CHECK ONE TWO THREE, WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH [100]GS: Saray is back with some more aca-awesome:

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Let’s take a minute to talk about the stakes of The Sing Off, or lack thereof. There’s something inherently charming about a reality singing competition in which the prize is a Sony record contract and $100,000. Split amongst the multiple members of a group, it’s not a ton of cash, and a record contract doesn’t really mean anything if the label doesn’t invest in you. As my friend Randi said, labels have to recoup 100% of their costs before you will see a penny of what you’ve earned in royalties. Winning The Sing Off is nice, but unless you put heart and soul into it (like Pentatonix has, to great success), it’s not going to make your career. So off we go, for a night one hour of low-stakes singing fun.

LIFE, FROM NEW YORK, IT'S A WOMAN OF COLOR!  About twenty-five African American women have auditioned for Lorne Michaels in the past week, with plans to add one to the cast in January.

YOU REALLY ARE A HEEL:  Former attorney Linda Holmes advises a resident of Whoville as to his rights under defamation law.

HOW MANY FOOTNOTES WILL THE MOVIE CONTAIN? Jason Segel will play the late David Foster Wallace in a forthcoming biopic focused on the book tour for Infinite Jest, from the director of The Spectacular Now.

PARTY ON GARTH, PARTY ON WAYNE: Saray with The Sing-Off, night two:

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Tonight is “Party Anthem” night on The Sing Off, so obviously the big group number starts with Ten singing “Let’s Get it Started” by the Black Eyed Peas. The acoUstiKats and Calle Sol join in quickly after, and the judges all put on light-up sunglasses. Vocal Rush chimes in with Ke$ha’s “Die Young” and Home Free countrifies it up with some nice bass tones. Street Corner Renaissance is as adorable as ever doing the step-touch in the audience. Element is in the middle of the audience, and VoicePlay on the other side and both chime in for a verse and a chorus. Notice how it’s a “group number” but a significant number of people are not singing for a lot of the song – this is how they make it interesting without having to rewrite too many sections for each group. The Filharmonic runs on stage and their lead singer gets to sing with Honey from VoicePlay to fill out the sound, and now we’re in “Please Don’t Stop the Music”. But they do stop the music, and it’s time to go. Title credits!

Remember how last night I said I would try to write shorter about a cappella? Sorry. You get 2,000 words tonight.

SADLY, THERE'S ALREADY A SHOW WITH A BIG NUMBER CALLED "I BELIEVE:" Bull Durham: The Musical is aiming for Broadway next season. No casting is announced, but Jeremy Jordan or Aaron Tveit as Nuke LaLoosh and Norbert Leo Butz as Crash Davis would have to be seen as potential targets.

GET READY TO MATCH THE STARS!  As part of a whole week devoted to game show content, our friends over at Previously.tv have given us a proposed cast for the star-studded big-money Match Game 2014, and have some pretty awesome selections.