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Quick! Name the most-watched television program of all time. Last year's thrilling Super Bowl? A mere 97.5 million viewers. The series final of "M*A*S*H" in 1983? 106 million viewers, tops in American television history -- but a fraction of the 396 million people who watched last year's Spring Festival Gala on CCTV, China's state-owned television network. Aired the night before Chinese New Year, the broadcast ranges all over the cultural map: acrobats, comedians, Olympic athletes, Taiwanese pop singers, astronauts, politicians, movie stars (like Zhang Ziyi, who famously flubbed her lipsynch last year), even dancing Chinese army recruits. It's the ultimate can't miss-program, not least because it's broadcast on nearly every channel. Think you're seeing a lot of Ryan Seacrest now? Imagine a world in which he is -- literally -- on every station.

Houstonist went to the Drumline Live performance Tuesday evening at Jones Hall, and while the music was great, the productions values were pretty corny (and someone should tell their MC that neither "Proud Mary" nor "RESPECT" were written for Motown.)