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· The Writers Guild, SAG, AFTRA, and the Teamsters picketed FremantleMedia yesterday over the game show Temptation, a protest that followed four writers walking off the show last month because they are working way too hard on a Sale of the Century clone not to have Guild benefits: "'We worked 14 to 18 hours a day on 'Temptation' for two months,' said guild member Aaron Solomon, head writer for Temptation and one of the four who walked. 'The fact that Fremantle wouldn't negotiate with the WGAW felt like a slap in the face.'" [THR]
· The Office's hourlong premiere—which is sure to inspire a resurgence of rabies-awareness 5K fun runs at places of business all across the country, complete with stripper nurses and huge checks—tied its best-ever rating in the 18-49 demo. [THR]

· Comic book adaptation specialist David Goyer (credits in this area too numerous to mention) will direct a feature based on the graphic novel Baltimore, or the Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire. [Variety]
· Competing fish-out-of-water comedies clash at the box office this weekend, as Jamie Foxx tests the tolerance of uptight Saudi Arabian locals for his hard-partying American ways in The Kingdom, and The Rock's quarterback finds himself lost in the world of single parenthood, where facing down his adorable daughter will prove far scarier than taking a hit from a 250-pound linebacker in The Game Plan. Fun! [Variety]
· Matt Stone and Trey Parker are producing 10 episodes of Kenny vs. Spenny for Comedy Central, a Canadian series in which two friends challenge each other to things like staring contests, sleep deprivation marathons, and dead-octopus-hat-wearing endurance tests. [THR]