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Sunday's Super Bowl was the most watched TV show of all-time; Star Wars live action TV show in the works; and Apple may cut price of iPad

POSTED: February 9, 2010

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• Sunday's Super Bowl was the most-watched TV show of all-time, eclipsing the "M*A*S*H" finale with 106.5 million TV viewers, which surpassed the 105.97 million viewers who watched that TV show's end in 1983.

• Waitaminutewaitaminutewaitaminute?! There's a live action Star Wars TV show in the works? This is lunacy! We feel like we shouldn't get our hopes up too much for this because, inevitably, George Lucas will nutsack punch us once again. But! Rumors leaking out about the show indicate it will more closely resemble the original trilogy, with fewer special effects and a greater focus on story.

In interview with Total Film Magazine Lucas explained this:

"It's [a] lot more talky. It's more of what I would call a soap opera with a bunch of personal dramas in it. It's not really based on action-adventure films from the '30s - it's actually more based on film noir movies from the '40s!"

• Speaking of Star Wars, check out these retro-style travel posters for planets in the Star Wars universe.

• It was inevitable. Give the Internet some time and it will eventually come up with "Hipster Puppies." Check out the inaneness over at hipsterpuppies.tumblr.com and see for yourself what the pinnacle of the Internet looks like.

• Well, Heroes is done and over with. Four seasons too late, too.

• We've been waiting for further word on whether Ghostbusters 3 will happen. Well, it will if Bill Murray gets his about the fate of Peter Venkman (possible spoiler ahead):

"I'll come back in Ghostbusters III only if I get to be a ghost. I said to them, ‘I'll do it if you kill me off in the first reel.' So now they are going to have me as a ghost in the film."

• Google is expected to get more social, with published reports saying Gmail users will be able to post status updates like those on Facebook and Twitter. Users will also be able to share photos and videos through the service.

And you may want to wait on purchasing your iPad, as this ABC News report suggests Apple may be willing to cut the price on the computer if it's not happy with initial sales.