society in go, orwell s society 1984. apple saw a huge spike in macintosh sales. that was the benchmark and is still the benchmark today that people use to decide whether or not a super bowl ad is effective. reporter: that ad costs hundreds of thousands of dollars to produce. since then the cost from duce and air commercials has skyrocketed. in the past decade forbes magazine said money spent on advertising in the super bowl has doubled from $150 million to more than $300 million because it s one of the few tv events of the year as evidently dvr proof. we don t want to show up the next day and say we want to watch the super bowl on tape tonight, we want to watch it live. that s why the super bowl with over 100 million people watching it live commands the price for advertising it does. reporter: since companies are spending that money on a few
family. but justice did prevail. human justice in our human court. i say now, justice has been served. but we need to serve god. we have to have a message of nonviolence, of peace, of resolution. i admire trayvon s family. from the very beginning they said we don t want violence. they don t want this type of conflict. we want justice. so as we continue to pray for his family and also the family of george zimmerman, i believe that two lives, two families and a global community and at least a national community, we ve been very much harmed by the death of trayvon martin. gretchen: dr. king, thank you so much for your thoughts with us this morning. have a good rest of the week. thank you. gretchen: coming up on this show, should u.s. boycott the olympics in russia now if putin grants asylum to nsa leaker edward snowden? michelle malkin here top of the hour. and it s one of the most talked about tv events of the year. shark nato.
the duck getting the royal treatment walking the red carpet. a prosthetic foot, named an honorhas ry duck. fantastic. guys? steve: i think it s closer to the disco duck right there. brian: right. steve: it s one of the most talked about tv events of the year shark nato. sit back and watch this. (screaming). tornado heading toward the airport! we need to destroy it before it gets to them. watch out! sharks bearing down on us! [ laughter ] brian: catfish walking and sharks flying. gretchen: just as you thought it was safe to go back to the streets, the sci-fi hit has got the green light for a sequel. for more, we re stepping with michael, thank you for joining us. i have to good morning. as a meteorologist, i was a
singer norah jones. i m sure you know norah s music. ravi shankar was 92 years old. now we turn to one of the most anticipated tv events of the year. barbara walter s 10 most fascinating people has brought us interviews with the most prominent names and this year a young crowd makes the list. my first choice wasn t a tough one. it was fascinating to us that two years ago they didn t even know each other. now this incredible boy band just going one direction, up. they are an overnight sensation, taking the world by storm and making young girls everywhere swoon. if you had to describe this past year in one word, what would it be? insane. incredible. fun. overwhelming. and harry styles recently
workers at the world s largest employer stepped out from behind checkout counters and out of the loading docks too as they chanted stand up and live better. according to organizers, hundreds of retail workers walked off the job across 46 states and were joined in protest with union members and activists o call for a living wage and improved working conditions. known for being staunchly anti-union, walmart dismissed the protests as grossly exaggerated saying that the organization backing the protests, our walmart, was unable to recruit more than a small number of associates to participate in these made for tv events. with more than 1.4 million u.s. employees, walmart s cost cutting, low overhead structure has revolutionized the labor practices for 50 years. as the largest and most successful retail firm in the country, walmart sets the standards for the industry that represent nearly a quarter of the american labor force.