"The Stand," Buffalo United's second annual concert event, is Friday, Nov. 30. The 7 p.m. event (6 p.m. doors) will be held at the Buffalo Christian Center, 512 Pearl St., Buffalo.

"The Voice" will decisively declare a winner when the intense vocal competition series concludes its third season with a live two-hour finale on Tuesday, Dec. 18 (9 p.m.).

INTERVIEW: NFL experts study hours and hours of game film, interview players and coaches, read injury reports and analyze practice sessions before picking winners each week.

Actress Claire Coffee, on the other hand, well, her method isn't quite as scientific.

INTERVIEW: Betrayed (again) by the CIA, and stranded in Panama, life looked awfully bleak for Michael Westen (Jeffrey Donovan), Fiona (Gabrielle Anwar), Sam (Bruce Campbell) and Jesse (Coby Bell) when "Burn Notice" wrapped its summer season.

Universal Orlando Resort has announced its next blockbuster attraction will be "Transformers: The Ride - 3D." The ride - created under license from Hasbro and based on its iconic "Transformers" brand - will bring the intergalactic battle between the Autobots and the Decepticons to Universal Studios Florida in summer 2013.

"Michael Bublé: Home For The Holidays" airs Monday, Dec. 10, at 10 p.m.; Rod Stewart, Blake Shelton, Carly Rae Jepsen and Elmo will join Bublé as he sings classics from his holiday album "Christmas" in his hometown of Vancouver

CBS's hit freshman drama, which provides a modern take on Sherlock Holmes, receives coveted post-Super Bowl slot.

INTERVIEW: If you're somebody in Hollywood, chances are you've worked with Bellamy Young.

The actress, seen this season as the furious first lady on ABC's "Scandal," has made her mark both in film and on television. She's costarred in features with Tom Cruise, Mel Gibson and Donald Sutherland, while working on weekly series alongside David Caruso, Thomas Gibson, Joe Mantegna, Zach Braff and John C. McGinley.

INTERVIEWS: Joselyn, Liz, Michaela, Devyn, Sylvia talk about advancing to the live show.

On Monday, Dec. 17 (8 p.m.), Fox presents the exclusive broadcast premiere of "Dreamworks Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury," based on the hit DreamWorks Animation film franchise "How To Train Your Dragon.

Ready for your shot at $1 million? NBC's top-rated summer series "America's Got Talent," will begin its nationwide search for season eight contestants with auditions beginning in Los Angeles on Nov. 14 and 15. Last season the show discovered unprecedented and unique talent with finalists that included a comedian, a family dog act and a one-of-a-kind musical instrument.

Superstar Carrie Underwood will continue her critically acclaimed "Blown Away Tour" in 2013, with special guest Hunter Hayes. This includes a stop in Buffalo at First Niagara Center on March 26 (7 p.m.)

"Star Wars: Episode VII" feature film targeted for release in 2015; more features to follow.

If there is one cardinal rule on televised singing competitions, it's stay away from the divas. In short, you don't sing Mariah, Whitney, Celine or Christina. Imagine, now, if the four of them teamed up to form a supergroup.

Most singers on "The Voice" don't relish the "Battle Rounds," the stage where two acts enter, and only one (usually) advances. Wait until you see how they react to the new "Knockout Rounds."

Celebrate the 60th anniversary of the movie "Niagara," starring Marilyn Monroe by experiencing some of the best Niagara Falls attractions from the film.

Fox has ordered a third season of "The X Factor," it was announced Monday by Mike Darnell, president of alternative entertainment for Fox Broadcasting Company.

INTERVIEW: On "Go On," Matthew Perry's character, Ryan King, can't understand why he's sent to group therapy. He just wants to work - he doesn't want to talk about his wife's unexpected passing, and he doesn't want to share his feelings.

"Rock Radio" 103.3-FM "The Edge" presents Our Lady Peace at the Rapids Theatre on Friday, Nov. 23. Doors open at 6:30 for 7:30 p.m., all-ages event.

For as unpleasant as the winner-takes-all, loser-goes-home "Battle Rounds" may be, there's no doubt "The Voice's" singing slugfest brings out the best in each competitor.

Take Gracia Harrison, for example.

Not all battles are brutal. Some are beautiful.

On week one of "Battle Rounds" on NBC's "The Voice," Team CeeLo singers Trevin Hunte and Amanda Brown opted to better and not batter each other in the ring. Their rendition of Mariah Carey's "Vision of Love" was the performance of the season.

USA Network's hit comedy series "Psych" returns for its much-anticipated seventh season on Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013, at 10 p.m., with 16 new one-hour episodes.

From Nov. 8 to 18, Neil Simon's farce "Rumors" will be presented at Niagara University. The production will be directed by adjunct speech professor Amanda Lytle Sharpe.

The "Battle Rounds" begin Monday on "The Voice." The 64 singers who were selected by coaches Adam Levine, CeeLo Green, Christina Aguilera and Blake Shelton will be paired off in groups of two, each competing for a spot on the "Knockout Round" and live shows.

One of America's best-selling authors in recent history, Nicholas Sparks will make a special appearance at Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel in Niagara Falls on Saturday, Dec. 1.

Singers will compete in the "Battle Rounds" beginning Monday, Oct. 8; advisers include Billie Joe Armstrong, Rob Thomas, Mary J. Blige and Michael Buble. Photos, Twitter and Facebook of and for each contestant on season three of NBC's "The Voice."

INTERVIEW: Cassadee Pope is looking to follow in Dia's and Juliet's footsteps this season on "The Voice."

INTERVIEW: Diego Val isn't waiting for fame or fortune to share his gifts with those in need of a friend.

INTERVIEWS: Only "The Voice" could bring us performances from 40-year-old Mycle Wastman and 32-year-old Suzanna Choffel, two gifted vocalists who are too free-spirited for "The X Factor" and too adult for "American Idol."

INTERVIEW: "I just wanted to become the best artist that I could be," Dez said. "It was about more than just coming back on the show. It was about becoming a better artist in general, just in life getting better."

In the year 2036, "The Observers," once just obscure onlookers, have taken control of the universe. Our heroes, the FBI's fringe science team of Olivia Dunham (Anna Torv), Peter Bishop (Joshua Jackson) and Dr. Walter Bishop (John Noble), will do battle with the bald baddies over the course of the show's final episodes.

ABC.com is bringing more all-stars into the celebration for this season's "Dancing with the Stars: All-Stars." Supermodel and season nine alum Joanna Krupa and actor and recording artist Kyle Massey, who was a season 11 runner-up, are on board to join ABC.com's new web series, "After Party: Dancing with the Stars," presented by AT&T.

Bravo Media premieres "Top Chef: Seattle," the 10th season of the Emmy and James Beard Award-winning series, on Wednesday, Nov. 7, at 10 p.m.

Christina Aguilera and CeeLo Green will take the spring cycle off to fulfill other commitments before returning next year; Adam Levine and Blake Shelton will remain for season four.

INTERVIEWS: Meet performers MarissaAnn and Loren Allred.

Global icon Mariah Carey and music industry veteran Randy Jackson welcome renowned singer Nicki Minaj and country music superstar Keith Urban to judges' table.

After months of intense competition and inspiring live performances, NBC's top-rated summer hit "America's Got Talent" crowned the winner of its seventh season Thursday night, traveling dog act Olate Dogs, from its home at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center.

The Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel will present three-time Grammy Award-winning artist Jon Secada as the headline entertainment at the 2013 Premier.

The Premier, Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center's annual black-tie dinner and entertainment gala, will be held Jan. 19. Proceeds from the event will benefit Memorial's cardiac and stroke care services.

Bluesman Buddy Guy, actor Dustin Hoffman, comedian and television host David Letterman, ballerina Natalia Makarova and rock band Led Zeppelin will receive honors for 2012 on "The 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors," to be broadcast Wednesday, Dec. 26, on CBS.

In a star-studded celebration on the Kennedy Center Opera House stage, the 2012 honorees will be saluted by great performers from Hollywood and the arts capitals of the world.

When the new school year begins at the fictional McKinley High School, one of the new faces roaming the hallways will be familiar to Western New York audiences. Jacob Artist, a 2010 graduate of Williamsville South, has joined the cast of "Glee." He stars as Jake, the younger half-brother of the show's original bad boy, Puck.