Men’s college basketball (7pm on ESPN)
Both of tonight’s games only feature teams in the top ten. At 7pm, it’s Villanova at West Virginia, followed up with Kansas at Texas at 9pm.
NFL Full Contact (10pm on TruTV)
If you still need more football, Tru TV premieres this new show which goes behind the scenes of this past NFL season.
Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (10pm on Travel Channel)
Anthony visits the Hudson Valley in upstate New York in this new episode.
Also my normal Monday night viewing: new episodes of How I Met Your Mother (8pm on CBS) and Damages (10pm on FX).
Sunday night’s Super Bowl XLIV was viewed by 106.5 million people in the US, becoming the most watched program in US television history. The prior most watched program was the series finale of M*A*S*H, which had 105.97 million viewers when it aired in February 1983.
Super Bowl XLIV is also, obviously, the most watched Super Bowl in history, edging out last year’s Super Bowl which had set the record with 98.7 million viewers.
(via The Hollywood Reporter)
Happy 36th birthday to Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson
Happy 67th birthday to Creed Bratton.
Also birthday wishes to Seth Green, Paul Wright aka The Big Show, Alonzo Mourning, Gary Coleman, Vince Neil, John Grisham, Mary Steenburgen, Nick Nolte, Ted Koppel. Also happy b-days to James Dean, Neal Cassady, Jack Lemmon, Lana Turner, and Classy Freddie Blassie.
The NFL Network put together this list. (via ESPN)
10. Fran Tarkenton
9. Jim Kelly
8. Eric Dickerson
7. Bruce Matthews
6. Dick Butkus
5. Bruce Smith
4. Deacon Jones
3. Merlin Olsen
2. Dan Marino
1. Barry Sanders
All of this information is from ESPN. Here’s a brief selection of who is rooting for each team.
The Colts have the support of Maya Angelou, Serena Williams, Lebron James, Kobe Bryant, Bill O’Reilly, John McCain, Drew Carey, Ed Asner, Penn & Teller, Dick Clark, and Sherri Shepherd.
The Saints have the support of Malcolm Gladwell, Haley Joel Osment, Joan Jett, Hulk Hogan, Duane “Dog The Bounty Hunter” Chapman, Joe Mantegna, Ellie Kemper, Roseanne Barr, Scott Adams, Chris Paul, and Mamie Van Doren.
NHL Hockey: Pittsburgh at Washington (noon on NBC)
I’m not a hockey fan, but from what I can gather, this is one of the NHL’s newest, brightest rivalries featuring two of the games best players: Sidney Crosby and Alexander Ovechkin.
NBA: Orlando at Boston (2:30pm on ABC)
This game features the #2 and #3 ranked teams in the Eastern Conference. It should be a good one.
Super Bowl XLIV (6:30pm on CBS)
Almost everyone will be watching this. Super Bowl/NFL related coverage begins at noon on CBS. If you have NFL Network, the NFL Gameday crew will be getting started at 9am and will be going until kickoff. On ESPN, Sunday NFL Countdown will be live from 10am-noon.
TV Marathons (various channels all day)
If you’re not into the Super Bowl, don’t worry, there is something out there for you. Many channels that don’t offer sports programming will play a marathon of a particular tv show. MTV has Jersey Shore from 9am-6pm. USA has Law and Order: SVU from 11am-1am. TNT has Law and Order from noon-midnight. SyFy has Ghost Hunters from 9am-1am. Spike has CSI from 1pm-2am. Discovery has Mythbusters from noon-6pm.