TVSquad

A few weeks ago, I mentioned that Jon Hein sold his Jump The Shark web site to Gemstar-TVGuide for an undisclosed sum (psst... it was in the millions. Pass it on). Well, he made his debut on TVGuide.com yesterday, in a new "Expert Blog" called "Hein Sight". Right now, he doesn't mention what his contribution to the site is going to be. I mean, I can't imagine what TVG is going to do with Hein and JTS other than slap their name all over the JTS web site. But, whatever. I like Jon and think he might actually contribute something to the site if they let him. But I'm sure all he cares about is a) making sure Howard Stern still thinks he's a genius, and b) counting his money. The TVG blog is gravy to him.

It looks like ranks of millionaires on the Howard Stern show are growing. Fans already knew that Howard, Robin Quivers, Artie Lange, Fred Norris, and likely Gary Dell'Abate were all swimming in dough. But to those names you can add... Jon Hein?

Yes, Jon Hein. Hein, the creator of the ingenious web site Jump The Shark, and also an on-air staffer for Sirius' Howard 100 and 101 channels, announced this morning that he sold his web site to TV Guide for an undisclosed sum. As part of the deal, he will also be a contributor to the TVG web site.

I'm guessing that Jon finally decided to sell the site, in which users chronicle when their favorite shows started slipping creatively (like when Fonzie jumped the shark on Happy Days), to concentrate on his work with Howard. I'm surprised, actually, that the site went as long as it did after Jon joined Howard's crew. But I'm happy for the guy; he seems like a nice guy and a hard worker, and if anyone deserves to profit from one of those "why didn't I think of that?" ideas, it's Jon.

Now I wonder what our friends over at "The Guide" are going to do with the site. Hope they don't ruin it.