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CBS offers up a ‘Golden Celebration’ for Super Bowl 50
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By George Dickie Every year, the Super Bowl MVP has his Disney World moment. Phil Simms was the first. Back in 1987, after leading his New York Giants to victory over the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XXI, the Kentucky-born and raised quarterback was approached by a camera team and prompted to utter the now-famous phrase, “I’m going to Disney World.” “I just couldn’t do anything but laugh, thinking, ‘This is unbelievable,’ ” Simms says. “I win the Super Bowl and I’m doing a commercial, literally within five seconds after the gun went off. So, (it was) surreal, couldn’t believe I was doing it, but now I’m glad because I was the first one and it’s always a story.” Simms will provide analysis alongside play-by-play man Jim Nantz as the AFC champion Denver Broncos and NFC champion Carolina Panthers do battle in Super Bowl 50, airing Sunday, Feb. 7, on CBS, from Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. The network is marking what it is calling its “Golden Celebration” with a few new technological bells and whistles for the telecast, among them EyeVision 360, a replay system in 5K resolution that offers viewers a 360-degree view of the playing field; and pylon cams, which give ground-level views of the goal lines and sidelines. Then, of course, there is the programming itself, approximately 12 hours of it, starting out in late morning (ET) with “Super Bowl 50: Before They Were Pros,” profiling NFL players and legends and the communities that helped form them. Then at midday it’s “Road to the Super Bowl,” a
retrospective of the 2015 season. After “Phil Simms AllIron Team: Super Bowl Edition,” “The Super Bowl Today” pregame show has James Brown, Boomer Esiason, Bill Cowher, Tony Gonzalez, Bart Scott, Ian Eagle and Greg Gumbel weighing in on the big game. And following the game telecast in early evening, “Super Bowl Today Postgame Show” recaps the action in Super Bowl 50 as Nantz presents the Lombardi Trophy to the newly crowned Super Bowl champs. This is Nantz’s fourth time putting the finishing touches on the NFL’s biggest day. “You have the commissioner. You have the owner. You have the team MVP. You have the players all just kind of milling about. It’s chaotic,” Nantz says. “But you just had the chaos of coming down yourself, finishing the big broadcast and now being there to present the trophy. It’s a fun thing. I have to say that when it ends, usually the owner and the coach, they all make their way off the platform, and then that’s my soak-it-in moment.” For Nantz, a Northern California resident who has been with CBS since 1985 and seen the network lose and then regain NFL broadcast rights, this telecast will be special. “I really have been thinking about this since Jan. 12, 1998 (when CBS won the rights to broadcast AFC games), so it’s a big thing and it’s a real honor,” he says. “And it’s almost here and I’m fortunate enough to be a part of it.”
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Seacrest of ‘American Idol’ Wednesday and Thursday on Fox With this being the show’s “Farewell Season,” what do you recall of your start on “American Idol”? I was a local radio guy who wanted to be on broadcast television, and this was a big network show ... so I was thrilled to have the opportunity to be on it. And the fact that it was live, initially, I was fearful of that, but it actually was probably a good thing because I was used to live broadcasting every day. I was very happy to get the nod – and obviously, as Simon (Cowell) said, I was a little puppy dog back then. I was just so excited to be there. When did you realize that the show was catching on with the public? I think we knew midway through the ... not even midway, a fraction into the first season that it was resonating because we were getting feedback as such. And then, when we went out to do the auditions for the second season and we walked through airports and we went to dinners and went to malls in different cities and you could see that fathers and sons and daughters and mothers, families, were watching the show, I think that’s when we realized this was having a significant impact, not just on an audience, but on a family audience.
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What’s your feeling about “American Idol” as it now heads toward the finish line? The network has been extremely supportive of this brand and franchise throughout the years. You know, it’s been such a blessing to have such great partners as Fox throughout all of these years. The (ratings) numbers look great this season. They look really good. And I think that we are all pleased that people are watching, and some are coming back to watch this show who maybe didn’t watch the last couple of years.
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of ‘The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story’ Tuesday on FX What was your initial thought process about playing lawyer Johnnie Cochran in “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story”? I didn’t see myself as Johnnie Cochran until I sat down in front of the mirror with the wig on and started to get the makeup done, and I was a little taken aback at how similar it looked. Kudos to the casting people ... and that’s for all of us. When you see John Travolta with the makeup and hair and eyebrows, or David Schwimmer with the hairpiece, it’s just amazing. Then, what we bring is our own individual geniuses to the characters. Eventually, we stopped trying to hold our heads like (the people being portrayed) and just “be,” and that’s when magic started to happen and the scenes took off. And when the scenes take off, the piece takes off. With an acting ensemble that also includes Cuba Gooding Jr., Sarah Paulson, Nathan Lane and many other notables, how was the overall process of making the series? We all supported each other and lifted each other up. We all had moments that were overwhelming, In the courtroom scenes, there were four or five cameras on someone at any given time, and everyone had their moment when it got to them. For me, it happened to me when Johnnie Cochran was addressing (Judge) Lance Ito, and five cameras started swirling around my face. I couldn’t even see him because the cameras were moving so much, and that’s overwhelming – until you take it back and realize, “Whoa, whoa, I can do this. Let me just get super-prepared and go in there, and then I’ll be ready.”
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of ‘Outsiders’ on WGN America How was filming in Western Pennsylvania for WGN America’s “Outsiders”? It was great out there. I live in Pennsylvania. I’ve worked in Philadelphia and I love Philadelphia and I love working here. And being out in Pittsburgh was great. I think it’s a terrific city and amazingly, almost all these locations were within minutes of downtown Pittsburgh. Literally, you went across the river to see the town, you know this Kentucky Appalachian town, and we created the world on the mountain just 20 minutes from downtown. So is the set literally on top of a mountain? Well, there isn’t a mountain there but part of the set is in the studios where the movie ‘Concussion’ (was filmed), which (is near) the old steel mills downtown. But there’s a Jewish community center up in Monroeville that has a huge piece of property with all these kind of wilderness and woods on it, and all that stuff you see is built on this center surrounded by these suburban neighborhoods. It’s an odd kind of journey to take, from the mall and suburban neighborhoods and into the woods there’s our world. Your cast mate Ryan Hurst described “Outsiders” as “Mad Max” meets “Little House on the Prairie.” (Laughs) I’m not sure I would have described it that way but it’s a fun one.
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Is this a fun role? Oh yeah, really fun. I mean, getting dirty with tattoos and the hair and learning to throw knives and riding around on ATVs through a department store and riding around the mountain, you know just all that, all the little boy kind of stuff, the pretend world, just to play, that you get to play in, is really fun. But at the same time, the acting challenges in the story, the script, are really a challenge and they were fun to do.
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Eating healthy with a Ninja Warrior
Anyone serious about trying to shape up for the new year might want to take a cue from gymnast and obstacle-course athlete Kacy Catanzaro.
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As a competitor on Esquire Network’s Tuesday series “Team Ninja Warrior,” Catanzaro keeps herself in top physical condition with a combination of rigorous workouts and a strict diet. She needs to if she is to remain a threat on the show’s “mother of all obstacle courses.” And strict for her means lots of fruits, vegetables, fish and nuts, and limiting meats such as beef, pork and even poultry. It’s what she calls a “clean diet.” “For me, clean eating is just trying to eat as natural as possible,” the 26-year-old New Jersey native explains, “so you don’t want to eat anything that’s really processed. So ... anything that has added sugars or anything that has hormones or anything pumped into it I definitely try and stay away from. Usually, it’s just lots of fruits and vegetables, some meat and nuts and seeds and things like that, and trying to stay away from ... gluten and sugar.” A typical day of eating for Catanzaro starts with a breakfast of oatmeal with bananas and local honey. For lunch – her biggest meal of the day – it’s eggs, scrambled or in an omelet, with veggies and maybe avocado. And for dinner, her lightest meal “because it’s closest to when you go to sleep,” she’ll whip up a big salad with salmon. And if she’s going out to a restaurant and trying to eat healthy, she’ll opt for salad, fish tacos with a corn tortilla or sushi. “Sushi is a really good meal for me,” she says. “It’s super light and it’s also pretty good for you. It has a lot of good stuff in there. I’m kind of on the babier side of sushi. Like when I say sushi, I mean like California rolls or tuna or something, not like eels or octopus or anything.” And when she absolutely must indulge, Italian is her cuisine of choice. “Pizza and pasta,” she says. “I grew up Italian so we had lots of pasta. So pasta is my favorite, pizza. And definitely some donuts and ice cream.”
What book are you currently reading?
“I’m currently reading right now ‘The Detox Kitchen Bible.’ It’s really good because it has a lot of general information in the beginning, and then the second half is a lot of different recipes and fun things to try. So I’m really enjoying that.”
What did you have for dinner last night?
“We were actually out to dinner yesterday. I had a salad with Buffalo chicken on it. It was so good.”
What is your next project?
“We have ‘Team Ninja Warrior’ that’s coming up, so that’s really exciting. It’s a lot different than the regular show that everybody’s used to seeing, so it’s been really fun working on it.”
When was the last vacation you took, where and why?
“The last vacation I took was to Cape May, N.J., in July. I’m from New Jersey, so my family and I ... always go to Cape May every year. My parents have been going since they were young, so it’s kind of a big tradition. So that’s always a really nice getaway.”
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CELEBRITY Jay Bobbin‘s Celebrity ScooP Marital status: Married to actor Ben Koldyke (“Masters of Sex”)
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It can be nice to have a guardian angel ... but how about an “Angel From Hell”? As played by Maggie Lawson, conservative doctor Allison is trying to navigate her way through getting unsolicited “help” from the ever-unpredictable, often bawdy Amy (Jane Lynch) in CBS’ new Thursday sitcom. “Psych” alum Lawson considers doing the show “a dream. Jane Lynch is such a talent, but as a person, she’s the most solid, grounded, beautiful person. You never get a frantic feeling from her, or that she’s panicked about anything, although she’s probably the busiest person I know.” The pleasant Lawson has had her own share of activity in recent years, having also starred in ABC’s “Back in the Game” and appeared in a recurring role in the final season of CBS’ “Two and a Half Men.” She allows there’s been “bouncing around, but all of the experiences have been so joyful and fun, and I feel so lucky that they’ve all been very positive.” Indeed, Lawson cites “Back in the Game” as “something that did a lot for me in getting here,” in terms of now being an “Angel From Hell” lead opposite multiple Emmy winner Lynch. “I feel like I want to live here for a while. I feel like I’m with people I could be with for a long time.” Lawson notes her character has to take a somewhat literal leap of faith, since Allison “doesn’t believe in supernatural forces of any kind, because that’s just not how she operates. She’s a doctor; if it can’t be proven, she doesn’t believe it. She wants to tell Amy, ‘Just go away’ – but underneath all the madness and craziness, there is love, and what Amy wants for Allison is for her to live her best life and be the happiest person. Allison doesn’t know how to be around her, but she doesn’t want her to totally go away.”
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- Born in an average working class family, she grew up in Sydney, Australia’s western suburbs and was removed from high school at the end of her sophomore year to help her family make ends meet financially. - In 1991, at age 21, she bought her first, low budget, unrenovated property and cosmetically flipped it for a profit shortly thereafter. - In 2002, she quit her full-time job in marketing after completing her first professional renovation which saw her earn more money on the weekends renovating than her full-time employment. - In her first year, she renovated six houses with a combined value of $6.3 million for a profit of $1.15 million. - She was a finalist in two categories for the 2013 Telstra business woman of the year awards.
Cherie Barber is a professional renovator from Australia, who is a public speaker and TV personality who can now be seen weekly on HGTV’s new show “Five Day Flip.” - In light of her vast experience, she was dubbed “Australia’s Renovation Queen” by the Australian media.
- She has personally renovated over 50 properties and been involved in countless property deals.
- In 2009, she established Renovating For Profit, a company designed to teach everyday people, the nuts and bolts of renovating as a profession.
- She is a national brand ambassador for asbestos awareness and is passionate about educating home renovators across Australia how to renovate safely.
- In 2012, she joined the Australian program “The Living Room” as the show’s resident renovation expert.
- Last week, her first U.S. series “Five Day Flip,” premiered on HGTV.
- In 2013, in the Lambrecht Chevy auction of rare cars in Nebraska, she bought a 1956 Chevrolet Bel Air and had it shipped to Australia and restored. She named the car Mildred, and she believes it’s the only Lambrecht Chevy in Australia.
- She continues to reside in Australia with her daughter, Milan.
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“I don’t necessarily like any aspect of safety when I go away and do stuff in terms of my mind-set. You know, I like to be physically safe most of the time but I like to challenge some of the parameters of what feels safe to me. My comfort zone is a place that I don’t like to be in much.” – Dominic Monaghan of “Wild Things With Dominic Monaghan” on Travel Channel
“When I was on my last show, ‘Smash’ on NBC, they had the Super Bowl the first year that show was on. I can’t reiterate enough how exciting it is to be on the network that has the Super Bowl, because there are so many fun things to go to. And people get to be exposed to your show, so there’s that, too.” – Katharine McPhee of “Scorpion” on CBS, about attending the NFL championship game this year
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“It’s easy to stop watching films if what they’re making are versions of mechanical monsters who live in the deep ocean.” – Richard Dreyfuss, seen recently in “Madoff” on ABC, about the reason he rarely if ever goes to the movies now
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Dominic Monaghan of “Wild Things With Dominic Monaghan” on Travel Channel “I record very specific stuff. I only record Premier League football matches, ‘Game of Thrones,’ Jimmy Kimmel. Every so often, I’ll record Bill Maher. I’ve been obsessed with ‘Chopped’ recently, so I have about 100 episodes of ‘Chopped’ that I need to watch.”
Courtney B. Vance of “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story” on FX “Oh, I loved ‘Breaking Bad,’ and I love ‘Homeland.’ I came late to ‘Homeland’ and even later to ‘Breaking Bad,’ but TV is where it’s at. There’s so much wonderful stuff on cable. There are other things I’m trying to discover and catch up on, and I can’t get to them fast enough.”
David Morse of “Outsiders” on WGN America “My wife does all the recording with it, or my kids, and I get to just enjoy the things. We’ve been recording different series like ‘Bloodline,’ which I loved, and ‘Homeland’ every week and probably many of the things that people are recording.”
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Bee goes ‘Full Frontal’ and full funny on TBS By George Dickie Fans of “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” know Samantha Bee as the show’s “most senior correspondent,” whose deadpan sarcasm and ability to ask the tough question and still get a laugh helped make her a mainstay for 12 years and the show required viewing for many. Now she brings her ruthless wit and uncanny ability to mine comedy gold from the most awkward of situations to her own late-night show, “Full Frontal With Samantha Bee,” airing Mondays beginning Feb. 8 on TBS. Few details were available at this writing, as the show was still in development. But it is known that the 46year-old Toronto native’s unique interviewing style and reporting from the field will be front and center. Topics for early segments include the rise of Islamophobia during election cycles, the inconsistency of women’s services at the VA and an American orientation program for Syrian refugees in Jordan. And of course, in all of this one can expect humor. Anyone who has watched Bee’s interviews knows they could border on the absurd and be uproariously funny, but Bee admits there is discomfort on her part. “I still get really nervous when I go into an interview. I get tense,” she says. “I still do because some of the questions are pretty challenging and you never know how people are going to take them. I do try to create as much context as I can for the person that I’m interviewing, which really helps me, actually, feel relaxed and I think helps them to feel open.” Still, a few have taken exception to her line of questioning. “But not as often as you would think,” she says. “I can really count those episodes on one hand, when
people walked away feeling terrible about the experience, which is surprising. But people mostly felt like, ‘Well, at least I got my point across. At least I said what I wanted to say.’ Which is good.” Even before she left “The Daily Show” last spring, Bee had a few irons in the fire. In addition to “Full Frontal,” she is also co-executive producer with husband (and fellow “Daily Show” alum) Jason Jones of TBS’ upcoming comedy series “The Detour,” in which Jones is also the star. And she’s also working on a young adult novel she refers to as her “labor of love,” which is due out this fall. Bee is thankful to have come through the incredible comedic incubator of “The Daily Show,” one that has produced such other talents as Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, John Oliver, Larry Wilmore, Ed Helms, Wyatt Cenac and Jones. She credits Stewart with giving her considerable creative leeway. “The one thing that he did always say was, ‘explore your passions,’ ” Bee says. “Like, if you want to explore something, he gave us a lot of space to do the kinds of stories that we wanted to do. And especially me toward the end.”
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Oscar’s ‘31 Days’ continue on TCM Liza Minnelli stars in the Oscar-winning musical “Cabaret” Tuesday on Turner Classic Movies.
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Hollywood’s Academy Awards get only one night annually, but every year on Turner Classic Movies, Oscar has 31 days. The channel devotes the month of February (and the first few days of March) to films that either have won or have been nominated for cinema’s top honor, with hosts Robert Osborne and Ben Mankiewicz augmenting their usual insights into TCM attractions with a special focus on what made the features worthy of Oscar’s attention. This year’s 21st annual edition connects the titles by having each include an actor who’s also in the movie that follows it – in many cases, a supporting player rather than one of the topbilled stars. During the week of Feb. 7, the following titles rank as several of the “31 Days of Oscar” standouts for us. “Days of Wine and Roses” (1962; Sunday, Feb. 7): Teaming again with “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” director Blake Edwards, composer Henry Mancini scored one of his most memorable title songs with this adaptation of an earlier “Playhouse 90” television drama. What’s also memorable, though, is how deftly stars Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick move from glib humor to searing drama as alcoholics whose shared addiction could destroy them both. “Cabaret” (1972; Tuesday, Feb. 9): More than money made this picture’s world go around. There isn’t anything about this screen version of the enduring stage musical that doesn’t work perfectly, as verified by the multiple Oscars that were conferred on it – among them, wins for stars Liza Minnelli and Joel Grey, for director Bob Fosse, and for the overall picture. “Bullitt” (1968; Wednesday, Feb. 10): Oh, that car chase. It comes precisely in the middle of Steve McQueen’s police-
Pictured: Dustin Hoffman detective thriller, and the sight of two vehicles literally bouncing up and down the streets of San Francisco is one of the genre’s indelible images. Around that is some terrific acting ... not only by McQueen as the admirably cool title character, but also by Robert Vaughn as an oily politician, Robert Duvall as a helpful cabbie and Simon Oakland as Bullitt’s results-oriented boss. This showing is bookended by two more McQueen classics, “The Great Escape” and “Papillon.” “Tootsie” (1982; Friday, Feb. 12): If you want to see what a perfect comedy looks like, look no further. The irony is that “Tootsie” went through a number of writers and stars before reaching Dustin Hoffman’s art-imitateslife performance as an overly demanding actor who poses as a female soap-opera star, with his harried agent played hilariously by the picture’s director, Sydney Pollack. Bill Murray, Teri Garr, Dabney Coleman and Charles Durning also have great moments, but it can be argued whether Jessica Lange – while charming – delivers Academy Award-caliber goods. (Some believe her win here was a consolation prize for the other nomination she scored that year, for “Frances.”) Another Hoffman great, his Oscar-winning “Kramer vs. Kramer,” follows this. “The Americanization of Emily” (1964, Saturday, Feb. 13): James Garner called this World War II romance his favorite film he made, and with co-star Julie Andrews and a Paddy Chayefsky screenplay to work with, one would have been hard-pressed to try to challenge him on that. Also a pleasure to watch here: James Coburn as Garner’s rakish military buddy.
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Nikki Glaser takes on sex on Comedy Central’s ‘Not Safe’ By George Dickie A Comedy Central release refers to Nikki Glaser a “curious perv.” But for all intents and purposes, the stand-up comic and former star of MTV’s “Nikki & Sara Live” would just as soon drop the “curious” part. But her thirst to learn about sex and the ways people have it, she says, cannot be quenched, and that’s the driving force behind her new talk show “Not Safe With Nikki Glaser,” premiering Tuesday, Feb. 9, on Comedy Central.
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And no subject will be off limits. One early segment, for instance, looks at men who take cellphone photos of a certain intimate part of their anatomy and send them to their mate. Another concerns the foot fetish community. “I’m perverted in the sense that I’m always thinking about Glaser even brings on her parents to talk about their sex sex,” the 31-year-old Cincinnati native explains to a recent life. gathering of TV critics in Pasadena, Calif. “I’m always talking about it. I’m always making lewd comments to my The idea, Glaser says, is to take sex out of the shadows boyfriend. It’s always on my mind. I kind of think like a and make it a topic everyone can feel comfortable dude, I guess. I don’t know. I’ve just been called a pervert discussing. a lot. I think about sex a lot, and I think I think about sex as much as anyone else, but I just don’t really have much “I think it’s just more about taking away the shame of of a filter, and I don’t have any boundaries or sense of sex,” she says, “because I think we all kind of still treat self-preservation in the sense that I maybe shouldn’t say sex, even though we’re adults, as we’re still like middle some things.” schoolers in health class. We’re all still giggling about it even though we’re all adults.” In 10 half-hour episodes, Glaser will share her own unique take on sex, dating and relationships, and bring on fellow “These are things we’re all doing,” she continues. “We all comedians to joke and share their personal stories. There have a story, and I just kind of want to talk about it in a will also be panel discussions, field pieces and social frank way ... . It’s just like, ‘We’re talking about sex. We’re experiments. all doing it. Who cares?’ ”
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CBS’ Colbert and Corden seek to score with post-Super Bowl airings By Jay Bobbin For the network that has the Super Bowl, there’s always excitement about drawing what’s traditionally one of the biggest audiences of any television year. But ... what does it do to hold that audience when the game is over? Different things have been tried over the years, and this time, it’ll simply be a matter of talk. Literally. CBS broadcast the first Super Bowl, and it has the 50th edition this year – on Sunday, Feb. 7, when it will follow the NFL’s championship contest with special episodes of both of its late-night shows. “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” and “The Late Late Show With James Corden” could well have their biggest tune-ins to date, which surely is the aim, just as it has been with other post-Super Bowl efforts made in previous years. Some of them worked nicely, with the slot being used to launch shows that went on to healthy runs, among them NBC’s “The A-Team” and “Homicide: Life on the Street” and ABC’s “The Wonder Years.” For every one of those that succeeded, though, there were others that didn’t. Remember ABC’s “Extreme,” CBS’ “Grand Slam” or NBC’s “The Last Precinct”? Not many do.
In the days when miniseries still did big business for the networks, NBC tried starting one of those after 1989’s Super Bowl, “The Brotherhood of the Rose.” The problem was that the game ran so late, staying up another two hours for the first half of a drama didn’t hold a lot of appeal for people who had to get up for work the next day ... also impacting the ratings for Part 2 the next night. In recent years, the networks typically have given the post-Super Bowl hour to a continuing series. NBC’s “The Blacklist” got it in 2015, setting up a story designed to carry viewers over to the show’s move to Thursday later that week. CBS’ “Elementary” and Fox’s “New Girl” and “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” have gotten similar calls, as have such long-running shows still on the air as ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy,” CBS’ “Survivor” (twice) and Fox’s “The Simpsons” (also twice). CBS would deem it very good news if Colbert and Corden got increased weeknight sampling off their extra exposure on Super Bowl night. That’s a different game that also has big stakes, and a touchdown in that one has the potential to be even more resounding for a much longer time.
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Defining Super Bowl history Full Name: Bryan Bartlett Starr Born: Jan. 9, 1934 Birthplace: Montgomery, Ala. Team: Green Bay Packers (1956-1971) Position: Quarterback No.: 15 Completions: 1,808
Touchdowns: 152 Passing yards: 24,718 Honors and Achievements: NFL Champion, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1967; Super Bowl champion, 1966, 1967; Super Bowl MVP, 1966,1967; Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee, 1977
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By Dan Ladd There’ll be a lot of historic fanfare surrounding Super Bowl 50, which airs Sunday, Feb. 7, on CBS. The NFL’s biggest game, which has grown to become an event all its own, celebrates its past as it continues to evolve on its 50th birthday. Take the actual name of the game, for example. Gone is the Roman numeral system as of this game and going forward standard numbers will be used. Still, expect to see plenty of clips from those previous 49 games, including the very early ones before the NFL and AFL merged in 1970. Super Bowl I had yet to be called that when it was first played in January of 1967. The Green Bay Packers, who under legendary coach Vince Lombardi had won three NFL championships earlier in the 1960s, were poised to show the AFL, which was considered a subordinate league, who was boss. With Bart Starr calling the signals the Packers made quick work of the Kansas City Chiefs and a year later did the same to the Oakland Raiders.
Packer head coach and general manager Vince Lombardi, left, lining up his Green Bay Packer quarterback candidates, June 23, 1959, Green Bay, Wisc. Lombardi went on to brief them on his system, and grins as he holds an object thats the same in any system. The football players, from left are: Babe Parilli, Bart Starr, Boyd Dowler, Bob Webb, Joe Francis and Lamar McHan.
Starr and Lombardi are forever etched in football history, not to mention the Hall of Fame. By today’s standards Starr’s career 24,718 passing yards and 80.5 career passer rating might pale in comparison to say, Joe Montana (40,551/92.3), who came along more than a decade later. Still, Starr was a man among men in the 1960s and it’s no coincidence that he’s currently the 51st ranked NFL player of all time.
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MOVIES JAY BOBBIN's Theatrical movie review
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‘Revenant’
reminds how much DiCaprio can do
Some movies can be described in one word, and “The Revenant” is one of them. And that word is “grueling.” Which is not to knock the film, at all. But it’s a gritty and true story of survival that requires the viewer to have a strong constitution at key points. Leonardo DiCaprio plays Hugh Glass, a 19th-century frontier guide who leads a group of trappers into dangerous territory. First, they come under attack from a native tribe – then, Glass has a face-off with a ferocious grizzly bear. And that almost becomes “face off” literally, so vicious is that sequence. If you see other moviegoers leave their seats during it, do not be surprised. The man is so critically injured, most of the others leave him behind to be buried when that seemingly inevitable time comes – but miraculously (and it truly is miraculous), he manages to survive, with a powerful taste for revenge. The somewhat lengthy “Revenant” unquestionably is one of the biggest acting challenges DiCaprio has gotten, since he eventually has to perform much of it without dialogue, given the type and extent of the injuries his character suffers. However, as he last proved
with “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance),” Oscar-winning director Alejandro G. Inarritu knows how to plumb the depths of his actors’ abilities. Tom Hardy, Domhnall Gleeson and (as Glass’ son) Forrest Goodluck are among other notables in the cast, but there’s little doubt “The Revenant” is built principally as a vehicle for DiCaprio ... as was “Man in the Wilderness” for Richard Harris. Based on the same story, that similar film from almost 50 years ago was tough in its own right, but comparing that to “The Revenant” confirms how much farther the sensibilities of moviemakers go today. Another key player here is cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki, a major contributor through his camera techniques that underscore and enhance the mood. The sound technicians also deserve kudos, particularly for the bear-attack sequence that’s all but guaranteed to make you cringe from what you hear as well as see. “The Revenant” is assuredly grim and visceral going, but for those who can stay with it, and for those who root for Leonardo DiCaprio – within his roles, or in his career in general – it has its rewards.
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“SPECTRE” The gigantic success of “Skyfall” is a hard act to follow, but Daniel Craig attempts it in his fourth James Bond movie, which revives certain aspects not used in the series in quite some time. With the fate of the MI6 spy program uncertain, Agent 007 goes rogue to track the leader (Christoph Waltz) of an international crime organization across Europe, uncovering surprising links to his own past in the process. After a highly impressive opening set in – and above – Mexico City’s Day of the Dead parade, Lea Seydoux and (briefly) Monica Bellucci appear as the hero’s romantic interests, with Dave Bautista as the chief villain’s brutal henchman. Director Sam Mendes returns, as do Ralph Fiennes, Ben Whishaw and Naomie Harris as the new M, Q and Moneypenny. Jesper Christensen also is back from Craig’s first two Bond capers as enemy Mr. White. ››› (PG-13: AS, P, V) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand)
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“BLACK MASS” (Feb. 16): Johnny Depp stars as Boston-mob figure James “Whitey” Bulger, an informant for an FBI agent and childhood friend (Joel Edgerton). (R: AS, P, GV) “STEVE JOBS” (Feb. 16): Michael Fassbender portrays the Apple cofounder and CEO in director Danny Boyle and writer Aaron Sorkin’s drama. (R: AS, P) “FARGO: YEAR TWO” (Feb. 23): A young couple (Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons) is caught up in larceny in the FX series’ sophomore round; Patrick Wilson and Ted Danson also star. (Not rated: AS, P, V)
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“CHILDHOOD’S END” (March 1): The Arthur C. Clarke story puts Earth under the control of seemingly peaceful aliens; Mike Vogel, Daisy Betts and Charles Dance star. (Not rated: AS, P, V) “ROOM” (March 1): A woman and her young son (Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay) are confined to a single room by a captor in this muchacclaimed drama. (R: AS, P)
“FREAKS AND GEEKS: THE COMPLETE SERIES” (March 22): The cult-classic show, about a Detroit high school circa 1980, makes its Bluray debut and features Seth Rogen and James Franco. (Not rated: AS, P)
Family Viewing Ratings AS Adult situations
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GV Graphic Violence
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FAVORITE SHOWS
Dora Madison stars in “Chicago Fire”
Debra Messing stars in “The Mysteries of Laura”
Melissa Benoist stars Cutline in “Supergirl”
“Kitten Bowl III”
SUNDAY 12 p.m. on HALLMARK Kitten Bowl III Quartercat Puma Esiason, purrback Howie Longhair and tied end Rob Gron-Cat-Ski are among the “catletes” demonstrating their gridiron skills in this third edition of what has become an annual Super Bowl Day tradition. TV personality and animal advocate Beth Stern returns as host for this whimsical event, which spotlights some of the nation’s most athletic, adorable and — here’s the most important thing — adoptable felines. The special also features commentary from John Sterling and Mary Carillo. New
MONDAY 8 p.m. on CBS Supergirl In a creepy new episode that seems to borrow a page or two from “The XFiles,” a parasitic alien attaches itself to Kara (Melissa Benoist) and traps her in an idyllic dream where her home planet is intact and her family is alive in the new episode “For the Girl Who Has Everything.” While their superheroine is out of it, Alex, Hank (Chyler Leigh, David Harewood) and the DEO are left to their own devices as they try to fend off a Kryptonian attack without Kara. Daniel DiMaggio guest stars; Laura Benanti and Robert Gant also star. New
TUESDAY 10 p.m. on NBC Chicago Fire Chili (Dora Madison) reacts combatively when Severide (Taylor Kinney) confronts her over her recent bouts of erratic behavior, while the firehouse team urges Casey (Jesse Spencer) to run for alderman. Jimmy and Antonio (Steven R. McQueen, Jon Seda) face off in a “Battle of the Badges” boxing match. Kara Kilmer, David Eigenberg and Christian Stolte also star in the new episode “All Hard Parts.” New
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FAVORITE SHOWS WEDNESDAY 8 p.m. on NBC The Mysteries of Laura Forget the hearts and flowers: Valentine’s Day takes a decidedly deadly turn when Laura (Debra Messing) begins to suspect a longdormant serial killer has re-emerged to resume his “hobby” in the new episode “The Mystery of the Dark Heart.” Meanwhile, romance-themed secrets fly around in the squad room. Enrico Colantoni and Jenna Fischer guest star; Josh Lucas and Laz Alonso also star. New THURSDAY 8 p.m. on CW DC’s Legends of Tomorrow After the team notices that a series of nuclear scientists disappeared when Vandal Savage (guest star Casper Crump) retreated behind the Iron Curtain in the early 1980s, they follow the villain’s trail into the heart of the Soviet Union to find his next target in the new episode “White Knights.” Hoping to learn Savage’s next move, Ray (Brandon Routh) tries to cozy up to Valentina Vostok (guest star Stephanie Corneliussen), a beautiful Soviet scientist. Wentworth Miller, Caity Lotz and Arthur Darvill also star. New 9 p.m. on ABC Scandal It’s been a little less than three months since November’s bombshell-filled midseason finale, which saw Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington) walk away from her relationship with President Fitzgerald Grant (Tony Goldwyn) and terminate a pregnancy of which Fitz was not even aware. In the world of the show, however, six months have passed, and the Olivia we meet as new episodes resume is a changed woman in many respects. Her former lover is likewise forlorn, abandoned by both Olivia and estranged wife Mellie (Bellamy Young). New
FRIDAY 8 p.m. on CBS The Amazing Race Phil Keoghan returns as host for Season 28 of this reality competition series, in which the 11 two-person teams are all social media personalities. Among them: YouTube star and gay activist Tyler Oakley and his best friend, “Psychobabble” podcast host Korey Kuhl; Instagram models and best friends Jessica Versteeg and Brittany Oldehoff; dating couple Burnie Burns and Ashley Jenkins from the YouTube gaming site Rooster Teeth; Vine heartthrob Cole LaBrant and his mom, Sheri; and Vine sibling stuntmen Darius and Cameron Benson. Season Premiere New
John Dickerson hosts the Republican Debate
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SATURDAY 9 p.m. on CBS Republican Debate John Dickerson (“Meet the Press”) hosts as the remaining candidates pursuing the GOP presidential nomination gather to debate the issues at the Peace Center, a performing arts venue in Greenville, S.C. Format details are still to be announced, but it’s a safe bet that each participant will stay on message that he or she is the best bet to defeat a challenge from either Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders, the front runners for the Democratic nomination. New
Phil Keoghan hosts “The Amazing Race”
Kerry Washington stars in “Scandal”
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