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What to Watch on Wednesday: Local connections and the return of 'Psych'

Oklahoma! (8pm, UNC-TV) - This North Carolina School of the Arts production of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical has been critically acclaimed for its faithful restoration of the original 1943 Broadway production. Read more about it here.

X-Factor (8pm, Fox) - The remaining contestants (including Tim Cifers from Willow Spring) visit the homes of the judges for mentoring. If Tim isn't in tonight's episode, he should make tomorrow night's 8 p.m. episode or next Tuesday's 9 p.m. episode.

Work of Art: The Next Great Artist (9pm, Bravo) - We're big fans of this art competition series here, so we're excited for the new season and that one of the competitors is from Durham! Tonight's first challenge involves art that is considered "lowbrow." Hmmm. The guest judge is photographer Mary Ellen Mark.

Modern Family (9pm, ABC) - Phil and Clarie's encounter with an annoying city council member (David Cross) on the campaign trail gets Claire thinking about entering the race.

Happy Endings (9:30pm, ABC) - Megan Mullally guest stars as Penny's extremely upbeat mom, who arrives in town for a singing job at a trade show.

Psych (10pm, USA) - In the Season 6 premiere, Shawn stumbles across a dead body at the British consulate's home while working a case to recover a stolen "Star Wars" collectors item.

American Horror Story (10pm, FX) - This is the episode that scared me to death (original review). This one goes way beyond "ghost story" scary.

Law & Order: SVU (10pm, NBC) - A family man (T.R. Knight, "Grey's Anatomy") is suspected of being a serial rapist in a string of assaults across several states.

UNCSA production of 'Oklahoma!' to air on UNC-TV

A production of "Oklahoma!" by the University of North Carolina School of the Arts will air on UNC-TV tonight at 8 p.m.

The broadcast was made possible by a grant from the AJ Fletcher Foundation that will pave the way for more UNCSA work to air on the UNC-TV channel. They also received support from the Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts and the William R. Kenan Jr Fund for the Arts.

The Rodgers & Hammerstein musical as produced by the school was critically acclaimed for its faithful restoration of the original 1943 Broadway production.

The show will be hosted by UNCSA Chancellor John Mauceri, who served as musical director and artistic supervisor of the stage production.

UNCSA alum and Mount Airy native wins Emmy


UNC School of the Arts alum Zach Seivers (Class of 2006) won an Emmy for Outstanding Sound and Editing for Nonfiction Programming at last weekend's Creative Arts Emmy ceremony. Seivers won for his work on "Gettysburg," which aired on The History Channel.

Seivers is originally from Mount Airy and this was his first Emmy nomination. Seivers was the sound designer on "Gettysburg" and shared the award with sound editors Charles Maynes, who was a guest artist in the School of Filmmaking in 2006, and Brent Kiser.

Seivers is the chief operating officer of SNAPSOUND, a post-production sound company in Los Angeles.

Three UNCSA alumni get Emmy nods

The North Carolina School of the Arts has announced that three of their alumni were included in Emmy nominations announced yesterday.

-Zach Seivers (2006) received a nomination for Outstanding Sound Editing for Nonfiction Programming for his role as sound designer on "Gettysburg," which aired on the History Channel. UNCSA says other UNCSA alumni worked on "Gettysburg," which received a total of seven nominations. Seivers is originally from Mt. Airy.

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