ONE WON BY THE GIPPER: Ronald Reagan tops CNN and Time's (you know the news magazine not causing rioting throughout the Muslim world) list of the 25 Most Fascinating People of the Last 25 Years, which apparently was leaked early to the Chinese press. Presidents Clinton and Bush the Younger make the list, while the older misses the cut. Otherwise you got your saints (the Pope, Mother Teresa, Nelson Mandela, and Steve Jobs), sinnners (Osama, the Ayatollah, Saddam, Bill Gates, and Sam Walton) and even a pair of Chicagoans (MJ and Oprah).

DAMN YOU, BERLANTI! Greg Berlanti's had a good week. We start off with the (series) finale of "Jack & Bobby," which had a number of wonderful moments (and getting Tim Robbins and Norman Lear to play Republicans is no small achievement), and which really got back to the series' premise, opening up narrative paths while closing off others. But his greater achievement is "Everwood," which, after some rocky times late last season (Ephram and Madison, Amy and skeevy druggie guy) and early this season (Anne Heche), is now showing its stripes again as one of the best dramas on television, with this week featuring a surprise appearance from a star of a major hit show. Yes, I still miss Irv Voiceover (and lament the general disappearance of Irv and Sassy Nurse Edna), but the story never fails to surprise and never fails to evoke emotion. Put the first season on your Netflix queue over the summer--you won't be disappointed.

IT'S AWESOMTASTIC! From a reader who wished to remain coolnonymous comes this list of dictionary readers' top ten words not (yet) in the dictionary.

Rich Hall, call your lawyers. And Las Vegas Bee entrant Sue Yap, try to get this into your hopefully-not-immalleable head . . .

POWER SURGES, GOOD STROKES, BALLS FLYING ALL OVER THE PLACE: So how does the Phillies Bobby Abreu recover from having to see 'the sheets that move at great speed'?

By going 14 for 24 with six home runs in his last seven games, earning him NL Player of the Week honors.

I just wonder if they can get the other twenty-four Phillies' wives/fiancees onto reality tv. And soon.

SINGING, DANCING, AND SPELLING--A GOOD NIGHT AT THE RANCH: In decidedly non-Scripps Spelling Bee news, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, nominated for six Tony awards this year, will tour America, and you, too, could have the opportunity to spell live on stage, provided you do not behave like Hakapoo Man (not to be confused with Huckapoo, of course).

AD IS COMING BACK! Pardon my enthusiasm and lack of anything witty to say, but I am giddy about the fact that FOX has confirmed it is renewing Arrested Development. (Watch the James Dean thing and you can read the article.)

Sorry, Jack and Bobby fans.

DICK WOLF IS PISSED: NBC's fall schedule arrived today. Despite the general malaise, the biggest surprise is how little actually is changing. Thursdays (where NBC has shown significant slippage) remain as is. The biggest changes come on Wednesdays, where Martha Stewart is being sent on a suicide mission against the fictional castaways of "Lost," and Jerry Bruckheimer gets "The West Wing" slot with his new Benjamin Bratt/Dennis Hopper Pentagon drama "E-Ring." "West Wing" is the only returning show with a timeslot switch, moving to Sundays at 8, placing it against "Cold Case," "The Simpsons," and "Ty Pennington Takes Off His Shirt And People Cry." Casualties include "Medical Investigation," "Law & Order: Trial By Jury," and "Committed." Discuss.