• Attention, Upper East Siders!Gossip Girl's lovable lothario Chuck Bass was just spotted PDAing with that hipstery, letter-stealing Vanessa. When reached for comment, a visibly distraught Dan Humphrey muttered "Watch out, Chuck. I hear poverty's contagious." (Usmagazine.com)
• Conan O'Brien's ratings are officially lower than Craig Ferguson's! Which means either (a) Conan's already checked out, or (b) Craig Ferguson is actually much, much funnier than we thought. Kidding! Sort of! But seriously, it's the former. (TV Squad)
• Ringleader Britney Spears takes her Circus act to Good Morning America. (MTV News)
• Blind-ish item alert! Is a certain someone (*cough* George) getting slowly-but-surely phased out of Grey's? And if so, we gotta know, why him? Why now? And, most importantly, why not Meredith?? (E! Online)
• Dallas and Toni's amazing Amazing Race romance still going strong. Amazing! (TV Watch)
Tags Amazing Race, Britney Spears, Conan O'Brien, Craig Ferguson, Ed Westwick, Ellen Pompeo, Good Morning America, Gossip Girl, Grey's Anatomy, Jessica Szohr, T.R. Knight
• Grey's Anatomy is promising BIG changes this year! Which is weird, seeing as most of tonight's 2-hour season premiere centers around Meredith Grey and her severe emotional limitations. Again. (NY Daily News)
• Everyone has an opinion about Clay Aiken's super-shocking "I'M GAY" announcement. Especially the most opinionated Idol judge of them all! Professional blowhard, -- Simon Cowell. (MTV)
• Dominico (from Shot at Love and That's Amore!) is still making Italy proud. (Best Week Ever)
• 90210's Shanae Grimes is sorry you've decided to preemptively draw conclusions about her ideal body weight. Also? She would LOVE to do a Gossip Girl crossover episode! We're thinking Chuck Bass wouldn't mind, either. (Usmagazine.com)
• Remember when Spike served those icky spoiled scallops on Top Chef and blamed everyone but himself? Well it turns out life does imitate reality tv art! His D.C. restaurant was just shut down for myriad health code violations. D'oh! (E! Online)
• Only one more week until Matt Saracen returns as the hunky QB on Friday Night Lights!! Unless you don't have DirectTV...in which case, you'll have to wait till 2009 to see him back in spandex. (TV Squad)
Tags 90210, American Idol, Clay Aiken, Ellen Pompeo, Friday Night Lights, Grey's Anatomy, Matt Saracen, Meredith Grey, Shanae Grimes, Simon Cowell, Spike, Top Chef
• Elisabeth Hasselbeck (a.k.a. the blonde Republican one from The View) bursts into tears during a heated debate with her liberal castmates. Again. (Usmagazine.com)
• The Emmy's are here! The Emmy's are here! Ellen Pompeo and Dr. McDreamy came up empty but Sarah Silverman scored an Emmy nomination for her "I'm F---ing Matt Damon" vid. Wait, seriously?? (E! Online)
• Making the Band 4's Aubrey O'Day now starring in Hairspray. (MTV)
• Two things are for sure: 1) Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition. 2) No one goes into Project Runway expecting to be the first contestant kicked off the show. (People)
• Meanwhile, the self-proclaimed "puppet master" gets tossed from the spacious Big Brother abode. (Entertainment Weekly)
