"SNL's" Bush-mocking word and profanity a hot topic at White House press briefing
One reporter yesterday asked about Obama's "strategery," which prompted the president's spokesman, Robert Gibbs, to respond: "I love it how a 'Saturday Night Live' word has entered into the lexicon … I'm gonna curse in a minute."

Sitcoms rediscover the heartland
From "Parks and Recreation" to "The Middle," networks networks are trying to recapture some Midwestern sensibilities.

TiVo denies "The Jay Leno Show" is "TiVo-proof"
Leno does have fewer time-shifting viewers, but many of them are watching the show within an hour, suggesting that they're skipping the ads and, likely, the 11 o'clock news.

Alan Ball: "True Blood" was a way of lightening up after "Six Feet Under"
"Six Feet Under," he says, "was about life in the presence of death. But after that show ended I thought to myself: 'OK, I’m done looking into the abyss now. I’m ready for a theme park ride.'"

When will CBS quit cloning its dramas?
We have three "CSIs," 2 "NCIS" shows and, pretty soon, two "Criminal Minds."

Kathy Najimy gets "Desperate"
"Peggy Hill" will play a police officer who stole Susan's boyfriend in high school.

Susan Lucci will move west with "All My Children"
Most of the New York cast will join "AMC" when it moves to L.A. later this year.

BBC reality show sends a family to live in the 1970s
“Electric Dreams” drops off a family in the '70s with the latest modern technology. Each day, they advance to a new year and get new gadgets.

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