There is life after Lost (on other dead-end series) for Henry Ian Cusick, a comeback for deranged duo Beavis and Butthead (do we really want them back, Mike Judge??), and an Oscar winner takes a hit at Showtime's Weeds. Not a bong hit as far as we know yet...

Tags: AMC, America's Best Dance Crew, Beavis and Butthead, Chris Harrison, Dance Your Ass Off, Dancing With the Stars, Daria, Dateline's How to Catch a Predator, E!, Ed Swiderski, Henry Ian Cusick, Jake, Jersey Shore, Jessica Gower, Jillian Harris, Kate Gosselin, Lady Gaga, Laurie Ann Gibson, Law and Order, Law and Order: SVU, Lost, Mariska Hargitay, Mike Judge, MTV, NBC, Outsourced, Pippa Black, Richard Dreyfuss, Ryan Seacrest, Showtime, SYTYCD, The Bachelor, The Bachelorette, The Flintstones, The Gloomers, The Jetsons, The Office, Vienna, Weeds

The music world and the television world collide today with castings of Susan Boyle, TLC's Chilli, and Salt n' Pepa's Pepa, and I gotta say... I don't hate it. Also, Mariska Hargitay and Christopher Meloni are awesome and will continue to be awesome, and of course, TWoP News would be nothing without a requisite Jon & Kate mentioning.

Tags: Chris Kattan, Christopher Meloni, Desperate Housewives, Drea de Matteo, Greg Garcia, Law & Order: SVU, Mariska Hargitay, My Name is Earl, Susan Boyle, the middle, Ugly Betty, VH1

As far as the happy to horrifying ratio goes with today's news roundup, we're like two to fourish, so don't read this if you're already depressed. I'm sorry.

Tags: 24, Christopher Meloni, I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here, Law & Order: SVU, Mariska Hargitay, Mo'Nique, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

In the news today: phone sex apologies, an ailing TV detective, a senseless battered woman exploitation, ridiculous nerd happenings, witchy casting news and a new Joss musical. It's a real roller-coaster of emotions, I tell you.

Tags: Joss Whedon, Lindsay Price, Mariska Hargitay, Oprah Winfrey, Rebecca Romijn, Rihanna, TWoP News, Tyra Banks, Witches of Eastwick

Word on the street is that Mariska Hargitay, aka the prettiest, nicest, awesomest actor lady in the history of Law & Order might be leaving the franchise after ten years of service. This cannot happen. As Olivia Benson on Law & Order: SVU, she not only apprehends pervy bad guys and soothes victims with her gentle touch, she keeps that wild card Elliot in place. Theirs is the perfect symbiotic relationship. Who else would go all the way out to Jersey to talk to his craycray mommy (the fabulous Ellen Burstyn) and get her to give a statement exonerating her drunk grandkid because Elliot was too much of a proud jerky boy to do it himself? And 'member what happened when Connie Nielson stepped in to partner up with Stabler while Liv was undercover for some vague FBI beeswax? Disaster, that's what!

Tags: Law & Order, Law & Order: SVU, Mariska Hargitay