Prepare your goodbyes for Running Wilde, Taylor Momsen gets benched on Gossip Girl, Mischa Barton gets a reality show, Julia Louis Dreyfus heads to HBO, a Grey's Anatomy musical episode, Paula Deen loves her butter and more!


How Friends celebrated Thanksgiving back in the day. [Square Eyes]

In TV News...

  • New adventures for old Julia Louis Dreyfus: she will officially star in HBO's comedy pilot Veep. [Deadline]
  • Fox will run the remaining episodes of Running Wilde on Sundays. Click through for the schedule. Sorry to see a Mitch Hurtiwz/Will Arnett collaboration fail so miserably. [Splitsider]
  • Congratulations to Mischa Barton, who's been given a reality show that will reportedly air on Oxygen. Welcome back to semi-relevancy! [ONTD]
  • Raccoon-eyed titty-flashing Taylor Momsen has been benched from Gossip Girl for at least four episodes. [Deadline]
  • The ratings for Sarah Palin's Alaska plummeted in its second week. It seems people were curious about the show, but not that curious. [The Hollywood Reporter]
  • Being Erica will return for a third season on January 26th. [TV Guide]
  • Rumor has it that Grey's Anatomy is considering making a musical episode. This episode would supposedly revolve around Callie. [ONTD]
  • Here's an awful story for you: Michael Brea (known for Ugly Betty and Step Up 3D) has been arrested under the suspicion that he murdered his mother with a Samurai sword. [Pop Eater[
  • Eric Mabius is heading to NBC's Chase to play a cop named Justin Tate. [Entertainment Weekly]
  • It looks like Michael J. Fox will return to The Good Wife. [Inside TV]
  • For you Oprah fanatics, Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban have confirmed that they'll be guests on her show when they film in Australia. [The Hollywood Reporter]
  • Finally, a list of television families that would make for a great Thanksgiving table. [TV Squad]

Around the Web...

  • Here's an interesting story: Online TV viewers tolerate more advertisements. It's a shame they didn't poll me, because I feel the opposite. [Media Decoder]
  • Oooh! You can now see a video of the Spiderman musical if you had over to their facebook page. [Arts Beat]
  • Sure, why not eat some Dwight Schrute pancakes? [Rainn]
  • Or better yet—have those pancakes alongside a cup of Wilco-flavored coffee. [Spinner]
  • Tom Waits will release a book of poetry. [The Awl]
  • Check out the World of Jenks finale party photos. [MTV]
  • The posters for Toy Story 3 might be Oscar-worthy on their own. [Best Week Ever]
  • What's with this mysterious teaser video from District 9's Neill Blomkamp? [io9]

To get you started in the Thanksgiving mood, here's Paula Deen being hit in the face with a ham. I'll be on vacation from tomorrow onward, but will pop in from time to time. So Happy Thanksgiving, y'all!