All the tube news that’s fit to surf …

– Among the TV shows that will host panels at the San Diego Comic-Con in July: Chuck, Dexter, Dollhouse, Lost, MythBusters, Psych, True Blood, Supernatural and Smallville.

– There may be no such thing as a free lunch, but there are free TV comedy episodes to watch while you’re noshing. Thanks to Sitcoms Online.com for the heads up about iTunes’ summer sale, which includes free episodes of Arrested Development, Reno 911! and The State, 99-cent eps of The Office, 30 Rock and The Larry Sanders Show, and, best of all, the entire five-episode first season of The State for $3.96.

– Fox has announced its fall 2009 premiere dates, kicking off its season on Sept. 16 with Glee and (another) new season of So You Think You Can Dance.

– Speaking of SYTYCD, why would Katie Holmes be performing on the show? Right? Yet, the rumor persists that she’ll be shaking her moneymaker on a July episode.

– American Idol season five vet, and one of the show’s most successful artists, Chris Daughtry, talks about his second album, which will be released on July 14.

– America’s Got Talent kicks off next week on NBC (June 23, (9PM ET), but will the show find its own Susan Boyle? Even though the Internet sensation was the runner-up on the latest season of Britain’s Got Talent, she’s reportedly earning more than $160,000 for a 12-minute performance at corporate events. In comparison, former President Bill Clinton gets between $140,000-150,000.

– NPH – Neil Patrick Harris, of course – is going to be a villain called The Music Meister in a fall episode of Cartoon Network’s Batman: The Brave and the Bold. Wouldn’t he be great in the next big-screen Batman, too …

– Gossip Girl is the big TV nominee at this year’s Teen Choice Awards.

– Heidi Pratt says Al Roker made her cry. So does dry shampoo … in other words, what doesn’t? Did being chastised by Whoopi Goldberg also make her shed tears?

– Dave Letterman apologizes, again, for the Palin jokes on tonight’s Late Show.

– Heroes star Sendhil Ramamurthy will guest star in the upcoming “Bollywood Homicide” episode of Psych, which premieres (not soon enough) its fourth season on Aug. 7.

• No Comments
• Filed in TV News
• Tags: 30 Rock, Al Roker, America's Got Talent, American Idol, Arrested Development, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Chris Daughtry, Chuck, David Letterman, Dexter, Dollhouse, Fox fall premiere dates, Fox premiere dates, Glee, Gossip Girl, Heidi Pratt, Katie Holmes, Lost, MythBusters, Neil Patrick Harris, NPH, Psych, Reno 911!, San Diego Comic Con, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Smallville, So You Think You Can Dance, Supernatural, Susan Boyle, Teen Choice Awards, The Larry Sanders Show, The Office, The State, True Blood, Whoopi Goldberg

Courtesy of BizBash.com, a round-up of some of the celebs attending the White House Correspondents Dinner on Saturday. Who do you think landed the coolest guests? Gotta love TV faves like Jon Hamm (Mad Men), Ed Westwick (Gossip Girl) and Glenn Close (Damages), not to mention NBC’s line-up of cool cats Colin Firth, Denis Leary, Jason Bateman and Samuel L. Jackson, but I have to give it to the New York Daily News for choosing Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, who’s responsible for what remains the best feel-good story of the year so far.

– BBC: Sir Howard Stringer, Kristi Yamaguchi, Ellen Burstyn and Phil Gordon

– Fox News: Chace Crawford, Todd Palin, Matthew Modine, Greta Van Susteren, Bill O’Reilly, Glenn Beck, Bret Baier and Chris Wallace

– National Music Publishers’ Association: Kara DioGuardi

– CNN: Ashton Kutcher, Demi Moore, Val Kilmer, Kyra Sedgwick, Brad Cooper and Tyra Banks

– ABC News: Jon and Dorothea Bon Jovi, Kate Walsh, Taye Diggs and Idina Menzel

– New York Daily News: Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger

– Fortune: George Lucas and Glenn Close

– People: Sting and Trudie Styler, Miranda Cosgrove, Kevin Bacon, Forest Whitaker, Jon Hamm, Eva Longoria Parker, Ludacris and Brooke Shields

– Glamour: Narciso Rodriguez, Alicia Keys, Kenneth Cole and Kerry Washington

– USA Today: Tim Daly, Justin Long and Richard Belzer

– Atlantic Magazine: Ed Westwick

– Newsweek: Natalie Portman and Owen Wilson

– NBC: Colin Firth, Jimmy Fallon, Mariska Hargitay, Mike Myers, William H. Macy, Jason Bateman, Natasha Bedingfeld, Connie Britton, Kyle Chandler, John Cusack, Ari Emanuel, Whoopi Goldberg, Felicity Huffman, Samuel L. Jackson, Denis Leary, B.J. Novak, Brian Williams, David Gregory, Al Roker, Ann Curry, Luke Russert, Chris Matthews, Keith Olbermann and Jim Cramer

– CBS: Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Brad Hall, Colin Powell, Bob Schieffer and Brad Paisley

• No Comments
• Filed in TV News
• Tags: Brooke Shields, Chace Crawford, Chesley Sully Sullenberger, Colin Firth, Damges, Denis Leary, Ed Westwick, Gossip Girl, Jason Bateman, Jimmy Fallon, Jon Hamm, Mad Men, Whoopi Goldberg