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• Saturday Night Live now has a web site devoted to politics.
• Actually, maybe The CW is going to renew Reaper after all.
• Kathie Lee Gifford says she wants to be cremated.
• Ricky Gervais is filming a movie in Massachusetts with Tina Fey, Jennifer Garner, Rob Lowe, Jason Bateman, John Hodgman, and Louis C.K and blogging about it.
• Marion Ross answers questions from Entertainment Weekly readers.
• Jeff Zucker wouldn't mind Katie Couric coming back to NBC.
• A look at the new CBS series Swingtown.
• Not only is the season one DVD set for Mad Men coming on July 1, there will also be a CD of music from the show released on June 24.

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• Is Katee Sackhoff about to join CSI?
• Daryn Kagan visited CNN for the first time since getting canned after 12 years and it was...odd (especially the second video).
• What the heck was going on at the Ellen show the other day?
• Get ready for more commercials on TV network sites.
• Earl Pomerantz tells a secret about a Mary Tyler Moore Show script he wrote.
• How would you like to star in the new music video that Zach Braff is directing?
• Ratings for The Office hit a season low the other night, and 30 Rock's weren't that great either.
• Check out the storyboards for the second season of Mad Men.

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• So how did Jesse L. Martin leave Law and Order the other night?
• I reviewed the Stingray DVD recently, and Jaime Weinman has some interesting facts about the show.
• Former NBC reporter Arthur Kent is suing Universal Pictures and the makers of Charlie Wilson's War.
• Cablevision might be buying The Sundance Channel.
• PBS' Jim Lehrer is recovering from heart surgery.
• Gary Coleman is going to appear on another daytime court show, this time with his wife.
• What were the best seasons of ER?

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• President Bush is going to appear on Deal Or No Deal.
• Roger Ebert undergoes more surgery.
• The Hollywood sign is in danger.
• Yes, Brian Dunkleman does think it was a bad idea to leave American Idol.
• Mind of Mencia and Reno 911 launch new seasons on Comedy Central in May.
• Hulu vs. YouTube.
• SNL's Jack Handey has a new book out.
• Too Much Free Time is writing Hell's Kitchen/Top Chef haikus this season.

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• Dr. Phil made a lot more money than you did last year.
• Hmmm...maybe Katie Couric actually will be leaving The CBS Evening News.
• Several TV celebs make Radar's Web's 10 Most Hated People List, including a certain perky cook/talk show host and the entire cast of a short-lived NBC show.
• Actually, Neil Patrick Harris loves Britney Spears!
• You can watch uncensored clips of the new season of The Real World at RealWorldDailies.com.
• Here's a sneak peek at what's coming up on Lost.
• Yes, Kristin Bell does want to come back to Heroes.

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• Henry Rollins wants to know what's up with Carrot Top.
• Ben Stein loves the women of the FBN.
• Time.com's James Poniewozik has some questions about Lost while we wait for new episodes.
• Speaking of Lost, check out this funny postcard (and the one that features Giles from Buffy The Vampire Slayer.
• Simon Baker (The Guardian/Smith) is returning to CBS as The Mentalist.
• I'm so glad I don't watch Celebrity Fit Club.
• Ken Jennings interviews a former Jeopardy writer.
• What if everyone died in the finale of Battlestar Galactica?

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• Best Week Ever picks the 10 Top Chef contestants with the best faux-hawks (or foie-hawks).
• Looks like Katie Couric is going to get a chance to moderate a debate after all.
• Tucker Carlson says goodbye.
• An interview with Alton Brown.
• Quite possibly the greatest on-air local reporter/anchor feud ever!
• A Brothers & Sisters star is heading over to Moonlight.
• Dawn Wells wants to clear up those rumors about her marijuana arrest.
• Are there less fade-ins and fade-outs than there used to be on TV shows?

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• TruTV has picked up six episodes of Man vs. Cartoon, which is sort of like Mythbusters, only for old cartoons.
• Gary Busey follows up his Oscar red carpet antics with this.
• The first Burn Notice novel comes out in August.
• More info on NBC's plan for a 52-week TV season.
• The Late Show with David Letterman announces the end of the writers strike.
• No, Paula Abdul's new video has not been rejected by MTV.
• And finally, video of Larry King dancing with Janet Jackson.

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• Bill O'Reilly goes on Jay Leno and talks about David Letterman.
• A Q & A with David Simon, creator of The Wire.
• Do you remember Supertrain?
• The standup of Daily Show correspondent John Oliver.
• Women's Murder Club is returning.
• A George Clooney episode of The Facts of Life, in 5 minutes.
• TV writer Earl Pomerantz (Becker, Cheers, Taxi, Mary Tyler Moore, etc) now has a blog.
• Watching The Oscars on ABC tonight? Here's a complete guide.

• It's the 60th anniversary of NBC Nightly News.
• Today's tip: if you're selling bootleg copies of The Carol Burnett Show, don't use a newspaper's address as your address. [via Lee Goldberg]
• Should CBS show Dexter, even if it is cleaned up?
• Tom Shales is not happy with Turner Classic Movies.
• What did William Shatner, Tina Fey, and Naveen Andrews do during the strike?
• This may be a silly question to ask on a TV blog, but are you a movie person or a TV person?
• Aaron Barnhart has a list of strike winners and losers.

What's going on at the other TV blogs via the internets.

• Wanna save Friday Night Lights? Send light bulbs to NBC!
• Are there cartoons where Sylvester the Cat actually wins in the end?
• Survivor got the lowest debut ratings in the show's history the other night.
• Conan O'Brien and an audience member ran through the MSNBC studios yesterday.
• Did you know Dick Cavett is keeping a blog at The New York Times site?
• Will the final episodes of Scrubs go straight to DVD?
• Jeopardy! champ Ken Jennings has a new book out.

What's going on at the other TV blogs via the internets.

• Kiefer Sutherland won't wear headphones.
• Which Happy Days episode was worse, jumping the shark or riding the bull?
• CNN: "the most trusted name in best political teams."
• Tom Bergeron is going to has a new show called Supper Club, where he will host a dinner party at the home of Universal Studios head Ron Meyer and talk about the environment. Huh?
• Microsoft might buy Yahoo, but Yahoo is definitely buying Maven, which does video for several sites, including CBS Sports and FOX News.
• Are you ready for Food Network: The Magazine?
• Letterman's writers might be back to work, but the strike blog goes on.

What's going on at the other TV blogs via the internets.

• BuzzSugar has the scoop on the Freaks & Geeks reunion.
• Bill O'Reilly is not happy with David Letterman or John Edwards.
• Mad Men's Rich Sommer (Harry) has one of the coolest celebrity blogs you'll find, and check out the incredible Xmas card he sent out.
• What were you doing in 1983? I was graduating from high school and watching MTV.
• New York picks 10 shows that they'd like to see NBC's Ben Silverman bring back.
• This teen wanted to crash a Hannah Montana concert - literally.
• Matt Roush loves ABC's new show Eli Stone.
• During the strike, Alan Sepinwall is reviewing episodes of Cupid.

What's going on at the other TV blogs via the internets.

• Could TV ratings actually increase because of the strike?
• Here's The Shield's Shawn Ryan on the strike.
• First Diane Keaton, and now Colin Farrell.
• Lou Dobbs, interviewed by Esteban Colberto.
• Which cast member of The View has had a threesome?
• Oh, never mind, Chris Daughtry actually meant to say he loves American Idol!
• Breaking Bad debuts on AMC tomorrow night.
• Why Margaret Cho won't do Ellen Degeneres' show.
• Brian Williams grabs a red-eye flight.

Here's what on the other blogs via the internets.

• Is this a sign that the writers strike is about to end?
• Jaime Weinman has episodes of WKRP in Cincinnati at his site, including this one.
• Chris Matthews tries to explain his comments about Hillary Clinton.
• Here's video of Howard Stern's appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman the other night (here's part 2).
• OMG, there are two Hannah Montanas!
• Another celebrity feud in the making: Roseanne Barr goes after Oprah.
• Some gravestones of the stars. I like Merv Griffin's. [via PopWatch]