Stephanie on paid leave from Letterman; "48 Hours" co-workers paid for bond
Letterman's assistant/ex-mistress Stephanie Birkitt is on paid leave, a Worldwide Pants spokesperson says. TMZ, however, claims that Stephanie is banned from the set. Meanwhile, the NY Times reports that CBS is not conducting an internal investigation and that inside CBS News, there is still disbelief that Robert Halderman was arrested. In fact, two of his co-workers posted the bond for his bail.
Advertisers, including Disney, are apparently sticking with Dave
National Organization for Women: Letterman created a "toxic environment"
PETA gets "Dancing" to cancel chimp judge
A chimpanzee was supposed to guest-judge on Tuesday, but PETA got the show to cancel the segment.
Jay Leno bops his head: "I did a Conan"
"I would rather have done a Letterman," Leno said after a stunt rehearsal gone awry. "But I did a Conan."
Did "Dancing" push Tom DeLay to quit due to bad ratings?
Monday's episode drew the lowest-ever ratings for a fall performance show as DeLay's fractured feet became the main storyline. PLUS: DeLay puts his feet in a bone stimulator machine at night.
Leno sends his paparazzi after Kate Gosselin
Check her out on "JMZ."
Harry Connick Jr. scolds Australian variety show for blackface skit
Guest judge Connick was visibly upset and had to be apologized to over a "Jackson Jive" parody skit on the variety show "Hey Hey It's Saturday" (watch the video).
Ellen Page & Alia Shawkat team up to write an HBO hipster comedy
"Stitch N' Bitch" will feature "Whip It" stars Page, Shawkat of "Arrested Development" fame and Sean Tillmann in a comedy about hipsters who relocate from Brooklyn to L.A.
CBS renews "NCIS: LA" and "The Good Wife"
Both freshmen series have been posting stellar numbers on Tuesday nights.
After Stephanie Burkitt broke up with Robert Handerman last month, the "48 Hours" producer became incensed, according to the NY Post. "This wasn't about money, not money alone," a source tells the Post. "This was revenge. It was about making Letterman miserable. He wants to hurt Letterman as much as he can — and he wanted to hurt the girl, too." Stephanie's grandma, meanwhile, said yesterday that she should never have dated Halderman. "I think she was stupid to go out with him," she said.
"It was pretty painful to practice last week," he says of the two fractures on his feet that eventually would sideline him. "Last Sunday, I could only do 30 minutes. But I knew the dance, and I wanted to see if I could dance. We took it one dance at a time and it worked out. But I also knew I couldn't go through that again. In order to be in this competition you had to practice, and you had to practice four hours a day. I could only practice for 45 minutes and then ice. You have to have two feet to dance." PLUS: 
