'Desperate Housewives'IDs Basement Guy (AP)AP - With a typical "Desperate Housewives" flourish of high drama, the man locked in a Wisteria Lane basement was revealed Sunday to be a fugitive from justice.

New Satellite Images of Meteor Impact Craters Available via Google Maps at Geology.com (PR Web via Yahoo! News)(PRWEB) October 23, 2005 — Investigate two dozen impact craters using the new interactive satellite images at Geology.com (http://geology.com/meteor-impact-craters.shtml). Starting with a world map, site visitors can zoom in on these craters until they completely fill the monitor.Austriamicrosystems […]

SurvivorReality TV: Who wants to be a millionaire? Sixteen people who abandoned their jobs, families and remote controls to spend 39 days on a South China Sea island — that's who. CBS'much-hyped"Survivor"doesn't have a phone-a-friend option and $200 questions about cereal aren't applicable. Instead, this"Real World"-meets-"Lord of the Flies"gamer offers up snakes, rats, cash and […]

Bands on the RunReality TV: If video did indeed kill the radio star, then made-for-reality TV bands have their weapons drawn for the gussied-up video stars who fill what's left of musicvideo in music television. VH1 updates"It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World"for a trio of scruffy rock bands, adds an element of the entrepreneur […]

PTC Punks"Family Guy"(E! Online)E! Online - Maybe once Stewie Griffin takes over the world, he can crush hisenemies in the Parents Television Council.Gosselaar on press duty in'Chief'(Reuters)Reuters - Former"NYPD Blue"co-star Mark-Paul Gosselaar is joining the cast of ABC's newGeena Davis drama"Commander in Chief,"where he'll play aslick media strategist.'Blackpool's'mash-up of genres a mixed bag (Reuters)Reuters -"Viva […]

Really pushing the envelopeReality TV: Tuning In: With all due respect to the entities sponsoring"Reality Television: How Far Can You Push the Envelope?"– a panel scheduled for this week — they're posing the wrong question.Survivor: The Australian Outback (Survivor II)Reality TV: Die-hard fans might miss Richard, Rudy and the queen of tapioca, but there are […]

"Star Wars"Spiked (E! Online)E! Online - Not too long a time from now in a cable galaxy not so far away,you'll be able to watch all six Star Wars flicks.Folkie tune reborn as theme for series'Weeds'(Reuters)Reuters - One of the many joys of Showtime'ssuburban drugs comedy"Weeds"is hearing the opening themesong,"Little Boxes,"sung by its composer, Malvina […]

SurvivorReality TV: Who wants to be a millionaire? Sixteen people who abandoned their jobs, families and remote controls to spend 39 days on a South China Sea island — that's who. CBS'much-hyped"Survivor"doesn't have a phone-a-friend option and $200 questions about cereal aren't applicable. Instead, this"Real World"-meets-"Lord of the Flies"gamer offers up snakes, rats, cash and […]

Really pushing the envelopeReality TV: Tuning In: With all due respect to the entities sponsoring"Reality Television: How Far Can You Push the Envelope?"– a panel scheduled for this week — they're posing the wrong question.Big BrotherReality TV: Ten strangers, three months and one network that has taken the reality TV craze one step too far. […]

Tina Fey returning to'Weekend Update'(Reuters)Reuters - "Saturday Night Live"writer-performer Tina Fey will be back behind the "WeekendUpdate" anchor desk this week after missing the first two showsof the season on maternity leave, NBC said on Thursday.'Days'rewards loyal viewers in online quiz (Reuters)Reuters -"Days of Our Lives"knows how devoted its fans are. Now, in what it […]

Harring inks for role on'Shield'(Reuters)Reuters - Laura Harring has movedfrom "Mulholland Drive" to the LAPD. The actress is joiningFX's "The Shield" in a recurring role for the police drama'supcoming fifth season.Gordon Lee, Porky on'Our Gang,'dead at 71 (Reuters)Reuters - Eugene"Gordon"Lee, who played thechunky tag-a-long"Porky"in the 1930s-era"Our Gang"movieshorts, has died, a friend said on Friday."Star Wars"Spiked […]

Bands on the RunReality TV: If video did indeed kill the radio star, then made-for-reality TV bands have their weapons drawn for the gussied-up video stars who fill what's left of musicvideo in music television. VH1 updates"It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World"for a trio of scruffy rock bands, adds an element of the entrepreneur […]

Oxygen models reality showReality TV: Dickinson signs on for cabler skein — Former"America's Next Top Model"judge Janice Dickinson has signed with women's cabler Oxygen for a reality show centered on her efforts to establish her own modeling agency.The MoleReality TV: The race is on. Not the race to identify the fink in ABC's new reality […]

Tina Fey Back On"Update"(E! Online)E! Online - Live from Studio 8H, Tina Fey's back on "Weekend Update."Cowell Not As Nasty to Male'Popera'Group (AP)AP - Simon Cowell can be brutal when he judges contestants on Fox's "American Idol," but he has withheld his caustic criticism from his "popera" group.Viewers check into Thursday's'ER'(Reuters)Reuters - NBC's"ER"snapped thetwo-week adults […]

Pawar outclasses Kenn to enter Asian Satellite badminton final (Outlook India)Anand Pawar stopped Lim Kenn's winning streak and set up an all-India summit clash against Kurian Thomas in the men's singles of the Asian Satellite badminton championship at Siri Fort Complex here.Russia loses control of satellite (AAP via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News)Russia has lost […]

Satellite images reveal Amazon forest shrinking faster (USA Today)Brazil's Amazon rain forest one of the most biologically productive regions on the planet is disappearing twice as fast as scientists previously estimated. That is the stark conclusion an ecologist reached after developing a new way to analyze satellite images to track logging there.Russia loses control of […]

Abhinn Shyam crashes out of Asian Satellite Badminton (Press Trust of India)New Delhi, Oct 21 (PTI) Top seed Abhinn Shyam Gupta crashed out of the Asian Satellite Badminton Championship today losing to Kenn Lim in straight games.

Bands on the RunReality TV: If video did indeed kill the radio star, then made-for-reality TV bands have their weapons drawn for the gussied-up video stars who fill what's left of musicvideo in music television. VH1 updates"It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World"for a trio of scruffy rock bands, adds an element of the entrepreneur […]

The MoleReality TV: The race is on. Not the race to identify the fink in ABC's new reality series"The Mole,"but rather the network-wide scramble to create a new"Survivor"– that is, other than"Survivor 2."The Alphabet net thinks it has a winner with this action mystery series, mainly because"The Mole"is a big hit in Europe. But then […]

ABC Hails"Chief"(E! Online)E! Online - President Bush's approval ratings are down. President Allen's areup.Ex-Pacer Miller Embraces TNT'Teammates'(AP)AP - For the first time in nearly two decades, Reggie Miller's offseason training program didn't include perfecting his deadly jumper."Lost"Numbers Lose Millions (E! Online)E! Online - Winning the lottery may have caused nothing but trouble forLost's Hurley, but […]