Jessica Simpson is the new Tim Gunn!

Tags: Charlie Sheen, Cheech Marin, Covert Affairs, Ed O'Neill, Fashion Star, Jessica Simpson, Real Housewives of New Jersey, Rob Lowe, rob schneider, Teresa Giudice, Tracy Morgan

Today it was announced that NBC's upcoming sitcom adaptation of Chelsea Handler's memoir Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea has found its 20-year-old version of Chelsea Handler in Laura Prepon, a TV veteran who is 30, and a mere five years younger than Chelsea Handler's (alleged, because, come on) current age. We're not saying Laura Prepon won't do a decent job, but nevertheless, this means it's time to cast other comedians' memoirs with their TV-inappropriate counterparts. Because you know TV executives would do half this crap.

Tags: Adam Carolla, Artie Lange, Bethenny Frankel, Chelsea Handler, Debra Messing, French Stewart, Jonathan Lipnicki, Kathy Griffin, Laura Prepon, Lindsay Price, Lisa Lampanelli, Margaret Cho, Nia Vardalos, Patton Oswalt, Penn Badgley, Rhea Perlman, Russell Brand, Snooki, Susie Essman, Tracy Morgan

Kenneth the Page will be distraught to know that Tracy Jordan will be missing from a couple episodes of 30 Rock in March, plus Pee-wee Herman strikes a deal with HBO for a special. It's a mixed news day for overly-enthusiastic skinny guys...

Tags: 30 Rock, Ben Bailey, Cash Cab, Gossip Girl, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Pee-wee Herman, Raising Hope, Tracy Morgan, USA, William Baldwin

Today was just another day of ignoring Alec Baldwin as he lies through his teeth.

Tags: 30 Rock, Alec Baldwin, Big Brother, Black Dynamite, Catherine Tate, Charlie Sheen, Glenn Beck, Heidi Montag, Scare Tactics, The Office, Tracy Morgan

I know, she's not the only one who got fired, but she is the one of the two most worthy of open ridicule.

Tags: Adam Shankman, Benjamin Bratt, Johnny Knoxville, Law & Order, Melrose Place, So You Think You Can Dance, Tracy Morgan

There's more news happening about David Letterman, but frankly, unless he talks about it on his show or someone gets fired and/or goes to jail, I'm tired of writing about it. In other news, someone decided that Juno should be a writer and Donald Trump has decided his true skills lie in matchmaking. At least it isn't hairstyling.

Tags: alia shawkat, don draper, donald trump, ellen page, family guy, mad men, Stitch N Bitch, tracy morgan

Tracy Morgan joked that he was in more sketches during this past weekend's guest hosting gig than he was in during his entire tenure on SNL. That may be true, but his recurring characters, which were dusted off and brought back just for the occasion, made for some of the brightest spots this week. His Brian Fellows and Astronaut Jones sketches were two of the few things that really made me laugh during the episode. Maybe it is just that both sketches have catchy theme songs. I'm a sucker for theme music. But I think the fact that they had little to do with any of the rest of the cast probably isn't a coincidence. Though Tracy on Big Love was a funny idea ... for a minute... had it not gone on so long. SNL's writing staff really needs to learn to edit down their stuff of late.... but that's another rant for another day. Some of their funniest things are just quick hit jokes. Like Astronaut Jones having a brief conversation with an alien species (in the form of Andy Samberg) made even that tired punchline more amusing because they didn't drag it out forever.

Tags: saturday night live, Tracy Morgan

When SNL alums return to their alma mater, the results are a mixed bag. In the last few months, we saw the welcome return of Tina Fey playing Sarah Palin to hysterically witless effect. On the other hand, we were also forced to suffer through Steve Martin's one billionth hosting gig, which stretched out one gag (that he's a self-satisfied blow hard) for exactly one hour and twenty minutes too long. But news that Tracy Morgan will revisit his old stomping grounds on March 14 instantaneously made me jump up and down, clapping and making high-pitched screeching noises that can only be heard by dogs. In other words, hells to the yes! No one can meld childlike and gangsta quite like Tracy M. In anticipation of his guest spot, I've dug up some choice Hulu clips (sorry in advance to our European friends) of Tracy at his finest and I'm crossing my fingers that at least one of them will make a cameo when he shows up at SNL in a few weeks. Strangely, there were no clips of my favorite Tracy incarnation, Astronaut Jones, the smooth-talking, street-savvy space adventurer, so you'll have to peruse non-Hulu sources for those, but peep the rest and get jazzed for his upcoming appearance after the jump.

Tags: 30 Rock, Astronaut Jones, Brian Fellow, SNL, Tracy Morgan, Uncle Jemima