, March 14 (8 p.m.), on FOX. "Gone, Gone, Gone" also will serve as the "goodbye" song of the season and will be featured when the "American Idol" finalists are eliminated week by week.

The most popular recording artists among kids and tweens will be celebrated during the Radio Disney Music Awards, Saturday, April 27, at Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE. Selena Gomez, Bridgit Mendler, Cody Simpson, Austin Mahone and Coco Jones are scheduled to perform at the event.

The Diana Krall show scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 27, at UB Center for the Arts has been cancelled due to an upper respiratory infection.

Season 11 fires up Tuesday, March 12, on FOX; winner to receive a head chef position at Gordon Ramsay Pub & Grill at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.

Season three of Food Network's top-rated series "Chopped All-Stars" debuts Sunday, April 7, at 9 p.m., as 16 culinary competitors battle it out for the title of all-star champion and a $50,000 prize for the winner's charity.

The second post-Oscars broadcast of "LIVE with Kelly and Michael" delivered a 3.9 rating, 11 share in Households across the U.S. metered markets, marking the show's highest-rated telecast of the season (tied with the debut telecast of Strahan as co-host on Sept. 4).

This week, ABC News will cover all the pageantry and ceremonial events leading up to the Pope's historic resignation. ABC News will provide extensive coverage on "Good Morning America," "World News with Diane Sawyer," "Nightline," ABC News Radio and its digital platforms as Pope Benedict XVI says farewell in Rome.

Tony Mendez, the retired CIA spy who inspired the Academy Award-winning film "Argo," discusses the film's Oscar win and describes the undercover mission to rescue six Americans from Iran. The report will be broadcast Tuesday, Feb. 26, on the "CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley" (6 p.m.), on the CBS Television Network.

E!'s expanded "Live from the Red Carpet: The 2013 Academy Awards" from 5:30-8:30 p.m., hosted by Ryan Seacrest and Giuliana Rancic on Sunday, Feb. 24 averaged nearly 3.7 million Total Viewers and 1.9 million Adults 18-49, making it the most-watched Academy Awards "LRC" in the network's history.

Anderson Cooper profiles world-record-holding big wave surfer Garrett McNamara and Byron Pitts goes all out in a race designed to inflict pain on its participants.

The stellar new cast will take to the stage when "Dancing with the Stars" premieres, Monday, March 18, on ABC.

The Castellani Art Museum's TopSpin Series will resume with an exhibition by Youngstown artist Carol Carreno. "Carol Carreno: Fragments of a Beautiful Journey" opens with a reception and artist talk on Sunday, March 3, from 2 until 4 p.m.

The Buffalo Sabres have announced they will partner with UNYTS, Western New York's only organ, eye, tissue and community blood center, to host a blood drive on Monday, March 18. The blood drive will take place at First Niagara Center from 9 a.m. through 3 p.m.

The Oscars is up year to year in viewers and Adults 18-49 to its second-most-watched telecast since '05, and spikes to a six-year high in Adults 18-34; television's biggest awards show, The Oscars paces well ahead of the 2013 Grammy Awards and the 2013 Golden Globes

Western New York's snowmobile-friendly atmosphere lent itself to an even larger crowd on Saturday for the Seneca Allegany Air Force Snocross round of AMSOIL Championship Snocross, presented by Traxxas and hosted by Seneca Allegany Casino.

With thousands of fans pouring out of the packed grandstands and lining the hill adjacent to the AMSOIL Championship Snocross track at Seneca Allegany Casino, the stage was set for a couple powerful Pro class main events at the inaugural running of the Seneca Allegany Air Force Snocross.