Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will perform during the coveted halftime show at the Super Bowl according to Billboard. I know I should be excited about this, but I just never got on the Bruce Springsteen train and I know I am one of the few who feels that way. Positive note at least we won’t have to worry about wardrobe malfunction unless his tight pair of jeans burst at the seams.
According to Variety Fox has given House the post-Super Bowl time slot on February 3rd. Normally the nets wait to announce who gets that time closer to the game, but Fox felt why wait. The head of Fox Scheduling, Preston Breck said, "Of all the shows we have, this is the biggest scripted one. And to maximize revenue, you want to put a big show behind the Super Bowl." You know this episode is going to be way off the charts exciting. It might even top the excitement of the Grey's Anatomy bomb episode! You go House!!!
Katie Couric’s going to the Super Bowl. The "CBS Evening News" anchor will contribute a feature to CBS’ four-hour Super Bowl pregame show on Feb. 4, the network said on Thursday. She will also anchor the evening news from Miami, the site of the big game, on the Friday before the game. There’s precedent at other networks for the news anchors to be involved in sports coverage, including Brian Williams and Couric during NBC’s Olympic broadcasts, said Sean McManus, president of CBS News and Sports. "It is the biggest event of the day and it makes sense for us to showcase what she does before the biggest audience of the year," McManus said. Couric’s evening newscast is in third place in the ratings behind NBC and ABC. She’s tentatively scheduled to do a feature on Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward and his Korean heritage.
I understand that her show desperately needs viewers, but this is not the place or time to do it. She is like Off Spray to a mosquito when it comes to the average viewer of the Super Bowl. Why should we suffer for CBS’s mistake of hiring her?
I love Super Bowl ads and if this is a preview for what’s to come on Sunday…I can’t wait! I don’t understand what the controversy is all about, I think it is funny as all heck!
This Sunday, as the Super Bowl reaches halftime, the network will call “time out” on its own programming by immediately cutting into its Third Annual Super Sunday “Little House on the Prairie” Marathon to premiere “From The Heart – Favorite Commercials From Hallmark Cards,” a 30-minute salute to the most heartfelt and timeless of Hallmark Cards commercial spots, Sunday, February 4 (check local listings). Hallmark Channel will monitor the Super Bowl and roll the special program across all Time Zones whenever the game’s Halftime ceremonies begin. Iconic performer and four-time Grammy Award-winning singer Engelbert Humperdinck and actress and musical performer extraordinaire Barbara Niven (“One Life to Live”) will host. Other than Pay-Per-View events, Hallmark Channel is the only network to interrupt programming exactly when the Super Bowl halftime begins in order to offer viewers quality counter programming.
I am stocking up on kleenex now because I am going to tune into that special! Hallmark has the most touching commercials, so I can’t wait to see the best of! Smart of Hallmark to come up with an alternative to the Super Bowl because believe it or not not everyone watches the game!
Katie Couric’s going to the Super Bowl. The "CBS Evening News" anchor will contribute a feature to CBS’ four-hour Super Bowl pregame show on Feb. 4, the network said on Thursday. She will also anchor the evening news from Miami, the site of the big game, on the Friday before the game. There’s precedent at other networks for the news anchors to be involved in sports coverage, including Brian Williams and Couric during NBC’s Olympic broadcasts, said Sean McManus, president of CBS News and Sports. "It is the biggest event of the day and it makes sense for us to showcase what she does before the biggest audience of the year," McManus said. Couric’s evening newscast is in third place in the ratings behind NBC and ABC. She’s tentatively scheduled to do a feature on Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward and his Korean heritage.
