• USA Today interviews the winner of Project Runway
• Friday Night Lights is almost saved
• The Office returns to work today!
• E! Kristin reminds us why 30 Rock rocks
• TV guide offers up spoilers on Grey’s, House, Lost, Terminator and more
• New show not to watch? FX’s Dirt
• There’s a story behind The Wire’s use of sheeeeeeet
• It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia gets renewed for a 4th season
• Rachel Ray is a hipster! Is that perky attitude just elaborate irony?
• Project Runway execs offer 8 simple rules of reality TV
• All of Sawyer’s nicknames in 6 minutes
• CBS unveils its Thursday plans, show about swinging couples in the 70s included
• CW announced some of their shows as well
• NBC announced it’s summer plans, mostly more American Gladiators and Last Comic Standing

• 30 Rock gets back to work
• 5 years ago Joe Millionaire was rocking our world
• Barring a miracle, Bionic Woman is cancelled.
• An interview with The Office’s BJ Novak
• Apple will be selling tunes from American Idol
• Friday Night Lights might wrap up the series as a two-hour long movie

Isn’t it weird thinking that TV could actually be watchable? After the past few months, with our bleak outlooks and our dwindling DVR backlogs.

Another bit of good news comes with the fact that Saturday Night Lives first post-strike guest host will be none other than Tina Fey. The episode will air Feb. 23 — that’s a week from tomorrow, folks!

Maybe there is a God after all! (Just kidding. )

And Ellen Page from Juno is also signed up.

I want one.  And not just because Jake Gyllenhaal has one.

• Julie Benz (Rita on Dexter) tries to rally support for Dexter’s turn on CBS as well as her role in Rambo.
• ABC is being fined for boobage on NYPD Blue. Back in 2003.
• The writers for Mad Men and Weeds are getting back to work.
• The writers strike is doing more damage — this time bringing Dan Cortese back from obscurity.
• Jorge Garcia (Hurley from Lost) talks about the new season.
• Battlestar’s third season is now being released March 18.
• New York magazine talks about shows from the 80s they’d like to see resurrected.
• TNT has bought Bones.
• ABC has slashed its number of pilot scripts.
• On Wednesday, ABC will air the Lost third season finale all Pop-up Video-like.
• Moment of Truth is doing lamentably well.
• Lifetime has a reality show about dancers and (surprise) mothers.
• Spike from Buffy is on Torchwood.
• Jeff Probst tells all about the new Survivor cast.
• Alec Baldwin, Tina Fey and the cast of The Office won SAG awards.

I’ve been wondering when We Are Scientists would be coming out with a new record. Apparently, the wait is almost over.

The band has released the first video from its new album, Brain Thrust Mastery, and it even features the woman who plays Cerie (the blonde chick) on 30 Rock. The album won’t be out til March — and even then, only in the UK. Boo hiss.

But We Are Scientists have always made good videos (if you recall, Kyle is best friends with the band and they hang out on weekends) and this is no exception — it’s funny and sweet. The song is a bit of a departure from the style of their last record, The Great Escape. That album was jagged and energetic, this is more subdued and poppy. Hell, it starts with acoustic guitars, which were nowhere to be seen on the first record.

One thing — does anyone detect a certain Killers-ish quality to the vocals? Especially during the verse, the singer cops a certain detached, Brandon Flowers-esque swagger. But, of course, this is better than The Killers.

Anyway, enough of me music nerding out. Here’s the video:

Despite being reduced to a fancy-looking press conference, as experienced at our house, last night’s Golden Globes were the best ever. After watching the surprisingly good Sarah Connor Chronicles pilot, we switched over to an already recorded copy of the Press Conference. We fast-forwarded through every single extemporaneous bit of commentary and watched a series of clips and award announcements in about 20 minutes. Like Dan, I had no interest in hearing what Billy Bush has to say about anything.

I’m very happy about the Tina Fey win, but awarding a perfectly good movie like Atonement when you have two  movies that are head and shoulders above every other movie released this year really highlights what a farce the whole Golden Globes thing is. They’re awarded by an association of fewer than 90 entertainment journalists. Why their opinion means anything is beyond me. In a category with 6 nominees you could get a plurality with 15 votes. Anyway, There Will Be Blood was robbed.

You guys had your shot, now it’s my turn to play God with the Golden Globes. I’m starting off with the comedies because most of those are shows that I’ve actually seen. I’m only one man — I can’t be expected to watch all those damn cable dramas.

Sadly, there won’t be a real awards show to look forward to, but Kathy Griffin and Matt Lauer will be co-hosting some sort of Dateline pre-show. That should be good, right?

Best Comedy: 30 Rock

Let’s start off with a bang — the biggest award of the night, as far as I’m concerned. I think that even if justice had been served and The Office pushed off nominees like Entourage, 30 Rock would still be deserving of the award. There’s no other show that combines silly and smart the way 30 Rock does. It has more memorable moments per episode and more jokes per minute than any other show on TV. Hot on its heels is Pushing Daisies — 2007’s best new series. There’s nothing wrong with the show to put in second place, I just think that 30 Rock is a tough act to follow.

Best Actor in a Comedy: Alec Baldwin

I’m not going to offer an explanation for this choice except to say that this scene should earn Alec Baldwin a Golden Globe, an Emmy and a place in all of our hearts.
Best Actress in a Comedy: Mary Louise Parker

I realize that a lot of people, myself included, would almost always defer to Tina Fey in every poll. We all love her so much and want to be her when we grow up. But I found myself constantly amazed and Mary Louise Parker’s performance this season on Weeds. Her character, Nancy Botwin, is such a lovable psycho — she’s a complete mess, but still manages to remain a resilient mother lion in the face of ridiculous adversity. Parker has this glassy-eyed innocence that makes you root for Nancy, all the while maintaining this detached, badass facade. It’s really amazing. If you haven’t already, pick up the first season of Weeds on DVD, invite some friends over and have a little marathon with a theme drink.

As far as Tina goes, the reason I didn’t choose her was because I feel like the material really sells itself. It’s not a dig on her, but it’s a credit to the writing staff. She had some great moments (her Jerry Seinfeld crying voice, etc.), but Parker’s role was much more challenging.

Best Drama: Big Love

I’m not going to lie — this choice was largely arbitrary. I’ve seen a few episodes of Big Love and, even though I didn’t really know what was going on 100% because I had just started watching, I could tell that the performances were great and the writing was effective. It’s everything we love about HBO dramas. On the other hand, I’ve just never seen Damages, Mad Men, or the Tudors. Grey’s Anatomy doesn’t deserve award show love, as far as I’m concerned, and I stopped watching House a while ago because I don’t really see what everyone sees in House’s one-note character, the show’s dull supporting cast and formulaic episodes. That sounded kind of harsh.

Best Actor in a Drama: Michael C. Hall

There are two reasons why Michael C. Hall deserves this award: Dexter Morgan and David Fisher. Hall’s complex, restrained performance as Dexter would be reason enough to give him the award. But I still think it’s an injustice that Six Feet Under never got its due in term of awards, including Hall’s performance as David. Hall is one of those actors that just slips into a character’s skin perfectly. It’s a credit to him that I never think of Six Feet Under when I’m watching Dexter — he has embodied the character so fully that it makes me forget my all-time favorite show.

Best Actress in a Drama: Edie Falco

Again, the only two shows I watched in this category were The Sopranos and Medium. Well, I saw the first season of Medium and I know that Patricia Arquette is the worst actress on any screen, big or little. By default, I’d choose Falco, but I gladly do it. Between her unbalanced character of Carmella and her appearances on 30 Rock, there’s a lot to like about her.

Stupid Firefox made me lose a huge news post.  So here’s like half of one.

• Michael Cera talks to Zach Galifianakis in this video interview.
• Get your own Tickle Me Milo.
• Will Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert face Leno-ish punishment? Meanwhile, Stewart is pissed with the WGA.
• Amazon is using The Office’s cast to shill tax software.
• Denise from Survivor is still facing the music over her lie.
• Tracy Morgan talks about his crappy year.
• Yet another American Idol has lost a record deal.

Alec Baldwin has his own idea on how to resolve the strike situation.

In an interesting rant on The Huffington Post, he opines that “the writers are cursed because they are right on most issues but they are awful negotiators.”

However, Baldwin sees studio suit egos as their Achilles heel in this whole fiasco. He offers:

“I want the WGA to set up a website and on that website we can all post stories about every no-talent, idiotic, amoral producer and executive we have ever dealt with. Just like they do to us on shows like Extra and sites like TMZ (owned by Warner Brothers.) Set up a website and tell the entire world, via the internet, your own anecdote about some of the witless boobs you have endured in Hollywood and beyond. The strike will end in a week.”

Would it work?  Maybe, maybe not, but I imagine it would be awfully satisfying for a lot of people.

And I really like the phrase “witless boobs.”

(via Best Week Ever)

I’m really good at that.

• Andre Royo previews season five of The Wire.
• CBS will start airing scripted Showtime shows, including an edited version of Dexter.
• Will networks run scripted shows into the summer?
• Carson Daly is defending himself for coming back to work.
• A new Ask Ausiello has scoop on Lost and Gilmore Girls (!).
• The Rachael Rae Knife Store sounds like something could go awfully wrong.
• Carlton Cuse won’t work on Lost til the strike ends.
• Producers are mulling a settlement from the WGA.
• Tina Fey and Paula Abdul are totally in a fight.
• NBC has, stupidly, cut ties with iTunes.
• Tila Tequila denies vicious rumors of heterosexuality.