- Clint Eastwood speaks out on Super Bowl ad
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Reuters - Clint Eastwood is setting the record straight about his improbably controversial Chrysler ad that aired on Sunday's Super Bowl.
- 'Halftime in America' ad creates political debate
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AP - People rarely pick a fight with Dirty Harry. But Chrysler's "Halftime in America" ad featuring quintessential tough guy Clint Eastwood has generated fierce debate about whether it accurately portrays the country's most economically distressed city or amounts to a campaign ad for President Barack Obama and the auto bailouts.
- Super Bowl, Madonna set new TV audience records
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Reuters - Quarterback Eli Manning and his New York Giants may have beaten superstar Tom Brady and the New England Patriots at Sunday's Super Bowl, but none them could outmuscle Madonna -- at least, where TV audiences were concerned.
- Steven Van Zandt stars in Netflix series "Lilyhammer"
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Reuters - Early in "Lilyhammer," Netflix's eight-show original series that launches Monday, we meet Steven Van Zandt's Frank "The Fixer" Tagliano.
- Censors MIA on M.I.A.'s finger flip
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AP - Less than a second stood between British singer M.I.A. giving the finger to 114 million people watching the Super Bowl halftime show and no one noticing at all.
- "The Voice" gets off to superstar ratings for NBC
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Reuters - NBC's singing contest "The Voice" got its second season off to a supersize start, attracting 37.6 million viewers on Sunday -- more than double the show's biggest audience last year, NBC said on Monday.
- St. Louis tries new approach in museum expansion
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Reuters - The St. Louis Art Museum is rearranging galleries by theme rather than time period, seeking to make them more accessible to visitors as part of a $162 million expansion.
- Sale puts 'M-A-S-H' hot dog diner in new hands
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AP - A hot dog eatery made famous on the TV series "M-A-S-H" has been sold after a yearlong family feud over ownership.
- Lifetime planning Columbine miniseries
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Reuters - Lifetime is developing a miniseries about the 1999 Columbine High School shootings, based on author Dave Cullen's bestselling 2009 book on the tragedy, "Columbine."
- Campaign gives Fox's Baier higher profile
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AP - Fox News Channel's Bret Baier has already annoyed Mitt Romney this campaign season. Now he's finding fault with one of Newt Gingrich's ideas.
- Super Bowl draws record 111.3M viewers on NBC
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AP - For the third consecutive year, the Super Bowl set a record as the most-watched television show in U.S. history.
- Dr. Oz's health effort nets 1 million participants
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AP - Television already has "The Biggest Loser." Dr. Mehmet Oz is looking for the biggest number of losers.
- NBC makes big play with bold "Voice" and "Smash" scheduling
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Reuters - The boldest play you'll see on NBC this year may not have happened during the Super Bowl.
- Review of MTV's "Skins"
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ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | The new MTV series "Skins" had had its U.S. debut on Jan. 17. The series is set in the Northeast with nine teenagers as the main stars. Their lives are filled with violence, drugs, alcohol and sex. I screened the show and decided I would not let a teenager in my household watch this series. "Skins" has received an MA rating indicating it is not suitable for viewers younger than 17 years old. In addition, the Parents Television Council has called the MTV show "the most dangerous program."
- Ryan Gosling is his own genre on Time Warner Cable
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Reuters - It's all Ryan Gosling, all the time on Time Warner Cable's Movies On Demand channel in February. Eight of the Oscar-nominated actor's movies -- including the Oscar-nominated "Drive" -- will air throughout the month.
- Judge allows `Sister Wives' suit to proceed
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AP - A federal judge has ruled there's sufficient evidence to allow a polygamous family made famous by a reality TV show to pursue a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Utah's bigamy law.
- NBC broadcasts Super Bowl with pomp and promotion
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AP - Clint Eastwood's patriotic pep talk about "halftime in America" might just as well have applied to NBC.
- Madonna dazzles with slick Super Bowl halftime show
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Reuters - Pop superstar Madonna dazzled football fans and more than 100 million television viewers on Sunday when she performed during a glittery, spectacular Super Bowl halftime show.
- Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
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AP - Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows:
- Travolta, Sandler, more make Super Bowl picks
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AP - John Travolta had the Super Bowl score wrong — but his prediction was right.