Soupy Sales is dead at 83
The comedian made 5,000 live TV appearances and had 20,000 pies to the face, according to the AP. Soupy was so famous in the '50s and '60s that "if President Eisenhower would have walked down the street, no one would have recognized him as much as Soupy," said his former manager Dave Usher. Soupy, who was an inspiration for Pee-wee Herman, wrote in his memoir, “Our shows were not actually written, but they were precisely thought out." PLUS: Watch "The Soupy Sales Show" from 1965.

"Survivor" Russell: The day after
Russell says that being evacuated was "the worst thing that could happen for a guy … It is one of the most demoralizing things I've ever felt in my life." If it wasn't for his family back home, he says, "I would've rather died that day."

ABC's "Obese" will document extreme weight loss
From "The Biggest Loser" producer comes a reality show that captures an obese person losing 50% of their body fat over the course of a year.

TNT brings Angie Harmon back to crime TV
She'll play Boston detective Jane Rizzoli in the pilot "Rizzoli."

Fired "Melrose Place" star: "I had a multiyear contract"
Colin Egglesfield got the news from producers this morning: "They said it was a network decision, and they said the network thought Auggie was a little too dark, with his alcoholism," he said.

NBC signs up Adam Carolla, Don Cheadle, Aaron McGruder
Jimmy Kimmel will co-exec produce an NBC comedy in which Carolla plays a contractor and father. Meanwhile, Cheadle and "Boondocks" creator McGruder are teaming up to create a comedy about two mismatched brothers who open a private security company.

Joss Whedon not "as depressed" about yanked "Dollhouse"
"We weren't about to rock sweeps anyway," he said on the Whedonesque fan site devoted to him, adding, "and though there's a chilly November, December is CRAZY. It's like an Advent calendar of episodes!"

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