Super Bowl XLIV
6:25/5:25c CBS
If it's possible for a team to get in a comfort zone while playing in the media maelstrom that is the Super Bowl, you have to think that Peyton Manning and the Colts have an edge over Drew Brees and the Saints as they take the field in Miami Gardens, Fla. After all, Manning and Co. beat the Bears just three years ago in Miami in Super Bowl XLI, while New Orleans, of course, is making its first Super Bowl appearance. The Who — whose lineup still boasts founders Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey — are set to rock the halftime show with a medley of radio-friendly anthems.
Read on for previews of Puppy Bowl VI, Undercover Boss, Big Love and Masterpiece Classic.
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HBO has renewed Big Love for a fifth season, TVGuide.com has confirmed.
The series — starring Bill Paxton as practicing polygamist Bill Henrickson and Jeanne Tripplehorn, Chloe Sevigny and Ginnifer Goodwin as his three wives — attracted...
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Big Love
9/8c HBO
Despite what anyone else thinks, Bill is serious about running for the Utah state senate, because now he's in Washington, D.C., to solicit support from a Beehive State congressman (Perry King). But while Bill may be the cat's pajamas back home, he's no king of the jungle when it comes to dealing with a powerful lobbyist (Sissy Spacek). Bill may want to get home soon, however, because J.J.'s stirring up trouble and Barb's tone deafness on the reservation isn't winning over many hearts and minds.
Read on for previews of the NFC Championship, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Masterpiece Classic and Nick News with Linda Ellerbee.
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Every week, editors Mickey O'Connor and Adam Bryant answer your burning questions. Want some TV scoop? Please send all questions to mega_scoop@tvguide.com.
Any big surprises coming up on NCIS: Los Angeles? — Olivia
ADAM: Get ready for some role reversal for G. Callen and Sam Hanna. "Usually it's Sam protecting Callen, but this turns the other way," executive producer Shane Brennan tells me about an emotional episode that explores Sam's relationship with a family in the Sudan, which dates back to his days as a Navy SEAL. "Callen has to watch Sam's back because he's really out on a limb." Brennan also teases a "heart-wrenching" episode that delves back into Callen's personal life, including a love interest. "It's only the beginning of something that will be resolved later in the season," Brennan says.
Are any of those rumors about Idina Menzel playing Lea Michele's birth mother on Glee true? — CaseyK
MICKEY: Not yet. Ryan Murphy tells us that Menzel will be playing the ethics-free coach of Vocal Adrenaline. But might the two story lines converge? Murphy isn't ruling it out. He's also not ruling out Jennifer Lopez...
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With defending champ Gabriel Byrne (In Treatment) missing from the Golden Globe field of drama actor nominees, this year's prize is up for grabs.
Glee scores four Golden Globe nominations
Hugh Laurie (House) and Jon Hamm (Mad Men) are the past winners ...
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