Post Xmas doldrums have hit the tube big time, here's what's worth watching tonight: 7:00pm BBC World News BBCA - BBC will exclusively cover Benazir Bhutto's assassination and turmoil in Pakistan, aka "shit hits fan" 9:45pm A Guy Named Joe TCM - (1943) Featuring Spencer Tracy as the ghost pilot who shadows Van Johnson who is courting his old girlfriend played by Irene Dunne. This original is a million times better than Spielberg's piece of......

Last night, about 15 miles west of the Kodak Theatre -- a veritable light year -- Taylor Dayne and Doogie Howser starred in film awards gala skits of their own. Little Miss Sunshine took Best Picture, Director, and Supporting Male honors at Film Independent's Spirit Awards. Half Nelson took consolation for losing Best Picture by capturing Best Male (Ryan Gosling) and Best Female Lead (Shareeka Epps) awards. And America Ferrera set the bar for Oscar......

Neil Patrick Harris of Doogie Howser, M.D. and Jason Segel of Freaks & Geeks sing "Confrontation" from Les Miserables on The Megan Mullally Show. And you wonder why her talk show was cancelled.......

There's a growing trend of male celebs either getting outed or outing themselves. And they're getting 'lanced,' says Reichen Lehmkuhl, Lance Bass' boyfriend, and former reality TV stud (from "The Amazing Race 4"). Recent "lancings" include: >> Neil Patrick "don't call me Doogie Howser" Harris >> T.R. Knight (George on "Grey's Anatomy", and of course >> Lance himself. Well, good for the boys who've adopted the catchphrase: "gay and living my life to the......

On Tuesday, the American -ists will be celebrating democracy and hitting the polls, letting politicians know what they really think. It just made us wonder: if it were up to the -ist-a-verse, what would we be voting for? Londonist votes for better skincare, alternative spaces for art, cute little birds and the men who keep them, and concrete. Lots of concrete. Shanghaiist votes for one of the Bee Gees and Air Supply (it's a double-ticket),......

- Known by some as the World's First Blogger, Neil Patrick Harris' Doogie Howser ended each episode with a journal entry that he'd type into his IBM PC Jr. Today he announced that he likes penis. Sorry, Dr. Will. - Defamer - E! lays off 1/3rd of its True Hollywood Story staff. Will now only produce a new episode every other week. - Variety - Chris Rock and his wife are divorcing. - Pop......

The Museum of Television & Radio’s annual William S. Paley Television Festival hosted the cast and creators of CBS’s sitcom How I Met Your Mother at the Directors Guild last night in Hollywood. LAist has grown to really enjoy this show, the likeable characters and the crisp writing. Besides, what other network sitcoms are we going to watch? Rodney? Nope. The King of Queens? Not a chance. Though it was compared to Friends at......