Broadcaster fined over killing a rat on TV show (Reuters) Reuters - British broadcaster ITV pleaded guilty to animal cruelty and was fined by an Australian court on Monday after a rat was killed and eaten on the reality TV show "I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here." BBC paid top stars over $350 million last year (Reuters) Reuters - The BBC revealed Tuesday that it paid its top presenters 229 million pounds (357.6 million dollars) last year, in a move widely seen as an attempt to quell growing disquiet over the pay packets of its biggest stars. TV show fined in Australia for killing, eating rat (AP) AP - A British broadcaster has been convicted of animal cruelty after two reality show contestants skinned, cooked and ate a rat during filming in Australia. Reincarnation the gimmick in lifeless crime drama (Reuters) Reuters - Reincarnation, once largely the province of Hindus and Shirley MacLaine, collides with the world of crime procedurals in "Past Life," which premieres on Tuesday at 9 p.m. EST/PST. ABC affiliates upset about losing sports to ESPN (Reuters) Reuters - ABC affiliates are boiling mad that corporate sibling ESPN is being handed live sports events that they initially were supposed to carry. Hollywood names up for Olivier theater awards (Reuters) Reuters - Hollywood stars Rachel Weisz, Jude Law, Keira Knightley and Gillian Anderson were nominated on Monday for Laurence Olivier Awards, British theater's top accolades. Andre Leon Talley to judge 'Top Model' (AP)
Record Super Bowl telecast tops "M*A*S*H" record (Reuters) Reuters - Sunday's Super Bowl TV audience set a viewing record for the annual National Football League Championship and eclipsed the 1983 benchmark set by the comedy "M*A*S*H" to become the most watched U.S. telecast, according to early ratings data on Monday. Super Bowl is most watched TV show ever (AP)
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AP - Ellen DeGeneres, the newest judge on "American Idol," says Simon Cowell is "meaner" than she thought.
AP - Andre Leon Talley will help crown "America's Next Top Model."
AP - The New Orleans Saints' victory over Indianapolis in the Super Bowl was watched by more than 106 million people, surpassing the 1983 finale of "M-A-S-H" to become the most-watched program in U.S. television history, the Nielsen Co. said Monday.
