Entertainment : Television
ABC comedy 'Happy Endings' gets laughter started (AP)
AP - NEW YORK — It's never been my favorite month. But January was worse than ever this year.
Reuters - Clint Eastwood is setting the record straight about his improbably controversial Chrysler ad that aired on Sunday's Super Bowl.
'Halftime in America' ad creates political debate (AP)
AP - People rarely pick a fight with Dirty Harry. But Chrysler's "Halftime in America" ad featuring quintessential tough guy Clint Eastwood has generated fierce debate about whether it accurately portrays the country's most economically distressed city or amounts to a campaign ad for President Barack Obama and the auto bailouts.
Reuters - Quarterback Eli Manning and his New York Giants may have beaten superstar Tom Brady and the New England Patriots at Sunday's Super Bowl, but none them could outmuscle Madonna -- at least, where TV audiences were concerned.
Reuters - Early in "Lilyhammer," Netflix's eight-show original series that launches Monday, we meet Steven Van Zandt's Frank "The Fixer" Tagliano.
Censors MIA on M.I.A.'s finger flip (AP)
AP - Less than a second stood between British singer M.I.A. giving the finger to 114 million people watching the Super Bowl halftime show and no one noticing at all.
Reuters - The St. Louis Art Museum is rearranging galleries by theme rather than time period, seeking to make them more accessible to visitors as part of a $162 million expansion.
Super Bowl draws record 111.3M viewers on NBC (AP)
AP - For the third consecutive year, the Super Bowl set a record as the most-watched television show in U.S. history.
AP - A hot dog eatery made famous on the TV series "M-A-S-H" has been sold after a yearlong family feud over ownership.
Lifetime planning Columbine miniseries (Reuters)Reuters - Lifetime is developing a miniseries about the 1999 Columbine High School shootings, based on author Dave Cullen's bestselling 2009 book on the tragedy, "Columbine."
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