During Barney's quest to bed the ladies, he stumbled upon a sure-fire way to get girls to come back to his apartment: Teacup Pigs. We dare you not to squeal with delight at the sight of these miniature piggies.

And why yes, that is Carrie Underwood playing the girl who fell for the "Teacup Pig" ploy.

Today at Gawker.TV, Bill Murray dines with Anthony Bourdain, How I Met Your Mother's harem of hotties, Jon Stewart may have ripped off another comedian last night, the best commercials from the 1980s, and Mayor Bloomberg prepares us for the worst.

You get an endless stream of hot women. On last night's How I Met Your Mother, Barney hired a driver for the occasion and plowed through as many women as he could. Until, of course, it drove him insane.

Today at Gawker.TV, Fox anchors play with a Scott Brown doll, Conan O'Brien's NBC opinions circa 2006, Today airs a live C-section, Jon Stewart calls out Fox News, and Jim Nantz & Nick Swisher help Barney achieve a "Perfect Week."

How I Met Your Mother focused around Barney's Perfect Week: going home with a girl seven nights in a row. Sportscaster Jim Nantz helped narrate the story, while Yankee Nick Swisher stands in Barney's way of clinching his number seven.

We do not want a Mel Gibson comeback, but the universe doesn't care because Mel Gibson just landed another starring role. Katie Holmes also might make a comeback, and George Lucas writes a musical about fairies. All inside the Roundup!

It happened: Avatar has beaten out Titanic to become the highest grossing film of all time. And as Avatar towers above, petty American Idol squabbles continue, Arianna Huffington's sit-com is green lit and Forest Whitaker stars in a crime drama.

Robert Rodriguez has adapted a fake trailer into a real movie. But then, what is 'real' and what is 'fake'? If you're having a crisis of authenticity you'll love today's reality-bending, adaptation-filled Trade Roundup.

Today at Gawker.TV, How I Met Your Mother may have poked fun at Julie Chen, another day at Fox and Friends, Stephen Colbert mocks NBC, the antics of a recently-arrested Teen Mom mother, and Brendan Fraser addresses his questionable clap.

This week's episode marked the directorial debut of cast member Neil Patrick Harris and was the 101st episode of the show. It also may have had some fun at the expense of CBS's very own Julie Chen. Uh-oh!

Today at Gawker.TV, a full episode of Conan O'Brien's failed pilot Lookwell, Better Off Ted's filthy gag reel, CSI: Miami retold with the help of Tracy Jordan, How I Met Your Mother's musical letdown, and Morgan Freeman weighs in on Conan.

Last night How I Met Your Mother showed Neil Patrick Harris' character Barney extol his love of clothes in a song and dance number after hanging out with Tim Gunn. Wait isn't Barney supposed to be straight? Well, kinda...

CBS promised a whole generation of theater nerds, internet dweebs, and pop culture dorks an "all dancing, all singing" episode of How I Met Your Mother. If you don't believe anybody got ripped off, this post will prove you wrong.

And our question is, 'Will it work?' Neil Patrick Harris, fresh from his June hosting duties on The 63rd Annual Tony Awards will be featured singing about the only thing his character, Barney Stinson, loves more than women: suits.

Is there anything Arianna Huffington can't do? Well, we'll all see, for the Internet queen's about to jump into prime time television. And, of course, she;s not jumping too far from her roots.

EW.com has some cryptic information about many TV season finales, the most intriguing detail being that seven, count 'em 7, deaths will occur. So who will die? More importantly, who should die?

As Fox Studios throws its enthusiastic support behind How I Met Your Mother by tripling its stars' salaries, the laugh track-enhanced CBS sitcom returns to the tabloid slophouse for some ratings-goosing stunt-casting.

Neil Patrick Harris has long confessed to finding Anderson Cooper "dreamy," and it looks like Harris has finally devised a clever ruse to lure him: disguising himself as the newsman's objet d'amour, Michael Phelps!

· Returning to his Blind Date/Hudson Hawk roots as a sensitive, almost Bergmanesque observer of angst and insecurity, Bruce Willis will make his directorial debut and star in the "indie psychological drama" Three Stories About Joan. And if you still harbor doubt about the film's chamber-drama cred, 10,000 B.C. star Camilla Belle is attached to star. [Variety] · Lifetime outbid six other networks for the rerun rights to How I Met Your Mother, which execs are reportedly considering spinning off with the Lifetime original series How I Survived Your Father Knocking Me Up at 15. [THR] After the jump: Ben Affleck loses his job, Billy Crystal reclaims his own, and the world contemplates another Star Wars movie.· Ben Affleck is in talks to star as a downsized corporate hack in Company Men, which we're told calls for a second male lead as well. Matt Damon casting bets are currently paying 2:3. [THR] · After a six-year hiatus, Billy Crystal will return to the big screen opposite Dwayne Johnson in Tooth Fairy. [Variety] · On the heels of Capote the Hutt, would George Lucas dare to adapt the new Star Wars video game as an animated feature? On second thought, please don't answer that. [Hero Complex] · CBS and ABC were up, Heroes was down on the fall TV season's opening night. [Variety] · Sony is keeping the plot for its newly optioned feature White Dad "under wraps." Meanwhile, the aggressively quick thinkers at Lifetime are angling for a Latino Babysitter MOW sequel as we speak. [THR]

· Wondering how the dire-sounding Wall St. readjustment will affect Hollywood? The entire industry will instantly grind to a halt, says Nikki Finke sunnily, as "showbiz bigwigs will be huddling with their business managers and brokers and bankers to figure out what to do with their personal portfolios." On the upside, at least you now have something substantial to blame for your inability to get anyone of importance to take your calls. [DHD] · A bidding war for syndicated rights to How I Met Your Mother could earn in the neighborhood of $350 million for Twentieth Television, turning it into a "potential nonstop revenue machine," and effectively giving Neil Patrick Harris the ability to bend time and space by furrowing his giant forehead. [Variety] · E! is launching Sports Soup, a sports-themed spinoff of The Soup sure to appeal to that network's eleven heterosexual male viewers. [Variety] · As Nip/Tuck readies itself for its final season, reps for that series's stars are "deep in salary negotiations," with Julian McMahon's agent overheard bellowing, "YOU CALL THAT FUCKING-ROSIE-O'DONNELL MONEY? SUCK MY DONG!" down the corridors of his place of business. [THR] · In a direct-to-video first, Paramount Home Entertainment is bundling its upcoming home video release of Kung Fu Panda with home-video-sequel Secrets of the Furious Five, and calling the package the Pandamonium Double Pack—thereby doubling the amount of time you can avoid your children. It's a mid-autumn miracle! [THR]