Annie Potts showed up last night as Judith’s blowsy, just-out-of-rehab mom on Two and a Half Men (as first reported by our own Michael Ausiello). And I have to say: How great is it to have such go-to comedy pros who keep sticking it out in the godforsaken Hollywood biz? I’ve loved this lady since she was answering phones at Ghostbusters, and though she hasn’t had a regular gig on a hit show since Designing Women (unless you count Lifetime’s Any Day Now), she’s been consistently chipping away at guest spots and movie roles ever since. Let us just take a moment to appreciate such folks:
What did you think of her finger-licking guest appearance, PopWatchers? What other go-to actors are you always grateful to see pop up on your favorite shows?
The fall TV season may only be a few weeks old, but a clear front-runner has emerged in the race for Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series: Beyoncé’s “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” has already been used to genius effect on Glee and Cougar Town, and last night, its irresistible beats ushered in the series premiere of 
That was probably one of the biggest Gossip Girl episodes ever, both in terms of star power and hair. Clearly, this was shot before Tyra decided to start rockin’ her natural hair. That wig in her first scene was OUT OF CONTROL. My favorite moment was when she was pleading from the other room for Serena to help with her hair.
Let’s get the old band together one last time and play one more gig, you guys. This week’s House brought back our original team of Foreman, Cameron, and Chase, but I have to say…the magic just wasn’t there for me. Maybe it was a too-famous actor as the patient du jour, or the drawn-out Foreteen non-story that I don’t like at all or care about, or maybe it was how removed from the action House seemed for most of the episode. “The Tyrant” had the same issues most recent episodes of House have had: The House parts? Good. Everything else? Beeeeeeep. (That’s my interest flat-lining.) 
Poor Wolowitz and Koothrappali — or, as I’ve taken to calling the inseparable duo, Woloppali. With Leonard and Penny (Lenny? Pennard?) soaking up so much screen time — or rather, with their relationship soaking up so much of Sheldon’s time — Big Bang Theory‘s horny C-3PO and guileless R2-D2 were left adrift in a subplot that peaked at the very top of the episode. Namely, the mighty choice sight gag of Wolowitz walking in decked out like an Adam Lambert wannabe sporting a coif that was somehow equal parts emo and rockabilly.
We’re gonna do something a little different with this week’s Heroes recap. Sure, I could blow on for hundreds and hundreds of words about what worked in “Acceptance” and what didn’t. Instead, I’ll pick out a couple of noteworthy threads, and end with a “bold” prediction. 
Yesterday in Paris, the fashion world got to see what the famed, if fading, couture house Ungaro looks like when Lindsay Lohan comes aboard as “creative consultant.” The reviews are now in … and oh là là, mes amis, they are not jolies.
