The Sing-Off pits a cappella singing groups against one another in a variety of themed episodes, with last season including nights of party anthems, number-one hits, and movie soundtracks. The most prominent winner from the competition is arguably Pentatonix, a Texas-based group that will release its second studio album later this year. To date, Pentatonix has four top-2o EPs and a top-20 hit with their cover of “Little Drummer Boy”, which you can listen to below.

Casting for the fifth season of The Sing-Off is currently underway. The series joins the live production of Peter Pan! on NBC’s winter schedule, with other event programming to be announced in the coming months.

Will you be watching The Sing-Off this year? Do you like the show as a holiday event or would you prefer it as a regular series? Should the show shake up its judging panel for its upcoming fifth season?

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But don’t panic!  The hold is not necessarily a bad thing.  While it means only four more episode of Parks will air this year, it means that more will air in the Spring half of the season.  Two episodes of the comedy will air on November 14th, and two on November 21st – one of the 14th’s episodes is Halloween-themed.

Filling the timeslot will be episodes of The Voice, football games, and various specials including an SNL Halloween clip show, The Sing-Off, and The Sound of Music telecast starring Carrie Underwood.

Parks and Recreation is currently scheduled to return on January 9th.

The move seems to be an effort on NBC’s part to boost the ratings for Sean Saves the World…and The Michael J. Fox Show.  Hayes’ comedy was just given a script order and Fox already has a full-season deal for his semi-autobiographical family sitcom.

So not to worry Parks fans.  It doesn’t look like the move is because of Parks itself.

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–Touched by an Angel executive producer Martha Williamson is behind an upcoming Hallmark movie that could be turned into a series, should the ratings and buzz be high enough. Dead Letters, which stars Eric Mabius (Ugly Betty) and Kristin Booth (The Kennedys), follows a group of postal detectives whose mission is to deliver letters and packages  from the past, which arrive miraculously when they are needed most. It’s set to premiere Saturday, October 19th at 9:00 and would make its series premiere in 2014, should it be picked up.

-On Wednesday, July 3rd, TV Land will air “insider editions” of Hot in Cleveland, The Exes, and The Soul Man, where behind-the-scenes knowledge and factoids about the cast will pop on screen.

-The Big Brother live eviction episodes have been moved from Tuesdays to Thursdays, beginning July 11th. The show currently airs Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Sundays.

-GSN has renewed The Chase before its series premiere airs. The series, hosted by Brooke Burns, is a one-hour quiz show that finds teams of three competing to earn as much money as they can during 60-second quick-fire question rounds. They’re facing The Beast, a 6’7″, 370 lb. Oxford graduate who will be answering questions at the same time they are and attempting to pass them in number correct, thus preventing them from banking their money.

-FOX will be previewing its Animation Domination High-Def lineup in primetime on Sunday, July 21st, with showings of Axe Cop at 9:30 and High School USA! at 9:45 replacing an American Dad rerun. The lineup officially premieres on Saturday, July 27th at 11:00.

-HBO has made the first season of The Sopranos available on-demand following the death of star James Gandolfini. Subsequent seasons will follow each month.

-ABC has officially renewed Extreme Weight Loss for a fourth season, set to premiere next summer. Starting next season, each participant will spend the first 90 days of his or her weight loss journey  at the renowned University of Colorado’s Anschutz Health and Wellness Center in  Aurora, CO.

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