entertainment - "season"

AP - How so much voice ? and so much emotional force ? can pour out of a person as tiny as Natalie Dessay should be one of the great mysteries of the opera world.

American Theater Company (ATC) continues its ambitious season 24 with the Chicago Premiere of 'Celebrity Row' written by Itamar Moses and directed by David Cromer. The production will run October 16- November 9, 2008 at American Theater Company, 1909 W Byron St, Chicago.

TV Ratings: 'Grey's' pushes net to top on opening Thursday -- 'Grey's Anatomy' powered ABC to a solid victory on the opening Thursday of the season, although it was down and the night in general for the broadcasters was nothing spectacular.

The first-ever two-hour debut of Survivor was watched by 13 million people, a drop of more than two million viewers since last fall's Survivor China debut, which was watched by 15.1 million. Survivor Gabon's debut is just slightly down from the 13.69 million who watched Survivor Micronesia's first episode last spring.Still, it 'placed first in viewers, adults 18-49 and adults 25-54' at 8 p.m. and kept up its streak of winning the 8 p.m. hour every week it has aired since 2002, according to CBS. Although it faced tough competition in The Office and Grey's Anatomy at 9, it kept nearly all its viewers (13.19 versus 13.06) and all of its viewers ages 18 to 49. The Hollywood Reporter calls that 'impressive' and says that it 'held its entire demo rating through its second hour.'Speaking of the first episode, I stumbled across TV Guide's preview of the season from earlier this month. Its last segment included footage from the challenge rehearsal--which was the Dream Team versus the media-