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HBO‘s seven-part miniseries “John Adams” as well as ongoing series “In Treatment” and “True Blood” were big winners during Sunday evening’s Golden Globes competition. The documentary on the second U.S. president received recognition for its two lead characters, Paul Giamatti and Laura Linney as John and Abigail Adams, while Tom Wilkinson’s turn as Benjamin Franklin won an award for best supporting actor. Reuters (1/12) , Variety (1/11)

I couldn’t be a bigger fan of John Adams.  If you haven’t seen it, the multiple hours you’ll put into watching it are surely worth it.  Favorite moment from last night?  Slumdog Millionaire wining in the film category.  That movie is candy land for the soul.

The recent NFL Wild Card Weekend drew in an average of 25.8 million viewers over four games, representing the most viewers for an NFL Wild Card Weekend since January 2003. Current individual results include NBC with 21.0 million viewers for the January 3 at 430p Falcons at Cardinals game; NBC with 27.8 million viewers for the January 3 at 8p Colts at Chargers game; CBS with 23.9 million viewers for the January 4 at 1p Ravens at Dolphins game; and FOX with 30.0 million viewers for the January 4 at 430p Eagles at Vikings game. (Cynopsis 1/12)

MTV’s premiere of The Real World: Brooklyn last Wednesday at 10p, the network’s 21^st edition of the series, debuted with a 2.3 rating among P12-34 and attracted 2.26 million total viewers. (Cynopsis 1/12)

Production has begun in New York for season two of HBO’s In Treatment, the 30m drama starring Gabriel Byrne and Dianne Wiest. During the second season, scheduled to open in April, new cast members include Hope Davis, Russell Hornsby, John Mahoney, Alison Pill, Sherri Saum and Aaron Shaw and returning from season one as a guest star will be Glynn Turman. New episodes will air over two nights each week with two episodes on Sunday from 10-11p and three on Mondays at 10-1130p. (Cynopsis 1/12)

In other HBO news, the premium channel renewed the animated comedy The Life and Times of Tim from Media Rights Capital for a second season, per Variety. (Cynopsis 1/12)

Thank you HBO.  Thank you.  The only balls in the business to launch a series with an episode titled The Angry Unpaid Prostitute.

HBO will premiere a multi-platform documentary series called The Alzheimer’s Project this May. The series will look inside discoveries made by leading scientists and the effects of this devastating illness on patients and their family. (Cynopsis 1/12)

Beginning March 20, Starz will launch a one-hour block of original comedies on Friday nights starting with the 30m unscripted show Head Case at 10p followed by new series Party Down at 1030p. (Cynopsis 1/12)

Travel Channel hired former E! star of Girls Next Door, Bridget Marquardt to host a new reality series called Bridget’s Sexiest Beaches, reports Multichannel News. The series will air on Thursday nights starting March 12 and will highlight the world’s most exotic beaches. (Cynopsis 1/12)

FOX revived its comedy series ‘Til Death by handing it a 22-episode order for a fourth season, reports Variety. The 30m comedy has been on hiatus since early October and there are 15 remaining episodes to complete the current third season. (Cynopsis 1/12)

Charter Communications has filed suit in U.S. District Court in Norfolk, Va., against Verizon Communications’FiOS service. The cable company asserts that Verizon’s triple-play initiative infringes on four patents it holds related to network transmission and its on-demand TV platform. Network World/IDG News Service (1/9)