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Veteran actor Glenn Ford - who I have to admit I thought died several years ago - was found dead at his home yesterday afternoon. He was 90.

Ford had a long movie career, starring in everything from The Blackboard Jungle and Experiment In Terror to Superman and The Courtship of Eddie's Father, which also starred Ron Howard and was the basis for the later TV series starring Bill Bixby. Ford starred in a few TV series over the years, including Cade's County and The Family Holvak, along with the mini-series Once An Eagle and the TV movies The Gift and The Sacketts.

His final acting role was the 1991 TV movie Final Verdict, though he made a few appearances in documentaries and specials in the 90s.

• Charlie Rose: Health advocate Amy Farber, NYC Health & Mental Hygiene Commissoner Thomas Frieden, and author Cesar Millan
• The Daily Show: Samuel L. Jackson (repeat)
• The Colbert Report: William Cohen (repeat)
• The Late Show With David Letterman: Snoop Dogg, Charlie Hill, and OK Go
• Jay Leno: Jeff Foxworthy, Pete Yorn, and Leelee Sobieski
• Jimmy Kimmel Live: Tommy Lee, Wayne Brady, and Starsailor
• Late Night With Conan O'Brien: Jarod Miller and Neko Case
• The Late, Late Show With Craig Ferguson: Jaime Pressly, Robbie Coltrane, Michael Franti, and Spearhead (repeat)
• Last Call With Carson Daly: Tracey Morgan and Halifax (repeat)

Here's the video from Big Brother the other night, when How I Met Your Mother star Neil Patrick Harris made a surprise visit to the show, bearing gifts. Who is that guy in the beginning (I don't watch the show - is it Will?), and why the hell is he always talking about Harris?

I know this is a show on his own network and it makes for some good cross-promotion, but did Harris really want to do this? I think I read some place that Harris wants to do a celebrity Big Brother at some point. Ugh. (Video after the jump.)

[via TV Tattle]

Everyone - including us - reported that one of the many changes happening at Saturday Night Live this fall would be Tina Fey and Amy Poehler being replaced on Weekend Update (Fey because of her role on 30 Rock, Poehler because Lorne Michaels wanted a change). But now comes word - from Poehler herself - that she is still going to be an anchor on Weekend Update. It's just that she's going to be paired with a new partner.

The more interesting thing is that she tells TV Guide's Michael Ausiello (scroll down) that she doesn't know who she will be partnered with yet. It was reported last week that the new WU anchor would be Jason Sudeikis. Hmmm...

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I can never understand why magazines and newspapers do this. Do they really think, in this day and age of the web and incredible news scrutiny and an increasingly media and tech-savvy public, that no one would find out? Just looking at the two photos of Katie Couric, you can tell that one has been airbrushed. They made her thinner, the coloring is different, and even the dress looks a little different (though that last one might just be the quality of the photos I've seen). Touch up is one thing. That happens to photos every day. This goes a bit further.

Reminds me of the time that TV Guide had Oprah Winfrey's head on a pic of Raquel Welch's Ann-Margaret's body. Yeah, like people wouldn't notice that.

This week is the one year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina hitting The Gulf Coast, and former Night Court star Harry Anderson has announced that he and his wife, like many people, are leaving the city.

Anderson hasn't done much television since Dave's World left the air in the late 90s. Instead, he opened a club in New Orleans, where he has been performing a one man show and showcasing local talent. They also owned a home in the city, which had a magic shop on the first floor. But now Anderson and his wife are leaving the city, and in this interesting New York Times piece (you don't hear much about Anderson these days, so any story that pops up immediately grabs my attention), Anderson talks about what Katrina has done to the people of New Orleans, why he's leaving, getting mugged, and where he might move to.

This has to be one of the funniest, though embarrassing, live news bloopers I've seen in a long, long time. Though I guess if it wasn't embarrassing for someone it wouldn't have been as funny...

While CNN was showing footage of President Bush giving a speech, the audio that viewers heard was anchor Kyra Phillips. No, not at the anchor desk, but in the CNN ladies room! You can hear Phillips talking to another CNN staff member, and even hear her "zip up" at one point.

But the most embarrassing part might be the part where Phillips insults her sister-in-law...before anchor Daryn Kagan jumps in. Video after the jump!

[via TV Newser]

• Charlie Rose: actor Richard Griffiths, and authors Simon Schama and Jonathan Schell
• The Daily Show: Thomas Kean (repeat)
• The Colbert Report: Morgan Spurlock (repeat)
• The Late Show With David Letterman: Zach Braff and The Roots
• Jay Leno: Orlando Bloom, Carrot Top, and Starsailor
• Jimmy Kimmel Live: Kevin Nealon
• Late Night With Conan O'Brien: Donald Trump and Ray LaMontague
• The Late, Late Show With Craig Ferguson: Andy Garcia, Lindsay Sloane, and The Editors (repeat)
• Last Call With Carson Daly: Nick Cannon and Alien Ant Farm (repeat)

ABC likes what Jimmy Kimmel has been doing for their late-night schedule. They especially like the fact that, during the 2005-06 season, Jimmy Kimmel Live increased its audience by about 6%, which is pretty decent for a show that airs after midnight. So, to reward the comedian turned talk-show host, the network has renewed Jimmy Kimmel Live for a fifth season. That keeps the former co-host of Comedy Central's The Man Show on the alphabet network through 2008.

According to Andrea Wong, the executive vice-president of alternative programming, specials and late-night at ABC Entertainment (must be a humongous business card), Kimmel represents the future of late night television. She went on to say that Jimmy offers the network great creative strength, which is shown in his growing audience. This is most likely the opposite of what ABC executives thought when the show aired three-and-a-half years ago. During the first few weeks of the show Kimmel allowed the audience to imbibe in alcoholic beverages, which caused a bit of a panic at the network.

In addition to the renewal, Jimmy Kimmel Live will get its own one-hour primetime special this fall called Jimmy Kimmel Live's All-Star Salute to Jimmy Kimmel Live!. Scheduled to air at 10 p.m. on September 13th, the special will include show highlights, comedy sketches, and musical guests.

• Charlie Rose: Spike Lee and Norman Francis
• The Daily Show: Thomas Ricks (repeat)
• The Colbert Report: Ramesh Ponnuru (repeat)
• The Late Show With David Letterman: Travis Pastrana
• Jay Leno: David Spade, Eva Mendes, and Zero 7
• Jimmy Kimmel Live: Samuel L. Jackson, Elisha Cuthbert, and Cobra Starship (repeat)
• Late Night With Conan O'Brien: Tom Hanks and Wolfmother (repeat)
• The Late, Late Show With Craig Ferguson: Cuba Gooding, Jr., Jurassic 5, and Jay Larson (repeat)
• Last Call With Carson Daly: Kathy Griffin and Rock Kills Kid (repeat)

I'm not the most sensitive guy in the world, but even I cringed a bit when Conan O'Brien's opening sketch featured the Emmy host in a plane crash, on the very same day 49 people died in a plane crash in Kentucky. Sure, the bit was probably taped days ago, but couldn't they have edited that scene out and had a regular opening? They probably could have just opened with Conan already on the island, meeting Hurley.

TV station owners and other officials in Kentucky weren't too happy with it either, but it was a live telecast and they didn't know about it beforehand. Dateline Hollywood gives their take on the skit and a video.

What do you think?

[via TV Tattle]