Betty White snags SAG award, boosts Hallmark viewership
Betty White was back in the spotlight this week with a SAG award and for her role in the Hallmark Hall of Fame movie The Lost Valentine.
Actress Betty White accepts the award for Outstanding Female Actor in a Comedy Series for her role in "Hot in Cleveland" at the 17th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles, California January 30, 2011.
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The Hallmark Hall of Fame movie "The Lost Valentine," starring Betty White with Jennifer Love Hewitt, was seen by just under 15 million people on Sunday.
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The Nielsen Co. said that was the most-watched Hallmark movie in four years.
Hewitt portrayed a reporter interviewing White about her undying love for a husband declared missing in action in World War II.
CBS was showing the movie, the most popular thing on prime-time television not named "American Idol" last week, around the same time as the Screen Actors Guild Awards.
White picked up a SAG award as best actress in a TV comedy series for TV Land's "Hot in Cleveland."
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