Final Round of NFL Playoffs

Last weekend was the final round of the NFL Playoffs. The Indianapolis Colts and the New Orleans Saints are the two teams that will go to the Super Bowl. That game airs February 7 at 6:25pm on CBS.

State of the Union Address

On Wednesday night, President Obama gave his first State of the Union Address. He focused mostly on jobs and the economy. The speech aired Wednesday at 9pm on most broadcast networks.

Sports Predictions

Now that we have added people to our team that know something about sports we have a sports segment. Here are some score predictions brought to you by Hunter Buchanan.

NCAA College Basketball Games:
Villanova 97 at St. Johns 83 12pm ESPN
Ohio State 65 at West Virginia 73 2pm CBS
Texas 89 at Uconn 61 4pm CBS

NFL Playoffs:
Minnesota 41 at New Orleans 38 CBS 3pm
New York (J)24 at Indianapolis 21 FOX 6:40

Final Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien

The late night battles at NBC have finally come to an end. Conan O’Brien hosted his last Tonight Show last night. Jay Leno will take over the program after the Winter Olympics. Conan received a settlement and cannot start another show until September 1.

Hope for Haiti Now

Last night over twenty American Networks and several other international and Canadian Networks aired a two hour telethon to raise money for the Haiti relief efforts. That program aired last night at 8pm. If you missed the program, don’t worry. You can still donate at hopeforhaitinow.org.

NBC Late Night Host Deal

NBC may strike a deal with Conan O’Brien over the huge late night controversy. They originally wanted to move his show and Late Night half an hour later to allow Jay Leno to move back to 11:35, but Conan refused. Now some reports say that NBC may offer Conan up to $30 million to leave The Tonight Show. NBC could also enforce a non-compete period keeping him from moving to another network for a certain amount of time. There is no word yet on if O’Brien and NBC have reached an agreement.

New UT Head Football Coach

The University of Tennessee has found a replacement for their former coach Lane Kiffin. They have chosen Derek Dooley who was coach and athletic director at Louisiana Tech until he resigned after being offered the position at UT. Lane Kiffin had left the Vols to become head coach at the University of South Carolina.

How to Help in Haiti Relief

Much help is needed in getting supplies to victims of Tuesday’s earthquake in Haiti. There is a lack of shelter food and water in the affected area. You can donate $10 by texting HAITI to 90999. You can also visit http://www.redcross.org/ or call 1-800-RED-CROSS. Former Presidents Bush and Clinton have set up a website to collect money for the efforts you can find that at http://www.clintonbushhaitifund.org/.

FCCs Plan for the Expansion of Broadband

The Federal Communications Commission has come up with a plan to expand the spectrum allotted to wireless broadband services. These are the services that provide internet on mobile phones. They want to take a large portion of the spectrum given to Broadcast television and give it to cell phone companies that operate those services. Over the years the FCC has slowly taken away spectrum allotted to TV broadcasting. Until the 1980s television stations could broadcast on any channel from 2 to 83. Then channels 70 and up were taken back and given to cell phone companies. Then during the digital transition channels 52-69 were given to emergency services. Now that the FCC wants to give another significant chunk of the spectrum to mobile internet the National Association of Broadcasters is upset. They are trying to convince the FCC to find another way to give spectrum to the mobile phone companies. They are urging citizens to contact their local congressman to voice their concerns.

Changes to NBC Late Night

Due to low ratings, NBC will move The Jay Leno Show to another time period. NBC says that they don’t want to get rid of Jay Leno or Conan O’Brien. The most likely change is moving Leno back to 11:35PM with a half hour version of The Jay Leno Show. Conan would air at 12:05 and Jimmy Fallon would come on at 1:05. Any changes would take effect after NBC’s coverage of the 2010 Winter Olympics which airs at the same time as the regular primetime and late night programming.