Five days after Josh Powell killed himself and his two young sons, various members of the Powell and Cox families appear on three different shows.

What follows are the descriptions provided by the shows themselves:

Dr. Phil (4 p.m., Syndicated/Channel 5): Dr. Phil will find out how the family is coping with the heartbreaking loss of 7-year-old Charles and 5-year-old Braden and how they are dealing with the grieving process.

"We were concerned all the time that he could do something," said Chuck Cox about his son-in-law. Because of the court order "we had to let them go. We understood the laws and the policies ...

Contrary to what you might read in Friday's print editions, the new season of "Survivor" has not already begun.

The premiere of "Survivor: One World" — which features Utahn Jonas Otsuji — begins Wednesday, Feb. 15, at 7 p.m. on CBS/Channel 2.

Mea culpa. My humble apologies ...

Movieguide and its founder, Ted Baehr, who provide reviews from a conservative Christian perspective, will present $100,000 Epiphany Prize for the Most Inspiring Movie of 2011 and the $100,000 Epiphany Prize for the Most Inspiring TV Program of 2011 on Friday.

The prizes, supported by a grant from the John Templeton Foundation, are awarded to "the best, most inspiring programs that resulted in a great increase in man's love or understanding of God."

The movie nominees are:

• "Courageous"

• "Justin Bieber: Never Say Never"

• "Of Gods and Men"

• "Pirates of the Caribbean: ...

This is starting to become a trend. For the past two weeks, The Big Bang Theory (7 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2) has beaten American Idol (7 p.m., Fox/Ch. 13) in the ratings.

Somewhat stunningly, last week "Big Bang" had its biggest audience ever. It drew 16.38 million viewers to 15.82 million for "Idol" from 7-7:30 p.m. MT.

(If you see ratings indicating "Idol" had more viewers than "Big Bang," that's not head-to-head. It's the full hour of "Idol," and the second 30 minutes faces less competition from CBS's "Rob.")

This is, apparently, the first time a scripted series has ever beaten "American Idol" in the r...

CBS reaches into its own vault and revives Person to Person (7 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2), which from 1953-61 featured news legend Edward R. Murrow interviewing all sorts of celebrities and newsmakers.

That was a weekly series. This is a one-time special - for now. If the numbers are good, we'll see more.

Co-hosts Lara Logan and Charlie Rose interview George Clooney, Warren Buffet and Jon Bon Jovi. And, as was the case half a century ago, the twist is that we see the interviewees in their own homes. (Or, in the case of Buffet, in his Omaha office.)

Elsewhere on TV ...

The Middle

"The River" (8 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4) attempts one of the most difficult tasks in television - creating a horror story that's a continuing narrative from week to week.

There have been scary TV movies and miniseries. And scary anthologies, with a different cast and different story every week.

But last year's "American Horror Story" is an anomaly in that it pulled off a 12-episode horror story. Although, given that Season 2 will a a completely different story, you could argue that "AHS" was a miniseries.

"The River" is going to try to have it both ways - a serialized drama with stand-alone episodes.

As the series open...

Jane Curtin joins the cast of Unforgettable (9 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2) this week, giving the show some much-needed conflict.

The veteran of "Saturday Night Live," "Kate & Allie" and "3^rd Rock from the Sun" will star as Joanne Webster, a high-ranking medical examiner who mouthed off to her bosses one too many times and was exiled from Manhattan to Queens.

Now she'll butt heads with Carrie (Poppy Montgomery).

Elsewhere on TV ...

NBA (5 p.m., ROOT): Utah Jazz at Indiana Pacers

NCIS (7 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2): In the series' 200^th

I've called Smash (9 p.m., NBC/Ch. 5) “Glee” for grownups, but there is one major difference.

The musical numbers in “Smash” are great. But so are the scenes between the musical numbers in this really entertaining n...

The Voice (7 p.m., NBC/Ch. 5) is back for its second season - it actually returned Sunday night after the Super Bowl - and, frankly, it's hard to get too excited.

This was a show that was supposed to be so different from "American Idol." But once it got past the early "blind auditions" stage, it was just another talent show.

And combining the roles of judge and coach just led to judges who were cloying and sickeningly sweet.

And then there's the fact that not only will Season 2 run longer than Season 1, but it will feature a whole lot more two-hour episodes. Because too many TV execs fail to realize that one hour...

Sunday's episode of "House of Lies" (11 p.m., Showtime) is titled "Utah," and one of the primary storylines revolves around a racist Mormon businessman.

Here's Showtime's description of the episode:

"On a consulting gig in Utah, Jeannie is put in charge when it becomes clear that the racist CEO of a no-frills motel chain won't take Marty seriously; Clyde tries to make inroads with a virginal Mormon woman."

Showtime also describes the racist character as "a Mormon CEO in Utah."

"House of Lies," by the way, is the new comedy about management consultant Marty Kaan (Don Cheadle) and his team. They jet from city to...

In case it somehow escaped your attention, Super Bowl XLVI is on Sunday (4 p.m. NBC/Ch. 5).

Kickoff is scheduled for 4:30 p.m., and it's a rematch, sort of, between the New England Patriots and. New York Giants.

The Giants beat the Pats XVII-XIV four years ago in Super Bowl XLII.

By the way, the official Super Bowl Pregame Show airs from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. (also on NBC/Ch. 5, of course).

Elsewhere on Friday ...

A Gifted Man (7 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2): Michael saves a drowning man.

In this week's episode of Up All Night (8:30 p.m., NBC/Ch. 5), Reagan (Christina Applegate) does stupid stuff to get little Amy into a prestigious preschool.

This would be an original storyline were it not for the fact that it's been done dozens - maybe hundreds - of times before on sorts of shows. Comedies and dramas. Seemingly since television began.

Given that we're only 15 pisodes into "Up All Night," this is not a good sign.

Speaking of shows that are falling back on TV cliches, in this week's episode of Grey's Anatomy (8 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4), Meredith dreams what life would have been like had h...

Utah's very own "Flip Men" will be back. Spike TV has ordered a second season of the show.

The entertaining half-hour show follows Utahns Doug Clark and Mike Baird as they buy foreclosed properties - sometimes sight-unseen - and deal with all sorts of problems putting the houses back in shape for resale. Could be a dead skunk in the ventilation system and hundreds of bottles of water in the basement; could be the residue of a meth lab; could be a squatter who doesn't want to leave.

Accordiing to Spike, in its first season "Flip Men" improved its Tuesday time slot by 74 percent among men 18-49, by 61 percent among persons 18-49; and by 34 percent am...

This year's edition of Super Bowl's Greatest Commercials (7 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2) focuses on brands instead of just individual commercials.

The hour, hosted by Boomer Esiason and Jillian Michaels, will count down the 10 greatest Super Bowl commercial brands, including Budweiser, Bud Light, Careerbuilder.com, Coke, Doritos, E*Trade, FedEx, GoDaddy.com, Pepsi and Victoria's Secret.

If it seems weird to watch a TV show about commercials, well, there are a few million people who tune in to the Super Bowl to see the advertisements.

What I love about this special is that they interrupt the commercials for commercials.

This doesn't happen with any great frequency. Comedy Central has a new show that's actually funny.

Key & Peele (11:30 p.m., Comedy Centrall) is a half hour of sketch comedy that hits more than it misses. Keegan-Michael Key ("MADtv," "Reno 911," "Gary Unmarried") and Jordan Peele ("MADtv," "Children's Hospital") are funny guys.

And because they're African-American - actually, bi-racial - they make jokes about race that might be seen as inappropriate if somebody else was doing it.

When "Key & Peele" sketches miss, they're OK. When they hit, they're hilarious.

Elsewhere on TV ...

Once again, a Utahn has stirred up controversy on The Bachelor (7 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4) and been sent on her way. Monica Spannbauer didn't receive a rose from Bachelor Ben Flajnek last week, so the drama will go on without her.

And, apparently, somebody needs to talk to our friends at ABC. This embarrassment is a direct quote from the network's publicity machine:

"Traveling outside the U.S. for the first time this season, Ben whisks the 11 remaining bachelorettes to the Caribbean paradise of Puerto Rico."

Um, Puerto Rico is part of the United States. It's a U.S. territory. Puerto Ricans are American citizens.

David Milch has a way of creating indelible characters and putting them in situations so real you don't even question them. He was one of the driving forces behind "NYPD Blue." He created "Deadwood."

Even though the writer/producer's last series, "John from Cincinnati," was a misfire that was quickly canceled, it still felt somehow tangible despite the fact that ir revolved around a drifter character who might have been God.

Milch has done it again with "Luck," his new HBO series set inside the world of horse racing and gambling. It's what he's best at - creating a gritty reality populated by offbeat characters.

Whether that's a ...

Tyler Dixon has already won $25,000 as one of five finalists. He did that last year, too.

But if he finishes first in the online voting, he'll also win a million bucks.

And his 30-second commercial, "Dog Park," is really good. I laughed out loud at the punchline.

To see his ad, and to vote, go to:

http://www.crashthesuperbowl.com/#/?finalist=16959

This time, it really is the end for Chuck (7 and 8 p.m., NBC/Ch. 5). The 91st and 92^nd episodes will be the last.

And the show's creators/executive producers, Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak, are grateful for the show's five-year run.

"Not many shows get to have four series finales," they wrote in a letter to critics, referencing the show's constantly iffy renewal status. But if they didn't make it to five seasons, "Chuck may never have learned Kung-fu, taken down both Superman and James Bond, or married the girl of his dreams."

If you haven't been watching, you'll have to look it up to get those referen...

Can Marie Osmond succeed where Martha Stewart failed?

The Hallmark Channel thinks so. The cable network has signed Osmond to host a daytime talk show that will replace the canceled "Martha Stewart Show."

In a statement, Hallmark said, "We think [Osmond] will be a fantastic addition to the channel and to our lifestyle offerings."

Ironically, Osmond was set to launch her own syndicated daytime show in 2009, but the attempt was scuttled by the weakness in the television advertising market at the time. By going to cable, she won't face the challenge of trying to sell the show to local stations across the country.

...

PASADENA, Calif. - If you get a chance to hear Tony Bennett sing, you'll be amazed. He recently performed for a room full of TV critics - a cynical bunch by nature - and completely blew us away.

His voice is really that good.

And then you realize that he's 85 years old and it's nothing short of astonishing.

To what does he attribute his amazing longevity - and the even more amazing longevity of his career?

"Well, I've had very good health, but I must say it was the American Theatre Wing that gave me great training," said Bennett, pointing to voice coaches he had as a young man. "It was great experience and great the teachers are the on...

Former KUTV-Ch. 2 consumer reporter Bill Gephardt is partnering with KSL.

Not KSL television, KSL's website.

Beginning in February, GephardtApproved.com - which Gephardt created to investigate and approve local businesses - will be linked to KSL Local (local.ksl.com).

According to the folks at KSL Local, their website "is focused on helping the public find, and contact, the best businesses in Utah. Needless to say, this partnership is a perfect fit that will create significant value for the public and for businesses associated with both companies."

Needless to say ... and yet they said it.

This week on Jersey Shore (11 p.m., MTV), the girls hire strippers.

This will come as quite a shock to everyone who was under the impression that the girls on "Jersey Shore" ARE strippers.

They're not. They're not that classy.

Elsewhere on TV ...

Republican presidential debate (6 p.m., CNN): Live from Jacksonville, Fla.

Men's college basketball: Hawaii at Utah State (7 p.m., Altitude); Utah at UCLA (8:30 p.m., Fox College Sports - Pacific)

The Big Bang Theory (7 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2), Raj forms an od...

Here's the quick take on Fox's new series Touch (Wednesday, 8 p.m., Ch. 13):

• The pilot starts slow, but if you pay attention it will suck you in.

• It's a really good hour of TV.

• But ... while it would have made an good movie, it's difficult to imagine how it's going to hold up as a series.

Kiefer Sutherland stars as Martin Bohm, and while this character is supposed to be greatly different from the one he played on "24," he's still a man of action who ends up in the position of trying to save the world.

Martin is a good guy overwhelmed by his circumstances. His wife was...

It's time for another big goodbye on CSI (9 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2). Original cast member Marg Helgenberger is leaving the series and taking her character, Catherine Willows, with her.

And despite the fact that Catherine was shot in last week's episode, she won't be leaving in a body bag.

But after 11½ seasons and 263 episodes, it's probably time to go.

Elsewhere on TV ...

Whitney (7 p.m., NBC/Ch. 5): Roxanne hires Whitney as her assistant and office spy.

Nature (7 p.m., PBS/Ch. 7): A look inside the "Fortress of Bears" in Alaska.

It's time once again for the State of the Union Address (7 p.m., Channels 2, 4, 5, 7, 13, BET, CNBC, CNN, C-SPAN, Current, FBN, FNC, MSNBC), as President Obama addresses Congress and the nation.

In terms of television, this will, of course, mess up regular schedules. Some shows are pre-empted; others are seen at different times.

Hey, it's only once a year. For this, at least.

Elsewhere on TV ...

90210 (7 p.m., CW/Ch. 30): Navid learns something shocking about Greg's daughter.

Remodeled (8 p.m., CW/Ch. 30): A modeling agency in South Dakota is more a model school, which drives Paul crazy.

...

Ben and the remaining women travel to Park City in this week's episode of The Bachelor (7 p.m., ABC/ Ch. 4).

There will be horseback riding and fly-fishing and rappelling and lots of gorgeous Utah scenery. (The episode was shot back in October.)

There will also be lots of silly drama. Because that's what "The Bachelor" is all about.

Elsewhere on TV ...

House (7 p.m., Fox/Ch. 13): An Alzheimer's patient who's in a drug trial is having violent outbursts.

Gossip Girl (7 p.m., CW/Ch. 30): Blair's bachelorette party turns into an event ...

At Sundance to promote her movie "This Must Be the Place,"Eve Hewson was accommodating, open and patient with members of the media.

She didn't even flinch when one alleged journalist asked Bono's daughter, "Have you ever been to Dublin?"

Hewson did, however, deflect questions that compared the aging rocker portrayed by Sean Penn in "This Must be the Place" to her father.

Is this your first time at Sundance?

"I always wanted to go to Sundance. I came two years ago, just with friends, and we went to see some movies. And I thought, 'God, I really want to have a movie here!'"

What was it like working with Sean Penn?

Sunday is the second-biggest pro football day of the year - the day that determines the Super Bowl matchup.

Conference championship Sunday doesn't have quite the same ring as Super Bowl Sunday, but it does have one advantage: There are two games instead of just one.

First up is the AFC championship (1 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2), with the New England Patriots hosting the Baltimore Ravens. Then it's the NFC championship (4:30 p.m., Fox/Ch. 13), with the San Francisco 49ers hosting the New York Giants.

If you're keeping count, the 49ers have won five Super Bowls; the Giants and the Patriots have each won thre...

In this week's installment of The Big Bang Theory (7 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2), Leonard unexpectedly invites Penny to a romantic dinner as they experiment with dating each other again in an episode titled "Beta Test."

Meanwhile, the ever-odd Raj develops a peculiar relationship with his phone's virtual assistant.

I don't care what anybody says. This show makes me laugh more than anything else on television.

Elsewhere on TV ...

Winter Wipeout (7 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4): Family members compete.

30 Rock (7 p.m., NBC/Ch. 5): Tracy is the star of an em...

For the second "Survivor" season in a row, Utah will be represented. Although, unlike "South Pacific," when there were two, there will be just one Utahn on the upcoming "Survivor: One World."

Jonas Otsuji, a 37-year-old sushi chef who was born and raised in Hawaii and now lives in Lehi, will try to outwit, outplay and outlast on his way to a million bucks.

I've never met him, but I think I like him. He certainly seems to have the right attitude about "Survivor." Which is, after all a game.

"As far as lying and manipulating and backstabbing, I have no problem doing that," Otsuji says in his CBS introduction video. "I feel like if you're playing the game, y...

If the promo reels shown to TV critics are any indication, "American Idol" is about to get creepier than it's ever been before.

Specifically, Steven Tyler is about to get creepier. And he was pretty creepy to begin with.

Apparently, the show's 11^th season, which begins Wednesday at 7 p.m. on Fox/Ch. 13, is going to play up the teenage girls flirting with Tyler. And Tyler flirting back.

If any other 63-year-old man displayed this kind of behavior at the local mall, he might end up in handcuffs.

Fox, of course, thinks this is all in good fun. Fox Entertainment president Kevin Riley said he thinks Tyle...

ABC has a Super Bowl episode of The Middle (7 p.m., Ch. 4), so why isn't the network airing it two weeks from now - right before the the actual Super Bowl?

Because ABC isn't airing the actual Super Bowl. NBC is. And ABC is loathe to do anything that might smack of promoting NBC's telecast.

Because, gee, nobody will notice the Super Bowl if ABC doesn't air this episode of "The Middle" four days before it's actually played.

The Super Bowl is in Indiana this year, so tonight's plotline makes sense. Frankie thinks she's landed a plum assignment as a volunteer, only to get to Indianapolis and learn otherwise.

In the new reality series Remodeled (8 p.m., CW/Ch. 30), local modeling agencies get a makeover and a lot of help from an expert, Paul Fisher.

To say that Fisher is intense would be a massive understatement. He generally seems to be right - he is the star of the show, after all - but he's also tough to the point of seeming just a little bit crazy.

This isn't exactly a new idea for a show like this, but it's pretty entertaining as these things go.

The weirdest thing is that there's a parallel storyline with models trying to make it in New York City that seems like it's an entirely different show.

Are you ready for another TV show that's produced under the auspices of J.J. Abrams?

Abrams is promising that, unlike "Lost," the new show "Alcatraz" (Monday, 7 p.m., Fox/Ch. 13) will not be so serialized that you can't jump in and watch an episode if you haven't been on board since the beginning.

The problem is - he's made that promise before. And failed to deliver on that promise.

The premise of "Alcatraz" is fantastic. Fantastic in the sense that it's bizarre, not necessarily that it's good.
In this reality, the Alcatraz prison was not shut down in 1963. Instead, everyone there suddenly disappeared without explanation. And some of those inmates are reappea...

Lots of people like Tim Tebow. Lots of people don't like Tim Tebow.

TV execs were thrilled to have Tebow and the Denver Broncos in the NFL playoffs the past couple of weeks because his presence has boosted the ratings.

The Tebow-haters are happy now. He's done.

Network TV execs, not so much.

Here's CBS' release about the ratings for Saturday's New England-Denver game:

"THE NFL ON CBS's" COVERAGE OF PATRIOTS WIN OVER BRONCOS SATURDAY RATES AS HIGHEST PRIMETIME NFL DIVISIONAL PL...

It's the end of the line for another daytime soap. One Life to Live (1 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4) ends its nearly 43-year run by looking at highlights from the past.

There's no big mystery or great conspiracy to what happened here. The ratings for "OLTL" don't support the cost of producing the show anymore. Case closed.

And this really is the end - plans to move ABC's canceled soaps to the web have fallen through.

Elsewhere on Friday ...

A Gifted Man (7 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2): Michael and E-Mo clash over a patient.

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (7 and 8 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4): Helping seven families in Joplin, Mo.<...

"The Finder" is sort of a spinoff of "Bones." Most of the "The Finder" characters were introduced in an episode of "Bones"; it's from the same producers; and the intent is to appeal to fans of "Bones."

"Right from the get go, 'The Finder' was conceived as a partner to 'Bones' - something that existed in the same universe," said creator/executive producer Hart Hanson.

It's quirky. It's offbeat. But "The Finder" isn't exactly "Bones."

Walter Sherman (Geoff Stults) is an Iraq war veteran who suffered severe brain damage when an IED exploded near him. That left him quirkier, and with the ability to find just about anything. A dead b...

PASADENA, Calif. - The new CBS sitcom "Rob" (7:30 p.m., Thursday, Ch. 2) is built on a racial premise.

Rob Schneider stars as a lifelong bachelor who has just married Maggie (Claudia Bassols) after a brief courtship. And then he meets her Mexican-American family, where he doesn't exactly feel welcome.

Her parents (Cheech Marin and Diana Maria Riva) are not happy. Her grandmother (Lupe Ontiveros) doesn't speak English and doesn't understand what happened. And her Uncle Hector (Eugenio Derbez) is just plain crazy.

The show revels in racial stereotypes - it's filled with jokes about guacamole and illegal immigration - and makes no e...

The sixth season of 30 Rock (7 p.m., NBC/Ch. 30) finally gets under way, and things are back to normal. Which means things are insane.

Tracy is frustrated because he can't frustrate Liz no matter how hard he tries. Kenneth is preparing for the Rapture.

And Jenna achieves infamy as the mean judge on the network's talent competition "America's Kidz Got Singing."

Elsewhere on TV ...

The Big Bang Theory (7 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2): Penny tries to teach Sheldon how to be a better boyfriend to Amy.

Winter Wipeout (7 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4): Obstacles include the Snowboard Half Pipe and Avalanche Alley.

PASADENA, Calif. - A terrible brawl broke out at the Television Critics Association press tour.

No physical punches were thrown, but plenty of blows were landed as "2 Broke Girls" executive producer Michael Patrick King was confronted about the racism in his show.

King and CBS dispute the suggestion that the show is in any way racist, but three of the supporting characters are clearly offensive racial stereotypes. Have been since the pilot.

And King clearly doesn't care.

Question No. 1 began, "Michael, the show has become known for its very broad racial and ethnic humor," and King interrupted to say, "Thank you."

As he did back in July when yours truly c...

When the Miss America Pageant airs Saturday night (8 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4), Utah will have a rooting interest.

Well, Utah always has a rooting interest. There's always a Miss Utah in the competition.

But this year, Miss Utah looks like one of the favorites.

Danica Olsen finished first in the lifestyle and fitness competition leading up to Saturday's finals, claiming a $1,000 scholarship in the process. That category also accounts for 15 percent of a contestant's score.

Olsen, who entered the Miss Utah competition as Miss Utah Valley University - she's a junior majoring in speech commuication - appeared in a Deavill...

In the forthcoming ABC sitcom "Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23," James Van Der Beek ("Dawson's Creek") plays James Van Der Beek. Well, a fictional version of James Van Der Beek.

"I auditioned against six other James Van Der Beeks for this role," he said. "I was lucky that four of them were not actors, and two of them didn't speak English. So by default, it was me."

The fictional James Van Der Beek is platonic best friends with Chloe (Krysten Ritter), who plays the "B" in the sitcom's title. And he's kind of a self-absorbed jerk.

"This has been the most fun I think I've ever had doing anything," said Van Der Beek. When he si...

NBC is making a couple of changes tonight, and neither one of them is good.

First, Whitney (7 p.m., NBC/Ch. 5) moves over from Thursdays. The first episode of this show was good; none of the succeeding episodes has come close to being good.

In this week's installment, Alex won't give Whitney the password to his phone.

And then it's the premiere of the sitcom Are You There, Chelsea? (7:30 p.m., NBC/Ch. 5), a truly vile sitcom that's based on the life of Chelsea Handler.

It's one of those shows in which everyone confuses being loud and crude with being funny. Because this show is definitely not funny.

Elsewhere on TV ....

Part of a network president's job is to sell his shows. Sell his network. Sell the press on how great his shows and his network are.

ABC Entertainment president Paul Lee has carried that to extremes. He's so consistently upbeat it becomes like white noise ... particularly because he's as upbeat about his failures as he is his successes.

It doesn't just undercut his credibility, it destroys it.

Lee blew himself out of the water with his comments about one of this season's biggest bombs, "Charlie's Angels" - a critical and ratings disaster.

"I don't quite think we breathed life into that franchise, but I think i...

PASADENA, Calif. - Charlie Sheen's Road to Redemption began here at the Television Critics Association press tour. He showed up at a Fox party/interview fest and said he's a changed man.

Stop me if you've heard this one before.

"I'm not crazy anymore," insisted Sheen, who endlessly chain-smoked. "I think I'm a different person than I was yesterday.... I'm more mellow and focused; I'm much more rooted in reality."

The bar is set pretty low for that one.

Sheen showed up because he's got a new sitcom coming on FX. "Anger Management," based on the movie of the same name. He'll play an anger-management therapist; ...

Here's CBS release. I refuse to comment on it because I'm a Steelers' fan. I'm trying to not even think about it. Sigh

"THE NFL ON CBS" COVERAGE OF DENVER'S DRAMATIC OVERTIME WIN OVER PITTSBURGH IN AFC WILD CARD GAME SCORES HIGHEST RATING IN 24 YEARS

Game Rates 25.9/43 in Metered Markets

THE NFL ON CBS's broadcast of the AFC Wild Card game featuring the Tim Tebow-led Denver Broncos' 29-23 overtime victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday, Jan. 8 was the high...

PASADENA, Calif. - "Are You There, Chelsea" (Wednesday, 7:30 p.m., NBC/Ch. 5) is a vile new sitcom based on the life of Chelsea Handler.

Laura Prepon ("That '70s Show") stars as Chelsea. Chelsea Handler stars as Chelsea's sister, Sloane. Which is, well, weird. Except to Handler.

"It's a dream come true to have someone else portray me," Handler said. "Because I've been living this life for a long time, and I'm over myself. And it's a pleasure to play my sister because everything I've been accusing her of my whole life, I can now re-enact before her eyes.

"She's thrilled, surprisingly."

Handler won't be in every...

Alabama and LSU meet for the second time this season in the BCS championship game (6:30 p.m., ESPN) to decide this year's mythical national championship.

That's not a slam against LSU or Alabama. But it is a slam against the BCS.

Until there's a playoff, then this game is all about the BCS and not about an actual national championship. And the BCS was designed to make the rich richer, not to find out what the best college football team in America really is.

Elsewhere on TV ...

The Bachelor (7 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4): The 18 women who survived Week 1 travel to Ben's hometown.

America's Money Class with Suze Orma...

And in other ... yaaaaawn ... news from Fox, there won't be a "Glee" spin off.

Probably a good thing given that "Glee" has lost so much of its luster (and 18 percent of its audience this season).

Here the not-very-explanatory explanation from Fox Entertainment president Kevin Reilly:

"We are graduating the characters that are arcing to graduation. And what's come out of it is [executive producer] Ryan [Murphy] and the guys have come up with a really cool idea. There will not be a 'Glee' spin off, but those characters will graduate, and it's led to a very interesting idea that I think is going to...