No deal in the writer's strike before Xmas folks, so we might just have to entertain ourselves. Monday's looking sparse - oh wait, was I supposed to highlight dreck like K-Ville, Samantha Who?, and Deal or No Deal? No thanks. 6:00pm Larry King Live CNN - Relatively new Los Angelino Victoria "Posh Spice" Beckham is the interviewee today. Will there be more talk about her hubbie's giant schlong? Or about how she sleeps naked with......

From our friends at Craigslist, and verified on the "Deal or No Deal" website, apparently the hit tv game show needs a few good women to replace some of the others who had, what, aged? Here are the details: NBC’s hit show, “Deal or No Deal” is currently looking for a few new models to join the current cast. If you’re a female over the age of 18 who has the personality and looks......

- Mayor Tony says the fire is under control, it burned 800 acres - NYT - Alhambra, Burbank, Irvine, and Santa Clarita, you've been bad. How else can you explain the misery that's poised to befall you when the unholy alliance of AOL and Linkin Park plan to bombard your movie houses for One Night Only - The Rock Radio - Ted the Titan the huge "Corpse Flower" opened and closed over these last......

A Word or 73: Was sad to learn of the death of Larry "Bud" Melman aka Calvert DeForest who spent over 20 years as a regular on David Letterman's shows - always able to suffer indignities and deal with situations that exceeded Punk'd and Jackass in terms of humor and sophistication by decades. Fox lostsome couple slots in the top 5 last week: American Idol got 1&2, followed by GRey's Anatomy, Deal or No......

Not to step on the toes of the beloved TV Junkie, but there will be a "Heroes" marathon today/tonight on the Sci-Fi Channel, as they show the first six episodes of the popular NBC show. For those of us with DirecTV, the marathon begins at 3pm on channel 244; for the rest of youse with cable, the superhero lovin' begins at the more reasonable 6pm. Claiming that if you "Save the Cheerleader" you will......

"Monday Night Football" (ESPN, 5:30 p.m.) (the former LA) Raiders @ Seattle "NHL Hockey" (Fox Sports, 7:00 p.m.) Penguins @ Ducks "NBA Basketball" (PRIME, 7:30 p.m.) Trail Blazers @ Clippers "Deal or No Deal" (NBC, 8:00 p.m.) I don't care how many girls they got in this show, how could you possibly watch it for an hour? "American Experience" (PBS, 9:00 p.m.) Finally one about California - the Gold Rush starts in 1848 when......

Last week NBC's Deal or No Deal made it into the Nielsen Top 20 primetime television shows -- twice. The Howie Mandel-hosted show, which we guess airs on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, seems to be popular with the common folk. So last night, we checked it out for a minute. Unlike other game shows like Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune, the show doesn't use any gray matter. You pick one case at a time......

Relaxing last night after the Festival of Books, we caught the Dotch Cooking Show, which Lindsay discovered last summer. It was every bit as weird and delighful as she promised. "Beef bowl is in your dreams. You want to eat it now." We don't really care whether a contestant chooses "Deal" or "No Deal," whether or not they become a millionaire, or what's behind door #3, but somehow the question "Beef bowl or pork......