· Reaper Season Two will begin earlier than expected: It airs Tuesdays at 8, where it will fend off the Idol dragon, while princess 90210 is shuffled off to the safety of 9 p.m. [THR]

· NBC didn't see much of a ratings improvement the day after Super Bowl. Not that we really see why they should. ("James Harrison's amazing interception surely means Hiro has a less stupid subplot on Heroes this week!") Still, Chuck posted modest gains for its heavily hyped 3-D episode. [Variety, THR]
· Bestselling Hemingway bio "Papa Hemingway: A Personal Memoir," has been optioned for a movie adaptation by The Gotham Group. Why do we have a feeling this will go to Leo? [THR]
· King of Queens showrunners Kathy Yuspa and Josh Goldsmith got a greenlight from CBS on their single-camera sitcom The Fish Tank, about a kid who gets the house to himself five days a week. thirtysomething creators Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick's drama A Marriage got a pilot pickup from CBS as well. [THR, THR]
· The Universal backlot will reopen this summer after the inferno last June that destroyed four acres and all of the archives. [Variety]