Chris Matthews has been missing from Hardball this week because he has pneumonia. [TVNewser]
NBC's Olympics ratings took a slight dip on Wednesday night. But it's unlikely anyone was watching it on the web: More than 99.7% of the viewing has been on TV. [THR, TVWeek]
Cameos on the next season of Entourage? NBC's Ben Silverman, Fox's Tom Rothman, film critics Richard Roeper and Michael Phillips, and the ladies from The View. [Deadline Hollywood]
Salman Rushdie is furious at Random House for censoring Sherry Jones' book. [Galleycat]
Chris Russo has departed the morning radio show he co-anchored with Mike Francesa, possibly for a better paying gig on satellite radio. [NYP]
