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• Roman Polanski Wants Court Off His Case

  E! Online - Mon Jan 5, 7:48 PM PST
  You can take the case out of court, but can you take the court out of the case? Roman Polanski, who last month moved to have a decades-old charge of unlawful intercourse with a minor dismissed, filed a motion Monday to have the entire case removed from the Los Angeles Superior Court system and handed to the California Judicial Council for review. Citing judicial bias and misconduct that was alleged in the recent documentary Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired, the 75-year-old more »

• Al Franken Squeaking Into Senate Seat

  E! Online - Mon Jan 5, 4:19 PM PST
  Apparently Al Franken is good enough and smart enough—and at least 225 people like him more than the other guy. The political humorist and former Saturday Night Live writer-actor is poised to join Congress as a Democratic U.S. Senator from Minnesota after the state's Canvassing Board on Monday finally certified the results of his hard-fought battle against incumbent Republican challenger, Norm Coleman. The final tally showed Franken 225 votes ahead of Coleman, the teensiest more »

• Paging Dr. Feelgood: 25 Great TV Doctors

  Entertainment Weekly - 1 hour and 23 minutes
  GREGORY HOUSE Hugh Laurie House , M.D.(2004-) His bedside manner may be a wee caustic (''What would you prefer — a doctor who holds your hand while you die or one who ignores you while you get better?''), but if you're suffering from some exotically unexplainable malaise, he's your guy. Unless he kills you. more »

• Christine Lahti checks into USA's hospital

  Reuters - 1 hour and 30 minutes
  Emmy winner Christine Lahti is returning to the medical genre with USA Network's 90-minute pilot "Operating Instructions." The project centers on Lt. Rachel Scott (Emily Rose), a former Marine who returns from a tour as a Navy surgeon to take a post at a military hospital. Lahti will play Cmdr. Helen Keller, the hospital's chief administrator, who butts heads with Rachel almost from the get-go. Lahti won an Emmy in 1998 and was nominated three other times for her lead more »

• FX's "Damages" the best drama on TV

  Reuters - 1 hour and 32 minutes
  If you don't love "Damages," you may well be in a coma -- or at least in the throes of some sort of brain rot. FX's deliciously edgy and multilayered legal thriller begins its second season of playing with our synapses by picking up precisely where it left off last year, the first two episodes showing it hasn't slowed an inch. If a better cast exists on the planet, it doesn't spring readily to mind. It almost doesn't seem fair: An all-star team that already more »

• 'Gossip Girl': Sweet Child of Mine

  Entertainment Weekly - Mon Jan 5, 10:05 PM PST
  Happy New Year, TV Watchers. What did you ask Santa for? I wanted Chuck Basss uncle to be hot, Little J. to stop hitting levels of Taylor Swift-obnoxiousness, and for Aaron Rose to disappear. Apparently, I was a very good boy this year because I got all of those things. Although, Jenny is still rocking that painful razored cut. First off, lets just all praise the wise judgment of the Girl producers to cut dead weight — I mean — Aaron loose. Its like a big stinky cheese was more »

• 'The Bachelor' Season Premiere Recap: Hello, My Name is Desperate

  Entertainment Weekly - Mon Jan 5, 10:00 PM PST
  Over the past 12 seasons, The Bachelor has tried a lot of gimmicks to keep fans interested. There was The Bachelor: Former Fat Guy, The Bachelor: An Officer and a Ken Doll, The Bachelor: Who Says Fisherman Isn't a Real Job?, The Bachelor: Quasi-Famous Brother of Semi-Famous Dude, and of course last season's The Bachelor: Chicks Dig My Accent. But you know what all of those Bachelors were missing? An adorable toddler sidekick! And that's why The Bachelor: Tragic Single more »

• TLC, NASCAR will track checkered lives

  Reuters - Mon Jan 5, 9:40 PM PST
  TLC is gearing up a new reality show tracking the spouses of NASCAR drivers. The cable network has ordered a docusoap series titled "NASCAR Wives," starring women with surnames familiar to racing fans. TLC will air an hour of the series as a stand-alone special January 24 with a lead-in from the network's most-watched annual event, the Miss America pageant. A full season, including an undisclosed number of episodes, will follow in the spring. The concept mixes racing with more »

• A solid first step for NBC's "Dance"

  Reuters - Mon Jan 5, 7:09 PM PST
  NBC's new year got off to a fine start with the premiere of "Superstars of Dance" on Sunday The two-hour international dance competition series averaged 10.4 million viewers at 9 p.m., significantly improving upon its lead-in, " Saturday Night Live Sports Extra" (5.7 million). ABC's " Desperate Housewives " (14.3 million) was the top show, despite hitting a season low. CBS' " Cold Case " followed with 12.7 million viewers. Both shows also aired in the 9 p.m. hour. more »