A List Of Things Thrown Five Minutes Ago

FREE JOSH CHARLES! I think I can speak for all of us here when I say that ALOTT5MA stands in full support of the apparently recently enacted Sorkin Alum Full Employment Act. Among the Sorkin alums with new ventures this fall:

• Peter Krause, who's the lead in Dirty Sexy Money.
• Joshua Malina, who's a lead in the apparently awful Big Shots.
• Greg Baker (who played one of the techs on Sports Night) has landed a recurring role on Hannah Montana.
• Allison Janney is in Juno (a/k/a, the ALOTT5MA dream cast, alongside Ellen Page, Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman, J.K. Simmons, and Rainn Wilson).
• Janel Moloney is doing an off-Broadway play.
• Rob Lowe becomes a regular on Brothers and Sisters this fall.
• Kristin Chenoweth is a regular on Pushing Daisies.
• Simon Helberg (Alex, the impressions guy on Studio 60) is a regular on The Big Bang Theory, which 8 minutes in is so painful that I'm thinking self-proclaimed nerds need to sue this show for group libel.
• Ayda Field (Jeannie from Studio 60) is a regular on Back To You, the show that proves even immensely talented people can't make seriously hackish material funny (and the "slut" makeup on her is not attractive at all).
• Merritt Wever (Suzanne from Studio 60) apparently has a major role in upcoming George Clooney legal thriller Michael Clayton, which is looking kind of like Damages done right.