I’ve missed a few weeks, but luckily nothing significant happened. There are now plans in place to ensure this never happens again, as we are training panda bears to write this column in the event I fail to (please don’t go extinct or anything).

• The big story of the week was the funeral for Michael Jackson, which turned into a star-studded three-hour event broadcast worldwide on way too many channels.
• Continuing his meteoric second coming rise, Neil Patrick Harris is tapped to host The Emmys.
• The group Little People of America have called on the FCC for a ban of the word midget on the airwaves, as the word is as offensive to them as racial slurs.
• Hulu is heading to the UK. The site is working on a deal to bring its wide range of streaming television across the pond.
• Sci Fi rebranded itself Syfy with the debut of new series Warehouse 13, and the world still thinks the new spelling looks stupid.
• Former House actor Kal Penn officially started his new job for the Obama Administration in the Office of Public Liaison. Look at that, a Hollywood star who actually gave up acting to pursue politics, rather than just talk about it constantly.
• In a bizarre but fun publicity move, Lost producers have asked fans to create a theme song for the show, which will debut at San Diego Comic-Con but probably not really on the show.
• Robin Williams is coming back to HBO to scream and yell a lot in a new special … wait a minute, is Robin Williams the Dane Cook of his generation?

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