1. E.D. Hill's contract with Fox News not renewed. A terrorist fist jab? A career-ending sound bite?
2. Borat disrupts the set of "Medium." Actually it was Bruno, not Borat, who managed to get in as an extra on the extra-shark-jumpy NBC show. No word if Sacha Baron Cohen's antics were caught on camera, but since there is a Bruno movie due out in May, I'm guessing yes.
3. "Rosie Live." Either you can't get enough of her or you can't stand her. NBC is betting enough people are like me (firmly in the not-enough column) to launch Rosie O'Donnell in prime time Nov. 26, where Alec Baldwin and a singing Liza Minnelli will guest star.
... AND WHAT'S NOT
1. ESPN acquires rights to the big BCS bowl games. President-elect Obama's hopes of a national college football playoff just sank a little lower, and with a $500 million pricetag, your cable bill is probably going a little higher.
2. Criss Angel's "workplace sitcom." NBC is developing a comedy with the tatted illusionist set in the world of magic. I'm sure this will work out better than the one they did with Emeril.
3. Late fall doldrums. Leaves are gone, the Chiefs stink, "Mad Men" is off TV for another nine months and "The Shield" is almost through. I'm so desperate, I'd probably watch the Minnesota hand recount on TV.
