Lorne Michaels: "SNL" had to "change it up"
Addressing the departures of  Michaela Watkins and Casey Wilson in favor of Nasim Pedrad and Jenny Slate, Michaels says, "we found two people who would help us more, perhaps, so we have to change it up." He adds that the new season, which will run a lengthy 22 episodes, will be "less dependent on hit characters," so "SNL" won't overuse them.

Is "Survivor" being hypocritical for promoting contestant brutality?
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: Russell is still evil — and boring.

Ex-Fox reality contestant accused of killing porn star
Here we go again: Brian Lee Randone, a contestant on the 2000 Fox reality show "America's Sexiest Bachelor," is accused of torturing and killing porn star Felicia Tang Lee.

"Idol" helped inspire "Fame"
The new "Fame" remake dispenses with the "tortured artist" aspect of the original, thanks to "American Idol," according to Jennie Yabroff. "'Idol' is never referenced in the new Fame, but its spirit informs every song and dance number, and every impassioned speech about why a character wants to "make it."

"FlashForward" beats "Survivor" with 12.41M viewers, "Grey's" returns to 16.79M
"Grey's Anatomy" topped "CSI" and "Fringe" with 16.79 million viewers to their respective 15.72 million and 5.85 million. "Community," meanwhile, lost two million of "The Office's" viewers.

"Jay Leno Show" suffers its worst ratings thanks for fierce competition
Only 4.99 million viewers tuned in last night as the talk show battled "The Mentalist" and "Grey's Anatomy."

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