TVSquad

• TV Guide's Matt Roush predicts the winners of tonight's Emmy Awards.
• Speaking of the Emmys, Joan Rivers won't be on the red carpet this year...she's blogging instead!
• Jaime Weinman compares various seasons of several Miller-Boyett shows, including Perfect Strangers, Angie, and Full House.
• Did you know that Mike Nelson has a blog?
• Nikki Finke is still not a fan of Jon Stewart hosting the Oscars.
• Anthony Bourdain is blogging Top Chef.
• The Futon Critic lists the 10 things you need to know about the new season.

Interesting post by Tom O'Neil over at his LA Times blog. O'Neil is the guy you see on many of the awards shows, especially the Emmys, giving his analysis and predictions. He worked with Joan and Melissa quite a bit, and knows why they were let go by the TV Guide Channel. And it didn't have anything to do with money.

The reason? Entourage (and not the HBO show). I guess the two women have too many people around them and it got to be more of a hassle than it was worth to the network.

O'Neil also says that Joan and Melissa are a lot nicer and more generous than they've been made out to be. He also reveals that several producers at the TV Guide Channel wish they had been kept on (the same with E! execs, because Star Jones drove them nuts on the red carpet). I'm sure we'll be seeing the two women again with another deal soon.

First they were kicked to the curb by E! Entertainment Television, and now the same thing has happened with the TV Guide Channel: Joan and Melissa Rivers have been let go by the network and replaced by Lisa Rinna, star of Dancing with the Stars and various soaps.

Joan has a lot to say about what happened, but is keeping quiet until a new deal is finalized, says her spokesperson.

I love the press release from TV Guide Channel President Ryan O'Hara. Let me translate his remarks:

• Joan Rivers: Can We Dish? This will be a pop culture talk show with Rivers as host and three males as co-hosts.
• The Inn Crowd: Teams battle for best bed and breakfast.
• Top Decorator: You can guess what this is.
• Heads Up: Top Chef meets Blow Out!
• War of the Wives: Husbands teach wives how to work. Ha!
• Project Runway, Top Chef, Queer Eye, and Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List will return with new seasons.

11:01: OK, I'm ready for bed. But before I go, I'd like to thank my family, my friends, my agent, my lawyers, Jeff Zucker, Les Moonves, the cast, the crew, my computer, my fingers, and, most importantly, the makers of Tanqueray gin. Without your help I could never have live blogged this tonight. Oh, they're playing the music...goodnight! 

10:59: Outstanding Comedy Series: Everybody Loves Raymond? Seriously, Everybody Loves Raymond?! What kind of a world is it when the 9th season of a show wins for Best Comedy over a show like Arrested Development? 

10:55: Outstanding Drama Series: Lost! 

10:54: Emmy Idol Winner: Donald Trump and Megan Mullally for Green Acres. Yikes.