Sarah Michelle Gellar's HBO pilot: Dead?
Gellar's eccentric family comedy "The Wonderful Maladys" reportedly didn't get picked up, though an HBO rep wouldn't confirm it. A poster on Whedonesque.com contacted "Wonderful Maladys" co-star Nate Cordrry and the pilot's director, who both said the show was dead. Gellar, whose body has bounced back from her pregnancy, filmed the pilot in May.

Jimmy Kimmel: Balloon Boy's dad asked me for $25,000
"This is weird," Kimmel said of the time several years ago that Richard Heene approached him to put his name on a rocket going to space.

Jon Gosselin's lawyer calls TLC's  lawsuit "weak, feeble and baseless"
Says the attorney: "Jon will vigorously defend against this baseless action, assuming Discovery and TLC choose to go forward with their claim by legally serving him with notice."

Conan and Newark's mayor make nice
Cory Booker explained why he took exception to Conan's insults about him: "When there's a herd going after you, you have to go looking for the weakest gazelle."

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar embarrasses himself on "Jeopardy!"
By answering a question with "Who is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar?"

Maksim Chmerkovskiy subbing for Derek Hough on "Dancing"
Hough is too sick to rehearse with Joanna Krupa, so Maksim may fill in on Monday's show.

"Fringe" is languishing on Thursdays
Did Fox make a mistake putting the sophomore drama on TV's most competitive night and timeslot?

Tim Gunn lands "Sex and the City" gig
The "Project Runway" star will make a cameo in the upcoming sequel.

Gourmet magazine is dead, but it'll live on Sunday on PBS
Ex-Gourmet mag editor Ruth Reichl hosts "Gourmet’s Adventures With Ruth."

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