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UPDATED, 4:40 PM: There are a lot of people who hate the success of the New England Patriots, and there are a lot people who will tune in to watch Tom Brady and team come up short. In fact, 22 million to be precise. That the number of sets of eyeballs that watched the Houston Texans take down the Patriots 28-22 on Sund…

Don’t expect to see Rihanna perform at the Super Bowl now or in the future for that matter. After reports came out she decided against performing at halftime of the big game earlier this year in an effort to stand in solidarity with Colin Kaepernick, the R&B singer and actor confirmed that she did in fact turn down…

You can listen to whatever music you wish in the comfort of your home. But this week, there was disappointment in several sectors from selections made by others on what you can hear when someone else is doing the programming. Not everyone was happy with the Super Bowl halftime selections, Google’s decision to…

Jennifer Lopez, fresh off the success of Hustlers, and Colombian-born Grammy-winning singer Shakira will headline the halftime show at next year’s Super Bowl LIV. The two revealed the news along with the NFL on social media Thursday. The NFL’s annual championship game is set for February 2, 2020 at the Hard Rock…

UPDATED, 1: 35 PM: In what was the most lopsided Sunday Night Football score ever for the NBC and NFL show, the New England Patriots’ 33-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers last night has delivered its final numbers. And they are a lot like the 2018 SNF season opener and last week’s 100th-season opener between the…

The Paley Center for Media in New York will host an expansive new exhibit marking the 100th season of the NFL, which kicks off tonight when the Chicago Bears renew their rivalry with the Green Bay Packers. Running September 14 to October 27, A Century of Football: Celebrating the NFL's 100th Season, which is free to…

The new Fox Entertainment kicked off its first upfronts presentation Monday at the Beacon Theatre in New York. At the event last year, Gary Newman quipped that New Fox was so new even he and fellow chairman Dana Walden didn't know what it was in one of the presentation's best zingers. A year later, the new iteration…

Fox confirmed it has renewed The Masked Singer for a third season, which will premiere after Super Bowl LIV on February 2. As part of its upfronts reveal of its programming lineup, the network said the breakout reality hit’s third season will have its premiere in its regular time period a few days later, on Wednesday…

Fox’s broadcast of Super Bowl LIV in February will feature an extra 30-second ad in each break, but fewer breaks overall. The game will feature four fewer breaks than recent editions, going from five breaks per quarter to four. The net number of ads, though, will stay the same. It is the first significant shift of the…

In a trade of high-end TV assets, CBS and NBC have agreed to swap Super Bowl turns in order to avoid a clash in 2022, when NBC’s Winter Olympics coverage will coincide with the NFL’s championship game. Major rights holders CBS, NBC and Fox share the annual broadcast in a three-network rotation that is due to last…

Bob Costas had planned on hosting one final Super Bowl in 2018 before stepping away from NBC but was yanked from coverage following his comments about football’s link to brain damage, the veteran sportscaster told ESPN. "I think the words were, 'You've crossed the line,’" Costas told ESPN in an article posted Sunday…

UPDATE, 2:14 PM: The score for the New England Patriots' win yesterday over the Los Angeles Rams was historically low and so is the viewership for Super Bowl LIII. The CBS broadcast game out of Atlanta was seen by a total audience of 100.7 million, according to CBS Sports. That number comes from when you add up…