Super Bowl XLIX is the most-watched show in US TV history.

NBC reports the NFL championship was viewed by 114.4 million viewers.

It was also the highest-rated Super Bowl in 30 seasons, according to data from Nielsen. 

According to a press release, here's a list of the most-viewed TV shows ever. 

The "M.A.S.H." finale is the only TV series to crack over 100 million viewers.

1. 114.4 Million – Super Bowl XLIX, NBC (Last Night’s Game)
2. 112.2 Million – Super Bowl XLVIII, FOX (Feb. 2014)
3. 111.3 Million – Super Bowl XLVI, NBC (Feb. 2012)
4. 111.0 Million – Super Bowl XLV, FOX (Feb. 2011)
5. 108.7 Million – Super Bowl XLVII, CBS (Feb. 2013)
6. 106.5 Million – Super Bowl XLIV, CBS (Feb. 2010)
7. 106.0 Million – M.A.S.H. Finale, CBS (Feb. 1983)
8. 98.7 Million – Super Bowl XLIII, NBC (Feb. 2009)

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"The Walking Dead" returns to TV Sunday.

If you can't wait until then for the season 5 mid-season premiere, AMC has released the first two minutes from the next episode, and they're pretty somber. 

If you're not caught up, you probably won't want to watch.

Warning: Some mini spoilers ahead. 

When we last left off, Rick (Andrew Lincoln) and his comrades were reunited. In the process, one of the show's main characters was unexpectedly killed off.

Season 5 episode 9 opens as the group copes with their loss and looks onward to finding a new place to call home for their growing numbers.

"The Walking Dead" mid-season premiere airs at 9 p.m. on AMC.

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It's hard to imagine anyone other than Nick Offerman playing Ron Swanson, the hardened, mustachioed outdoorsman and boss on "Parks and Recreation."

In Offerman's memoir, "Paddle Your Own Canoe," the comedian recalls the gut-wrenching five months of auditioning he endured to get the role — and how a Post-it Note helped him land the gig in the end.

In Fall 2008, rumor had it that producers Greg Daniels and Michael Schur were making a spin-off of "The Office" starring Amy Poehler. Offerman and his wife Megan Mullally watched the US reboot of "The Office" religiously.

"I would often remark, 'If I'm going to make it, if I'm ever going to get my shot, it's going to be on a show like this, in a part like Rainn [Wilson]'s,'" Offerman writes in "Paddle Your Own Canoe."

At the time, Offerman had been in the industry for 12 years. The highlights reel of his career included an off-Broadway play, a recurring role on the ABC comedy "George Lopez," improv shows at Upright Citizens Brigade — the improv theatre run by Poehler — and a one-line part in George Clooney's 2009's film "The Men Who Stare at Goats."

Years earlier, Allison Jones, LA's most top-drawer casting director, had called Offerman in to read for the role of Michael Scott, the lead of "The Office." She called him in again to audition for "Parks and Recreation."

The show's creators Daniels and Schur initally had Offerman read for a different role, named Josh (who Adam Scott also auditioned for). Josh was "devilishly handsome and charming and funny," and would be a romantic interest for Rashida Jones' character, Ann.

Offerman and his wife Mullally spent endless hours reading lines in their kitchen. "This is it. This writing. Oh my god, this is it," Mullally said to him. "Don't f--- this up, fat boy."

He didn't get the part. (The character Josh disappeared from the script.)

Producers approached Daniels and Schur and pretty much said, you're joking, right? But Daniels and Schur didn't give up. They said to NBC, "Okay. You're right, you're right, he's really unattractive. But we really want Nick on the show. We have this other part we wrote, the part of Amy's boss, so we'd like to put Nick in that part. His name is Ron Swanson."

Four agonizing months of auditioning dragged on before he (and seasoned sitcom actor Mike O'Malley) were asked to come in one last time and improvise a couple of Leslie and Ron scenes with Poehler on tape. When Schur called with the good news, Offerman cried. And cried.

"I cried like a little baby boy who has just dropped his bacon slice in a pile of cow s---," Offerman says.

He also learned on that call that he was destined for the role.

Schur told him that three years earlier, he was in the room when Offerman auditioned for a small guest-star part on "The Office." Although a scheduling conflict prevented Offerman from getting the part, Schur was sold.

"He liked something about me," Offerman recalls. "So he went home and wrote my name on a yellow Post-it note and adhered it to the bottom of his computer monitor, where it remained for three years until they were creating 'Parks and Rec,' and he said, among other things, 'I want this guy on the show.'"

Offerman and his wife agreed, had he gotten any of the other major roles he auditioned for along the way, he may never have found his bliss on "Parks and Recreation."

"Everthing happened for the reason that you were meant to get this job," Mullally said to him.

The final season of "Parks and Recreation" airs Tuesdays at 8 p.m. on NBC.

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Netflix has released the first full trailer for its upcoming "Daredevil" show via IGN, and it looks pretty good.

The series follows blind lawyer Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) who becomes the crime-fighting superhero.

"True Blood" star Deborah Ann Woll, Rosario Dawson, and Vincent D'Onofrio also star.

The series will be one of four upcoming Marvel series to hit Netflix.

We were able to get a preview of the series back at New York Comic Con, and liked the many teases we saw of the show there as well. 

13 one-hour episodes of the series will premiere on Netflix April 10 at 12:01 a.m.

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Time for some nostalgia! Jimmy Fallon staged a mini-reunion of the cast of "Saved By The Bell."

Fallon was filming his show in Los Angeles and "reminisced" about when he was in high school in California at the fictional Bayside High.

What followed was cavalcade of nostalgia and in-jokes that fans of the show will appreciate. Mark-Paul Gosselaar (Zack Morris), Mario Lopez (A.C. Slater), Elizabeth Berkley (Jessie Spano), Tiffani Thiessen (Kelly Kapowski), and Dennis Haskins (Principal Belding) all reunited, wearing costumes similar to the ones they wore in the 1990s. 

In the sketch, Fallon tells the gang that he was leaving Bayside to move to New York City to be a comedian — and maybe even "one day ... date Nicole Kidman," which is an homage to a recent viral video. The Bayside crew tell him that's ridiculous, and Zack jokes that Jimmy going on a date with Nicole Kidman is "like Jessie becoming a stripper," a reference to Berkley's notorious flop, "Showgirls."

Kelly also tells Zack she's pregnant, and she mentions that she and Zack might move to a new zip code in Beverly Hills, which is a reference to Thiessen's time on "Beverly Hills 90210."

Lark Voorhies (Lisa Turtle) and Dustin Diamond (Screech) were noticably missing. Diamond was recently accused of stabbing a man in a barroom, which may account for his absence.

Take a trip down memory lane and watch the video below. 

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"Breaking Bad" spinoff "Better Call Saul" premieres Sunday. and it's probably one of the most-anticipated new series of the year. 

We've already seen it, and "Breaking Bad" fans should really enjoy it.

So it shouldn't be a big surprise the series has already been renewed for a second season.

If you can't wait for "Better Call Saul," but need to know a bit more before the show's premiere, here's everything you need to know about the spinoff.

Is this a prequel or a sequel?

The majority of the series is set in 2002, six years before Saul ever met Walter White. However, the show definitely has some elements of a sequel, too, as viewers will see in the premiere's first frew minutes. 

So, yes, you'll get to see what became of Saul Goodman after he left Walt and Jesse Pinkman.

When we spoke with Odenkirk a while back while he was doing press for his Oscar-nominated film "Nebraska," the star told us he wanted the show to be both a prequel and sequel. It looks like he got his wish.

Who will star in the spinoff?

Here's who's joining Odenkirk on the series:

Jonathan Banks will reprise his role as Mike Ehrmantraut.

Michael McKean will play Saul's older brother Chuck who is a partner at a law firm in Albuquerque.

Patrick Fabian plays Howard Hamlin while Rhea Seehorn ("Whitney") stars as Kim, two lawyers at Hamlin, Hamlin & McGill.

Michael Mando ("Orphan Black") plays a criminal named Nacho Varga. 

So, what will this be about?

The show will follow Saul Goodman before he's the cocky, confident lawyer, when he's just known as Jimmy McGill. 

McGill's strapped for cash and drives a rundown car. He's trying to make a living as an honest attorney. What should follow in the series is how McGill goes from a scrappy, hungry young lawyer to a well-known name in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Why did Saul get his own spinoff?

The show has been in the works for a while in the "Breaking Bad" writers room. Creator Vince Gilligan told Hitfix it kind of started off as a joke.

It started as a lark, which is another word for joke, in the writer's room. It started and it really came from the fact that I love working with Bob, just as we love working with really every actor on “Breaking Bad.” But we also loved the character. We love writing for the character. We love putting words in his mouth. And we had so much fun indeed doing that that it started as a lark; we'd come up with some great term or phrase and we'd laugh about it in the writer's room. And then we'd say, 'You know, when we're doing the Saul Goodman show we'll be able to blah, blah, blah, blah.' And we made that comment so many times that it started to dawn on us that it wasn't a lark; there was truth to it. It was not just a joke, but a potentially good idea.

If I like "Breaking Bad," will I enjoy it?

I think you will. From what I've seen in the first two episodes (I'm waiting out to watch the third at the moment), there are plenty of nods to the original series while not feeling forced. 

You'll see a few familiar faces including Jonathan Banks, and the visuals and montages will feel straight out of "Breaking Bad."

However, don't go into this show wanting another "Breaking Bad." You'll be disappointed. This will be its own show, focused on Goodman, er Jimmy McGill's, growth into a sleazy criminal lawyer. At this year's Television Critics Association press tour, co-creator Peter Gould has said they're not going do nods to the previous show and bring back former characters just because they can do it.

"We're trying to make something that stands on its own, that has an entertainment value that's not just seeing a series of old favorites, or 'Remember when?' It's not the series equivalent of a clip show,"said Gould. "We try to balance these things out."

When will it air on AMC?

"Better Call Saul" will premiere Sun. Feb. 8 at 10 p.m. after the mid-season return of "The Walking Dead." 

After that, it will head to Monday nights at 10 p.m. starting Feb. 9.

SEE ALSO: Our review on "Better Call Saul"

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Ahead of the Feb.15 "Saturday Night Live" special celebrating the NBC show's 40th anniversary, executive producer Lorne Michaels revealed a few secrets in a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter.

One of the most interesting tidbits is about actor/comedians who auditioned for the sketch comedy show and didn't get cast — but still went on to become big stars.

Take a look at the question and answer between THR and Michaels below.

THR: Even the best guts in the business can miss. Whom did you overlook that you kicked yourself over later?

LM: Stephen Colbert and Steve Carell auditioned. There were lots of people who you'd see how brilliant they were, but you knew on some level that it wasn't going to work. Lisa Kudrow gave a brilliant audition, but it was at the time when it was Jan Hooks and Nora [Dunn]. I wasn't at the Jim Carrey audition, but somebody who was there said, "I don't think Lorne would like it," and they were probably wrong, but it doesn't matter. Or maybe they were right — who knows? No one gets it all right.

Needless to say, all four went on to have successful careers.

Stephen Colbert is about to take the reigns at the "Late Show" after a succesful run as host of the "Colbert Report," Steve Carell starred on hit NBC sitcom "The Office" before getting nominated for an Oscar in this year's "Foxcatcher," Lisa Kudrow starred on the super succesful "Friends" for a decade and now is the star of the HBO show "The Comeback," and Jim Carrey is Jim Carrey.

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Netflix is making a show based on the popular "Legend of Zelda" video game, The Wall Street Journal reports.

The show is in early development, according to the report. Netflix and Nintendo have not made a formal announcement about the project yet.

Netflix has been developing a lot of original shows and documentaries in recent years in an effort to compete with services like HBO GO and traditional cable networks.

The company released "Marco Polo" a few months ago. It was one of the most expensive shows ever produced.

It's had other hits like "House of Cards" and "Orange is the New Black."

There have been several "Zelda" video games and at least one animated show over the years, but Netflix will be the first to bring a live action twist to the franchise.

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“Breaking Bad” spinoff “Better Call Saul” premiered on AMC Sunday, and it’s everything you could possibly want from a spinoff of the hit series — musical montages that pull at your heartstrings, cameos from some of your favorite Albuquerque natives, and plenty of Saul trying to talk his way out of trouble.

We previewed the first two episodes of the spinoff series featuring lawyer Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk) last month, and hands down, it's one of the best midseason premieres we’ve seen so far.

There’s an incredible amount of payoff for fans of the original series, with subtle nods and references to the parent show. For those of you who may be groaning and rolling your eyes, don't worry. The show doesn’t overdo it. If you're not looking for the references, you most likely won't even see some hidden in plain sight.

It is absolutely imperative that you do not miss the first minute of the series. "Better Call Saul" opens with a brilliant black-and-white sequence. It may throw you off at first, but once it’s revealed where the scene is heading, fans are going to lose it ... in a good way. *mini-spoilers* We see a future version of Saul, under the guise of Gene, working as a manager of a Cinnabon in Omaha, Nebraska. This is one that "Breaking Bad" fans will appreciate. In season 5 episode 15 of "Breaking Bad," Saul's character tells Walter White he'll be lucky if in "a month from now, best-case scenario, I'm managing a Cinnabon in Omaha." Well, what do you know.*mini-spoilers*

The series itself follows Saul in 2002, six years before he has ever met Walter White and before he’s the big-shot criminal lawyer we’re introduced to in “Breaking Bad.” There’s no trace of sidekick Heull and Goodman’s not driving around a fancy Cadillac DeVille (though there’s a nice reference to it in the opening episode that fans will notice).

Instead, Saul is a down-on-his-luck lawyer just trying to get by. He’s not the confident, cocky counselor we’re accustomed to seeing. He doesn’t even go by Saul Goodman at this point. He’s just Jimmy McGill, a lowly lawyer hungry for clients who drives around a Suzuki Esteem.

Odenkirk never misses a beat. He’s so energetic as the spritely McGill, you could just sit and watch him talk the entire time he's in a courtroom, hashing it out with twin teenage boys or trying desperately to save his own skin. You don’t even need to know what he’s necessarily rambling about because, to be honest, no one else probably does either.

Here’s a line of dialogue from him as he’s representing a teenager: “Do you remember 19? Let me tell you. The juices are flowing, the red corpuscles are corpuscling. The grass is green, and it’s soft, and summer’s going to last forever.”

Do you know what a corpuscle is? McGill's talking about red blood cells.

It’s Saul’s usual bull, filled with grand hand gestures and priceless facial expressions, but it's not winning over many at this point in his career. One of the best parts of the premiere is a reintroduction to former characters like Mike Ehrmantraut (Jonathan Banks), Gus Fring’s right-hand man on “Breaking Bad.” Mike is still the sarcastic, wisecracking curmudgeon fans love, but instead of waving around a gun, the former Philadelphia police officer is working as a pretty harmless parking-lot attendant at the local Albuquerque courthouse. 

He and McGill go back and forth a bit in the premiere, and we look forward to seeing their inevitable future interactions on the series. 

More interesting are the glimpses of Jimmy McGill’s backstory and his relationship with his older brother Chuck (Michael McKean), who is suffering from an illness.

It’s easy to see from the pilot that “Better Call Saul” is going to be a show about the rise and fall of Jimmy McGill, as much as its parent series is about the rise and fall of meth kingpin Walter White. 

So it makes sense that the show not only feels a lot like “Breaking Bad," it also looks a lot like it. Gorgeous visual shots take you back to the streets, deserts, and skies of Albuquerque, New Mexico (especially in the second episode). Some of the shots literally remind us of scenes from "Breaking Bad." (Sorry, no screengrabs.)

As we know from "Breaking Bad," creator Vince Gilligan has a way with closeup montages. Expect to see more of those on screen, from sweet treats getting baked in black and white to tomatoes getting sliced and diced.

In terms of content, the first two episodes also feel eerily similar to the early episodes of “Breaking Bad.” In "Breaking Bad," Walt and Jesse take a man captive, tie him up in a basement, and then discard his body. No one dies in the first two episodes of "Better Call Saul," but the parallels between the openings of the two series are a little uncanny. 

That's both good and bad. Since it's a prequel series, you know the stakes are a bit lower for some characters — Mike's not going anywhere — yet "Better Call Saul" still has the ability to fill you with excitement and laughs at one moment while tearing the rug out from under you in the next so that you're rocking back and forth in your seat, a bundle of anxiety-ridden nerves. In some ways, the show feels like something we may have seen before. 

Does the pilot episode stand up to that of “Breaking Bad”? No, but, to be fair, I don’t think many premiere episodes do.

The episode is a little slow at points, but when Jimmy runs into two young teens who try to scam him out of $500, the action starts to pick up, and the final minutes of the premiere will have you glued. The very final shots will make you wish you didn't have to wait an entire day to see what happens next. 

It'll be worth it. The second episode, which airs the following evening, is pretty much nonstop action.

There's a huge cameo from another former "Breaking Bad" villain — *spoiler* Raymond Cruz returns as Tuco! *spoiler* — and it definitely had everyone talking on Twitter.

After Sunday, "Better Call Saul" will move to its regular timeslot on Mon., Feb. 9 at 10 p.m. 

Watch a trailer for the series.

 *Note: This review originally ran at the end of January. It has been updated to account for a few plot points in the series.

SEE ALSO: Here's the "Breaking Bad" creator's love letter to fans about spin-off "Better Call Saul"

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Warning: There are major spoilers ahead if you haven’t seen the latest episode of “The Walking Dead.”

“The Walking Dead” returned from its winter hiatus with an unexpected surprise for fans. 

For the second time in two episodes, the AMC hit series has killed off a major character, showing that no one on “The Walking Dead’ is safe. 

Final chance to head back before spoilers.

On Sunday night’s episode, Chad Coleman’s character Tyreese gets caught off guard and is bit by a zombie walker in the arm. 

No big deal. As long as his arm is taken off in time, he should have a good chance at survival. After all, it’s something we’ve seen occur numerous times on the series in the past.  

However, things didn’t go so smoothly this time as Tyreese’s condition slowly deteriorated throughout the episode with callbacks to some of a few fan favorites returning from the grave briefly to welcome Tyreese into the light.

Tyreese’s death was a big surprise, considering “The Walking Dead” creator Robert Kirkman has said he always saw “The Wire” actor as someone he envisioned playing Tyreese. Kirkman told Business Insider back in October at New York Comic Con “The Walking Dead” team sought him out for the role. 

His death on the show comes one episode after Emily Kinney's Beth Greene was shocking killed off in the season 5 midseason finale last fall.

Coleman first joined “The Walking Dead” back in season three, and was one of many fellow actors from HBO’s “The Wire” to join the series. 

With a growing cast of characters on the series, and more newcomers expected in the latter half of season five, it shouldn’t be too much of a shock that we’ll have to lose some of the major cast members, but this certainly came out of left field for fans.

Executive producer Greg Nicotero explained to Variety why this was the right time to say goodbye to Coleman's character:

Why Tyreese and why now?
Tyreese has had a great story, he’s been on a great journey. Ever since the beginning of season four we’ve noticed that Tyreese was struggling. He’s standing at the fence talking to his girlfriend and he says, “Listen I don’t like killing (walkers) at the fence any more.” He goes out and the helicopter falls through the Big Spot roof and he comes back and says, “I don’t like killing them in here either.” He’s clearly having some issues. Then his girlfriend is murdered and her body’s burned up, and two little girls die. So Tyreese’s real reason for pushing so hard to survive was for the baby, for Judith. Now that he’s reunited with Rick… I think it’s a world where he’s having a hard time accepting that he would want to live there.

In addition, showrunner Scott M. Gimple told The Hollywood Reporter Tyreese's death "just seemed to be what the story dictated."

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The "Breaking Bad" spinoff "Better Call Saul" debuted Sunday night on AMC to a bunch of fan fervor. 

The show centers on Bob Odenkirk's criminal lawyer character, Saul Goodman, in his early days of the profession.

As much as we are fans of Odenkirk's, you may be wondering why it was Saul who received a spinoff series instead of maybe Gus Fring (Giancarlo Esposito) or even Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul).

"Better Call Saul" has been in the works for a long time, going back to the days of "Breaking Bad."

However, back then, the Saul spinoff was nothing more than an inside joke in the "BB" writers' room. Creator Vince Gilligan ("Breaking Bad") described to a few media outlets including Entertainment Weekly and Hitfix how the series started off as a joke.

Here is how it was described in Entertainment Weekly:

From the moment Saul Goodman broke onto Bad in season 2, the writers loved the underhanded jester with his crafty problem-solving abilities and drawerful of burner cell phones. Soon they were cracking wise about a Saul spin-off, perhaps with a lawyer lair featuring secret panels stuffed with cash and a bat phone that rang up Supreme Court justices. 'They say all great jokes have a kernel of truth to them," says Gilligan, "and the more we made this joke, the more it became clear that there really was something here."

Gilligan gave a longer explanation to Hitfix:

It started as a lark, which is another word for joke, in the writer's room. It started and it really came from the fact that I love working with Bob, just as we love working with really every actor on "Breaking Bad." But we also loved the character. We love writing for the character. We love putting words in his mouth. And we had so much fun indeed doing that that it started as a lark; we'd come up with some great term or phrase and we'd laugh about it in the writer's room. And then we'd say, 'You know, when we're doing the Saul Goodman show we'll be able to blah, blah, blah, blah.' And we made that comment so many times that it started to dawn on us that it wasn't a lark; there was truth to it. It was not just a joke, but a potentially good idea.

"Better Call Saul" airs Mondays at 10 p.m. on AMC.

SEE ALSO: Everything you should know about "Better Call Saul"

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Warning: There are spoilers ahead.

Sunday's episode of "The Walking Dead" left viewers with a big unexpected twist. 

However, if you dug a little deeper into the the latest episode of AMC's zombie series, diehard comic fans may have recognized the setting of the season five midseason premiere was inspired by one of the earliest issues of the comic series.

In the episode, Rick (Andrew Lincoln), Michonne (Danai Gurira), Tyreese (Chad Coleman), Glenn (Steven Yeun), and Noah (Tyler James Williams) show up at a gated community Noah used to call home.

However, when the group gets there it's completely ravaged. Houses are burnt, bodies are dismembered and strewn across the ground, and the dead are walking aimlessly through the abandoned enclave.

AMC's "The Walking Dead" Story Sync, a companion app for those watching the live show, showed the origin for Sunday's episode came from issue 8 released in May 2004.

Look slightly familiar?

Just as the tiny Rick in the drawing suggests, despite some damaged homes and a few zombies, Michonne (on the show) thinks it's a place where they could potentially live.

In the comics, the caravan of survivors soon learn that's not the case. A snow covered sign prevents the group from seeing a giant warning telling them everyone inside is dead. 

On Sunday's episode, there's no sign, but it's not really needed. One of the walls to the compound is broken down, and many of the dead aimlessly wander around the barren streets. 

The zombie threat isn't as great as it was in the comics, but there are nods to the graphic in the television adaptation. 

One big change Sunday night from the comics centers around Chad Coleman's character, Tyreese. *spoiler* In the episode, we see the untimely, and unexpected, demise of Tyreese's character. In the comics, Tyreese isn't killed off this early. He was given a more brutal death at the hand of the Governor. Of course, we saw that exact scene play out in the TV show with a different character in Tyreese's place. *spoiler*

Sunday night's episode is the most recent example of the series backtracking to adapt earlier moments from the comic series that were skipped over in early seasons.

A few episodes back, the show referenced the entire "Fear the Hunters" storyline about a group of cannibals, which was adapted from issues 61-66.

Before that, Rick tore a guy's throat out with his bare teeth. That was another nod to a moment from issue 57.

What's going on? Is the series running out of ideas that it now needs to head back to the beginning of the comic series before it's in danger of catching up?

Not necessarily. 

Kirkman told us back in Oct. he has enough plans to carry on "The Walking Dead" for at least 11 or 12 seasons. That sounds like a tall order, but if you know where the comics are heading, it starts to make sense. We haven't even hit on one of the biggest storylines yet. 

The second half of season five should start to lay the groundwork for that, and the eventual introduction of one of the series' most beloved villains.

SEE ALSO: Here's when the next big villain is coming to "The Walking Dead"

AND: "The Walking Dead" had a shocking twist Sunday

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Netflix hopes "Friday Night Lights" star Kyle Chandler will sell you on its next original show.

The streaming site has released the first official trailer for its new original drama, “Bloodline," that's centered around the actor.

Here’s the show's official synopsis from Netflix:

"Bloodline" is a dramatic thriller that explores the demons lurking beneath the surface of a contemporary American family. The Rayburns are hard-working pillars of their Florida Keys community. But when the black sheep son comes home for the 45th anniversary of his parents' hotel, he threatens to expose the Rayburns' dark secrets and shameful past, pushing his siblings to the limits of family loyalty.

The series, from the creators of “Damages,” is the first big return to a series for Chandler since his role on the beloved NBC show.

Ben Mendelsohn ("The Dark Knight Rises,” “The Place Beyond the Pines”), Sissy Spacek, and Jamie McShane ("Sons of Anarchy") also star.

All episodes of the first season debut on Netflix March 20, 2015.

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Jon Stewart announced Tuesday afternoon he will be stepping down from "The Daily Show."

Stewart, 52, will leave the Comedy Central show as TV's highest-paid late-night TV personality.

According to TV Guide's annual salary report, "The Daily Show" host makes anywhere from $25-$30 million per year. In 2012, TV Guide reported his salary at $16 million.

That number blows network hosts out of the water. The average salary for the late-night hosts hovers around $10 million. The only one who comes close to Stewart's reported paycheck is David Letterman at $20 million per year.

Here are the numbers via TV Guide:

Stewart has been hosting "The Daily Show" since 1999. The show averages more than 1.5 million viewers daily.

There's no word yet on Stewart's final date on "The Daily Show" or his next gig; however, he could turn his eye to movies.

In 2013, Stewart briefly left "The Daily Show" for three months to focus on his directorial debut, "Rosewater," about the imprisonment of journalist Maziar Bahari while covering Iran’s presidential elections.

SEE ALSO: Watch Jon Stewart on his first episode of "The Daily Show"

AND: Jon Stewart speculated about leaving "The Daily Show" last year

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Jon Stewart announced he’ll leave “The Daily Show” later this year on Tues. during a live taping of the Comedy Central show. 

Stewart, who has hosted the show for nearly 17 years, has been a staple to late night on Comedy Central since Jan. 11 1999 when he took over for Craig Kilbourn. 

While Stewart’s “Daily Show” is now known for everything from its election coverage, entitled “InDecision," to a light segment at the show's end called “Moment of Zen,” where did it all start?

Thanks to Comedy Central’s online archive footage of the show, we were able to find Stewart’s first appearance on the show in 1999. 

Stewart’s debut episode involved making jabs at former president Bill Clinton, the cartoon character Popeye, and the NBA.  

Halfway through the show, Stewart takes a moment to address the audience about taking over “The Daily Show”:

“I’m a new member of this family, your family, ... and I'll be here for you every night. And while we may never be a family of love, I hope that we can sit together at meal times ... in absolute silence pretending not to notice that Jimmy is gay." 

Future “Colbert Report” host Stephen Colbert even appeared on the episode as “The Daily Show” political correspondent.

Stewart’s first guest was Michael J. Fox where they chatted about Fox’s ABC show “Spin City,” fashion, and Heidi Klum.

Other than darker hair and a suit that looks slightly oversized for his first day, it’s the same old charming, quick-witted Stewart.

Check out the opening scene from the episode below, and watch more clips from Stewart's premiere episode on Comedy Central here.

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At the end of "The Daily Show" Tuesday evening, host Jon Stewart told his live audience that after 17 years, he'll finally leave the night show later this year.

Throughout the 3:21 clip, you can tell it's really hard for the host to hold back tears as he tries everything in his power to stop himself from getting teary-eyed: he slams down on his desk with his hand repeatedly, looks up at the ceiling, and tries to get light hearted any time things start to get a little too serious.

He nearly is moved to tears when a few in the crowd yell out, "We love you Jon!"

Stewart says he's not sure of his final day on air. He mentions that his contract is up in Sept., but that his last day "might be December, might be July."

He also emphasizes that he doesn't have any specific plans for the future, yet, but that he does have "a lot of ideas."

More than anything, it sounds like he's really looking forward to sitting down and eating a meal on a week night with his family.

Watch Stewart break the news to his unsuspecting audience below:

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When Jon Stewart steps down from "The Daily Show" later this year, an era of late-night TV on Comedy Central will come to and end.

Stewart hosted "The Daily Show" for nearly 17 years, starting in 1999. When he leaves, he'll be the highest-paid late-night host, commanding a salary of $25-$30 million per year. 

To put that number in perspective, newer late-night hosts Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon currently make a reported $10 million and $11 million, respectively.

How does Stewart's 17-year tenure compare to that of other late-night hosts?

Take a look at the graphic below to see where Stewart falls among the late-night greats.

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Ten episodes of "House of Cards" Season 3 briefly leaked on Netflix on Wednesday afternoon.

All 13 episodes were not supposed to be released on the streaming site until February 27.

The episodes have since been pulled from the site, but not before we were able to grab screenshots of descriptions for the 10 episodes made available.

There are spoilers ahead.

Here's how Season 3, episode one, opens: 

According to CNBC, the leak was due to a "bug in the system."

A Netflix representative emailed us the following response:

"Due to a technical glitch some Frank Underwood fans got a sneak peak. He'll be back on Netflix on Feb 27. #nospoilers"

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Wednesday afternoon, 10 episodes of "House of Cards" season 3 leaked two weeks ahead of its scheduled premiere on Netflix.

The "House of Cards" Twitter account had the perfect response.

All 13 episodes will premiere on the streaming site February 27.

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The first ten episodes of “House of Cards” season 3 briefly leaked onto Netflix Wednesday afternoon.

Netflix pulled the episodes from the streaming site pretty quick, but not before we could read through the episode descriptions for the first 10 episodes. 

A Netflix representative confirmed to Business Insider that the leak was caused by a “technical glitch.”  

All 13 episodes will be available to stream February 27. 

Check out the descriptions below.  

Warning: There are some minor spoilers below (obviously!) if you’re not caught up.

Season 3, Episode 1 (Chapter 27)
"A rocky start for the Underwood Presidency. Frank wants to introduce an ambitious jobs program, while Claire sets her sights on the United Nations."

Season 3, Episode 2 (Chapter 28)
"Claire's U.N. bid runs into trouble. Frank fights off mutiny with a bold address to the country."

Season 3, Episode 3 (Chapter 29)
"The Russian president's state visit becomes a cold war of wills, and some punks heat things up." 

Season 3, Episode 4 (Chapter 30)
"Claire bypasses Russia at the U.N. Frank tries to outmaneuver a potential challenger and ends up face to face with a higher power."

Season 3, Episode 5 (Chapter 31)
"Frank declares war on Congress to jump-start his jobs program. Claire spars with the Russian Ambassador."

Season 3, Episode 6 (Chapter 32)
"Frank and Claire travel to Moscow to negotiate the return of an imprisoned U.S. citizen. Claire takes a stand that jeopardizes their plans."

Season 3, Episode 7 (Chapter 33)
"The damage is done and the Underwoods must repair it. But deep wounds don't heal fast, and sometimes not at all."

Season 3, Episode 8 (Chapter 34)
"A hurricane endangers more than just the entire East Coast and Frank must make a difficult choice."

Season 3, Episode 9 (Chapter 35)
"The Jordan Valley erupts in chaos as Frank's campaign is picking up steam. Claire gets distrubing intel and counsels him."

Season 3, Episode 10 (Chapter 36)
"Frank needs to deal with Petrov one on one while Claire tries to preserve the peace-keeping mission. Sacrifices must be made."

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