Daily Link Roundup: TV News and the Best of the Rest on the Web

Betty White won't be a part of the "Women of Comedy" SNL episode, Lorne Michaels expresses his favor for Conan, a video contest for Lost fans, Rob Lowe is heading to Parks and Recreation, and more.

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In TV News...

• SNL overlord Lorne Michaels has made his opinions on the Late Night fiasco quite clear: Conan will prevail.
• Speaking of Late Night, the entire series of The Larry Sanders Show will be released on DVD.
• Sorry Christian Slater fans, ABC is shortening the run of The Forgotten. Apparently, this means the show is unlikely to return to Primetime ever again.
• In "Damn the man!" news, Viacom is pulling both The Daily Show and The Colbert Report from Hulu.
• Sopranos star Michael Imperioli has signed on for the lead role in ABC's crime drama, 187 Detriot.
• The History Channel is planning two spin-offs after their successful Pawn Stars series, one in New York and one in Miami.
• Vanity Fair has a great article about what it's like to work with Dave at The Late Show.
• Last week's TV ratings were almost a clean-sweep for NBC and the Olympics.
• Start placing your bets on this year's Dancing With the Stars contestants.
• In Betty White news, the Golden Girl won't be a part of April's "Women in Comedy" episode—but she just may have landed a solo hosting spot.
• It turns out that Rob Lowe ditched Brothers and Sisters to appear on NBC's Parks and Recreation.
• Chicago's South Side might get its own version of the Jersey Shore.

Around the Web...

• ABC has launched an official Lost contest—create a promo for the finale. Sign up and start editing!
• Speaking of Lost, Movieline has five Lost-ripoff shows that have either "failed or flailed."
• The New York Times has a profile on the new TiVo Premiere, which will go on sale in April.
• The A Team DVD will come in packaging shaped like a van.
• Best Week Ever points how how the U.S. Secretary of Defense looks like a stock villain character.
• Here are six very memorable Real World departures.
• Gilligan's Island is being made into a movie. What took so long?
• TVSquad pleads with America to stop listening to the Glenn Beck's and Keith Olbermann's of television.
• In an interesting career move, Neil Patrick Harris will play the lead in the new live-action Smurfs movie.