If Smash is NBC's new Friends, is everyone going to start sporting "The Marylin"? I'll be here all week, folks.

Tags: american horror story, covert affairs, heroes, jessica lange, once upon a time, rio, smash, super bowl, the muppets, the office, the voice

So a coach and a long-haired hippie walk onto a reality show...

Tags: Breaking In, Charlie's Angels, Game of Thrones, Heroes, Mad Men, Survivor: South Pacific, The Middle

Sure, carolers suck, but what if they were doing a mash-up of Lady Gaga, Bing Crosby and Madonna? Nog for everybody!

Tags: DVD, Glee, Heroes, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Michael Jackson, minisodes, The Office, webisodes

NBC has revealed the fall and midseason slate of new shows that are meant to save the network, and some of them look good! But some of them... do not, we'll say. I woke up bright and early this morning to attend the red-carpet portion of the network's upfront presentation to get season finale spoilers from current NBC talent, and to ask the new stars what the hell their shows are about and, in one case, why their show is so racist. (Also, while I couldn't get an interview with Tina Fey, I did eavesdrop the hell out of all her conversations, which were all about shrimp. Just a little tidbit.) Read on for all the information I could get out of strangers in two or three questions while their publicists desperately tried to tear them away from me.

Tags: Becki Newton, Ben Rappaport, Bret Michaels, Chase, Cindy Chupack, Cole Hauser, Community, David Lyons, Desperate Housewives, Donald Trump, Gillian Jacobs, Greg Grunberg, Heroes, J.J. Abrams, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jerry Bruckheimer, Jesse Metcalfe, Kelli Giddish, Love Bites, NBC, Outsourced, Parks & Recreation, Parvish Cheena, Rizwan Manji, Sacha Dhawan, Summer Glau, The Cape, Undercovers

Werewolves and rednecks and misfits, oh my! Also: space thieves, performance art, Big Bads, Mark Wahlberg and other scary things.

Tags: Barack Obama, Bitches, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Chuck, Heroes, Howl, Jaime Pressly, James Franco, Lost, Misfits, Rules of Engagement, Slingers, Stone Cold Steve Austin

Lots of casting and cancellation news today, but the first entry in our lineup has been pre-empted in order to bring you a very special message about pre-emption...

Tags: 90210, Dexter, Heroes, Prison Break, Raising the Bar, Rex is Not your Lawyer, Supernatural, The Vampire Diaries, Three Rivers, True Blood

The Modern Family is getting bigger, and so is the antiquated family of carnies on Heroes. Dancing may help Chris Brown, but it won't do Michael Jackson much good. And Jackie Warner wants to be a big loser.

Tags: Chris Brown, Heroes, Lost, Modern Family

There are quite a few television characters who seem to be absent from their TV shows so far this fall. That's not a terribly bad thing in all cases, but it is a wee bit suspicious, especially after House promised more of the mostly missing Cameron and then went and fired her. In light of that behind-the-scenes travesty, I'm about ready to send out a search party for these other guys.

Tags: 90210, gossip girl, heroes, mad men, project runway