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Quarterback Drew Brees, who leads the NFC in passing yardage, leads the New Orleans Saints, tied for first place in the NFL South, as they host the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday Night Football.

Quarterback Drew Brees, who leads the NFC in passing yardage, leads the New Orleans Saints, tied for first place in the NFL South, as they host the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday Night Football.

For the sixth consecutive week Sunday Night Football was the No. 1 broadcast on Sunday night, according to overnight data released today by The Nielsen Company.

Adrian Peterson, the NFC's leading rusher, leads the Minnesota Vikings into Chicago for a rivalry game against the defending NFC North champion Bears on Sunday Night Football. Both teams need a win to keep pace with the undefeated Green Bay Packers and Detroit Lions.

Adrian Peterson, the NFC's leading rusher, leads the Minnesota Vikings into Chicago for a rivalry game against the defending NFC North champion Bears on Sunday Night Football. Both teams need a win to keep pace with the undefeated Green Bay Packers and Detroit Lions.

Cinemagic is coming back to Dublin. The internationally renowned film and television festival for young people has in the last few months completed a 20th anniversary celebratory Festival in Belfast and an extensive 4 city USA Festival (New York, Boston, Los Angeles and San Francisco).

Cinemagic is coming back to Dublin. The internationally renowned film and television festival for young people has in the last few months completed a 20th anniversary celebratory Festival in Belfast and an extensive 4 city USA Festival (New York, Boston, Los Angeles and San Francisco).

Ernest Borgnine, who is exuberantly entering his seventh decade of creating memorable characters and award-winning performances, will receive Screen Actors Guild (SAG)'s most prestigious accolade-?the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award for career achievement and humanitarian accomplishment.

'Sunday Night Football' finished the season as the No. 1 show in primetime (Viewers 2+, all key adult and male demos), the first time on record (since the advent of people meters in 1987) that a sports series has been the most-watched show from the start of the primetime TV season to the end of the NFL regular season, and defeated its nightly competition every week this season according to The Nielsen Company.

Led by two primetime NFL telecasts, which were the #1 and #2 programs of the week in adults 18-49 and other key measures, NBC won the week of December 27-January 2 in adults 18-49, total viewers and virtually all other key measures, averaging a 2.9 rating, 8 share in adults 18-49 and 8.5 million viewers overall, according to in-home viewing figures from Nielsen Media Research. This marks NBC's third weekly victory in the last four weeks in the key demographic of adults 18-49.

The special Tuesday edition of 'Sunday Night Football' was the most-watched show on Tuesday, the 16th straight week that primetime football on NBC defeated its nightly competition. The game, which was originally scheduled to be played on Sunday but was postponed by the NFL due to severe weather in Philadelphia, was up 25 percent over last year's Week 16 game, according to official national data released today by The Nielsen Company.

Offering a glimpse into the life of celebrated aerial photographer, Robert B. Haas, 'Miracle Man: 100 Days with Oliver' is a poignant journey of medical miracles and undying friendship between the author and his beloved dog. When the fourteen-year-old mixed breed with virtually no sight, tumbles down an embankment and is paralyzed in his back legs, it is the author, Bobby Haas, who is blindsided by the most grievous emotional wound.

The Packers-Patriots game was the most-watched show on Sunday night for the 15th consecutive week and the No. 1 primetime show of the week among viewers, households and in the key advertising demographics; is the most-watched show of the primetime season and the No. 1 primetime show in all adult and male demographics, according to official national data released today by The Nielsen Company.

Last night's Eagles-Cowboys game tied the record for the highest overnight rating in the five-year history of 'Sunday Night Football,' tied for the best Sunday/Monday primetime NFL rating in 12 years, was up 20 percent over last year's Week 14 game, was the top-rated show on Sunday night for 14th straight week and led NBC to another Sunday night win, according to overnight data released today by the Nielsen Company. The game, in which the Eagles beat the Cowboys, 30-27, registered a 16.5 overnight rating and a 25 share.

Ernest Borgnine, who is exuberantly entering his seventh decade of creating memorable characters and award-winning performances, will receive Screen Actors Guild (SAG)'s most prestigious accolade-the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award for career achievement and humanitarian accomplishment.

VALHALLA RISING Opens July 16, 2010 and is starring Mads Mikkelsen (upcoming 'Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky'), Maarten Stevenson, Gary Lewis and Ewan Stewart Ain

IFC Films presents Valhalla Rising, opening July 16, 2010 and starring Mads Mikkelsen (upcoming 'Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky'), Maarten Stevenson, Gary Lewis and Ewan Stewart Ain. Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn ('Bronson'), Valhalla Rising is the Official Selection of the 2009 Venice Film Festival and Official Selection of the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival.

IFC Films presents Valhalla Rising, opening July 16, 2010 and starring Mads Mikkelsen (upcoming 'Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky'), Maarten Stevenson, Gary Lewis and Ewan Stewart Ain. Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn ('Bronson'), Valhalla Rising is the Official Selection of the 2009 Venice Film Festival and Official Selection of the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival.

Three appearances each by six marquee NFL teams, the Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants, Indianapolis Colts, Philadelphia Eagles, Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers; a rematch of the NFC Championship Game as the Super Bowl XLIV champion New Orleans Saints host the Minnesota Vikings in the opening Thursday night game; the 'Manning Bowl' rematch in Week 2; and storied rivalries including three NFC East games, Chargers-Colts, Vikings-Packers at Lambeau, Steelers-Ravens and Jets-Dolphins highlight the 'NBC Sunday Night Football' schedule as the league announced its 2010 slate of games today.

The 41st season of Monday Night Football will kick off on ESPN with a doubleheader Monday, September 13 - Baltimore Ravens at New York Jets (7 p.m. ET) and San Diego Chargers at Kansas City Chiefs (10:15 p.m. / 9:15 p.m. CT) - and will continue with a total of 17 prime-time games.