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Even religious leaders know what's up!

Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson is now saying marijuana should be treated like alcohol because the government's war on drugs has failed — and we're sure now that he's spoken up, others will definitely follow!

This wasn't expected!

What do U think?? Legalize it??

Tags: alcohol, broadcast, cause, drug, drugs, government, legal, marijuana, pat robertson, war, weed

LOLz!

Who doesn't love a good sports blooper?

College basketball announcer James Bates took a HIGHlarious fall during the beginning of a broadcast when his stool collapsed beneath him.

Instead of getting red in embarrassment, the guy didn't let the awkward moment phase him and he handled it pretty smoothly.

Check out the short clip from the Xavier vs. Dayton game above for a good laugh!

Tags: announcer, basketball, blooper, broadcast, college, dayton, funny, highlarious, lols, sports, xavier

This chick always looks happy, which makes us happy, which hopefully makes you happy too!

Melissa McCarthy was spotted leaving the gym with a smile on her face on Wednesday morning after a post-Valentine's Day workout.

As you may have noticed by now, we aren't too thrilled with the Oscars this year thanks to a few major snubs and, of course, no Muppets making an appearance on the broadcast, but we couldn't be more excited for Melissa's first nomination!

She's nominated for Best Supporting Actress because of her performance in Bridesmaids and we're crossing our fingers that she takes home the trophy! Do U think she has a chance at winning?

[Image via Pacific Coast News.]

Tags: academy awards, actress, bridesmaids, broadcast, exercise, melissa mccarthy, oscars, valentine-039s day, workout

It was only a matter of time before someone took reality tv to court.

We're just wondering if Kris has what it takes to take down that beast — and it looks like he'll at least be giving it his all.

We're learning that Kris' lawyer plans to put reality tv on trial by exposing it's M.O. So how would they do that?

They're asking the judge to allow TV stations to broadcast the trial, in a bid to prove that Kim had no intention of staying married to him, but instead only wanted big ratings for this season!

The question is: is that going to be seen as hypocritical? We don't know, we don't think so. It might be a good tool to help expose.

So. Kim want's a divorce, Kris wants an annulment. Kim says there was irreconcilable differences, Kris says it's fraud.

Kris has the uphill battle — Kim has the argument that Kris has gotten famous for all this too, plus why would she go through the trouble of a long prenup if she didn't intend to stay with him?

But then again, maybe she knew she'd be able to use it as an excuse… the plot thickens. ALSO, the very idea of a prenup to us shows a lack of confidence in the forthcoming marriage — so couldn't the act of a prenup itself be considered evidence that she wasn't in it for the right reasons??

Such a mess!

[Image via WENN.]

Tags: broadcast, divorce, fraud, kim kardashian, kris humphries, lawyer, marriage, married, question, ratings, reality tv, show

It was looking a little uncertain for a while whether or not NBA fans would have a season to look forward to this winter, but basketball is back and (almost) better than ever!

The TNT broadcast of the New York Knicks' opening game against the Boston Celtics was the fourth most-watched regular season NBA game in cable history and the highest-rated Christmas game in cable history with an average of 5.9 million viewers.

Not bad, guys!

ABC also scored big with the Los Angeles Lakers taking on the Chicago Bulls and broadcasted the network's third highest-rated regular season game ever!

Even ESPN's Christmas day rating's jumped 26% with smaller games like Orlando and Oklahoma City, then 77% when the L.A. Clippers took on Golden State.

It looks like the lockout actually raised the interest in the sport! Let's see if the games keep people invested.

Tags: abc, boston, broadcast, espn, knicks, lakers, lockout, los angeles, nba, new york, oklahoma, popular, ratings, season, tnt, viewers, watched

The broadcast companies that just renewed their deals with the NFL for broadcasting rights through 2022 are expecting ad sales to offset the rising cost of the rights.

This might be a mistake in the future if, say, ads drop:

"We see the broadcasters' decision to renew their NFL rights as an acknowledgement of the economic benefit the NFL is having on their business. The earnings impact is modest and long-term cost certainty a positive.

"The benefits these rights have already accrued to the economics of these networks - namely, rapidly rising re-transmission fees. Even if these two events do not happen, the pressure to garner increased carriage fees by ESPN [which extended its rights deal earlier this year], CBS, NBC and Fox and limit cost escalation elsewhere will be significant."

Also, this further moves the trend towards only finding profitable sports programming when it's exclusive.

Which might mean that the consumer will have to pay for premium access to certain things they normally get for free right now!

[Image via AP Images.]

Tags: benefit, benefits, broadcast, decision, espn, exclusive, free, network, nfl, pressure, sports

Football is a pretty good business to be in these days because analysts say the National Football League's television profits are about to go up 60%!

An 8-year extension of the league's TV rights deal with broadcast partners CBS, Fox and NBC is promising the NFL $3.2 billion a year until 2021. That's more than double what they are raking in with their current contract.

But wait, there's more money to be had from the sport that every network wants a piece of. Sources report that previous deals with ESPN and DirecTV are expected to lock in another $6 billion in media fees for the NFL.

That's A LOT of money and it's only from the TV rights! Now imagine how much money the NFL is making with merchandise and ticket sales…

Can someone say, "CHA-CHING!"

Tags: billion, broadcast, cbs, directv, disney, espn, football, fox, merchandise, money, nbc, nfl, profit, ticket sales, tv rights