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"THE TALK"COUNTS DOWN TO THE GRAMMY® AWARDS, FEB. 6-10 ON THE CBS TELEVISION NETWORK

GRAMMY Host/“NCIS: Los Angeles” Star LL COOL J to Join THE TALK As Guest Co-HostFriday, Feb. 10 To Preview Awards Show

15-Time GRAMMY-Winning Music Legend Tony Bennett Will Perform Live with Artist k.d. lang, Friday, Feb. 10

Previous GRAMMY Award-Nominated Singer Wayne Brady to Perform Medley ofNominated Songs Monday, Feb. 6 – Wednesday, Feb. 8

CBS Daytime talk show THE TALK will count down to Music’s Biggest Night, THE 54th ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS, with special guests, segments and live performances all week including GRAMMY Award nominee Tony Bennett, GRAMMY host LL COOL J and musicians Bret Michaels and Wayne Brady, Monday, Feb. 6 – Friday, Feb. 10, 2012 (2:00-3:00 PM, ET; 1:00-2:00 PM, PT). 

To kick off the week, TV host and singer Wayne Brady (host of CBS Daytime’s LET’S MAKE A DEAL), a previous GRAMMY Award nominee, will perform a medley of nominated songs from this year’s show, Monday, Feb. 6 through Wednesday, Feb. 8.

On Wednesday, Feb. 8, musician Bret Michaels will visit THE TALK to preview his GRAMMY Foundation concert, “One Night Only: A Celebration of The Live Music Experience,” and his upcoming solo album, “Get Your Rock On.”

On Friday, Feb. 10, LL COOL J, star of CBS’s NCIS: LOS ANGELES and host of THE 54th ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS, will join the show as a special guest co-host, where he will give viewers a sneak peek of what they can expect at the Awards show.  

In addition, 15-time GRAMMY-winning music legend Tony Bennett will perform a song from his “Duets” album with artist k.d. lang on Friday, Feb. 10.

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