NBC reunites Tricia Helfer with "Battlestar" boss
Helfer is joining "17th Precinct," the sci-fi cop show from Ron Moore.
"SVU" gets cameo out of John Stamos
He'll play an adoption attorney, joining Lori Singer in a rare TV appearance.
"Idol" vs. repeats gives Fox the most-watched Thursday of any network in 4 years
About 25 million watched last night's results show, in a night packed with 14 reruns. PLUS: Adam Lambert will return for next week's results show.
John Krasinski storms on to the "Conan" set
What prompted him to interrupt his wife Emily Blunt's interview? A beloved hat. (Fast-forward to the 5:40 mark)
Miley Cyrus squirmed when Jimmy Fallon pressed her on "Hannah Montana"
"This is awkward," she said in last night's interview, before changing the subject to put on a mustache.
Another antique reality show: TLC's "What the Sell?"
The TLC series, which follows a special that aired last November, follows a mother, daughter and grandmother who run a large Antique store in Chicago.
Check out Audrina Patridge's VH1 reality show
From Mark Burnett, it's "Audrina."
The shock jock is close friends with Kimmel — so close they vacation together. Yet Stern has never appeared in person on "Jimmy Kimmel Live." For the 2nd time, Stern, in New York, filmed an interview with Kimmel using 
Turns out the loss of Simon Cowell wasn't a disaster: "Last year, the ratings started to really erode right about now," says Fox scheduling guru Preston Beckman. "And we just don't feel that's going to happen. We're not saying it's going to go up necessarily, but we don't think we're looking at the 20% declines we were seeing last year in the second half of the season." PLUS: 
It's not the porn stars, according to Guyism.com: "His appeal is that, while most guys — especially post-college — must reign in their ids and demure to society’s expectations to advance rung by rung up the soul-crushing ladder of corporate mediocrity, Sheen has reached the ultimate apex of manhood eternal: doing whatever he wants and speaking the complete truth, consequences be damned."
"The part of Jack Donaghy was written for Alec Baldwin," Fey said at a tribute to Baldwin. "Unfortunately, I did not have the courage to introduce myself to him and tell him that at the time, so for several months I met with some of the best actors in New York, and also some that are only okay. And with each meeting I had in an attempt to cast Jack Donaghy, it just became clearer and clearer that this part was for no one except Alec Baldwin. And so I knew what I had to do: I got pregnant and I stalled for a year." Then, she and Lorne Michaels asked him, and he accepted.
Lee Aronsohn, who created "Men" with Chuck Lorre, left "The Big Bang Theory" to work full-time on the Charlie Sheen comedy this season. According to TMZ, Aronsohn is fighting to keep the show alive, telling people, "the show is not over." TMZ says that Aronsohn had a "big meeting" with Lorre on "Men's" fate just yesterday.
The "Jersey Shore" star submitted to a Rolling Stone interview, teeling the mag: "When 'Jersey Shore' ends I'm going to do more spinoffs. If MTV doesn't want them, another network will be, like, 'What does Snooki do now?' or 'Snooki's getting married!' What I'd like is to turn out like Jessica Simpson, with her whole brand. She makes millions…I'm trying to build an empire, because after this I can't get a normal job. I mean, how do I go and sit behind a desk?"
