I love Wayne Brady. He was always my favorite on Whose Line Is It Anyway. And now he is popping up for November sweeps to star in How I Met Your Mother, as Barney’s brother.

Yes, Neil Patrick Harris is white, and Wayne Brady is definitely black. And how those biological connections will be explained has not yet been revealed. But with Wayne Brady playing the brother, you know its got to be hysterical!

The episode is slated to air on Monday, November 27th and will tape this coming week, so we are bound to get sone good spoilers on just how the odd duo siblings will be related.

Looks like the cast of Ugly Betty will be getting busy Monday night in an attempt to transform Bill Belichick, New England Patriots coach, into, uh, Tom Brady?

From the press release:

Americas new icon, Betty Suarez (America Ferrera), her boss, Daniel Meade (Eric Mabius) and nemesis Amanda (Becki Newton) decide to tackle New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick in a segment during ESPNs Monday Night Countdown NFL pre-game show, October 30 at 7:00 p.m., ET. The team from fashions leading Mode Magazine decide to sack the coach and give him a photoshop makeover that helps him score, turning him into quarterback Tom Brady.

Bill Belichick is well known for his lack of fashion sense, often looking as though he forgot to shower or change his clothes for a week.

Not sure how they will be pulling this off, but it will probably be worth watching!

Fox has picked up thirteen episodes of a new SciFi series titled Beyond. Ain’t It Cool has the full scoop on the new series.

It’s about the new director of the Jet Propulsion Labs and his efforts deflect a meteor carrying a deadly virus.

The pilot starred superhot former VH1 veejay and Adam Carolla sidekick Rachel Perry, as well as Seth Gable (“The Da Vinci Code”), Merrin Dungey (“Alias”), Adrian Lester (“The Day After Tomorrow”), C.S. Lee (“Dexter”), Jonah Lotan (“24”) and Rachael Stirling (“Still Crazy”).

A reliable source tell us Fox just bought 13 episodes.

But just how far can a series go that is working on deflecting a meteor. The end result is either it crashes or they are successful. If they succeed, there wouldn’t be much of a series left to do. But if they aren’t successful and it crashes, it sounds like a series that could get pretty spendy pretty fast.

The struggling new series Vanished is returning to Fox tonight, October 27th. The series has not done too great in the ratings, but hasn’t been cancelled outright. It airs at 8pm. It follows the disappearance of Sara Collins (Joanne Kelly), the second wife of Georgia Senator Jeffrey Collins (John Allen Nelson),

FOX has only ordered 13 episodes of the series, and it seems that it is committed to airing those 13. But they will not make a commitment to order the additional nine episodes unless it does well in the ratings on Friday nights.

If you are a fan of the series, be sure to tune into Vanished, airing on Fridays at 8pm on FOX.

If you are a diehard The O.C. fan and are anxiously awaiting the November 2nd season premiere, you just got lucky. MySpace will have the season premiere available online a week earlier!

You need to install the Fox Full Throttle Player in order to view the episode.

You can grab it from MySpace.com/FOX and then gloat to your friends that you know what happens before it even airs

You have been waiting for weeks, and now it is time.  The new 24 trailer for the new season has just been released for all your viewing goodness!

Go view the new 24 trailer now!

If you missed any of the Ugly Betty episodes - or you simply want to catch them because everyone (except you!) has been talking about them, you are in luck. SOAPnet will be airing recent episodes of Ugly Betty to help you get caught up on all your viewing.

You can catch them on Saturdays at both noon and midnight EST for the next two weeks. Airing the first week is “Fey’s Sleigh Ride” then “The Lyin’, the Witch and the Wardrobe” airs the following week.

The impressive cast list includes America Ferrera as Betty Suarez, Eric Mabius as Daniel Meade, Alan Dale as Bradford Meade, Tony Plana as Ignacio, Ana Ortiz as Hilda, Ashley Jensen as Christina, Becki Newton as Amanda, Mark Indelicato as Justin and Vanessa Williams as Wilhelmina Slater. Recurring guest stars are Michael Urie as Marc and Kevin Sussman as Walter.

It was a promosing series that no one was really talking about, and now it seems that is part of the downfall. CBS has dropped the series from the schedule and production has stopped.

Four episodes were filmed of the series, which starred Joe Pantoliano, William Baldwin and Mary Stuart Masterson. Apparently high production costs, creative differences and limited timeslot space at CBS were all contributing factors to the show’s unfortunate demise before it even aired.

ER has regained it’s former glory of the number one slot for the 10pm Thursday night slot. While it hasn’t had huge audience gains (just under one million) it has managed to get the top spot because of weak time slot competition and the fact “Without a Trace” moved to Sundays.

But now that it is doing so well, NBC has shelved the plan that would have seen that time slot be re-run free, by having ER run for 13 weeks, then take a 13 week break while The Black Donnellys did its series run, then ER would return for the final 9 episodes of the season. But now that ER is number one, there is the fear that it could lose its momentum if another series takes its time slot for 13 weeks.

So what does this mean? It means ER will command that slot for the entire season, although we will see some reruns interspersed throughout the season.

Shark, which follows the story of Sebastian Stark (James Woods) as a defense attorney turned prosecutor, has received a full season order from CBS. The show has been doing well as the ratings for its time slot and key demographics.

The show also stats Jeri Ryan, Sam Page, Sophina Brown, Alexis Cruz, Sarah Carter and Danielle Panabaker.

It airs Thursdays at 10pm on CBS.

When newlywed Amanda Peet announced her pregnancy, there was rumors and speculation about how it would affect her Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip character, who is infamously single. And while she has no love interest on the show, the producers plan to write the pregnancy into the show, rather than going the “hiding behind plants and big purses” route.

E! News said this week that there has been no love interest for Peet’s character, network President Jordan McDeere, written into the script as of yet. The most likely single male in the cast thus far is Danny Tripp, who is played by Bradley Whitford.

Whitford said he has experience as a real father and could certainly play one on television. Off the set, Peet married David Benoiff in late September.

Be interesting to see who the father is on the show. I hope they make it the least likely choice to just totally shake things up there. Or better yet, get a really hot guest star as the father during the November sweeps, which might give the ratings a boost, which have definitely been sagging much to NBC’s disappointment.

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Everyone’s favorite blonde ditz will appear on a November sweeps episode of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. And in case you don’t know who reigns as blonde ditz, that would be Jessica Simpson. She will be their musical guest and guest star in a role written exclusively for her.

I can’t wait to see the material they come up with, and if they play of the evidently true-to-life dumb blonde behavior seen in her Newlyweds reality tv show with then-husband Nick Lachey.

Dog the Bounty Hunter, AKA Duane Chapman, as well as his son Leland Chapman and “brother” Tim Chapman, has seen the Mexican authorities granted an order that halts the criminal legal procedings against the trio.

The Dog remains unleashed — for now. Attorneys for TV reality star Duane “Dog” Chapman on Friday said the Mexican federal court has granted them an order that halts the criminal case against Chapman until further evidence and witness testimony are gathered.

U.S. Marshals arrested Chapman here on Sept. 14 along with his son Leland and another associate after Mexico issued a warrant because of his capture of fugitive convicted rapist Andrew Luster, the Max Factor heir, on June 18, 2003, in Puerto Vallarta. Bounty hunting is considered a crime in Mexico.

Chapman was released on $300,000 bail after spending a night in a federal detention center. He and his crew have been facing extradition to Mexico since then.

At a circus-like news conference Friday, the star of the popular A&E show “Dog the Bounty Hunter” said the “tide is changing a little bit.” His side of the story, he said, is finally being told to the court through his lawyer, William Boller, who spent the past month in Mexico.

Things are finally looking up for the Dog. This case has caused such an uproar in the US, that the world’s top bounty hunter might end up in a Mecican prison. It even sparked twenty-nine congressmen to send a letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, in which they askedher to deny the extradition of the three Chapmans.

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You gotta love those days when hottie Jeff Probst drops the bomb on the survivors and tells them win or lose, both tribes will be voting off a member. And tonight’s episode is that day in Cook Island Survivor land.

“Plan Voodoo” — Win or lose, both tribes must vote one of their own off the island, on SURVIVOR: COOK ISLANDS, Tonight Thursday, Oct. 19 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

After a feast is put on the line for a reward, the castaways are left in shock when host Jeff Probst tells both tribes they’ll be going to Tribal Council that night. Cristina feels alienated from her tribe after Adam says she is annoying.

Meanwhile, one survivor proposes a plan that may expose the hidden Immunity Idol. Will others follow along or will “Plan Voodoo” backfire on the instigator? One tribe member finds it hard to play the game with integrity and honesty and battles with their guilt. And, the sixth and seventh castaways are voted off the island.

I don’t know why, but for some reason I keep expecting to see a few of those who have already been knocked off to come back somehow. Call it a hunch, but I wouldn’t be surprised in the least.

Jane Seymour (“Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman”) & Bryan Cranston (“Malcolm In The Middle”) guest star in Monday’s episode of How I Met Your Mother, titled “Aldrin Justice”. Jane Seymour will play Professor Lewis, Marshall’s older - and sexy - law professor who is recently divorced. Bryan Cranston will play Ted’s mean boss Druthers… dontcha love that name?

“Aldrin Justice” – While Barney makes it his job to satisfy Marshall’s disgruntled law professor, Lily goes to work for Ted’s architecture company and tries to teach Ted’s big boss a big lesson, on HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER Mon, Oct. 23 (8:00-8:30 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Pamela Fryman, one of the series’ executive producers, directed the episode written by Jamie Rhonheimer.

Barney comes to the rescue when he tries to satisfy Marshall’s sexy, older and newly divorced law professor in the bedroom so she stops taking her divorce out on her class. Meanwhile, Lily takes a job at Ted’s company and tries to teach the boss a lesson after he is mean to Ted. After seeing the extent that Lily is willing to go for him, Ted is inspired to pitch his own idea.

It is always nice to see Dr. Quinn pop up in guest starring roles.

Salma Hayek, the executive producer for the freshman hit Ugly Betty, will be starring in several episodes of the hit series starting November 2nd… and just in time for November sweeps.

Hayek, an executive producer of ABC’s new series “Ugly Betty,” will go in front of the camera for several episodes starting Thursday, Nov. 2 — the first night of November sweeps. She’ll be playing a character named Sofia Reyes, who ABC describes as “a newcomer to the Mode scene who will leave a lasting impression on Daniel Meade (Eric Mabius) and Betty Suarez (America Ferrera).”

Hayek has already done an uncredited cameo on the show’s pilot, appearing as an actress in a telenovela (which is how she got her start in showbiz) playing in Betty’s home.

There is always danger of a famous person behind-the-scenes to guest star and overshadow the cast, so it will be interesting to see how Salma prevents this happening with Ugly Betty.

Brothers & Sisters, the Sally Field led drama about the Walker family has been picked up for a full season of 22 episodes by ABC. The drama, which also stars Calista Flockhart, Patricia Wettig, Ron Rifkin, Balthazar Getty and Rachel Griffiths, has been doing well in the former Grey’s Anatomy time slot following Desperate Housewives. It is the second highest ranked new series this season for adults 18-49.

Brothers & Sisters airs Sundays at 10pm on ABC.

FreeIndie.com is the envy of all The O.C. fans, as he has already seen the first four episodes of the new season, which premieres in November. Fortunately for you, he was permitted to upload a great teaser to YouTube for your enjoyment, a juicy four minute video of the new season.

Enjoy!