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What's happening on other blogs via the interweb.

• Aaron Barnhart has some interesting thoughts on MSNBC.
• What is TidalTV?
• Star Trek: The Exhibition opens in San Diego today.
• More money problems for Ed McMahon: now Citibank is suing him.
• It was great to see Teri Garr on Letterman the other night.
• There's a 20th Anniversary DVD set coming for Mystery Science Theater 3000.
• Martha Stewart has been banned in the U.K.
• Seth MacFarlane spills the beans about what Family Guy has in store for viewers this fall, and reveals which celebrities are mad at the show.

• Peter Jennings helped a lot of people to quit smoking.
• Aaron over at TV Barn calls John From Cincinnati "truly baffling."
• There's something truly wrong with Ann Coulter.
• Kevin Eubanks is one sexy vegetarian.
• Katee Sackhoff hates the original Battlestar Galactica.
• Watching Wimbledon this week? Check out ESPN.com's blog.
• TV Guide.com lists the Top 30 Cult Shows of All-Time. Can Star Trek and Lost be considered "cult" shows?

• 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's Barn's Aaron Barnhart on the return of Roger Ebert.
• In the wake of the Alec Baldwin controversy, Buzzsugar wants to know if an actor's off-screen behavior affects how you see their work.
• Does smoking on TV and in the movies cause kids to smoke in real life?
• MSNBC has canceled The Most, but Alison Stewart is staying with the network.
• There's been a last minute plot twist in that Will & Grace trial.
• They took a lot of creative license on Cheers.
• Lost Remote hates those AT&T/Cingular commercials.

• How the death of Ed Bradley has affected the cast and crew of 60 Minutes.
• TV Barn's Aaron Barnhart has a review of Fark TV.
• For some reason, Universal is going to make a movie out of MTV lip-synchers Milli Vanilli.
• Yes, Jennifer and Courteney are going to kiss on Dirt, but there won't be any tongue.
• HBO has opened a store in NYC. It's pink and features a giant image of Sarah Jessica Parker.
• Paul Davidson presents the American Idol Construction Kit.
• Is Scrubs turning into Desperate Housewives?

• How can you tell if an actor is funny? Ken Levine has the answer.
• If case you haven't heard, Peter Jennings died and Tom Brokaw retired.
• Screech stills wants to do things with his penis, this time on Celebrity Fit Club.
• Aaron Barnhart doesn't think Isaiah Washington is leaving Grey's Anatomy anytime soon.
• Yahoo plans to launch 100 entertainment sites by the end of the year.
• Sienna Miller swore on the Today Show this morning.
• Here's a cool toy for all you Doctor Who fans.

• Grey's Anatomy's Isaiah Washington joins Michael Richards, Mel Gibson, and everyone else in apologizing and asking for "help."
• Katie Couric is going to the Super Bowl.
• Oprah Winfrey is worth a gazillion dollars.
• AppleTV is selling faster than iPods??
• Like Joel, Aaron Barnhart is filing reports from the TCA.
• Over at Adjab, I talk about the product placement on last night's episode of The Office.
• Ryan Seacrest doesn't like Angelina Jolie, but Brad is fantastic.
• Is Ana Marie Cox going to host a new Sunday morning political talk show for HBO?

• Over at TV Barn, Aaron Barnhart has a few things to say about Katie Couric and CBS' coverage of the death of President Ford.
• More great stuff from Ken Levine, including one of his scripts from The Simpsons and some tips on pitching a pilot.
• Whatever happened to the girls from The Wonder Years?
• Have you ever thought to yourself, "gee, that Diagnosis: Murder theme would be great if it had lyrics?" Here it is.
• Have you ever checked out BuddyTV? Cool site.
• And here's a picture of Ryan Seacrest grabbing a giant ball.

• Ken Levine is at it again. He has two fantastic blog entries up: one is a public service to actors, what to do and not do when you're auditioning, and the other is the 379 words you can't say on television.
• Aaron Barnhart has the story behind those disturbing "To Catch A Predator" segments on Dateline.
• Over at Pop Candy, Whitney is looking for readers to be part of a podcast. Hurry, you have til 7pm today.
• EW's PopWatch blog has info from Jeff Probst about the new season of Survivor.
• Prison Break's Wade Williams is keeping a blog at TV Guide.

• Nightline has been beating Letterman in the ratings lately. TV Barn has the numbers.
• TeeVee.org has a review of Studio 60, and their pick for the pilot's "glaring flaw" is incredibly ridiculous. Have they forgotten about Sports Night?
• I don't really understand the first sentence of this post about The Office and Grey's Anatomy over at The Boston Globe's blog. Can someone explain it to me?
• Over at TV Guide, Surfer Girl loves loves loves Miami Ink, while Michael Ausiello gives his Emmy predictions.
• Speaking of the Emmys, someone is selling one on Craigslist.

• Remember the classic M*A*S*H episode told entirely from the point of view of a wounded soldier? Ken Levin co-wrote that episode, and writes about it on his addictive blog.
• TV Barn's Aaron Barnhart talks to Harry Shearer about Dan Rather, the media, and more.
• This is what's great about the web: every day, you learn someone you didn't know had a blog actuallyone. Like Time TV critic James Poniewozik.
• Remember when MTV used to show music videos all day long? EW's PopWatch blog talks about Pitchfork Media's list of 100 Awesome Music Videos.

• OK, so you've read the American Idol reviews and all the web and newspaper articles about the finale, but you're not finished til you've read TV writer Ken Levine's hysterical take on the show.
• "This is how AMC died too." That's what Aaron Barnhart says about the change in direction for Turner Classic Movies over at his TV Barn blog.
• If you're not all Losted out yet, check out Tim Goodman's thoughts on the season finale.
• Can you guess who this former child star is over at Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch blog?
• Did you know that the TV Guide site has a ton of entertainment blogs now?

• TV Barn's Aaron Barnhart thinks that product placements on television have jumped the shark.
• Every year, TeeVee.org creates an elaborate April Fool's web site. This year it's the TeeVeePedia!
• Ken Levine describes his first directing gig, on a Wings episode in the mid 90s. (Side note: I was an extra on a Wings episode several episodes before this and I probably met Ken. Life is funny.)
• Did you know that Survivor's Shane is an actor?