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Now that CNBC is planning to branch out into reality programming, we thought it would be appropriate to help acclimate Jim Ackerman to his new role, and give him a few ideas.

Here, in no particular order, are some of TVNewser’s CNBC Reality Show Suggestions:

“The Biggest Loser: Wall Street Edition”

“Keeping up with Kenneth Chenault”

“Jamie Dimon‘s are a Girls Best Friend”

“Are You Smarter Than a Jim Cramer?”

“America’s Next Top Financial Modeling System”

“Top Chef: Cooking the Books”

“The Real Housewives of Davos”

We also solicited ideas from our Twitter followers. Some of their suggestions:

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While Matt Lauer stayed in New York ahead of his pre-Super Bowl interview with President Obama, his “Today” show pal Al Roker is preparing for the big game in a different way. Roker ziplined over Lucas Oil Stadium, the site of tonight’s Super Bowl on NBC, on the Friday edition of “Today,” saying, “Indy never looked better.” Watch:

And not to be outdone, Kathie Lee Gifford (who is the wife of NFL Hall of Famer Frank Gifford) and Hoda Kotb showed off their throwing skills before turning their attention to — what else? — the drinks. Watch:

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ABC/CNN’s Christiane Amanpour educated Stephen Colbert on the volatile situation in Iran on his show last night. It was also an opportunity for Iranian-born Amanpour to promote her upcoming daily CNNI show. Colbert cracked, “CNN International: it’s just like regular CNN but in metric.”

Fox Business anchor Lou Dobbs was a guest on “The Daily Show” last night. He talked to Jon Stewart about the GOP primaries and the media coverage of the economy. “We just report the facts,” Dobbs said of FBN. “Now when did that start?” Stewart replied.

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Late last year, Fox Business personality Eric Bolling accused The Muppets of being communists, because the villain in their family-friendly holiday movie was an oil tycoon.

Well, The Muppets are finally returning fire. In London to promote the film’s international release, Miss Piggy and Kermit the Frog responded to Bolling’s accusation. Kermit answered the question politically, saying that The Muppets are not in fact anti-oil, while Piggy let loose some harsh words:

“It is almost as laughable as accusing Fox News as being, you know news,” Piggy quipped.

We can’t help but feel that we haven’t seen the last of this controversy. Stay tuned.

On Fox News Channel’s “The Five” this week, the hosts decided it would be a good time to share some of their high school yearbook photos. As is often the case when going back in time via old photos, the results were revealing:

On “NBC Nightly News” this week, anchor Brian Williams revealed that when it comes to limericks, he is quite the wordsmith. During a brief segment about a fishing vessel that washed up in Spain three years after it was lost off the coast of Nantucket, Williams regaled viewers with a Nantucket limerick about the incident.

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On last night’s “Jeopardy!” a pair of TV news personalities were the the subjects in a category about Rhodes Scholars. One was ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos, and the other was a certain MSNBC anchor (spoiler: Rachel Maddow), who, despite there being a picture along with the question, none of the contestants could quite figure out the identity of.

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This is not the first time that “Jeopardy!” contestants haven’t been on top of their cable news facts. Last year a question about CNN brought about the answer “Morning Joe,” and the year before contestants were unable to identify “Good Morning America.” News Corpse notes that some contestants were unfamiliar with Fox News Channel contributor Sarah Palin’s recent book.

Bloomberg TV anchor Betty Liu was in Omaha yesterday morning for an exclusive interview with Warren Buffett and Rep. Scott Rigell (R-VA), who were meeting to discuss deficit reduction. Buffet — who insists on personally chauffeuring all his guests to and from the airport in his taupe Cadillac — asked Liu if she needed a ride, since he was planning on taking Rigell to the airport anyway. And seeing an opportunity to get a few more questions in, Liu jumped in the backseat:

Fox News Channel’s “The Five” had its best show ever ratings-wise this week with Tuesday’s show drawing 1.91 million Total Viewers. The next best regularly scheduled show was a week before, on Jan. 10 when the show drew 1.88 million. It’s an indication that the program — which replaced Glenn Beck last June — is likely to remain a staple on the channel for a long time to come. Also this week, Juan Williams discussed the aftermath of the contentious South Carolina debate, and Greg Gutfeld revealed that his dream came true… and it was a weird one.