All the tube news that’s fit to surf …

– The New York Times reports that Ted Kennedy spent his final days eating ice cream and watching 24 on DVD.

– Kate Gosselin continues her pity tour at The View, where she’ll be a guest host on Sept. 14 and 15.

– NBC’s postponing the season two premiere of cop drama Southland until October, to allow more time to create a buzz around the show’s return.

– Remember Real World: San Francisco‘s Rachel Campos? She’s now Rachel Campos-Duffy, having married Real World: Boston‘s Sean Duffy, and she’s written a book about her marriage to another RW-er, her husband’s run for Congress, her failed bid to become a co-host on The View and her decision to be a stay-at-home to their five kids.

– Something to be grateful about today: That you’re not Anne Heche‘s ex-husband. Or David Letterman on the other side of Heche’s uncomfortable Late Show rant about her ex.

– So many TV shows being adapted as movies … add another to the list of movies being adapted into TV shows: Fox is developing a Heathers series.

– Chuck/Gossip Girl/The O.C. producer Josh Schwartz is developing a half-hour comedy for CBS, an autobiographical-ish tale of a life with a newly-married, twentysomething couple.

– And tonight in primetime:

– Another housemate gets the boot on Big Brother 11 (8PM ET, CBS)
– The tough chicas of Police Women of Broward County are back in action (9PM, TLC)
– Oh, Katie, that’s not just any old brownie you’re picking up at Pandora’s party on Skins (9PM, BBCA)
– How is glass bent? How do you drill through solid rock? Find out on Science Channel’s How Do They Do It? (9PM)
– It’s the season two premiere of Rob Dyrdek’s Fantasy Factory on MTV (9PM)
– It’s time to say goodbye to Royal Pains with its first season finale (10PM, USA), but, good news, it will be back for another season
– NeNe heads to LaLaLand with Lisa on The Real Housewives of Atlanta (10PM, Bravo)
– The Ace of Cakes gang makes a video game-themed cake (10PM, Food Network)
– Penn & Teller: Bullsh*t (10PM, Showtime) wrap up a seventh season with a look at the inner workings of the Vatican
– Aubry gets a tattoo on L.A. Ink (10PM, TLC)
– Killer bees! On Verminators (10PM, Discovery)
– Pranked (10:30PM) is MTV’s new series that showcases the best pranks on the Internet