For those of you Anglophiles who already know of the awesomeness that is the British comedy Peep Show, it's time for rejoicing. And for those who don't, hear ye: there's this British comedy, it's called Peep Show, and it is awesome. There. Oh, did you want to know what it's about? How about this? According to The Hollywood Reporter, the show is "a modern-day Odd Couple centering on Jeremy (Rob Chester Smith), a slacker with misguided musical ambitions, and Mark (Brad Morris), his uptight, office-drone roommate, who are living together and trying to survive the many unexpected hurdles life throws at them. The stories are told with what is described as a 'unique' first-person perspective and voice-over from the characters." I'd add to that simply that it's super-bawdy, and features unfortunate teeth. There, that should do it. Anyway.

Has there ever been a greater cinematic pairing than Ellen Burstyn and prescription medication in Requiem for a Dream? OK, yes, maybe there has. But I could watch that woman stare at infomercials in a fantastical haze on loop forever, so I am very excited to hear that she will be playing the matriarch of a pharmaceutical family in the new Showtime pilot Possible Side Effects. And yes, I do realize that just because her family sells pills doesn't necessarily means she'll be a-poppin' 'em, but if TV has taught me anything about matriarchs, it's that the one thing they like better than gin and manipulating everyone is pills, so hopefully she'll be drinking some of her own Kool-Aid on this show. The pilot is also being written and directed by Tim Robbins, so it'll likely be good and preachy, or annoying and preachy, depending on your outlook, but if that's what you're worried about you really need to rethink things because Ellen Burstyn and pills will be on the screen at the very same time. Get your priorities straight!

Whether you're on board with Heroes Season 3 or not, if you're still watching it you've undoubtedly got some questions. We recently hopped on a media call with the always gracious Masi Oka, who talked about Hiro's love life, Adam's return, what went wrong in Season 2 and explained why he's totally Mary Poppins this year, all while fighting a cold. Also, and I'm not saying it was you, but if you happen to see Masi Oka in a public bathroom, do not watch him pee, you guys. Highlights after the jump.

Like any good liberal arts college graduate, I've long been privy to the many advantages of having a gay boyfriend. I don't mean a guy that you're actually dating who turns out to prefer the pole to the hole. I'm talking about a partner in crime, that rare breed of man who's much happier to peruse the galleries of an exhibit featuring the work of the Wiener Werkestatte and then grab a leisurely brunch than to down a case of Natty Ice and spend the day watching football. A man who will answer you honestly when you ask if your ass looks fat in these jeans, who knows the difference between Marc Jacobs and Zac Posen, who always smells good, has eyebrows that are better manicured than yours and will eagerly share and listen to details of various romantic escapades with nary an eye roll or judgment as to your promiscuity. The gay boyfriend is a necessary part of any sophisticated woman's entourage, an accessory less expensive than a child or a toy poodle and infinitely more stylish, though possibly more high maintenance. A best gay is a status symbol for a certain caliber of upwardly mobile female, and as such, it would make sense that this storied relationship between a woman and her gay is the topic of an upcoming Bravo reality show, tentatively titled Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys.

Nerd alert! Chuck returns tonight on NBC, and the geeks get back to the business of saving the world, and selling/repairing DVD players. It's all in a day's work. To celebrate this momentous occasion (OK, momentous if you are a mildly obsessed fan like myself) some kind person wrangled the video game controllers out of the hands of Zachary Levi (Chuck) and Joshua Gomez (Morgan) and put them on a conference call with reporters. The results were pretty entertaining. At one point Gomez is talking about how excited he is about the new season and the additional episodes being picked up and Levi jokingly adds: "Yeah and I know that I should say the same but I'm really only in this acting game to work my way into infomercials. I was hoping that the 13 episodes would just wrap up and I could get on with my dream. But, you know, whatever... 9 more, that's fine." You get the impression that it is amazing any work gets done on this set, but still... good times.

Hey, there's finally some good news about that terrifying tailspin the country's currently in! It's inspired a promising new HBO series! Yayyyyy, we're saved! Deets: Americatown is set 40 years in the future, when, following the aftermath of a string of national disasters, oil crises and financial drama, Americans start moving to other cities, forming Chinatown-esque "Americatowns" within them. Being the minority in a new city and all, Americans then find themselves on the most un-fun side of the immigration debate in their new countries, facing deportation threats, general hostility and crappy restaurant jobs. Yeah, I thought it sounded pretty bleak too, until I remembered Wee Britain's Fat Ammy's American Style Restaurant from Arrested Development. And actually Wee Britain itself, come to think of it, and thought, you know, maybe these Americatowns are just about like, donut mountains and ten gallon hats and stuff. Maybe this thing's a comedy! No? It's a likely prophetic view of our future? Oh God, we're all doomed. Console yourself with a Fat Ammy's clip, after the jump.

One of my favorite new shows last year was Life, starring Damian Lewis (Band of Brothers) as an L.A. cop who was wrongfully imprisoned for 12 years, and upon his release won the right to rejoin the force (as well as a big cash settlement). So when I had the opportunity to jump in on a conference call with Lewis, Sarah Shahi (who plays his recovering alcoholic partner) and show creator/writer Rand Ravich, I jumped at the chance, and learned some interesting things about Season 2... and about the actors themselves. For instance, Shahi used to be a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader, and Lewis used to be British! Who'da thunk it!

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After a seemingly endless hiatus from TV (in reality it was only about five years) Sarah Michelle Gellar has decided to grace the small screen with her blonde and beautiful presence again. SMG has been tapped to star in a new HBO half-hour series, The Wonderful Maladys. And despite the fact that it seems like this family drama about three dysfunctional siblings is probably going to break one of my television cardinal rules (No. 3: Thou shalt not use character names in punny or cutesy ways in the title of a show) I'm actually kind of excited. Mostly because I'm only speculating that the siblings are the Malady family and I'm hoping that I'm wrong. The series doesn't seem to have any supernatural elements to it, but the creator does compare her character to "a drug addict with a to-do list." That sounds promising, so I'll give it a shot. I love SMG and if it is between watching a show with her, or watching a show with her husband, I'll pick the one with her any day (even though Freddie was slightly redeemed by a surprisingly funny Brian Austin Green) no matter how many of my insane TV rules it breaks.

I was just feeling warm fuzzy thoughts about Grey's Anatomy.They are bringing on the super, amazing, wonderful, awesome, fantastic, incredible, insanely-talented Mary McDonnell and that makes me so happy. They had a whole episode where people just basically called Meredith on her whining, blabbing, sucking shit. Izzie got a haircut that makes her look fat and kind of ugly. So all was well. I was kinda thinking I might even like this season. Shocking, I know. But then. Then they had to go and cast Melissa George as like a bi-curious intern or something terrible like that. (Scoop credit to my pal Ausiello, aka the bearer of bad news.) This is killing me. I will never be able to think of Melissa George as anything but the girl who took down Alias with her irritating performance as Lauren Reed. She ruined all that was good about that show with her presence alone. This is awful. Making a miserable rainy day even more awful. Mindy agrees [Editor's Note: "I'm a-fumin'!" -- Mindy], and she doesn't even care about Grey's Anatomy.