Weekend Edition
While some in the press are faulting the Canadians for glitches in the Winter Olympics, Canadian television will be breaking even or turning a profit on their broadcast of the games despite showing 3-times the footage that we're seeing on NBC, which is the network that says it will be losing $250 million on these games.
TV Junkie: Canadian TV Might Turn A Profit On The Olympics But NBC Can't? Tiger 'Ego' Woods
TV Junkie: Double Doses of 'Scrubs' & 'Better Off Ted' Tonight; Carolla Gets Another Network Shot
Last Night: Sure, there was some football but the best thing that happened on TV last night was "Men of a Certain Age" (#MOACA). I don't know how this series happened but it's a gift. Next week's episode features the incredible Sarah Clarke whom we have kept our eye on since her stint as the nefarious Nina Myers on "24".
TV Junkie: 'Scrubs' & 'Better Off Ted' To Disappear? Yule Log Programming
The TV Junkie Plan: "X-Play", "Scrubs", "Better Off Ted", Leno, Conan (Lance Armstrong!), Fallon.
TV Junkie: 'Better Off Ted' Returns; 'Alice' Criticism; TV Beats Web
The Twitterverse was abuzz with mentions of TNT's "Men of a Certain Age" which premiered yesterday - the show scored as the top new series launch for basic cable this year. In the meantime, check out our interview with series star Andre Braugher who had a powerful performance in the pilot.
TV Junkie: It's Time To Waterboard Hannity; Get Tix For Conan; 'Lost' 100th, 'Diggnation' 200th
Keith Olbermann wants to take up Sean Hannity on an offer to undergo waterboarding - Obermann is offering $1000 for every second Hannity undergoes the procedure. It's time to man up Sean.
TV Junkie: Cowell Says 'No' To Slippage; 'Millionaire' Returns Briefly
The TV Junkie Plan: "Better Off Ted", "Lost" (maybe), "MythBusters" (if not "Lost"), "South Park", "Reno 911!", Letterman, Fallon.
TV Junkie: Ugh, Twitter Battle between Ashton Kutcher & CNN
The TV Junkie Plan: "Better Off Ted", "Lost", "South Park", "Reno 911!", Leno, Fallon
TV Junkie: Harold & Kumar Go To The White House (wait, just Kumar)
In case you didn't hear about it yet, but internist Dr. Kutner on FOX's "House" committed suicide in Monday's episode. This was hastily written into the script as the real-life Kal Penn is leaving acting for a while to go work for the Obama administration in the Office of Public Liaison. This also means no more Harold & Kumar movies for a while, so we're all sacrificing here - but seriously, congrats Kal and godspeed.
TV Junkie: 'Damages' Season(?) Finale
Tonight's season finale of "Damages" promises to be a nail-biter - we know where we'll be at 10pm. As it approaches, we wonder how there could possibly a third season after this, but that's the result of great writing. Unfortunately it's conflicting with the season premiere of "Reno 911!" but we take solace in the fact that it airs again later, because we're cheap that way.
TV Junkie: Ad Spending Down - Cable Doing Well; Zucker Defends Cramer
Ad spending in the US dropped by 2.6% in 2008, with only cable increasing ad revenue for the year. TV and cable still retained a leadership position as the preferred media, taking more than 60% of all ad dollars.

