Nielsen Rating's Top 20 TV Shows for January 29 - February 4

The Nielsen Rating's Top 20 TV Shows for January 29 - February 4. The first number is the ranking, the second number is the season average, then the show name and network. The last number represents the number of viewers in millions. An asterisk * indicates a tie.

Rank	Show name	Network	Viewers in millions	Season-to-date average(in millions)
1.	Super Bowl XIV	Fox	111.0	--
2.	Super Bowl Post-Game	Fox	66.0	--
3.	Glee (post-Super Bowl)	Fox	26.8	--
4.	American Idol (Wed.)	Fox	25.1	26.5
5.	NCIS	CBS	22.8	19.9
6.	American Idol (Thur.)	Fox	21.9	23.3
7.	NCIS: Los Angeles	CBS	17.7	17.3
8.	The Mentalist	CBS	15.2	15.1
9.	CSI	CBS	14.0	13.9
10.	The Big Bang Theory	CBS	13.8	13.7
11.	The Good Wife	CBS	12.1	13.1
12.	Blue Bloods	CBS	11.3	12.5
13.	Grey's Anatomy	ABC	11.2	12.1
*	Two and a Half Men	CBS	11.2	14.5
15.	Harry's Law	NBC	11.0	11.6
16.	$#*! My Dad Says	CBS	10.5	10.6
17.	Bones	Fox	10.2	10.5
18.	Criminal Minds	CBS	9.7	14.4
*	The Bachelor	ABC	9.7	9.4
20.	Super Bowl Great Commercials	CBS	9.6

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills: Taylor Armstrong is a Big Fat Liar

I thought I'd watched all of the 2 part The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Reunion Shows. But, I somehow missed the gem that is so amusingly shown in the below video.

Since the last episode and reunion shows have aired Taylor Armstrong and Kyle Richards have replaced Camille Grammar as the most disliked, well, actually pretty much hated, of the Beverly Hills housewives, at least that appears to be the case when perusing various TV forums, like Survivor Sucks and reading the comments to the Beverly Hills Housewives' Bravo Blogs.

Taylor has really annoyed the viewers. The video below gives you a good idea of how and why. The moment caught below, of Taylor being caught in a lie, at the reunion, and Adrienne Maloof's adroit handling of it, followed by Taylor's reaction, is well, priceless...

I Liked But Others Did Not Like the Black Eyed Peas Super Bowl Halftime & Missed Christina Aquilera Messing Up the Lyrics to the National Anthem

I thought the Black Eyed Peas Super Bowl Halftime Show was the best halftime show I've watched in a long time. I actually can not remember the last time I did not think a Super Bowl Halftime Show was sort of lame.

So, I am not understanding the criticism I'm reading about the Black Eyed Peas.

Those who complain about the Black Eyed Peas are usually saying that the rest of the production was a slick, glitzy show.

Yes, there was an audio malfunction with Fergie right at the start. And a couple times after that the audio seemed muddled. The new Dallas Cowboys Stadium has been having audio issues ever since it opened.

I find it amazing that 10 minutes after the first half ends such a complicated show is up and running. How did the Black Eyed Peas get above the field to descend from the world's biggest TV screen?

And then there is the Christina Aguilera National Anthem brouhaha. Well, sort of like Janet Jackson's momentarily bared nipple which created a national crisis earlier in this century, I did not actually realize Christina had mucked up the lyrics.

At one point I did wonder to myself is she singing one of those seldom sung extra verses to the Star Spangled Banner.

But, apparently, all the little slip-up was was instead of singing "o'er the ramparts we watched," Christina improvised, "what so proudly we watched."

I know I could not sing the American National Anthem, both tune-wise and lyric-wise, unless I was provided auto-tune and cue cards.

Christina said, "I have been performing the anthem since I was seven years old."

She probably got nervous in front of what did not turn out to be a record breaking Super Bowl crowd. And looking out to see the disconcerting sight of a lot of people with cheese on their heads.

Top Chef All Stars: Tre Wilcox Packs His Knives & Goes While Antonia Wins With Mussels

Watching Wednesday night's latest episode of Top Chef All Stars I was sure we were finally going to get Mike Isabella of our TV screens. Instead it was the much less annoying Tre Wilcox who had to pack his knives and go for bad risotto.

Risotto gets so many TV chefs in trouble. risotto is a regular woe on Hell's Kitchen. I don't know that I have ever had risotto.

Apparently Tre messed up his risotto real bad. Did not cook the rice right and then drowned it with other stuff.

Isabella made pasta, from scratch, badly. And then undercooked it. Apparently it was his sauce that saved him.

Mike Isabella is sort of amusing. He is so ridiculously cocky. Makes rude remarks about what the others make, like Antonia's mussels and Tiffany's polenta, while both were among the favorites of the night, along with Carla and Fabio.

Antonia's mussels were the winning dish. Which really annoyed Isabella.

And then what is further amusing about Mike Isabella is his confidence is so fragile. He puts on a big act of confidence while his inner voice is telling him he totally mucked it up. He was so sure he had this challenge nailed, what with him being Italian and it being Italian food they were cooking.

With the cooking taking place in a famed New York City restaurant called Rao's, that I'd never heard of til last night. Apparently it is impossible to get a reservation at Rao's. The place has only 10 tables, with each table only doing one seating per night. Regulars have ongoing reservations. If they can't make it they can send someone in their place. Seats get auctioned off. Apparently this is the way Tom Colicchio ate at Rao's his one and only time.

Richard Blais won the Quickfire Challenge and Immunity with black ice cream. The challenge was to make your dish look good, how it tasted was irrelevant.

Antonia Lafaso did not win anything extra for winning the Elimination Challenge. I like Antonia. She thinks it is time Mike Isabella gets told to pack his knives and go.

Nielsen Rating's Top 20 TV Shows for January 22 - January 28

The Nielsen Rating's Top 20 TV Shows for January 22 - January 28. The first number is the ranking, the second number is the season average, then the show name and network. The last number represents the number of viewers in millions. An asterisk * indicates a tie.

Rank	Show name	Network	Viewers in millions	Season-to-date average(in millions)
1.	American Idol (Wed.)	Fox	25.3	25.8
2.	American Idol (Thur.)	Fox	22.5	22.7
3.	The Lost Valentine	CBS	14.6	--
4.	NFL Pro Bowl	Fox	13.4	--
*	NCIS	CBS	13.4	19.6
6.	Criminal Minds	CBS	12.8	14.6
7.	Blue Bloods	CBS	12.1	12.4
8.	Bones	Fox	12.0	10.4
9.	Two and a Half Men	CBS	11.5	14.6
10.	Harry's Law	NBC	10.4	10.8
*	House	Fox	10.4	9.7
12.	60 Minutes	CBS	10.2	14.2
13.	The Mentalist	CBS	10.1	14.9
14.	CSI	CBS	9.6	13.8
15.	Mike & Molly	CBS	9.4	11.8
16.	The Bachelor	ABC	9.3	9.4
17.	Castle	ABC	9.1	10.7
*	Extreme Makeover:Home Ed.	ABC	9.1	8.6
19.	Big Bang Theory	CBS	9.0	13.6
20.	$#*! My Dad Says	CBS	8.7	10.5

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Cedric Martinez with His New Girlfriend and Other Nonsense

The guy on the right calls himself Cedric Martinez. Who knows if that is his real name? He's a bit of a liar.

Cedric just finished a stint playing the gay permanent houseguest of Lisa VanderPump and her husband, Ken Todd, on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.

We learned on Part 2 of the RHOBH Reunion that Cedric is now an aspiring actor. And that, apparently he attempted to blackmail Lisa and Ken or he would tell some sordid story to the tabloids.

Now that he is no longer a gay French guy on a Reality TV Show Cedric is the boyfriend of the actress walking with him, Brandi Glanville.

I have never heard of Brandi Glanville. I wonder if Cedric is now her permanent houseguest?

Cedric has a Facebook page where he is spewing all kinds of tidbits, including claiming he is only 35, not 37.

I am currently housebound due to North Texas getting hit with a Super Bowl sized Ice Storm. So, I've had way too much time on my hands today. I say that as my excuse as to why I was reading Internet TV Forums today.

Which is where I learned about Cedric's new lovelife.

I'll copy some of the amusing TV forum comments I've read today about the Cedric/Lisa Fiasco....

I think Lisa chose her words very carefully at the re-union. Saying police report (is that the same as complaint) and (paraphrasing) he asked for something that we weren't prepared to give, is alluding to some kind of blackmail.  We see Cedric as a conniving freeloader and her/Ken as a likable BH rich couple. I really think the truth of what happened lies somewhere in between what both parties are putting out. Also Kyle calling Cedric a media-whore was one of the bigger pot/kettle moments.

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Yeah, Lisa got screwed by Cedric, but I mean who didn't see that coming from a mile away? She mentioned many times during the show how much she adored him as a buddy to hang out with, I don't think she had ulterior motives at all. Hopefully he falls flat on his face, because her and her husband are hilarious, classy, and any smear campaign done by Cedric will not go anywhere in my mind. I would like to see Lisa branch out next season and be friendlier with all of the ladies because I do enjoy her sense of humor. We will see where it goes.

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Lisa/Cedric...something is rotten in Denmark there.  I believe something happened, but I'm not buying what or the way it happened.  Don't really know why...just gave me a weird feeling.  I absolutely think Cedric is scum...but something about this whole story just doesn't add up.  A wealthy couple does not take in a 37 year old MAN, give him a free place to live, buy him a car, pay his way, plus give him a salary (Lisa tweeted he was paid a salary) take him everywhere...just because...why?  Because he was left in a phone booth by his prostitution/whore mother at the age of 8? They've known him for 15 years so they would know that he was apparently able to put himself through college and support himself as a model and whatever else he did for 35 years. What happened? It's just too weird. I could see if he was 12, but he's a grown ass MAN.  It is just too bizarre.

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I really think Bravo should give Cedric and his new girl friend their own Bravo TV Show. It could go in all sorts of entertaining directions. Including watching Cedric do time somewhere in the California penal system.