Clinton V. Obama: The Greatest Show On Earth

(Getty Image) A confession: in the past month, my television viewing has largely been restricted to DVDs and the odd hour of network programming. As a student at NYU's scriptwriting department, it just didn't feel right crossing picket lines, even in the privacy of my own living room.

That being said, I've been getting my fill of comedy, drama, pathos and tragedy - and all of it, surprisingly, from the normally boring-as-hell C-SPAN.

Diane Keaton "hearts" Diane Sawyer

(Getty Images) We all know Diane Keaton is a little wacky, but for viewers who tuned into "Good Morning America" today, they got to see Keaton turned up to 11. She not only revealed some apparently deep-seated feelings about host Diane Sawyer's youthful beauty, but she dropped an F-bomb in doing so. Keaton starts to wax poetic on Sawyer's plump, juicy lips - much to the discomfort of the hostess - and slips when discussing her own physical shortcomings (This second clip picks up where the one-above leaves off...)

Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew: So Bad It's Good

(Getty Image) I wasn't intending to add VH1's latest "celebreality" show to my current reality schedule, but it came on last night after "Scott Baio is 46...and Pregnant" (girlfriend is NOT looking good preggers, but Chachi is still hot) so I decided to check it out. Ka-ching...I'm hooked.

Was it Jeff Conaway's incoherent rumblings that got to me, or Chyna Doll's inability to articulate, despite seeming sober, why she is in rehab? Or maybe it was porn star Mary Cary's pseudo-smuggled stash of sex toys, or Daniel Baldwin - who says he hasn't used in over a year - showing up to brag some more about the amount of drugs he's done and his number of stays in rehab?

Are you Bravo star material?

Bravo's "Top Design" and "Shear Genius" are coming back in '08 and they're looking for interior designers and hair stylists. Here's the casting call direct from Bravo. Be sure to let us know if you get a callback!

Open calls for designers interested in competing in the interior-design competition series ("Top Design" and the high-end hairstyling competition "Shear Genius" will be held in cities across the country starting this week. Additional casting information for these series is available at www.BravoTV.com/casting.

30 Rock: Life without Lemon?

So "30 Rock" showed its last first-run episode on Thursday for who-knows-how-long, and I realized that I don't quite know what I'm going to do with myself without Liz Lemon. Life without her is but one word...blurgh.

But it's not just Tina Fey's gloriously successful-in-spite-of-her-dorkiness Lemon that makes "30 Rock" such a gift from god (and which, by the way, just won her a Golden Globe...of course she wins the year we don't get to hear an acceptance speech from her). It's Alec Baldwin's incomprable turn as Jack Doneghy, the misanthropic suit with a heart. I defy anyone to come up with a more stellar example of a supporting star stealing every scene they're in, including Jeremy Piven. Fey and Baldwin have struck comic gold in their pairing, and how lucky for them: were it not for Baldwin's success, the public may have been much less forgiving after his phone call debacle, and Fey has found a muse who delivers her lines pitch perfectly.

Stephen Colbert *hearts* the gays

"The Colbert Report" is back on the air (with no writers), and as gay as a dreamy ex-boy band singer. Earlier this week, queer political columnist Andrew Sullivan was Colbert's interview guest. After Hillary Clinton won the New Hampshire primary, Colbert did a tribute to "the woman with the short blonde hair who's famous for wearing pantsuits" -- Ellen DeGeneres! Stephen danced through his audience to '70s funk music the way Ellen does on her talk show, and he had way better moves. If Stephen Colbert played for our side, yours truly would be first in line for a dance date.

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"Gossip Girl" doozy!

Last night was the last "Gossip Girl" for quite a while because of the writer's strike, and it was a doozy. If you didn't watch, it was all about how harshly young women are judged when it comes to sex. You know...the double standard that if a guy sleeps around in high school (or an Upper East Side prep school, as the case may be) he's a stud, but if a women beds more than one guy she's a whore.

Miss America Reality Check -- I Checked it Out...

Shakespearean-trained "Ugly Betty" cutie Michael Urie shows he isn't above making a buck, and so here we find him hosting a bizarre new reality show on TLC aimed at re-vamping the Miss America pageant's image. Frankly, I liked the direction former Miss USA Tara Connor was taking pageants...girl was keepin' it real.

I'm still trying to wrap my head around this, but from what I've gathered so far, TLC has gone and captured all 52 state representatives and put them up in the generic realtity-TV mansion somewhere in Arizona. The girls have been divided into teams with clever names like, "The Recent Contenders" and "Always a Bridesmaid". Could these names be less enthusiastic? Why not just "Can't Lose Those Last 5 Pounds" and "Lifetime Movie Network Addicts".

L Word Premiere Party: Fun Pics!

Yes, that's "L Word" star Kate Moennig giving the finger to Marlee Matlin (while Leisha Haley tries to make a point) at the season five kick off party in Los Angeles.  Or is Marlee giving Kate the finger?  (Oh -- If you missed our "L Word" preview/spoiler alert, just click here). I have to say -- I've never seen this cast seem so...happy.  Take a look at the pics!   

DVD Pick: Celine Dion “A New Day” entertainingly bizarre

There is absolutely nothing subtle about Celine’s new concert DVD, and it goes far beyond the fact it is historically the mother of all Vegas productions. After all, the show was created by Cirque du Soleil’s Franco Dragone. Any bloke with the word “drag” in his name was destined to be involved with this show, indeed. The two disc set is handsomely packaged with a twenty-page lyric booklet that also contains lots of stunning Miss Dion drag poses, and the beaded one-piece short dress she wears on the DVD cover is a little slice of heaven. Girlfriend knows how to show off those legs.