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FCC Re-Opens Janet Jackson Boob Investigation
5:50AM Hamilton Nolan | A shaken nation will be holding its head just a bit higher tonight, knowing that the FCC has said it wants to “further investigate” the 2004 Janet Jackson Super Bowl boob-flash incident that still scars America to this day. More »
Super Bowl Porn Watchers Offered Ten Bucks As Hazard Pay
9:28AM Kyle Buchanan | We already thought that Super Bowl watchers in Tucson were the luckiest fans ever, what with the free porn that briefly graced their televisions. Now, they’re getting paid to have watched it. More »
NBC Now Claiming Pretty Much Anyone With A TV Watched The Super Bowl
8:31AM STV | We know things have been rough for NBC of late, and that it deserves every bit of hard-fought glory it can grab. Stiil, that’s no excuse to claim 151 million people watched Super Bowl XLIII. More »
Defamer Rates Bruce Springsteen’s Halftime 3-D Super Bowl Ballstravaganza
4:02AM Seth | Perhaps we spoke a bit too quickly when we declared that a Bruce Springsteen halftime show would be safely free of any demonshlong appearances. More »
Defamer Rates The Super Bowl Porn That Accidentally Aired In Arizona
2:20AM Kyle Buchanan | Sure, we’ve already told you what we thought of the movie trailers that aired during yesterday’s big game. However, what was our take on the 30-second, NSFW porn clip that accidentally played in Tuscon, Arizona? More »
Defamer Rates The Super Bowl Movie Spots
12:07AM Seth | In honour of Super Bowl Sunday/Monday, we rate the commercials for studio tentpoles running during the game. Much of this footage debuts in these ads. And remember: Every 30 seconds cost $US3 million. More »
Brave Judges Make the Airwaves Safe at Last For Unscripted Nudity
5:20AM Defamer Hollywood | In a landmark decision for bodice rippers and the networks who love them, a trio of federal judges today threw out the FCC’s $550,000 fine against CBS for the Super Bowl “wardrobe malfunction” that exposed Janet Jackson’s right breast in 2004. The damning decision resulted in a miserable spoof by Justin Timberlake at last night’s ESPY Awards and, worse yet for the FCC, essentially wiped out the upgraded decency standards implemented after the broadcast — at least for live shows, which required the judges to buy CBS’s defence that the nip slip was an “accident.” More »
Record 97.5 Million Viewers Tune In To Super Bowl Goliath-Slaying
6:40AM Mark | According to Nielsen’s preliminary overnight ratings, a record number of Super Bowl viewers tuned in to watch the Giants shock the world™ by upsetting the heavily favored, once-unbeatable-seeming Patriots, with 97.5 million people tuning in (and 105.9 million at its peak) for the game. The telecast may also finish as the second-most-watched event of all time, behind MASH’s 1983 finale. [THR] · Rewarding him for his ability to profitably resurrect the Rambo franchise, Nu Image/Millenium Films signs new international political icon Sylvester Stallone to write and direct two more action flicks; blogging convention dictates that we must identify these next projects as long-awaited sequels to films from his back catalog, like Cobras and Over the Top 2: Back Over the Top. [THR] More »
Will Ferrell Hopes You Drink Enough Bud Light To Make His ‘Semi-Pro’ Character Seem Fresh
4:12AM Seth | If one 30-second Super Bowl spot fetched $2.7 million, as we’ve been told approximately 2.7 million times going into this year’s festivities, then our cursory calculations put the cost of this Bud Light/Semi-Pro crossover ad at somewhere around the $7.1 million mark. More »
