Ricky Gervais wants Will Arnett on The Office, Sinbad gets a reality show, the History Channel will give us "Civil War Week" and James Franco could care less how well he does at the Oscars.

ABOVE: The cast of Parks and Recreation's covers this week's Entertainment Weekly. One question—where's Adam Scott? [EW]

What's New on TV Tonight

8 PM — 9 PM

CBS: The Big Bang Theory and Shit My Dad Says
NBC: Community and Perfect Couples
FOX: American Idol
ABC: Wipeout
The CW: The Vampire Diaries
MTV: MTV First: Lil Wayne

9 PM — 10 PM

NBC: The Office and Parks and Recreation
ABC: Grey's Anatomy
CBS: CSI
FOX: Bones
The CW: Nikita
USA: Royal Pains
HGTV: Selling New York
Bravo: 'Million Dollar Listing

10 PM — 11 PM
 FX: Archer
NBC: 30 Rock and Outsourced
ABC: Private Practice
MTV: Jersey Shore
CBS: The Mentalist
USA: Fairly Legal
A&E: Beyond Scared Straight
Food Network: Ace of Cakes

Tonight's Late Night Guests

The Daily Show: Michael Steele, repeat (Comedy Central)
The Colbert Report: Leslie Dach, Michael Lewis, repeat (Comedy Central)
Conan: Seth MacFarlane, Brooklyn Decker, Dana Gould(TBS)
Lopez Tonight: Brad Womack, Taylor Momsen, the Pretty Reckless (TBS)
Chelsea Lately: Jennifer Beals (E!)
Jimmy Kimmel Live: Justin Bieber, Travis Barker featuring Game and Swizz Beats (ABC)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Rob Lowe, Amber Riley, Nicki Minaj (NBC)
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon: Jennifer Aniston, Piers Morgan (NBC)
Late Show with David Letterman: Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi, Bryan Ferry (CBS)
Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson: Jennifer Beals (CBS)

In TV News...

  • Who is Ricky Gervais' official suggestion to NBC for who to cast in The Office in lieu of Steve Carell's absence? Will Arnett. Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant... but even more brilliant? If he played Gob Bluth. Think "F*ck City." [The Wrap]
  • James Franco does not give a shit if he does a bad job at the Oscars. He tells Vanity Fair, "Like, if I host the worst Oscar show in the history of the Oscars, like, what do I care, you know what I mean? I'll try my best, but I don't see any shame." [Vanity Fair}
  • Sinbad—yes, that Sinbad—is coming back to TV in the form of a reality show on WEtv. Here's the show's description: "After The Sinbad Show and his movie roles dried up, Sinbad re-married his college sweetheart, kicked his 30-person entourage off the payroll and got back into his original passion of performing stand-up comedy. Now living back in his original home where his career started, he's working to rebuild his stand-up comedy career." [Warming Glow]
  • The History Channel will launch "Civil War Week" in honor of the 150th anniversary of the war. [Inside TV]
  • The Dallas remake has added Desperate Housewives's Jesse Metcalfe to the show's lineup. He'll play Bobby and Pam Ewing's adopted son, Christopher. [TVLine]
  • There's a new mid-season trailer for Jersey Shore that teases Snooki and Vinny's relationship and the violent destruction of Sammi and Ron's. [ONTD]
  • Lost's Henry Ian Cusick (DESMOND!) has landed a role on Shonda Rhimes' new (and untitled) pilot. [TVLine]
  • Cinemax has ordered a show that's being described as "24 meets Call of Duty" called Strike Back. [Entertainment Weekly]
  • Keith Olbermann's Current TV show will air at his old time slot, thus making him compete directly with his replacement. [The Hollywood Reporter]
  • Bob Dylan is set to perform at this year's Grammy Awards alongside Mumford & Sons and the Avett Bros. [LA Times]

Around the Web...

  • It was five years ago today that Arrested Development ended. Do you remember where you were? (I went to a themed party dressed as Ann Veale and my date completely "blue himself" as Tobias and wore cut-off jeans. That's dedication.) [USA Today]
  • Check out these videos of Jon Hamm and Paul Rudd doing what they do best (being hilarious) at the launch party for Jon Glaser's new book. [Movieline]
  • If you missed last night's NOVA about IBM's super-computer Watson and his journey to Jeopardy!, you can watch the whole thing online. [Vulture]
  • Oh my word, have you seen the meme Hipster Ariel? Here's a list of some of the best. [Buzzfeed]
  • Take a tour inside of Pixar Studios. [Carpetbagger]
  • A study has shown that 36% of Americans would rather give up sex for a month than lose their remote controls. Yikes. [MSNBC]