Google TV was the biggest thing that didn’t happen at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show. Released with a lot of fanfare in late 2010, it immediately hit resistance and most television manufacturers quickly scrapped plans to include it in their 2011 sets.

The system probably won’t have much of a presence at the 2012 CES either, but it looks to have found an ally with one of the largest names in TV.

Read more at Variety’s Technotainment blog