As far as the dejected New England Patriots are concerned, there was only one winner at the Super Bowl. And, it wasn’t them. But the New York Giants are not the only team that had a banner night. Several of the advertisers and marketing firms behind the night’s most popular Super Bowl commercials were likely celebrating by the time that Tom Brady’s last-gasp heave to the end zone dropped harmlessly to conclude Super Bowl XLVI.

Nearly as lauded as Eli Manning was Doritos, who had two funny ads vying for the top spot on the USA Today Admeter. With so many ads going for laughs, one of the night’s most memorable spots differentiated itself by going in an entirely different direction. Clint Eastwood starred in a stirring Chrysler ad and spoke about the revitalization of Detroit and America.

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Dancing With the Stars champ and war veteran J.R. Martinez received an invitation from Defense Secretary Leon Panetta Friday, who asked the decorated serviceman to visit the Pentagon and meet Panetta in person.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Panetta’s respect for J.R. was displayed in a congratulatory note, which read: “Your strength and spirit captivated the nation, and your victory sends a strong message about the strength and resilience of our wounded warriors.”

The Defense Secretary then personally called J.R. to invite him to meet in person. Exact details of the congratulatory trip are still in the works, but it’s said the Season 13 champ will address thousands of active and retired troops while he’s in the Washington D.C. area.

Along with his journey to the Pentagon, JR has been tapped as the Grand Marshal of the 2012 Rose Parade and will also cohost the pre-show of CNN’s Heroes: An All-Star Tribute.

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Show masterminds Trey Parker and Matt Stone have signed a new deal with Comedy Central that will see the Peabody Award-winning ‘toon sticking around for at least three more seasons, taking it into its 20th season and making it the longest-running animated series on basic cable.

So will Cartman, Stan, Kyle and Kenny and the rest of the gang finally graduate from fourth grade?

Who knows? But Comedy Central couldn’t be more pleased with the arrangement.

“The collective genius of Matt and Trey knows no bounds,” network boss Michele Ganeless said in a statement. “Week after week and season after season they continue to surprise and delight South Park fans.”

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In a recent interview with 60 minutes, Brad Pitt announced that within 3 years he plants to quit acting.

It is  not clear if he will actually keep his promise or where he plans to go after his carreer supposedly ends.

Whether it be for attetion of if he really plants on leaving the carreer that made him famous, he certainly put some fear in his fans and supporters.

Pitt is always working on something different so maybe its just time for a change.

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Kate Gosselin has a new job.

Nope, she’s not returning to television, but…The Kate Plus 8 star is now blogging about—get ready for it!—coupons! Gosselin has scored a gig at CouponCabin.com. “No matter how much money you have, it’s just smart to use coupons,” she tells me. “It’s like free money in your pocket.”

Her first blog post debuts on Nov. 22 about shopping for the holidays.

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Got your zombie survival kit handy? Good. Now toss it in the trash, because nothing can save you from the return of The Walking Dead.

Premiering Sunday, the zombie apocalypse show’s second season is twice as long (13 episodes versus its original six)—and twice as terrifying.

Here’s what star Jon Bernthal told us about TWD‘s “very high-octane action-packed premiere”…and what happens next:

“It gets very, very dangerous, very, very fast” for Bernthal’s Shane and his dwindling group of survivors, on the run again after their temporary sanctuary at the CDC blows up in their faces.

But as Shane’s desperate assault on Lori (Sarah Wayne Callies)—his lover before her husband and his best friend Rick (Andrew Lincoln) rejoined them—shows, zombies aren’t the greatest threat.

“They’ll always be a threat, but it’s a [manageable ] threat,” says Bernthal. “What will prove to be the real danger for this group of survivors is the evilness that exists in the human condition—things like jealousy and rage and shame and guilt…Human beings will make decisions that will prove far more dangerous than any zombies.”

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It was the season premiere that ate its competition: 28.7 million viewers for Two and a Half Men with its new star Ashton Kutcher. But Charlie Sheen, who was axed by his old CBS bosses, did just fine with record-breaking numbers over at Comedy Central, which aired the ex-star’s potty-mouth roast on the same night.

Stunningly, it was Charlie.

Here’s what two of Sheen’s old worker-bees had to say:

“[Ashton] is really a nice guy. Just a nice guy. And he’s OK on set. He gets the job done—that’s what we all want.”

If you’re thinking this a slightly less than glowing review, listen to how another former colleague of Charlie’s (who’s also still employed by the show), broke it down about Demi‘s husband:

“He’s just not as funny as Charlie. Not that we’d want Charlie back if you doubled our salaries.”

The bad news is that Michael Scott exits stage right tomorrow night. The good news is that Steve Carell‘s last episode is going to be a gold mine of Dunder Mifflin goodies for us long-time fans, and as series director Paul Feig promises us: “Everyone gets a moment that you would want them to have.”

So does tomorrow night clear up the Dunder Mifflin line of succession? Will Michael Scott and Toby finally hug it out? And how does the World’s Best Boss say farewell to Pam and Jim? Here’s what we can tell you:

As the new ratings season approach a few shows are likely to not see next season!  But which ones?

Of course all of this has just been talk…but serious talk.  With audiences getting harder to reach, networks are starting to reach down deep and take

true look at what can be cut, and some might surprise you.

The list includes some lesser known shows like “Chaos” or “Better with you” but is even reaching out to the bigger names like CSI! Which ones will

make the cut?  Technically that’s your choice.

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1. Perfection? Pshaw! Sheen’s claim that he was still killing it at work no matter how little he rehearsed or how much he partied is absolute BS, according to Warner Bros. He had “difficulty remembering his lines and hitting his marks

2. We Prefer Our Stars Alive, Not Shooting:

3. Chatty Charlie: Sheen’s series of radio call-ins before the show was suspended turned up the heat, and his postsuspension interviews decimated the thin ice he was already on.

4. Section 12: While Sheen’s team, headed up by Singer, says it plans to go after CBS and Warner Bros. for breach of contract, they say they had every legal right to axe the star

5. Section 13: Sheen’s own admission that he’d only go back to work if the “turds” currently in charge were replaced and some major changes were made also violates Section 13b of his contract’s Standard Terms and Conditions, according to Warner Bros.