When should you root for the villain? Maybe when he's played by David H. Lawrence XVII. After years of working as a voice talent, radio host, podcaster and new media consultant and entrepreneur, the unusually named actor finally got his big break on Heroes with a memorable part as the dastardly Eric Doyle, the Level 5 escapee who temporarily took control of Claire and both of her moms in the Oct. 20 episode, "Dying of the Light." As we discovered during a recent interview, Lawrence is a true fanboy success story: an admitted geek who loves Heroes and genuinely relishes the opportunities his role has unexpectedly provided him. Find out how he got the part, what really happened between Doyle and Meredith (Jessalyn Gilsig) and what's next.

If you've been watching this Amazing Race season, you've likely noticed that one competitor, Terence, of the Terence and Sarah (and not Terrance and Phillip, as I'm dying to call them) team is a ticking time bomb of rage and what I can only describe as seething homicidal tendencies. Why do I think these awful things? He doesn't want his girlfriend Sarah to talk to other people who are not him at all (and this is not negotiable), he's prone to screaming fits with little to no provocation, and sometimes he gets imaginary cuts that he forces her to blow on if she's not paying him what he deems as enough attention, like he's a five-year-old. Which he is, in so, so many ways. But, like, a five-year-old who maybe keeps some severed heads in his freezer. Sarah, as Oda Mae Brown from Ghost would say, "You in danger, girl."

Tyra Banks is expanding her evil/awesome empire you guys! Because America's Next Top Model and her own self-titled chat show have not sufficiently spread the good word of fierce fabulosity, TyTy and her minions are developing yet another show for The CW, to be titled Operation Fabulous. I kid you not! In it, Miss J Alexander and Jay "Inexplicably Married With Kids" Manuel will criss-cross this fine nation of ours and root out all the crimes against fashion and beauty that regular women (ie non models) are committing on the regular. Per that wellspring of info The Hollywood Reporter, "In various towns, the duo will select five participants and give them Top Model-style overhauls -- how to dress, wear their hair and makeup and bring out their confidence with the support of family, friends and their community."

So C your way out! Seriously, I have a problem with this: It seems Sarah Palin is a big fan of Tina Fey's effing hysterical impression of her. So much so that she's angling to appear on an upcoming episode of SNL as Tina Fey. First of all, Palsies, isn't that just a leeeeeetle too meta for a hockey mom bumpkin like you, wouldn'tcha say? I mean, aren't you worried that when you start with that high concept beeswax, you're gonna alienate the Joe Six-packs who like you because you're not smarter than they are? See here's the thing: we're laughing at you, not with you. I understand it's a difficult distinction. I know subtlety isn't your forte. That type of thing is pretentious and unpatriotic, by golly!

If you're like me, you couldn't stomach watching the entirety of the VP debate last week, which is why it's so serendipitous that SNL put on another one of its little parodies, effectively capturing all the main talking points the debate covered: Joe Biden is gay for McCain, Gwen Ifill is laughably non-neutral and Tina Fey should really think about running for office ... Seriously, if there's one thing that might swing this election, it's Fey's spot-on portrayal of Sarah Palin. Considering the formidable demo that forms its political opinions based on SNL sketches -- which I count myself among -- the ongoing Palin joke might be just what the Obama camp needs to get an edge in this damned race to the presidency. Either that or the opposite of that statement. Either way, if you have a life and were out on Saturday night missed the fantastic sketch from this past Saturday's show, peep it after the jump. Oh, and vote, duh.

Tomorrow night we'll be blessed with yet another forum in which to enjoy the darlingness of Tim Gunn, consummate gentleman, sartorial sage and all-around mensch. What I mean is that Tim Gunn's Guide to Style returns for another season, bravely ridding the world of schlumpy dressers and hot messes one woman at a time, with the aid of a high-tech machine called the Opti Tex (think a real life version of the Glaminator 11.0. This season, stylist and boutique-owner Gretta Monahan takes over for Veronica Webb as Tim's partner in crime, and the two let us nosy journalist types bombard them with all manner of questions about the upcoming season and the celebs and fashions they wish would take a long walk off a short pier. Here are the highlights:

Tanya Roberts is probably known best for her latest role, as Donna's hot mom Midge on That '70s Show, but before that she was a vixen on the big and small screens. Roberts got her big break playing Julie Rogers, one of the last Charlie's Angels, on the show's fifth season, and went on to be a Bond Girl in Live and Let Die and no less than Sheena, Queen of the Jungle. We managed to finagle a few minutes with her at Tuesday's surreal Best Buy event, and found out that she is criminally not acting in anything right now. Scoop her up, people -- she's available! And she's game for almost anything, as she explained to us...

As you may have seen, Amy Poehler is leaving Saturday Night Live. Not only is she becoming a for-real "baby mama" with her husband Will Arnett, but once that's over she's gonna be starring in the new show from the creators of The Office. First of all, congratulations, Amy! The offspring of you and Arnett will be hysterically adorable, and your new show will be adorably hysterical. Second of all, this sucks. SNL just got a lot less adorable, and a whole lot less hysterical.

How has the Internet influenced storytelling on television? How important are webisodes to the future of the medium? And is online content creatively on par with what we see on our TV sets? These questions and many more will be explored at a live event called "The Web Effect" at 1:30PM on Tuesday, Sept. 16, at the fourth annual New York Television Festival -- the Sundance of the small screen. The panelists include influential media theorist and author Douglas Rushkoff, Entertainment Weekly editor-at-large Dalton Ross, leading executives from SciFi.com and MSN Entertainment and... Television Without Pity. You can find out more about the festival here. Admission is free. We're looking forward to an illuminating conversation, and we hope some of our NY-area readers can attend.

This past summer, Hellboy 2: The Golden Army continued the big-screen exploits of Mike Mignola's devilish comic-book character, and the film was promoted with commercials putting Big Red into some well-known TV shows, including Chuck, American Gladiators and Inside the Actor's Studio. And while director Guillermo Del Toro wants to come back to do one more big screen entry, we may see Hellboy on the small screen again before that happens. And I ain't talking about Ron Perlman being in Sons of Anarchy, either.