All the tube news that’s fit to surf …

– Megan Wants a Millionaire contestant Ryan Jenkins, who was wanted by police in the murder of his model wife, was found dead in a Canadian motel. VH1 has officially cancelled Millionaire, by the way.

– Former Miss California Carrie Prejean is reportedly in talks to be one of the contestants on the next season of Donald Trump‘s Celebrity Apprentice.

– Speaking of beauty pageants, how embarrassing was the Heidi Montag performance on the Miss Universe pageant?

– BET may pick up The CW comedy The Game.

– Really, Simon? I almost always agree with Simon Cowell‘s American Idol assessments, but he called this X-Factor performance the “best first audition I have ever heard.” It’s okay, but, really, the best ever?

– Deadline Hollywood Daily reports that Nielsen has released the results of “awareness studies” re: the new fall TV series, and, most surprising in the report: The low scores for NBC’s Community. The show, one of the best pilots I’ve seen amongst the glut of new fall 2009 series, BTW, has been promoted pretty heavily …

– That Guiding Light Sept. 18 series finale is getting closer and closer. The New York Post has a peek at the cast’s wrap party in New York.

– Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry says the show’s sixth season will feature a “Who Shot J.R.”-type mystery storyline.

– So, which Family Guy “Where’s My Emmy?” spoof is your favorite? I gotta go with the Entourage clip, if only because the show has become so mock-worthy this season.

– And tonight in primetime:

– The Great American Road Trip reaches the end of the road for season one (8PM ET, NBC)
– Glenn Martin, DDS (8PM, Nick) doesn’t know it, but he’s accidentally thrown in with the mob
– Amy tries to keep Ben’s interest on The Secret Life of the American Teenager (8PM, ABC Family)
– Make It or Break It takes a break with its summer finale (9PM, ABC Family)
– Kevin Bacon directs the missus in The Closer fifth summer finale (9PM, TNT)
– Turn the lights on: Dating in the Dark ends its first season (9PM, ABC)
– The chicks fight over the doofus Stallionaire sibs on Real Chance of Love 2 (9PM, VH1)
– She’s baaaaack, and it looks like she still hasn’t eaten a solid meal in forever: It’s season two of The Rachel Zoe Project (10PM, Bravo)
– Raising the Bar is dunzo for the summer after tonight’s ep (10PM, TNT)
– On Weeds (10PM, Showtime), Doug and Dean launch their plot for revenge against Celia
– The T.O. Show heads to Vegas (10PM, VH1)
– Clash of the Gods (10PM, History) examines the legend of the minotaur
– On a The Soup Presents special (10PM, E!), Joel and crew recall the best reality TV moments – so far – from 2009
– Tony heads to Montana on Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (10PM, Travel)
– And Nurse Jackie ends her first season (10:30PM, Showtime) with a stressful night in which her worlds collide

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All the tube news that’s fit to surf …

– Highlights, or maybe lowlights if you’re as tired of the Michael Jackson coverage as I now officially am, of yesterday’s Staples Center memorial to the late pop star.

– The Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato are headed back to Camp Rock. Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam will air next year on the Disney Channel.

– There’ll be two new regulars on Desperate Housewives this season, though one of them is a familiar face. Andrea Bowen, as Julie, the daughter of Teri Hatcher‘s Susan, rejoins the show as a regular cast member in the season premiere, while Mairara Walsh, who popped up at the end of last season as Gaby’s wild child niece Ana, also becomes a regular this season.

– EW.com says CSI: Miami will blast back to the past for its season premiere, in which we learn about the early days of Horatio’s (David Caruso) team.

– McDreamy and McSteamy are getting some big-screen love: Patrick Dempsey has signed on to play a philandering doctor who’s having a fling with Jennifer Garner in the romantic comedy Valentine’s Day, while Dempsey’s Grey’s Anatomy cohort Eric Dane has also joined the cast as a pro quarterback, who’s rumored to be the boyfriend of Bradley Cooper‘s character.

– The Lost leaders are looking to fans for a theme song.

– Three’s Company star Joyce DeWitt isn’t this week’s only ’70s TV star busted for DUI. Add Eddie “Carmine, The Big Ragoo” Mekka, from Laverne & Shirley, to the shameful list.

– CBS has set up a Website for fans who are dreading the Sept. 18 series finale of Guiding Light. The site features video clips from the show’s 57-year history, as well as interviews and photos from the show’s annual Bauer 4th of July BBQ.

– And tonight in primetime:

– The top 12 perform on So You Think You Can Dance (8PM ET), Fox)
– Couples compete on the big red balls on Wipeout (8PM, ABC)
– More auditions on America’s Got Talent (9PM, NBC)
– Ayiiia and Emilee run through an entire relationship in one episode on The Real World: Cancun (MTV, 10PM)
– It’s a casino-themed episode of Dinner: Impossible (10PM, Food Network), from Mohegan Sun in Connecticut
– Neil Patrick Harris guest stars on Bravo’s Top Chef Masters (10PM)
– And on the sixth season finale of Reno 911! (10:30PM, Comedy Central), Raineesha and Weigel go to couples therapy together, and yes, there’s kissing involved

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All the tube news that’s fit to surf …

-Just not a good month for TV celebs: On the heels of the deaths of Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, MTV video legend Michael Jackson and pitchman Billy Mays, The Gale Storm Show and My Little Margie star Gale Storm – one of TV’s first big stars – died on Saturday at age 87, while comedian, celeb impersonator and frequent late-night TV guest Fred Travalena died Sunday at age 66 after a battle with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

– The B-Side Blog has a sneak peek at the new Big Brother house, where the latest round of reality TV hamsters will move in on July 9.

– For TV fans, this is the year to attend Comic-Con in San Diego. The TV-heavy line-up includes panels with the casts of Lost, 24, Chuck, Bones, Burn Notice, Glee, MythBusters, The Cleveland Show, Futurama, Heroes and upcoming series V, Flash Forward and Human Target.

– No good Oprah deed goes unpunished? May be, as her gifts to her staff – a fancy luxury cruise – is reportedly going to cost each of them $1,000 in taxes.

– As the Sept. 18 series finale of long-running daytime soap Guiding Light grows sadly closer, 60 Minutes is planning a special Sept. segment that includes interviews with cast, while the Daytime Emmy telecast on Aug. 30 will also include a special tribute. Meanwhile, The Hollywood Reporter‘s Roger Friedman claims the show’s sponsor, Procter & Gamble, is purposely trying to turn fans against the show because the company wants out of the soap biz.

– Casting news: Reaper star Missy Peregrym has signed on to star in ABC’s Canadian cop drama Copper, while Desperate Housewives guest star T.J. Ramini – he played Gabby’s trainer, Yaniv – will be a recurring star on season eight of 24, where he’ll play Tarin, a cohort of the Middle Eastern leader who’ll be played by Anil Kapoor.

– And tonight in primetime:

– The premiere of Oxygen’s Dance Your Ass Off (10PM ET), a Biggest Loser-meets-Dancing with the Stars/So You Think You Can Dance-ish reality competition
– Brenda and Fritz clash when they work together on a missing person/murder case on a new ep of The Closer (9PM, TNT)
– New York will apparently be unemployed after the season finale of New York Goes to Work (10PM, VH1)
– Zoey wigs when she loses her first patient on Nurse Jackie (10:30PM, Showtime)
– Celia’s baaaa-ack – and living in Nancy’s garage, while Agent Roy Till also pops back into Nancy’s life on a new Weeds (10PM, Showtime)
– Buddy bakes a cake and plans to stash live birds inside of it on Cake Boss (10PM, TLC)
– Kathy Griffin hangs with Paris Hilton (is getting off the D-list really worth that?) on My Life on the D-List (10PM, Bravo)
– Guy Fieri hits the road for pumpkin-oatmeal pancakes and bacon-wrapped meatloaf on Diners, Drive-ins and Dives (10PM, Food Network)
– And it’s down to five on The Bachelorette (8PM, ABC)

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