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Yeah, I know, we already had a Ben Silverman-centric post today, but this is going to be interesting for fans of Friday Night lights.

Radar ran into the NBC Entertainment President Ben Silverman at a party for Lipstick Jungle (I'm sure it was a great party, but that show doesn't have a chance), and they asked him if the high school football drama was going to be saved even though it doesn't get good ratings, and Silverman responded in typical Silvermanian (?) fashion.

What's happening on other blogs via the interweb.

• FOX gives JJ Abrams $10 million to make a sci-fi pilot for the network titled Fringe.
• There are 26 crime dramas on TV right now. Radar helps you pick which one to watch.
• Jerry Seinfeld gives 30 Rock a slight ratings boost.
• Something Old, Something News has video of the classic SCTV parody The Cisco Kid.
• More evidence that Jimmy Fallon will take over Conan's spot in 2009.
• Oh, this is funny. Remember I told you about the hot women of Fox Business Network? They've changed the site!
• Hey, remember UPN and The WB? Ah, the olden days.

Are you one of those people (like myself) who can tell what era a M*A*S*H episode is from just by watching the first 10 seconds of the opening credits? Do you know the subtle theme changes by heart? Do you murmur 'Season 8' when you see the wide shot of the choppers without the initial over-the-shoulder zoom behind Radar's shoulder? If you are one of those insane people then, boy, have I got a site for you!

Bob Gassel has compiled all of the opening credits to M*A*S*H and put them onto one website.

• I guess Bill and Geraldo have made up.
• Best Week Ever lists the Top 15 Sexiest Nerd Boys, then readers weigh in on the Sexiest Nerd Boys they forgot. And hopefully that's the last time I have to type the phrase "Sexist Nerd Boys."
• Aaron Barnhart gives a rundown of what we learned at last week's network upfronts.
• Radar has a gallery of stars giving the finger, including David Schwimmer, Paris and Nicky Hilton, and Jeremy Piven.
• Anne Heche's divorce is starting to get nasty.
• PETA dumps something on Gordon Ramsay's doorstep (and I do mean "dumps").

• TV Barn's Aaron Barnhart talks about the Saturday Night Live season one DVD set. What cast/era do you think is the best?
• The predictions are turning out to be true: producers are tweaking The CBS Evening News, putting in more news and less features (goodbye Snapshot and freeSpeech).
• Hey, let's all listen to Clay Aiken's voice crack! Around the 3:50 mark.
• Ken Levine has some TV catchphrases that TV Land forgot.
• George Clooney's pig has died.
• TMZ.com has more news on that accident involving Prison Break's Lane Garrison, and a pic of Larry King getting angry (or not) about Santa being on a lunch break.
• Radar has an interview with Keith Olbermann.

FTVLive is reporting that there are rumors going around that two MSNBC personalities, Tucker Carlson and Rita Cosby, are being let go from the network. As we've told you earlier, NBC has laid off 700 people and MSNBC is going through a massive restructuring and Carlson and Cosby might be part of those changes (there are also reports that Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews will be going over to CNBC and MSNBC will go to an all documentary and taped feature format).

But wait! Carlson says it's not true, and so does MSNBC chief Dan Abrams.

Regardless of whether they're gone or not, I still think that making CNBC the news station for NBC is a good idea, if for one reason: they'll get out from under that "MS" in MSNBC and become their own news entity. There were rumors a year or so ago that NBC was going to end its association with Microsoft, but that hasn't happened yet. Maybe this could be the first step to rebranding. What does CNBC stand for anyway? Isn't it something like Cable NBC? If that's the case, the change makes sense.

[via TV Newser]

• Best Week Ever has video of Clay Aiken's appearance on Good Morning America today.
• Another great post from Ken Levine, this time shattering the dreams of men everywhere (including me).
• Radar asks about the new CW: does the merger of two mediocre networks add up to one good one?
• I didn't catch this during the debut, but Studio 60 creators Aaron Sorkin and Thomas Schlamme kept a live blog the other night (read from bottom to top, of course). Funny cameo from Nate Cordrry. (And check out Defaker.)

For anyone I owe money to (friends, family, phone company, etc), you might just have to wait several months if they keep releasing these damn complete series DVD sets.

It's not official yet, but TVShowsonDVD is reporting that a box set for M*A*S*H is on its way November 7. The set will include every episode on 36 discs, along with the original Robert Altman-directed film, and two discs of bonus materials including a trivia game and a 30th Anniversary cast reunion. Throw in a special collector's booklet and you have the ultimate Christmas gift for the 4077 fan on your list.

Hopefully one of them is me.