· A brash appeal to teenyboppers brought 19 million viewers to CBS for the Grammys.

(Nearly half of which plunged sharp objects into their eyes and ears after witnessing Radiohead, T.I., the Jonas Brothers, Kenny Chesney and Robert Plant duet on "That's What Friends are For.") [Variety]
· Because it never stops being fun, the SAG board has re-fired Doug Allen and booting the feature-primetime negotiating committee. [Variety]
· Ed O'Neill will star in ABC half-hour pilot An American Family, playing a "60-year-old man who becomes a stepfather after marrying a Latina 30 years his junior." [THR]
· Star Wars: The Clone Wars has received a second-season pickup from Cartoon Network, ensuring the swishy adventures of Ziro the Lilac Hutt will continue for a long time in a galaxy far, far a gay. Away. We meant away. [THR]
· LA's Center Theater Group will mount David Mamet's Oleanna, with Bill Pullman and Julia Stiles in the roles of college professor/psycho accusatory student (or is she?). Pullman assured producers his mercury levels are "as normal as the next guy's." [Variety]