106.5 million watched the Super Bowl — the largest audience in TV history
The Colts vs. Saints beat the series finale of "MASH," which drew 106 million viewers in 1983. That's up from the 98.7 million viewers last year and is a perfect ending to an NFL season of monster ratings. As Lisa de Moraes points out, CBS "owes a big wet kiss to Mother Nature who had rendered millions of potential viewers housebound Sunday night with a weekend snowstorm that buried the mid-Atlantic region."

"Undercover Boss" nabs 38.6 million viewers
That's the 3rd-highest post-Super Bowl audience ever. Next week: Hooters CEO goes undercover.

Letterman's Super Bowl ad helped Leno but was a slap to Conan
The ad (which Conan was invited to participate in) seemed to completely erase the whole Conan vs. Leno mess, says Matthew Gilbert, who notes that the ad implied that David Letterman wasn't really sympathetic to Conan after all. "It negated the massive 10 p.m. 'Jay Leno Show' debacle, as if the big late-night controversy has never stopped being a duel between Oprah's two big children, Leno and Letterman," says Gilbert. "It showed Leno as a good sport, willing to sit there while Letterman mocked him. And the ad implied that Letterman doesn't truly feel defensive of Conan O'Brien — that Letterman's expressions of sympathy for O'Brien during the past few months were just part of some big promotional game." PLUS: CBS loved the spot so much it was expanded from 10 to 15 seconds.

CBS apparently didn't plan for a Saints Super Bowl victory
The historic New Orleans win was accompanied by only quickie shots of Bourbon Street, and nothing else.

"Leverage" hosts "thug camp" for the unemployed
The Portland casting workshop helped unemployed construction workers who might consider a future in acting.

Has the NFL used up its pool of old rockers for Super Bowl halftime?
The Who didn't shine in their halftime performance, perhaps it's time to get a bit younger? (But not Bon Jovi young.)

Dave Grohl's 10th appearance sets an "SNL" record for musical guest
Grohl has appeared on "Saturday Night Live" over the past two decades with six different bands, including Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Tom Petty and the Heart Breakers, Tenacious D and Them Crooked Vultures.

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