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Hey, Brigitte here with TV Squad Daily. I'll be covering the TV stories I find interesting each day, Monday through Friday, in this video blog.

Today on TV Squad Daily:

• Scotty where are you? James Doohan's ashes made it back to earth, but we can't find them!
  
• The makers of American Idol will soon be bringing us The Next Great American Band.
  
• Illusionist Criss Angel believes you can be just like him, if you really really want it.
  

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Magician Criss Angel is returning to A&E with a second season of his series Criss Angel Mindfreak on May 31 at 10 p.m. Twenty episodes are slated for the new season, which will see the magician/illusionist performing in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and Iraq. During this new season we can expect to see Angel levitate and float between buildings, lift a kid off the ground merely by placing his hand on his head, and make a person disappear in broad daylight while completely surrounded by spectators. I assume he'll try to look all sexy and rock and roll while doing this, too.

I've been hard on David Blaine in the past for the same reason a lot of other people give him flak: he has a tendency to call himself a magician and then do bits of public performance art that really have nothing to do with magic. When he starved himself over the River Thames, I became indifference personified, but I have to admit his recent stunt has me more intrigued than I'm willing to admit. Has he really been in that watery globe for a week? If we're to believe reports, he has, and it's been taking a toll on his system. Several news outlets have been reporting that health experts who have been watching Blaine are concerned for his health. One expert says the finale of this stunt, which will air tonight on ABC, may not be possible, as Blaine could very well blackout once he's pulled from the globe.  In case you haven't heard, Blaine plans on emerging from the globe, having himself wrapped in chains, and then submerged again to try and beat the record of holding one's breath underwater, which currently stands at eight minutes and fifty-eight seconds. My guess is that the "concerns from medical experts" is all just part of the publicity machine. That, of course, is only my non-expert opinion, but to paraphrase magician Penn Jillette, magic is essentially just another word for lying.