· In a dramatic move that nonetheless fails to inspire us to care much about the story, SAG's new leadership fires its national executive director. [Variety]
· Generously disregarding the last decade of his career, Al Pacino's acting peers met at the Beverly Hilton Hotel to praise him and present him with the 2005 American Cinematheque Award. [THR]
· Disney becomes the first (and only) studio to embrace the magical anti-piracy DVD players offered free to Academy members. No worries if you've already sold yours for a ten-spot at a yard sale—Disney probably doesn't have any real Oscar contenders, anyway. [Variety]
· Mark-Paul "I Will Always Be Zach Morris To An Entire Generation Of TV Viewers, No Matter How Many Serious Dramas I Do" Gosselaar will join the cast of Commander in Chief. Look for The West Wing to hire Lisa Turtle as a sassy presidential aide in retaliation. (Come on, a Screech joke would've been twice as hacky.) [THR]
· A bloodcurdling "Bitch, no you di'int!" echoes through superflack Pat Kingsley's office as rival Leslee Dart steals away a cherished PMK publicist for her fledgling Dart Group. Slapping of grills and yanking of weaves to follow. [Variety]

We know that surveys like the one above that ABC is using for Commander in Chief (it's a little hard to read, but click it to see the full version) are used for market research, but do they have to sound so needy? Am I too far-fetched? Do I remind you of that bitch Hillary? Do my Geena Davis lips, plump and luxurious like throw pillows from God's sofa, make you feel insecure about your own? Why don't you loooove me? We suppose they might use the answers to help "recalibrate" the show following the recent showrunner switch, but it's clear they're ready for a change of direction—they didn't even ask if we'd find a scene of rough sex between a Secret Service agent and the First Daughter "too rapey."

Today's NY Times follows up Friday's announcement by ABC that the network was replacing Commander in Chief series creator/showrunner Rod Lurie with omnipresent TV deity Steven Bochco with a report that the move was made because of "production delays":

THR reported a little while ago (no BREAKING tag, however) that Steven "Pick A TV Show At Random...Yeah, That Was Mine" Bochco is taking over showrunning duties on ABC's Commander-in-Chief from series creator Rod Lurie, with Lurie downshifting into the inevitable "development duties":