Conan rushed to the hospital, forcing cancelation of Friday's "Tonight Show"
Conan O'Brien accidentally hit his head while filming a stunt for Friday's show, and was taken to the hospital in an ambulance. NBC will air a repeat tonight in place of tonight's show. But Conan is apparently OK. In a statement released by NBC, he said, “Last thing I remember I was enjoying the play with Mrs. Lincoln and the next thing I knew I was in bed being served cookies and juice.” UPDATE: Conan has a concussion, according to Teri Hatcher, who was racing O'Brien when he fell.
"The Beautiful Life" wins the season's 1st cancelation
It's late Friday before a holiday weekend, and CW has decided to let it be known that the Ashton Kutcher drama that slipped to under 1 million viewers this week is canceled, effective immediately.
Vincent D'Onofrio confirms his "CI" exit
The "Law & Order" star will say goodbye with the two-part season premiere. “After eight seasons, and with the addition of Jeff Goldblum, now is the perfect time for me to explore other acting opportunities and I leave the show knowing it is in great hands with Jeff," he says in a statement. "For all my loyal 'CI' fans, I wouldn’t be surprised if Goren pops up from time to time.”
Kenan Thompson doubts "SNL" would fire a cast member because of their weight
“I don’t believe in that at all," he says of the Casey Wilson rumors. "And not every cast member has been drop dead sexy skinny blondes. We’ve had all backgrounds.”
Report: Simon Cowell's $100M "X Factor" deal is done
Cowell is expected to earn £65million, or about $104 million, from the deal, which The Mirror says will be officially announced by his 50th birthday on October 7.
Could D.C. women with cameras in tow be "Real Housewives"?
Some prominent D.C. socialites have been raising eyebrows with cameras following them around at public events.
For the first time ever, Jeff Probst threw out a contestant from a challenge for getting too nasty. Yet, as James Poniewozik points out, producers have been promoting that kind of nastiness in recent seasons. Says Poniewozik, who's considering dropping the show: "Here's an idea, Survivor producers: if you're disturbed by dirty pool and ugly play, how about you stop designing challenges in which you encourage contestants to beat the holy hell out of each other? There's been a lot of this in recent seasons, and while it makes for exciting clips for the ads, and, usually, plenty of pixellated skin, these usually aren't the most entertaining or exciting challenges anyway." PLUS: 
"Before, it was an idea that we had a lot of trouble defining, and America got to watch that,” says Whedon. “Now we feel like it is defined, the network understands what it is, we understand what it is, we know what our cast is capable of, which is wonders… And from go, the mandate has been, ‘How far can we take this? How much can we twist the knife? Where can we find alliances that we did not have before, where can we pull people apart who seem to be together and, most importantly, how can we build Echo up from nothing — which is basically where she started last year – and really give her a sense of momentum and purpose that will ground the show in a way that it couldn’t be last year?’" PLUS: 
Cleveland is like the straight man, which leads to the problem "that Cleveland isn’t an inherently interesting, or, worse, funny, character," says Alan Sepinwall. "His presence allows the writers … to tell meta jokes about white people in Hollywood producing entertainment for a black audience, and occasionally some of the racial humor lands."
You've gotta have a high tolerance for sibling rivalry jokes to endure the new Fox sitcom, says Matthew Gilbert. "A few minutes into 'Brothers … I learned something about myself: I am definitely not in love with sibling rivalry jokes. Watching this show was the worst kind of sitcom experience – mediocre material, piercing laugh track noise, wasted talent, and a memory-impaired father who is fascinated by the fact that some men shave their “wiggly-dos.’’ Yeah, wiggly-dos."
