For Whom The SAG Strike Bell Tolls
· This just in! A tensely worded rehashing of Variety's SAG strike doomsaying piece from Monday! Twelve days into things, progress looks "negligible." Need we remind the Powers That Be of that full-page trade ad taken out by George, Tom, Meryl and Bob back in February? For the love of God, Alan Rosenberg! Just. Talk. [Variety]
· The Young & the Restless and Sesame Street lead the Daytime Emmy nominations, though the two long-running series will only face off in one category: Outstanding Performance By An Actor or Math-Obsessed Vampire. [THR]
· More 90210 spinoff casting confirmations! (Does anyone care about this? Do we care about this?) Jessica Walter, aka Lucille Bluth, will play Tabitha Mills, the "former Hollywood star grandmother [with] alcohol problem." (OK, now we're fully invested.) Ryan Eggold will play Ryan Matthews, "a cool English lit teacher at West Beverly High whose unorthodox teaching style puts him at odds with his fellow teachers and sometimes too close with his students." [THR]
· With all its hit series back on the air, ABC earned a solid second-place finish to Fox, who've won their 16th consecutive week since Idol's new season began. Stunningly, the fate of the TV universe hinges on a woman so plastered she can't count to two. [Variety]
· Just ten days to go before the non-upfronts, and we still no next-to-nothing about what networks plan to put on the air, save Fox's practically-a-sure-thing pickup of Family Guy spinoff, Cleveland. [THR]