Some good questions here.

1) I would scrap the NBC heads up tourney.  I don't believe they even show every hand, but most importantly many of those players have very little heads up sng experience.  Even those that do (and there are some very good ones in that event too, don't think I'm just shitting on the players) they often have a lot of history with each other unknown to the viewer.  In short, it won't be very useful to watch this.

2) Moshman's book and the beginner pack should serve you well in helping you learn.  Don't forget to play a lot as well, as that's usually the most effective thing you can do to improve.

3) I'll start off by saying that many top players in heads up sngs don't use a single bit of software.  It's not necessary, it can be harmful if used incorrectly, but those that know how to utilize it can gain a small edge by using software.

4) Sharkscope (more on that in a sec), pokerstove, holdem manager (HUD) and the Nash equilibrium chart are the most utilized and probably most valuable tools that a heads up sng player can have.  Here's a brief description of each:

Sharkscope: Tracks stats, everybody basically knows about this.  Most use it.  Those that don't use tools often use Sharkscope still. 

PokerStove: Use this tool outside of the game to run situations where you need to know the equity of your hand (or hand range) against an opponent's hand (or hand range).  This is a great tool for analyzing any situation, from common spots to rare ones.

HEM HUD: HEM is pretty big and expansive (Poker Tracker used to be the most popular program in this category), but basically it tracks your stats and can be broken down into so many complex ways.  Some are valuable.  The HUD (heads up display) shows the frequencies of specific categories (there's probably hundreds of ways to measure an opponent's stats on HEM) that you choose during your game.  HUDs are more popular in the faster structures (FTP turbos as well as super turbos on a number of networks) and are increasingly popular among winning heads up sng players.  Many "I need a HUD" players do struggle, however, misapplying the numbers that they see.  I would suggest just single tabling while you start out anyways, and scrapping the idea of using a HUD for now.

Nash Chart: You can get a more detailed description in my end game video or Spamzor's end game thread on the 2p2 heads up NL forum.  Basically, this chart can be utilized towards the end of the game, most commonly at the 0-10 bb range for deciding which hands to call with and which hands to shove with.

5) As for using Sharkscope while you play.  Again, absolutely not necessary, however it can be valuable.  It's against the Terms and Conditions of PokerStars and Full Tilt I believe.  PokerStars absolutely has made it clear that they will not notify, punish or impact players in any way for using this.  Full Tilt has been inconsistent, but I would recommend not using it while playing any games there.

I imagine Sharkscope will be allowed on PokerStars in the near future, for a variety of reasons I won't get into here.

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To summarize, just play often, utilize things such as PokerStove to find the answers in common situations and continue to apply the knowledge you learn in the Moshman book and with the beginner's pack.

I don't usually watch televised poker.

I was watching some WSOP the other day when Skates was making a video, the only thing on in the middle of the afternoon.  It was pretty funny stuff.  I can't watch any of it for long though.

One thing of worry in your post (otherwise it sounds good), never fold AK preflop in a husng!  Ever.

To get a better answer than I can give (generally I disagree with what you stated though), I would suggest to look through all of your hands that hapened first hand all in.Now, if what you say was true, you're probably getting it in with JJ+ or something first hand.  Ok, so over a bunch of games you'll have at least 10 hands probably where you've gotten it in with JJ-AA first hand vs a guy that shoved over your PF raise.Now just see what hands they showed up with there.  If all they showed up with were the strong range you think may be accurate, then it lends your opinion some weight.Now if a lot of guys are showing up with random air, all sorts of Ax hands, any PP including 22 and some Kx hands, then I would rethink my first hand range to get it all in.It'll be much more precise (and you'll believe in it a lot more) if you look at the actual hands that have happened for insight to your question than if I just write up 1000 words on why I believe ranges are much wider on first hand all ins than you indicate.

1.  Watching poker on TV generally isn't helpful at all, it's for entertainment only.2.  Sharkscope can be a real good tool, you want to know who you're sitting with and you also want to know who's sat down with you.  I've no idea what Stars is doing with it since I don't play there, I won't be playing there anytime soon though knowing this.3.  I disagree about the potential advantages of HM.  It is true that the better you are at using stats the more advantage you'll have, a lot of the stats you need can't even be put into the HUD, I use the active player window mostly.  I can tell you that I find stats to be a huge advantage versus playing without them, maybe that's just me but there are plenty of players that agree.  It is true that you do have to know how to use them and if you're new to stats it could be a leak, however IMO anyway it's worth making some mistakes to learn them.  If you've got a super good memory then having stats tracked is less of an issue, my memory sucks but thankfully HM has a pretty good one :) 4.  Poker Stove can be helpful I guess for hand studies, probably more for higher stakes though, I don't think as a beginner you will have the need to mess around with this too much, maybe to look at a hand here and there you're wondering about.5.  Nash Chart - if you're playing low stakes this isn't going to be as helpful as you think, it makes some assumptions that just don't apply that well to fish, for instance it assumes calling ranges that are reasonable and fish aren't always reasonable.  It doesn't hurt to have a look at these though especially if you play turbos, on the other hand if you're starting out I wouldn't be playing turbos.  Depending on the blind structure of the site, you can play regular speed and hardly ever get into that many shove or fold situations, and depending on the opponent you may want to take some other lines here anyway.The main piece of software you need is your own brain and the way to improve that is to play and to also commit a good portion of your time to learning, you need to balance them especially starting out, the other stuff are supplements to your own thinking and they can be helpful but nothing substitutes for good thinking at the table.  

HEM is allowed on FTP.  So is HEM HUD.Good to hear you liking the AK :)

I've never heard of a site which doesn't allow HEM, although some aren't too crazy about sharing hands which is what they consider an unfair advantage.  AK is a pretty good hand although back in the days when I used to coach I'd notice that students would end up losing a bunch of money with it overall, this was at full ring and 6 max though where people don't know enough to fold it when they miss, in heads up that's not such a problem of course.