This (mostly) Just In...

So, Harry Potter week was more like a few Harry Potter days, but that's just how we roll around here...half-assed and forgetful. For your Friday, here are some tidbits you may or may not care about:


Emmy Nominations are Out - Even though 30 Rock received more nominations than any show, ever, I refuse to acknowledge the Emmy as a legitimate award until they stop nominating Two and a Half Men for Best Comedy Every Damn Year!

Starbucks to try adding booze to their coffee - When I worked at The Buck, we had people tell us all the time that we should offer bourbon or Kahlua or other liquors with the coffee. Apparently, those alcoholics may get their wish.

San Diego Plagued by Giant Squid - I love that I learned this from the BBC. I am so up with current events!

Comic-Con Next Week - Zillions of nerds will invade my lovely city next week...and I'm jealous of every single one of them.

Countdown to Mad Men: 31 Days - I am literally counting down the days to the season 3 premiere. I made one of those paper chain countdown thingies and everything.

Have a great weekend, you guys!

Programming Notes

Some exciting TV happenings this week:

Top Chef Masters - Premiering tonight on Bravo, TCM takes real, famous-ish chefs and makes them compete, Cajun Style! Err, I mean, Top Chef Style! Pros: Professional chefs should make for some amazing food porn and all the winnings go to charity. Cons: No Tom Colliccio and no Tom Colliccio. Let's all see if life without Tom is worth living, shall we?

Pushing Daisies Finale - Saturday night will be our last night with Ned and Chuck and Olive and Emerson. Apparently, creator Bryan Fuller had enough notice to wrap things up for us in a somewhat satisfying way. Is it bad that I kinda want Ned and Chuck to finally kiss even though that means she'll die again?

True Blood Season 2 - The best HBO show since, well, Big Love starts it's second season Sunday night. Liz is watching season 1 now and I cannot wait to have True Blood viewing parties. You are invited, too, obviously.

Also, is anyone watching Rescue Me this season? It has some really brilliant moments that blow my effing mind. Catch up on Hulu if you can.

Programming Notes

Because I love you, I'm reminding you the first of the last 3 Pushing Daisies episodes airs this Saturday night. Set your DVR!

Also, Jay Leno's final Tonight Show gig airs tonight. I'd be much more excited about this if he was, you know, actually leaving TV!!! But at least Conan will be on an hour earlier (not that I ever stay up that late, but if I did...)

Who is Conan O'Brien and why is she so sad?

Have a good weekend kiddos!

Screw you, ABC!

[Insert lame pun about death here]

It turns out Gingers is the Watchword and our fabulous readers have even less clout than we thought, as our desperate pleas have gone unanswered: ABC has cancelled Pushing Daisies.

Word came down today that ABC has axed Pushing Daisies, Eli Stone (one of Red's personal favs which, I must admit, I never got into) and Dirty, Sexy, Money (another decent show which I now feel guilty about, because I used to watch it and, through no fault of the show, I stopped).

Dancing with the Stars, on the other hand, is still among the living. Ain't life grand?