FIRST LOOK/ ON TV/ SOUNDSCAN/ POWERBALL

FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 2/16/11)
CBS: Survivor: Redemption Island (Premiere) at 8pm
CBS: Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior (Premiere) at 10pm
RETIREMENT LIVING TV: Sunset Daze (Finale) at 9pm
SYFY: Ghost Hunters International (Finale) at 9pm
TLC: My Strange Addiction (Finale) at 9pm

On Monday, syndicated game show Jeopardy! introduced the first of three episodes featuring IBM’s supercomputer Watson competing against former show champs Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter.  Monday’s episode, according to Nielsen, posted an 8.7 overnight HH rating in the metered markets, making it the highest-rated ep in four years.  The special three-day competition ends today with one claiming a $1 million prize.  If Watson is the victor, IBM will donate all the proceeds to charity, and if Jennings or Rutter wins half the money will be donated.  CBS Television Distribution distributes Jeopardy!.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Steven Seagal will resume production on a third season of his reality show for A&E Network, though in a different locale, reports EW.  Last year production was halted on Steven Seagal Lawman, shot in the New Orleans area, after the actor was accused of alleged illicit behavior.  The new season will be filmed in Phoenix, AZ and Seagal will work as a Deputy under Sheriff Joe Arpaio in Maricopa County. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

Actor Kenneth Mars, best known for his role in the original movie version of “The Producers” written and directed by Mel Brooks, died last Saturday at his home. He was 75.  Mr. Mars also had a role in Brooks’ film “Young Frankenstein” (1974) among other notable movies.  Mr. Mars was a prolific television actor with roles in Get Smart, Gunsmoke, Columbo, Murder, She Wrote, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Malcolm in the Middle.  He was additionally a voice actor on a variety of cartoon shows.  Mr. Mars is survived by two daughters and six grandchildren.
(Source: Cynopsis)

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 2/13/11)
1) Various Artists – Now 37 – 150,798
2) Mumford & Sons – Sigh No More – 49,278 (After 52 weeks – 815,038)
3) Justin Bieber – My World 2.0 – 48,015 (After 47 weeks – 2,434,221)

Other Debuts
15) Thompson Square – Thompson Square – 30,028

POWERBALL
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