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Ratings: Two and a Half Men Declines

• Oct 11, 2011 05:15 PM ET
• by Douglas J. Rowe

Two and a Half Men started so big that even a fourth consecutive week of decline has still left it with enviable numbers.

The Ashton Kutcher-led CBS sitcom at 9/8c entertained 16.20 million fans and scored a 5.9 rating among 18-to-49-year-olds Monday night. Most network shows that night hit season lows up against the major league playoffs on Fox, as well as Monday Night Football -- which scored 16.38 million viewers --and Kim Kardashian's "fairy-tale" wedding, which drew a combined total of 10.5 million Sunday and Monday nights, making it E!'s most-watched event ever.

Hank Williams Jr. Writes Song, Appears on Talk Shows After Hitler-Obama Uproar

• Oct 11, 2011 10:26 AM ET
• by Douglas J. Rowe

Now that his Monday Night Football opening theme song has been permanently punted from the broadcast, Hank Williams Jr. has written a song zinging Fox & Friends and ESPN and is taking to the airwaves to answer his critics.
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Hank Williams Jr. Issues Apology Regarding Obama-Hitler Statement

• Oct 5, 2011 09:39 AM ET
• by Lindsay Silberman

Hank Williams Jr. has apologized since some thought he compared President Obama to Adolf Hitler on Fox and Friends.

Williams — whose trademark "Are you ready for some football?" theme was pulled by ESPN on its latest Monday Night Football telecast — posted a statement on his website titled...
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ESPN Pulls Hank Williams Jr. Intro After He Compared President Obama to Hitler

• Oct 3, 2011 10:45 PM ET
• by Kate Stanhope

ESPN is no longer "ready for some football" after Hank Williams Jr. made comments comparing President Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler, CNN reports.

The country singer, appearing on Fox News' Fox and Friends Monday morning, referred to a June golf game when Obama and House Speaker John Boehner played on the same team as "one of the biggest political mistakes ever." Williams then added "that'd be like... read more

TV Guide Network Counts Down the 100 Moments That Changed TV

• Sep 29, 2011 05:49 PM ET
• by Robyn Ross

TV Guide Network will look at the monumental moments that have affected today's television landscape in a five-part series starting Sunday.

Among the biggest: Janet Jackson's Super Bowl "wardrobe malfunction," the Van Doren "Quiz Show" scandal, and how reality shows such as Survivor and American Idol launched a new genre.

Journalists such as Tom Brokaw discuss the debate between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon, the O.J. Simpson trial and the birth of CNN. Larry King explains how his talk show paved the way for the... read more