Since I’ve gone ahead and accepted that Ugly Betty is a part of my viewing regimen, I’d like to point out that it hit some great notes last week: the fabulous rooftop full of cast-off mannequins, the hint that Justin’s about to embrace his inner tough guy, Alexis enthralled with her own boobs, and more. So there.

30 Rock‘s season premiere ruled. I don’t think there’s any more I can say about that.

And there’s yet another hour-long Office to look forward to. Kelly’s pregnancy ruse — and her complete lack of shame about it — was one of the funniest side plots of recent memory.

I haven’t managed to kick my Grey’s Anatomy habit. I am ashamed. The worst part is, I usually have to do something else while I watch it, so I end up baking a lot of cupcakes. Which is making me fat. It’s official: Grey’s Anatomy is trying to kill us.

We interrupt your regularly scheduled programming: There’s a MLB playoff game on TBS. Did you know that TBS has an HD channel now? I presume it was put in place specifically for baseball. Baseball looks beautiful in HD, by the way. But TBS HD (like TNT HD) stretches out all the other shows. It’s annoying.

Dear Dan,

When you watch The Office on the TiFaux, don’t bother fast-forwarding through the theme song. It doesn’t go to a commercial — the show resumes immediately afterward. And then you have to rewind and find your place, eventually taking up twice as much time as the theme song ever would.

Seriously. Every time.

Your pal,

DAN

P.S. — Remember to write a letter to the producers to have them update the theme. Ryan the Temp hasn’t looked like that in forever, even before the beardy, yuppified makeover.

Welcome to the Oddsmaker, where I use my limited knowledge of odds and legendary (in my own mind) gut instinct to predict future plot twists and devices in our favorite shows.

In Gossip Girl, the odds are that…
Blair tries to seduce Dan: 3:1
Blair succeeds in seducing Dan: 7:1
Rejected by Dan, Blair seduces Jenny instead:18:1

In Reaper, the odds are that…
Sam has to send Andi’s dad back to hell: 3:2
Sam does not send Andi’s dad back, so Satan takes his mother: 8:1
Satan gets a spin-off show: 50:1

In House, the odds are that…
Foreman returns to PPTH to start a rival diagnostic crew: 2:1
Cameron dyes her hair back to brown, because it looked so much better that way: 6:1
Chase’s jealousy of House causes him to downward spiral into drugs, ironically becoming more like House with every popped pill: 26:1

In Battlestar Galactica, the odds are that…
They find Earth: even
Earth sucks: 3:1
Earth is full of Cylons: 5:1
They don’t find Earth, and everyone dies: 100:1

Any predictions you feel fairly confident about this season?

It’s finally here.

• Learn about fake scenes on The Hills.
• One of the dudes in I Love New York 2 was into porn.
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• Read the real life Meredith’s blog about The Office.
• CBS wants more Cane scripts. NBC wants more Chuck, The Bionic Woman, Journeyman and Life.
• Spoiler chat with E-Kristin.
• Fox has put the kibosh on Buffy sing-alongs. I blame Rupert Murdoch himself.
• Are peoples’ favorite shows declining?
• Regis and Kelly will be going 3-D for Halloween.
• Nielsen isn’t letting Heroes be tricky with its ratings anymore.
• Remember that Joe Buck show?  It might become a real show.
• Gossip Girl is kissing corporate butt. Wisely.
• The Bionic Woman, Big Shots and Cane all suffered ratings drops in their second episodes.
• The Smallville executive producer answers your burning questions.