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Bloomberg

Super Bowl TV audience reaches record 111.3 million
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A record 111.3 million US viewers watched the New York Giants defeat the New England Patriots 21-17 in the Super Bowl on Sunday, just beating the 2011 TV audience for the game, according to ratings data on Monday. The Nielsen company said Sunday's ...
Super Bowl Sets TV Record: 111.3M ViewersBloomberg
Super Bowl, Madonna set new TV audience recordsABS CBN News
Super Bowl XLVI: Biggest TV audience ever [Updated]Washington Post (blog)

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Wall Street Journal

Super Bowl's Big TV Score
Wall Street Journal
About 60% of households with TV sets watched the final episode of "M*A*S*H" in 1983, according to Nielsen. The obscene gesture came during the halftime performance featuring Madonna. The British performer MIA, whose given name is Mathangi Arulpragasam, ...
Super Bowl TV censors just miss MIA's middle fingerCalgary Herald
Super Bowl, Madonna halftime most-watched in TV historyUSA TODAY
British rapper's Super Bowl gaffe prompts apology from US TV bossesTelegraph.co.uk
Seattle Post Intelligencer -The Sun
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New York Daily News

Super Giants to rule TV stage
New York Daily News
The league's TV partners have struck ratings gold with the Giants. This chemical balance, so to speak, does not come along too often. The NFL now has a champion that often finds its carcass tied to the railroad tracks but escapes seconds before the ...
Super Bowl XLVI sets new TV viewing recordNewsday
For watching the Super Bowl, my TV beat my iPadCNET
'The Voice' Premiere Scores Biggest Non-Sports TV Rating In 6 YearsHuffington Post
Entertainment Weekly (blog) -Kansas City Star (blog) -New York Times (blog)
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Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)

'Smash,' Season Premiere: TV Recap
Wall Street Journal (blog)
By Josée Rose After weeks and weeks of advertising, ?Smash? premieres. The show seems to have a lot of promise, and the musical numbers dazzled. Katharine McPhee (American Idol Season 5 runner-up) is Karen Cartwright, a 24-year-old, Broadway wanna-be ...
Monday TV in Review: Smash's Opening Night, Plus House, Castle, and MoreSeattle Post Intelligencer
TV best bets with 'Smash,' the Grammys, 'Good Eats' farewellAtlanta Journal Constitution (blog)
'Smash' opening-night review: Reasons to root for Marilyn, the musical?Entertainment Weekly (blog)
The Seattle Times -Montreal Gazette
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USA TODAY

TV is taking viewers to strange new worlds
USA TODAY
Science-fiction elements, which are found in many of these shows, have moved beyond niche TV realms, says Jorge Garcia, a star of Alcatraz and Lost, which created its own mysterious world. "There has been a trend toward more mainstream science-fiction ...

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Market Leader ZEE TV To Go HD in Americas
ZEE TV, the # 1 South Asian Entertainment Network becomes the first South Asian TV channel in the Americas to launch in HD. ZEE TV will launch new HD service by the end of the firs

Premiering today: Netflix's original TV gamble
Netflix launched its first foray into original programming with the release of the TV show Lilyhammer Monday. The show, which stars Steven van Zandt as an ex-mobster in a witness protection program in Norway, was co-financed by Netflix and is, at least in the U.S., only available to the company's subscribers -- a move that mirrors original series produced by cable networks like HBO and Showtime ...

Super Bowl TV audience reaches record 111.3 million
(Reuters) - A record 111.3 million viewers watched the New York Giants defeat the New England Patriots 21-17 in the Super Bowl on Sunday, just beating the 2011 TV audience for the game, according to ratings data on Monday. The Nielsen company said Sunday's Super Bowl TV audience on the NBC network was the most-watched television program in U.S history. Sunday's figure topped the 111.0 million ...

Special report: Does reality TV influence girls' behavior?
PORTLAND -- Reality TV has become a popular part of TV culture for people of all ages. But a survey shows reality shows could be encouraging bad behaviors in young girls. More: Read complete reality TV survey The cat-fights, the backstabbing, the war of words; forget the good or the bad, it's just downright ugly. But is reality TV making young girls mean? The attitude on television seems to ...

The Future of TV
"The joke to me is you've got TV buyers still buying linear TV ratings when there are a lot of people that aren't watching linear TV," says Hanlon. What's more, it remains unclear who will be the dominant players in the battle for TV's future.

Super Bowl Breaks Social TV and Broadcast Records
Super Bowl XLVI was not only a big hit with broadcast viewers, it also excelled in the social TV space.

Best Buy Gauging Demand for a 42-inch Apple TV Priced at $1,499.
The retailer is reportedly sending out a customer survey teasing a new HD television set from Apple that runs iOS, and connects to iCloud, iTunes, and the App Store.

List of Live Soccer Games on US TV for February 6 to February 9
There aren't a ton of live soccer matches airing on TV in the United States during the week following Super Bowl Sunday. You'll have to wait one more week for Champions League action to return, but that doesn't mean you're stuck with just match replays up until...

How realistic are TV cop shows?
How realistic are police shows on television?

ABC-TV, Univision may start news channel
NEW YORK, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- ABC-TV and Univision Communications Inc. are in talks to start a 24-hour cable-news channel for English-speaking U.S. Latinos, The Wall Street Journal reported.