Money for nothing and the kids for free.

Tags: big bang theory, castle, jim parsons, mahsa, rob schneider, sesame street, teen mom, the apprentice

Bravo will continue inhibiting my social life with reality shows, Flavor Flav wants to be perceived as smart, and Sesame Street did something cute!

Tags: Bethenny Frankel, christian siriano, fabio viviani, flavor flav, joey lawrence, mad men, melissa joan hart, Sesame Street

You learn valuable lessons from Mad Men every day (don't have a heart attack while cheating on your wife, don't impregnate your coworker, don't work in an ad agency if you're a raging alcoholic) and now your kids can, too! Also, another BSG actor shows up on Dollhouse, and Sugar Ray likes cougars. It's an eclectic day in news.

Tags: Dollhouse, Flashpoint, Let's Make a Deal, Mad Men, Michael Hogan, Real Housewives of Orange County, Reality Hell, Sesame Street, Vicki Gunvalson, Wayne Brady

The angels are singing! The new season of Top Chef kicks off tonight, and I got to chat with host/judges Padma Lakshmi and Tom Colicchio about what to expect. Over the course of the (very) long conference call, P and T discussed their new judge, writer Toby Young, a pretty rad line-up of guest judges, their own guilty pleasures and the ingredient they're most sick of. They mentioned only one of the new contestants -- Fabio -- by name, so do with that info what you will. They also took on haters who have implied that Top Chef is an easy ticket to success for lazy chefs, and if you're so inclined you can read about what they had to say at NY Mag's Grub Street blog. Otherwise, read on for the highlights.

Tags: Bravo, Flight of the Conchords, Mad Men, Martha Stewart, Padma Lakshmi, Sesame Street, The Electric Company, The Frugal Gourmet, Toby Young, Tom Colicchio, Top Chef, Wylie Dufresne

I have a bone to pick with you, Sesame Street. I'll give you the Feist sing-along skit -- who can really eff with "1 2 3 4 Monsters Walking 'Cross the Floor"? And I'll most assuredly give you St. Neil as the Shoe Fairy because, um, genius? But what's all this celeb-courting, high-concept, vaguely inappropriate biznass of late? When you have Kim Cattrall invoking her sexed up cougar incarnation Samantha Jones in close proximity to Oscar's trash can, I can't help but wonder if things have gone a little too far. Playing up to the parents is nothing new -- cuz really, is a kid who doesn't yet know how to control his bowels gonna get a 30 Rock parody? -- but when we have Jonah Hill, who is known nearly exclusively for playing sailor-mouthed stoners, waxing poetic about mustaches that look like outtakes from a seventies porno, it's time to rein it the hell in. What sorts of values are we teaching kids when a talking cake tries to make out with Jessica Alba? US Weekly will have them in a death vice soon enough. Does the one unspoiled place where a kid can hang out with monsters and learn to tie his shoes in peace need to beat the trashy tabs to the punch?

Tags: Jessica Alba, Jonah Hill, Kim Cattrall, Sesame Street, Smokey Robinson