President Charles Logan (the great Gregory Itzen) will be back on “24″ for Season 8, arriving Jan. 17-18, Fox says. The disgraced president was last seen being carted out on a stretcher after first lady Martha Logan (awesome Jean Smart) stabbed him with…

Seth MacFarlane and Alex Borstein tape the Fox special.

Memo to Microsoft: Before you put your company’s hot new product into a comedy writer’s hands, check out the writer’s other work. Clearly, the powers that be at the computer giant didn’t…

Two more new shows have entered the safety zone — as in, it’s safe to get attached. “NCIS: Los Angeles” and “The Good Wife” both got full-season pickups from CBS on Wednesday. “NCIS: LA” is the top-rated new series of…

Mr. Schuster (Matthew Morrison) has reason to be gleeful.

Gleeks, rejoice. After a day of teasing fans that “good news” was imminent, Fox made it official that “Glee” has been picked up for a full season of 22 episodes. Here’s…

Call them “Tweet-Peats” — Fox does. Repeats of “Fringe” (8 p.m. Thursday) and “Glee” (8 p.m. Friday) will include live commentary, via Twitter, from cast members and producers. The tweets (as 140-character Twitter updates are known) will scroll at the…

“It’s emotional, it’s compelling, you’re watching her go from miracle birth woman to tabloid fodder. You don’t even need narration, it’s incredible footage. It’s a little bit of a train wreck, and it’s really entertaining to watch.” That’s Mike Darnell,…

Brandon and Jeanine await the verdict from host Cat Deeley on the Season 5 finale of "So You Think You Can Dance."

On “So You Think You Can Dance,” the winner isn’t called “America’s best dancer.”

“Why we call it America’s Favorite…

My prize-winning Baked Alaska.

Chef Gordon Ramsay was here this afternoon to talk about “Cookalong Live,” a new show he’s doing for Fox (Dec. 15) that will encourage viewers to cook with him. Fox’s idea was to get us to cook,…

Peter Rice, the new chairman of entertainment for Fox, was looking forward to his first confab with the Television Critics Association. Then Paula Abdul Twittered Tuesday night that she was leaving “America Idol,” and Rice no longer looked forward to…

Harry Lennix, Tahmoh Penikett, Eliza Dushku and Joss Whedon on the "Dollhouse" set.

The sleek, beautiful “Dollhouse” set isn’t going to waste after all. “Welcome to the biggest surprise of my career — our Season 2,” creator Joss Whedon told visiting TV…