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What if Tiger Woods made Google's Super Bowl commercial?

You know that awesome Google commercial that aired during the Super Bowl? Well, this is why I love the internet:


Google Commercial - Tiger Woods Parody - Watch more Funny Videos

The Bachelor: Is Ali pulling an Ed?

On last night's very special "Bachelor," Jake went on hometown dates to meet the families of the four remaining women (Hey, did you hear that Tenley has an ex-husband?!).

But the real drama happened in the last half hour of the show when Ali went to Jake's hotel room to tell him that she was being forced to choose between staying there with him and going back to her job. In the end, after a lot of crying and a lot of whining, Ali left Jake to return to her career.

Wait. We didn't just fall off a turnip truck, "Bachelor" producers. We remember Ed and Jillian, and how Ed told her he had to leave and go back to his job, and then guess who showed back up again at the end because he had made the wrong decision? Ed.

Results from "Ultimate Cake Off" show featuring Raleigh bakers

Adrienne is on the road today, but reports that the Raleigh team of bakers from Swank Cake Design competing on last night's "Ultimate Cake Off" on TLC did not win the $10,000 prize money.

Here's what Adrienne said: "Wayne Steinkopf did not win. He won the skills test, which was decorating a dog bowl with fondant, but he lost the taste test which cost him 30 minutes in working time. Still, he did finish his 8-foot cake, which had a rotating agility ring. The judges didn't think most of his dogs looked realistic enough (the winner's dogs looked REALLY realistic) and that is what I think did him in. But overall, I do think he had the best looking cake. He has a clean style and the cake was colorful, but not overdone."

What to Watch on Tuesday: Ellen begins work on "American Idol"

American Idol (8pm, Fox) - The auditions are over and the real show finally begins. The lucky contestants arrive in Hollywood to begin grueling rehearsals, and Ellen Degeneres joins the team as the fourth judge. There have already been rumors that she and Simon Cowell are clashing. Boy, I hope that probably-totally-true-rumor doesn't hurt the show's ratings (eye roll). 

Lost (9pm, ABC) - Kate is on the run and Jack must do something that will jeopardize a friend.

Past Life (9pm, Fox) - A new series in which people who are haunted by "past-life" events are helped by a psychologist and an ex-police detective played by Nicholas Bishop (right). The first episode involves a teenager who is troubled by memories of an abduction and murder which took place before his birth. To solve the case, the detective must first figure out who the teen was in his past life. Hey, anyone remember "The Reincarnation of Peter Proud?"

The Good Wife (10pm, CBS) - Alicia must defend a man accused of murdering a babysitter while she and the family await the results of Peter's appeals hearing.

The Jay Leno Show (10pm, NBC) - The good news is this is the last episode of NBC's awful primetime Jay Leno experiment. The bad news is, well, we all know what that is

Raleigh bakers in "Ultimate Cake Off" tonight on TLC

Just in case you missed today's article in the N&O Life section, some bakers from Raleigh are competing tonight in TLC's "Ultimate Cake Off."

The actual competition was filmed in December. Wayne Steinkopf led a team from Swank Cake Design in Raleigh. The team had nine hours to build a cake that was at least nine feet tall.

Read more about tonight's "Ultimate Cake Off" episode here. It airs at 10pm on TLC.

Super Bowl breaks TV ratings records

It's kind of cool and kind of sad at the same time, but last night's Super Bowl beat the 27-year-old record previously held by the final episode of "M*A*S*H" to become the most-watched television broadcast in U.S. history.

The Super Bowl XLIV attracted 106.5 million viewers, but there are still caveats to the record. As TV MoJoe explains, significant U.S. population growth is one thing accounting for the record number of viewers, but in terms of percentage of TV viewers watching the Super Bowl, "M*A*S*H" still reigns (Note: the U.S. had 75 million fewer people in 1983 than it does today). 

The Washington Post also points out that thanks to a massive snowstorm, a big chunk of east coast viewers were housebound Sunday night, giving CBS a pretty captive audience.

Still, it was the best Super Bowl ratings performance in 23 years, grabbing a 46.4 rating and a 68 share.

Simon Cowell releases Haiti relief video and single

Simon Cowell hopes to raise relief money for the earthquake-ravaged people of Haiti with the release of a new single, "Everybody Hurts."

The new recording (originally by the group REM) features 21 artists, including Rod Stewart, Jon Bon Jovi, and Mariah Carey.

The single can be downloaded on iTunes and all proceeds go to Disasters Emergency Committee and The Sun's Helping Haiti Fund.

The video is pretty moving, with shots of the artists singing in the studio interspersed with images of suffering in Haiti. You can watch it below:

Raleigh group wins $650k for "Underdog" Super Bowl ad

The Super Bowl commercial in which a crafty dog tricks a guy out of his bag of Doritos placed second in a national competition, scoring big bucks for the Raleigh production company who put the ad together.

The “Underdog” commericial by 5 Point Productions of Raleigh, won $50,000 from Frito-Lay and another $600,000 for being chosen as the second-place favorite among all Super Bowl ads by the USA Today Ad meter. The ad, which was filmed in Bond Park in Cary, came in second to the Snickers ad featuring Betty White and Abe Vigoda. In another review, Time Magazine gave the commercial a B-

Watch the 30-second ad below:

What to Watch on Monday: A day in the life of Cuddy

House (8pm, Fox) - In this special all-about-Cuddy episode, Lisa Edelstein finally gets her chance to shine, and to show viewers there's more to her life than just being a hardass hospital administrator in low-cut blouses who takes too much crap from House. Actually, that is pretty much what her life is like (that, plus a hot younger boyfriend) but at least we get to see it all from her perspective, and not through the leering eyes of House. 

Chuck (8pm, NBC) - Agent Shaw (Brandon Routh) pairs Chuck with Hannah (Kristin Kreuk) so that he can team up with Sarah. Oooph! Also, Morgan and Ellie begin to snoop into Chuck's secret world. 

Bachelor (8pm, ABC) - Jake is down to four women and tonight we get hometown visits. 

Damages (10pm, FX) - Patty must keep a top Tobin witness from fleeing the country, and Ellen learns a dark family secret.

Kell on Earth (10pm, Bravo) - Kell pulls off a successful presentation for a new client, but Fashion Week is starting to rattle Stefanie.

Castle (10pm, ABC) - A popular former pro baseball player is murdered during a goodwill trip to Cuba, and Joe Torre (left) makes an appearance as himself (or as Beckett calls him, "Joe Freakin' Torre!").

The Letterman-Leno-Oprah Super Bowl ad

One of the most bizarre Super Bowl ads so far features David Letterman, Jay Leno, and Oprah Winfrey sitting together on a sofa as Letterman complains that it's the worst Super Bowl party ever.

And yes, they were all three together for the taping in the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York. Apparently, Leno had to sneak into the theater in disguise to preserve the secrecy of the taping, which was described as cordial.

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