 It's Wednesday, December 19th, 2012. I'm Evan Rogers, born on the first loop of the Bible Belt, and this is 90 Seconds on the Verge. Nintendo TV for the Wii U is coming to the US and Canada on December 20th. The service is one part programming guide and one part second screen companion. It combines live TV listings with video services like Amazon Instant Video, Hulu Plus, and eventually TiVo. Speaking of the Wii U, Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata has acknowledged the console's sluggish performance and has promised to fix it. Former Windows head Steven Sanofsky is going back to school as a professor. Sanofsky will be teaching at the Harvard Business School this spring, something he did prior to joining the Windows team. Sanofsky's departure from Microsoft was due to an apparent clash with management. Have fun faculty and staff! Gaming giant THQ has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. In its 20 plus years, the company has produced series like Saints Row, Darksiders, and Red Faction, as well as a number of licensed titles for WWE, Nickelodeon, and Disney. THQ is planning to sell off its four studios and the games it currently has in development. Finally, another chapter in space. Space! And science! Science! Have you guys been there the whole time? According to a team of astronomers, Tau Cetai, one of the closest sun-like stars to our own solar system, may support five planets, and one of those might be able to support life. Richard Branson, Elon Musk, you know what you've got to do. That's it for today's top stories. Tune in tomorrow as a 1990 romantic comedy starring Keanu Reeves, Barbara Hershey, and Peter Falk.
 It's Wednesday, December 19th, 2012.
 I'm Evan Rogers, born on the first loop of the Bible Belt, and this is 90 Seconds on
 the Verge.
 Nintendo TV for the Wii U is coming to the US and Canada on December 20th.
 The service is one part programming guide and one part second screen companion.
 It combines live TV listings with video services like Amazon Instant Video, Hulu Plus, and
 eventually TiVo.
 Speaking of the Wii U, Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata has acknowledged the console's sluggish
 performance and has promised to fix it.
 Former Windows head Steven Sanofsky is going back to school as a professor.
 Sanofsky will be teaching at the Harvard Business School this spring, something he did prior
 to joining the Windows team.
 Sanofsky's departure from Microsoft was due to an apparent clash with management.
 Have fun faculty and staff!
 Gaming giant THQ has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
 In its 20 plus years, the company has produced series like Saints Row, Darksiders, and Red
 Faction, as well as a number of licensed titles for WWE, Nickelodeon, and Disney.
 THQ is planning to sell off its four studios and the games it currently has in development.
 Finally, another chapter in space.
 Space!
 And science!
 Science!
 Have you guys been there the whole time?
 According to a team of astronomers, Tau Cetai, one of the closest sun-like stars to our own
 solar system, may support five planets, and one of those might be able to support life.
 Richard Branson, Elon Musk, you know what you've got to do.
 That's it for today's top stories.
 Tune in tomorrow as a 1990 romantic comedy starring Keanu Reeves, Barbara Hershey, and
 Peter Falk.