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What to Watch on Sunday: Super Bowl or Super Downton Abbey?

Super Bowl XLVI (6pm, NBC) - As if you didn't know: New England Patriots vs. the New York Giants in Indianapolis. Madonna performs at halftime. Someone convince me to pull for their team and I will. If football isn't your thing, and you've already seen all the great commercials leaked online, there's always the Puppy Bowl on Animal Planet.

60 Minutes Presents: Three Remarkable Women (8pm, CBS) - Morley Safer profiles Meryl Streep, Anna Wintour, and Dolly Parton.

Downton Abbey (9pm, UNC-TV) - In episode 5, the household prepares for the war's end and the family looks forward to having a private home again -- unless cousin Isobel (Penelope Wilton pictured with Elizabeth McGovern) has her way. Also, in a remarkably "soapy" twist, a wounded officer makes a startling claim that could alter the Downton succession plan.

Luck (9pm, HBO) - In the second episode of the series (which has already been renewed for another season by HBO), Ace (Dustin Hoffman) meets with his parole officer and starts to line up potential investors as a public face for his next big venture. Also, Walter finds a seasoned jockey for his prized thoroughbred, much to Rosie's dismay.

Shameless (9pm, Showtime) - When Eddie Jackson's body turns up, Frank thinks he should be in line to claim his pension and insurance benefits.

The Voice (10:30pm-ish, NBC) - Season 2 debuts after all the Super Bowl hoopla, so the 10:30pm start time is fluid. Tonight is the first night of blind auditions, during which coaches Christina Aguilera, Adam Levine, Cee Lo Green and Blake Shelton begin choosing 12 vocalists for their respective teams.

NBC's extended preview of 'The Voice'

In case you missed it Thursday night, here's the 12-minute extended promo of NBC's great new hope: the singing competition show 'The Voice' (debuts April 26 at 9pm). The promo starts off with a hot rendition of Gnarls Barkley's 'Crazy' by the show's coaches Cee Lo Green, Christina Aguilera, Blake Shelton, and Adam Levine. And if the audition they show in this clip is any indication, I think this is going to be huge. Does that make me craaaaazay?

Gwyneth hosts a strong "SNL" with an assist from Pee-wee

Gwyneth Paltrow hosted a pretty strong "Saturday Night Live" last night.

Miracle of miracles, even the opening skit, which is almost always a snoozer, delivered a redeeming James Carville appearance. Bill Hader was great as the deranged liberal pundit  making a visit to a new "civil" Fox News, antagonizing Greta Van Susteren, Glenn Beck, and Sean Hannity. 

But if you only watch two skits from the show, they should be these two: Andy Samberg and Pee-wee Herman beating up Anderson Cooper, and Gwyneth Paltrow's negotiations with the FCC to get Cee Lo Green's famous "F- You" song on the air. 

Click below to watch those videos.

Honorable mention goes to a clip in which SNL makes fun of its own network's ridiculous new show, "The Cape," with a promo of new shows for those who like shows about people who get magical powers from articles of clothing. Also, the Fresh Prince of Bel Air Lost Episodes skit gave Jay Pharoah a chance to indict Will Smith's early acting skills. The bar mitzvah skit was also decent, but no video was posted online.

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