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What to Watch on Sunday: A little post-Super Bowl "Glee"

Super Bowl (6pm, Fox) - Green Bay Packers vs. Pittsburgh Steelers at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Halftime entertainment by the Black Eyed Peas.

Dateline (9pm, NBC) - Tom Brokaw tells the story of adventurer Aron Ralston, whose ill-fated 2003 climbing excursion inspired the Oscar-nominated film "127 Hours."

Shameless (10pm, Showtime) - The family attempts to pull off a fake wedding when it is revealed that Veronica comes from a wealthy family. Also, Frank is given bad medical news and doesn't handle it well, and Steve goes cruising for a  new car.

Nancy Reagan: The Role of a Lifetime (10pm, UNC-TV) - Judy Woodruff interviews former first lady Nancy Reagan, considered by many historians to be among the most influential first ladies of the modern era. Discussed are her childhood, her entertainment career, her marriage to and lifelong romance with Ronald Reagan, and her role as his most trusted advisor. Reagan would have turned 100 today.

Brick City (10pm, Sundance) - In this episode, police director Garry McCarthy is dogged by episodes of police misconduct. Later, Newark mayor Cory Booker neglects to mention McCarthy in the annual State of the City address, raising questions about the top cop's future in the administration. Here's more on this documentary series.

Glee (10:30pm, Fox) - While Mr. Schuester and Coach Bieste work to make peace between the glee club and the football team, Sue Sylvester devises a risky strategy to win the cheerleading Nationals. Look for a performance of Michael Jackson's "Thriller" and a cameo from Katie Couric. The start time on this post-Super Bowl episode of "Glee" is likely to change, so set your recording devices accordingly.

Durham Mayor Bill Bell reviews "Brick City"

Tomorrow night (Sunday at 8), the Sundance Channel presents the second season of "Brick City," six one-hour episodes chronicling the challenges facing famed mayor, Cory Booker, his police director Garry McCarthy, and the citizens of Newark, New Jersey.

We loved the first part, but this time Happiness decided to get an expert opinion of the series. So we turned to Durham Mayor Bill Bell. Bell, we figured, could gage the authenticity of the show and testify to the difficulty of handling budget cuts, angry citizens and crime.

His overall opinion after screening two episodes?

Conan O'Brien and Newark mayor to settle Great Jersey War of '09?

Conan O'Brien has been in the middle of a small feud with Newark, N.J. mayor Cory Booker (left) ever since O'Brien started making the beleaguered city of Newark the regular butt of his jokes (O'Brien told his "Tonight Show" audience that Booker's health care plan for residents of Newark consisted of "a bus ticket out of Newark").

The two men have been having a bit of fun trading jabs from opposite coasts and banning each other from airports and their respective states. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton even stepped in last week to broker a truce.

On Friday night, Booker is finally coming face-to-face with O'Brien on "The Tonight Show" to defend his city's honor.

UPDATE below!

A riveting look at a city's struggles in "Brick City"


Tonight, the Sundance Channel begins a five-part documentary series at 10 p.m. called "Brick City," about a year in the life of Newark, New Jersey, that will run all week.

If you don't have the Sundance Channel, find someone who does. It's worth it.

Shot during the second full year of Mayor Cory Booker's term in office, the series shows the energetic, young (40) mayor as he tries to pull the city out of its violent, poor and corrupt past with the help of community activists and, in particular, his police director Garry McCarthy. The city's homicidal history hit a horrible rock-bottom in 2007 with the execution-style murder of three promising college students on a school playground.

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