Awww… it’s just like old times.  Want to bitch about Studio 60?

• Michelle Trachtenberg is joining the cast of Gossip Girl.
• Mr. Show’s Bob Odenkirk and David Cross are reuniting on a project called “David’s Situation.”
• In case anyone was wondering, The Bionic Woman is officially kaput.
• Things look good for a second season of The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
• A talk with Lost’s creator .
• Michael from Lost talks to TV Guide.
• I can’t tell if this Lost/Battlestar Galactica comparison is annoying or profound.
• Rainn Wilson talks about Office spin-offs.
• Sock from Reaper talks to E! I have completely forgotten about that show.
• Looks like a few people actually posted the Spike graphic!  Take a look at Amuse Biatch, Wannabe Foodie and Cliffieland.

“Big, big, big cat!” — Shonen Knife

• A co-hort of Dog the Bounty Hunter has been arrested for indecent exposure. On the scandal scale, this is still probably a step up from racial epithets.
• Taylor Hicks follows Ruben Studdard in losing his record deal.
• Will the Golden Globes be canceled?
• Jay Leno and Jimmy Kimmel will do time on each others’ shows. Meanwhile, the WGA is going to punish Leno for writing his monologues.
• E-Kristin has a new video show featuring “Frakked-Up Fairy Tales.”
• Reaper and Gossip Girl are switching times.
• Potential Colbert guests don’t want to cross picket lines.
• Lost shot decoy endings for season four.
• People are doing the “send the network a lot of a certain product” thing to get gay people to kiss on As The World Turns.
• Speaking of the gays, Heroes’ Zach is gay in the graphic novels.

House gets a case at the CIA tonight. I realize this sounds a little silly, but this is a show that has already done House on a plane. So silly is just kind of where’s it’s at.

The devil’s hatred of Halloween — and a great scene of him smoking, noir-style, in an abandoned meat processing plant — were highlights of last week’s generally okay Reaper. Who doesn’t love Patton Oswalt? No one, that’s who. I hope it steps up from generally okay, because I’m beginning to spend too much time staring at Sam’s cute little freckly nose.

We interrupt your regularly scheduled programming: I dunno. Talk about Heroes some more?

Things I Liked:

1. Jon, on the latest Democratic presidential debate: “It’s like the world’s most boring Neil LaBute play.”
2. In the boring moments of Reaper, Sam’s cute little freckly nose.
3. Evil Horse Lady insulting Kristin Chenowith’s cleavage on Pushing Daisies.
4. Free taco day. I didn’t eat one, but it still makes me laugh.

Things I Disliked:

1. Lily’s out-of-control financial irresponsibility on HIMYM (because girls love to shop, didn’t you know?), and that she’s lying to Marshall about it and has been for years, and that they made me hate Lily.
2. No Kristen Bell on Heroes.
3. The extreme grossness of the man with sludge blood on House.
4. See number 1. I understand why they did it for the story — it would’ve been terrible for her to make Marshall take the soulless job just to save her ass — but she’s lying to him. And she’s lying for such a stupid reason! I don’t like this. I don’t like this at all.

Since Maggie is currently sequestered during the day I’m going to take over Tonight on the Tifaux until she and her peers agree on a verdict. Let’s hope it’s soon because I long-ago abdicated the part of my brain that keeps track of TV schedules to the tifaux and Maggie.

Luckily tonight is a light night at Tifaux Central. Reaper has a Halloween-themed episode (naturally) with the Devil depressed by a holiday he thinks mocks his existence. I love how sensitive the Devil is. Of course I’m still hoping for the episode where his hair inexplicably turns white overnight. Speaking of which, if you haven’t seen it, now is a great time to start watching Twin Peaks. The pilot episode is finally available in the U.S. along with the rest of the series and it’s all in a fancy gold box. I won’t blame you if you stop watching a few episodes after you find out who killed Laura though. Since Maggie isn’t here I’ll tell you that she screamed so loud at that one part that she terrified the rest of us. Man that was a great episode. Too bad my mom gave away the secret back when I was 11. How was she supposed to know it would be available on DVD some day? If someone had told her, she probably would have said “What’s a DVD?”

At the same time as Reaper, we will magically be able to watch another TV show on another network, House, which I voted for in the most-improved category in our recent survey. After the endless “House is Out of Control” stories last season I’m glad they’ve gone in a new direction. House is totally out of control but the show isn’t trying to punish him for it anymore. Which is more fun? It’ll be nice to have Foreman back this week. I don’t miss having the old three as the focus of the show, but it’s great to have them around for color like Cuddy and Wilson. If we had a most-improved character category I would pick Wilson. He was such a self-righteous jerk last season.

We interrupt your regularly scheduled programming: ABC has the annual screening of the Waiting for Godot of children’s TV specials, It’s The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown at 8pm tonight. The Great Pumpkin told me to tell you he won’t come this evening, but surely tomorrow.

By the way, did anyone out there in America get a Free Taco yesterday?

He’s a mogwai.

• Mark your calendars for April — that’s when Battlestar returns.
• Daniel Day-Kim is the .
• The Fall Out Boy singer is going to be on Law and Order.
• Has Grey’s Anatomy found itself a lesbian?
• The NY Times reports on Werewolf Bar Mitzvah.
• Back to You .
• Ladies: are you desperate? Do you kind of hate yourself? Well, the Bachelor 12 is now casting.
• Yay.  More scripts have been ordered for Dirty Sexy Money.
• An interview with Scrubs’ Bill Lawrence.
• More Reaper scripts have been ordered.

Danson: eeeevil.

I’ve gotten in to Damages just in time for the finale tonight. Though most of the show’s “mysteries” have been solved, they have not been resolved. And as I mentioned, I think we’re in for some big reversals. (Number one: Frye is not evil; he hired those dudes to protect Ellen.)

With the World Series not starting until tomorrow, House is back with a new episode. I hope we keep the new doctors (and one faker) for as long as possible; they’re fun.

And then there’s Reaper, solidly kicking Chuck’s butt, but not really taking it to the next level.

We interrupt your regularly scheduled programming: Dan pointed me to this, which sounds interesting: “Eight-year-old children compete for the position of class monitor in the first school election of its kind held in China.”

This “edition” brought to you by the random word generator.

• Matt Roush talks about this season’s miscastings.
• Dana Davis (aka Heroes’ ‘I see it and then I can do it’ chick) talks to TV Guide.
• Is Stephen Colbert breaking campaign laws with his presidential run?
• Toni Collette and Steven Spielberg are teaming up for a .
• Valerie Bertinelli + Rachael Ray =
• There are new rumored Celebrity Apprentice candidates.
• Does The Biggest Loser demoralize people trying to lose weight?
• Is Reaper turning into a let-down?
• The NY Times compares Mad Men and Damages.
• The Bionic Woman is a sinking ship.
• Nashville is canceled. I don’t remember which one that was either.
• Rolling Stone names the top 25 moments from The Office.
• E-Kristin talks about Battlestar Galactica: Razor.

You guys should really submit some nouns for The More You Know. All I do is think of a noun and then figure out something to say about it and it never makes sense to anyone but me.

• Here’s a preview of the new, big, gay neighbors on Desperate Housewives.
• Rory Gilmore’s dad will be joining Private Practice.
• Jon Stewart signed another two-year contract with The Daily Show.
• TV Guide’s Ask Matt tackles Dirty Sexy Money and Reaper.
• Big Bang Theory and Private Practice have full season orders.  Sigh.
• Check out the huge, crazy new Daily Show Web site.
• Debi Mazar on a ?
• The dude who does Meerkat Manor chats with the Washington Post.
• TV on your iPod?

The only thing I’m interested in tonight is Reaper, which, by the way, is kicking Chuck’s butt in the Chuck vs. Reaper cagematch. Not that you’d have to do too much to beat Chuck, a study in wasted potential. To be honest, neither is reaching the levels of Dan’s top three new favorites.

I guess there’s also baseball. Get it together, Sox!

We interrupt your regularly scheduled programming: A reliable source (hi, Mikey’s friend!) says we shouldn’t miss Tina Tequila’s show on MTV. It sounds like the television equivalent of nailing your own feet to the floor and trying to run, but if that’s your type of thing…