A List Of Things Thrown Five Minutes Ago

YES, TYRA, WE KNOW THEY GET THE IMG CONTRACT AND THE SEPHORA DEAL: It's uncanny how much the Star-Ledger's Alan Sepinwall uses his TiVo exactly how I do:

Bitter "ER" pill Abby Lockhart? Let's just say that on my "ER," there is no Abby Lockhart.

The excruciating "American Idol" Wednesday results show? It's now 90 seconds long, just as it should be. And blink and you'll miss Ryan Seacrest in my version of the Tuesday performance edition.

The regular interview segment on ESPN's "Pardon the Interruption"? History. The whole point of the show is to watch Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon yell at each other, not suck up to their "insiders."

There's even a more micro-level of PTI-tivoediting that I do: whenever there's a segment about hockey or college athletics, it's gone. I can run through an average PTI episode in twelve minutes.

(Side question: why is there not a pop culture version of PTI on VH-1 every day? Someone, make this happen.)

In other TV news, get ready for Mark Cuban is The Benefactor -- basically, The Apprentice without, um, effort? Or, it's the long-awaited The Will, only without the dead guy.