Hear that? That was every comedy geek in America soiling him or herself: The State is finally — "for real, no kidding" — coming to DVD. This release has been in the works for years, and I have fallen for the "no, really!" line before, so I won’t 100 percent believe my DVD prayers have been answered until the set is in my grubby little hands. But every possible indicator says all systems go:
The group’s official site has the announcement, and according to MTV’s statement, the set will include every episode, unaired sketches, commentaries, angels who french braid your hair, cast interviews, etc, good things, more of them, etc etc. Joy!
On my way to work today, I imagined coming home to my DVR/life partner this evening, clicking on my recorded shows list, and being greeted by a large smiley face on the top right of the screen. Why? Because I firmly believe that my DVR/life partner — who I named Peter and decided was just to the left of gay — would know that he was about to make me a very happy girl because he’d taped Dancing With the Stars, Castle, and a special Monday episode of Bones. I then thought about how sad I’d been Sunday night when I returned from a long weekend away, scrolled through my recorded shows list, and found no new episodes of Ghost Whisperer and Dollhouse to watch before the premiere of ABC Family’s My Fake Fiancé. Had Peter been able to flash me a frowny face emoticon, I would’ve been prepared for the heartbreak that followed. Therefore, I’d like to suggest to manufacturers of DVRs everywhere that they look into this emoticon feature. Perhaps there’s some kind of equation that can be built in. Like, if more than 65 percent of the shows you were hoping to tape that day aired new episodes: the you’re-gonna-be-psyched smiley face. If not: the break-it-to-me-gently frowny face.
7. Lil Rounds: (Last week: No. 7) Got publicly dumped by Simon Cowell last week — during Allison’s positive critique! — then wound up in the bottom two after experiencing her usual onslaught of pitch problems on "The Rose." True, the overhyped belter at least tried to do something original with her Bette Midler cover, but it would take a Disco Night miracle for her to crack the top five. No matter how Lil performs, let’s all pray she keeps her trap shut during (and after) the judges give their feedback. 
OMG. The poster for Valley Girls, The CW’s Gossip Girl spin-off following an ’80s-era Lily Van Der Woodsen (Brittany Snow), 
A few months ago, Ty found themselves in the heat of a controversy after Michelle Obama criticized the company for offering Beanie Baby dolls inspired by first daughters Sasha and Malia (Ty opted to discontinue the dolls). The company, however, 
Taking things from the Brits and making them our own has historically gone one of two ways: the Coupling way or the Office way. America’s Got Talent has taken the middle path on this: It’s a modest, inoffensive summer hit here for NBC, but has yet to take pop culture by storm the way its cousin American Idol clearly does. And now its progenitor, Britain’s Got Talent, has suddenly become an online phenom — last week it was Susan Boyle, this week it’s 
I’ve been enjoying HBO’s adaptation of Alexander McCall Smith’s 
Anyone catch the Rock of Love Bus reunion last night? (You know you did — ‘Fess up!). If you happened to miss it because you had a prior commitment/you prefer The Amazing Race/you have a life, here are some highlights: DJ Lady Tribe announced she’s been attending rehab (in slurred sentences, of course), Natasha got into a Daisy-Heather-esque brawl with Kelsey, and the ever-quoteable Ashley flirted with the possibility of a romance with "hot bitch" Brittanya. (She did not, however, address her current stance on on whether fans of basil = lameness).
