Rocco DiSpirito gets his own Bravo show, Bristol Palin's dancing causes a man to shoot his television, bad news for Walking Dead fnas, Abed's period-charts from last week's Community, and GQ names Stephen Colbert the "Patriot of the Year".


Stephen Colbert bleeds red, white, and blue on this GQ shoot for being named "Patriot of the Year." See the whole gallery of GQ's Men of the Year here.

In TV News...

  • Did you hear the one about guy who hated Bristol Palin's dancing so much that he shot his television? Oh, it's not a joke — it actually happened. [Gawker]
  • Claire Danes is in talks to star in Showtime's new drama Homeland. She'll play a "CIA case officer who tracks down threats to homeland security coming from the Middle East." [Deadline]
  • Sorry, Walking Dead fans — if you haven't realized already, this season only has six episodes. Even worse? The next season's thirteen episodes won't air until October. [The Hollywood Reporter]
  • Three lessons from failed TV remakes that network television should really take into consideration. [Vulture]
  • Michael Phelps is reportedly dating reality star Brittny Gastineau, from the show Gastineau Girls. I've never watched it, so I can't really make a cruel joke here — except that she seems to be missing a vowel in her first name. [Gossip Cop]
  • A roundup of TV's most oddly-matched couples. [The Berry]
  • Annette O'Toole is returning to Smallville. [TV Guide]
  • TNT has canceled Dark Blue, which starred Dylan McDermott. Apparently, it ran for two whole seasons and it wasn't about the color of his eyes? [The Hollywood Reporter]
  • Need a good cry? Here's a list of tear-jerker episodes that will absolutely get the job done. [TV.com]
  • Bravo has greenlit a new show called Rocco's Dinner Party starring Rocco DiSpirito. [Varitey]
  • Fox is developing a new legal drama — that's set in a magical land with wizards. REALLY. It's being dubbed Magical Law and will take "place in a Harry Potter–esque world." [NY Mag]
  • A reader sent in a tip on a web series about an affair that threatens a young couple's relationship and forces them to make difficult choices. Check it out. [Untitled Fiction Project]
  • An obsessed fan created a montage of Alec Baldwin and Tina Fey completely out of nerds. Nerds! Now that's dedication. [What the Cool]

Around the Web...

  • Hulu has dropped the price of their paid membership in order to compete with Netflix. Still — is it worth it? [Media Decoder]
  • Oops — 36 minutes of the new Harry Potter movie have leaked online. [Variety]
  • Here's interview with Gregg Gillis where he talks about the inspiration for his latest release, All Day. [Vulture]
  • Yeah! Julian Casablancas said yesterday that the new Strokes album is finished. I hope they're ready for my high expectations! [Vulture]
  • The holidays got you down? Blisstree's "10 Classic Movies I Watch Over Thanksgiving to (Temporarily) Escape Family Melodrama" will distract you instantly. [blisstree]

You can read Abed's lady-flow-tracking charts, as featured in last week's Community, courtesy of Vulture.