• Mary Ann from Gilligan’s Island arrested for pot
• E! Kristin has spoilers for How I Met Your Mother, Friday Night Lights, and more
• Will Arnett sex tape! (possibly NSFW)
• Financing secured for a Wire movie, but David Simon hasn’t signed on yet
• House feels snubbed by Britain
• Hulu.com, the collaboration with NBC and Fox to put shows online, goes live today
• Alicia Silverstone quits HIMYM, would rather be unemployed than work with Britney Spears
• Whole bunch of Buffy stuff on sale at this charity eBay auction

• E Kristin has a new trailer from The Hills
• David Simon to Wire fans: stop bitching
• West Wing creators admit to modeling a character after Barack Obama
• Two Big Brother contestants hospitalized, and surprisingly neither case involved alcohol poisoning or morning after pills
• Uh oh, is your favorite show in danger?
• An interview with the guys from Human Giant

• Creators of Will and Grace to
• . I knew he was gay!
• No shit, Veronica Mars was thinking about taking a gig on Lost instead of Heroes
• Writing for the new episodes of The Office begins
• The Wire’s Dominic West gives directing a shot
• Newest Save Our Show stunt? Mailing hair to save Cavemen
• TLC’s newest show is about making stay at home mothers feel depressed about their lives

This is my life: “Smile for the camera!” “But I am.” “No, you’re not. Smile!”

• Ask Ausiello is up and he’s already talking about death on Lost.
• They’re going to need another dozen C-listers for the second season of the Celebrity Apprentice.
• Damon Lindelof .
• Entertainment Weekly helps us remember what we need to get straight before the premiere of Lost.
• Craig Ferguson .
• Check out this eBay charity auction featuring stuff from The Wire.
• Rupert from Survivor has started (I swear to God) a record label for reality stars.
• Veronica Mars’ Enrico Colantoni is .
• Kathy Griffin claims she’s been re-banned from The View. Probably for the best.
• Baghdad Hospital will be shot by real life doctors in Iraq.
• Looks like Pushing Daisies’ first season was short and sweet. Sigh.
• Mira Sorvino is refreshingly self-aware about Dancing with the Stars.

And lots of it.

• First and foremost, is the strike almost over?
• Adding “For Kids” to the end of something doesn’t necessarily make it right.  Case in point: American Gladiators For Kids.
• Survivor will be around for .
• Snoop from The Wire is a .
• One of the actors from Mad Men was killed in an avalanche.
• Michael Showalter talks about The State’s DVDs.
• Televisionary talks to Ben from Lost.
• Aasif Mandvi explains how the “writing” process works on the strike-era Daily Show.
• E-Kristin has a spoiler chat with Lost and Heroes.

I’ve been told they’re worth the investment.

• No more pricey pilots for NBC.
• NPR interviewed the guy who plays Omar on The Wire.
• Zap2It has a list of the new Top Chef: Chicago contestants.
• Fox and the CW are .
• Name a celebrity you’d be less interested in watching a reality show about than Denise Richards.
• Thank God, Jenna Fischer isn’t dating David Spade.
• Breaking Bad did pretty well.
• TV Guide talks to one of of the loves of my life, Felicity Huffman, about the possibility of more death on Desperate Housewives.

Despite what you may have read in the voluminous commentaries on other web sites, this season of The Wire is as awesome as every other season. Various journalist-types have spent a lot of time griping about the unrealistic newspaper scenes, but as someone with no more first-hand knowledge of a newsroom than a police department, I find them very interesting.

This is the first time I’ve watched the show weekly instead of in giant DVD-sized binges, so it’s been a different experience. But what’s really annoying me is HBO’s weird schedule. The new episodes are available on HBO On Demand 6 days before it is “broadcast” on Sunday night and everyone who reviews the show waits until the show is “broadcast” before they discuss it. Isn’t that just a weird fiction? Is there anyone who has HBO who doesn’t have HBO On Demand or who waits until Sunday to watch the show when they could have watched it 6 days earlier? I can tell you who’s not waiting: this guy. And “next week’s” episode was great.

They were playing Laura Veirs in Starbucks!

• A 30 second ad on American Idol costs more than your life.
• American Gladiators has already been renewed.
• E-Kristin has a spoiler chat featuring Lost.
• Seems like the whole gang is around for High School Musical 3.
• Terminator appears to be a hit.
• .  Or at least that’s what his campaign advisors told him to say to get him in with the hip, artsy demographic.
• Chile is getting its own version of The Office.
• ABC producers are getting the ax thanks to the writers strike.

Willpower alone is enough to keep illness away, right?

• A FOX employee tried to run over a picketing dude from Law and Order.
• That Scott Baio — what a scamp!
• Thomas Dekker talks about The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
• Sonja, the first-ever Survivor loser, used her prize money to help build a church (note — this is a confusing article).
• The NY Times explores what real thugs think of The Wire.
• Dr. Drew defends Celebrity Rehab.
• E-Kristin predicts the Golden Globe winners.
• Morgan Spurlock .
• Pop Matters has a practical guide to purchasing a new HDTV.

I can’t imagine this would be helpful, but I’m posting it anyway.

Does that mean I’m falling down on the blogging job?  Perhaps.  Does it mean I don’t love you?  Of course not.

Anyway, remember that 7-minute edited version of The Sopranos that was allegedly made by die-hard fans, but was actually just made as a promotional piece?  Well, they’ve done it for The Wire.

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