As promised on Saturday, the SNL finale lived up to the hype by delivering a great performance from Steve Carell and an even more newsworthy pair of performances from Senator John McCain. When SNL clips make it onto NPR then they had to have done something right. Oops, I didn't mention that "Desperate Housewives" had its season finale last night, my bad... or not. Plenty more season finales tonight (mostly crap IMHO) - take your......

I vaguely remember the '80s so the return of American Gladiator to the screen presents me with a nauseating wave of nostalgia that I want to boogie board to the fullest. Then again, I vaguely remember the '70s and the relaunch of the Bionic Woman left a lot to be desired. But hey, we live in America, and with enough boobies and violence, American Gladiator could have the required recipe for success. Friday 8:00pm Flash......

Dear Tony Pierce, can you please tell your new employers at the LA Times to fix their streaming American Express advertising pop-up so that it does not crash my brand-new computer every five minutes? Thank you, signed, LAist.com. When we are not struggling to cope with adverse side-effects of inexorable technological progress, we are keeping track of the striking writers' negotiations with venture capitalists to begin producing Internet programming. Baby needs a new pair......

This is Shipwreck, think you can take her? You have 5 hours left to try out in LA for NBC's new American Gladiators. The open casting for contestants and gladiators runs till 5pm. This woman impressed the judges, other contestants, and the media by running the 40, then flipped all the way back to the start line. Jaws dropped. Then they asked her to do it again to get more coverage, she did two more......