For the first time ever, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is announcing the 10 finalists for the Best Comedy and Best Drama categories.

My personal choices for the top 5 in each are in bold. The top 10s are:

Top 10 Comedy Series Finalists

Top 10 Drama Series Finalists

Izzie on “Grey’s Anatomy” has rejected consideration for an Emmy nom this TV year, reasoning, “I did not feel that I was given the material this season to warrant an Emmy nomination, and in an effort to maintain the integrity of the Academy organization, I withdrew my name from contention. In addition, I did not want to potentially take away an opportunity from an actress who was given such materials.”

Puh-LEEZE! It looks like sassy (read: brass cajones-ed) Katherine Heigl, who won an Emmy for the 2006-07 season, is getting too big for her britches (or, scrubs). Getting down to brass tacks, the bleached blond with the crooked teeth has a bee in her bonnett because she thinks the “Grey’s” writers didn’t give her enough scenes or strong storylines in the 2007-08 season.

Boo hoo, Katie, but remember one thing: You’re in an EMSEMBLE cast. The show does not revolve around you. You’re Katherine Heigl, not Katharine Hepburn, and you’re not a real brain surgeon, you just play one on TV.

Heigl’s knickers are in a twist probably because her movie “Knocked Up” was a huge success (the underperformance of “27 Dresses” doesn’t count?), and she thinks that her thespian skills rival those of Meryl Streep. Heigl’s “Grey’s” colleague Patrick Dempsey’s recent big-screen flicks, “Enchanted” and “Made of Honor,” did well at the box office, and you don’t see him getting all snippy. AND he starred in two of my fave movies from the 1980s, “In the Mood” and “Can’t Buy Me Love.” As for Heigl? The loathesome “My Father, the Hero” (1994). And as much as I was a big fan of “Roswell” (on The WB and then UPN), she didn’t exactly stand out on that show either.

I could go on about Heigl’s spoiled-brat behavior; instead I will mention two names that might jiggle some memories of what happens when the egos of TV actors on hit shows get way too big: Shelley Long and McLean Stevenson.

(Photo courtesy of ABC.)

Despite the fact that so many of the shows we follow on this blog involve killing people and blowing things up, many of our favorite actors and actresses are vegetarians.

PETA is holding its annual Sexiest Vegetarian Celebrity contest, and here’s the stars from Remote Access shows who are in the running (sorry if I missed anyone!) — and you can vote for one woman and one man, so you can choose your favorite two:

The women

The men

Let’s get one thing straight: If one of my best friends called me a “stupid bitch” —and I don’t care WHAT the circumstances were—then I would make him/her beg (BEG!) on his/her knees for forgiveness. But that’s just me. It’s obviously not how Izzie felt when Alex called her that when she was trying to help a broken-down Rebecca. And I don’t think that the Rebecca character should have been brought back anyway. She did her bit as the amnesiac, ferry-accident victim who was brought to Seattle Grace, successfully put back together, fell for Karev and… You know the rest. That’s why I was glad that Rebecca’s real-life counterpart, Elizabeth Reaser, will star in show coming up this fall. Bye-bye, Becky!

How pathetic and sad was it that the high school girl Lola took so long to visit Andrew, her secret friend who jumped into a block of quick just to show off in front of her? I know the power of peer pressure, but c’mon. In this severe a situation, I would hope that older teens would rise above it.

Looks like Geo will no longer be “the Chief’s bitch,” as someone referred to him, now that Dr. Webber granted him permission to retake the intern test and he’s sure to pass it. It took two hard realizations—that his power as Webber’s personal assistant was really no power at all and that he flunked the intern test by one crummy point (thanks to the prying eyes of the annoying and immature Lexie)—to get him out of the intern bullpen and out on the field with the Izzie, Mer, Cristina and the rest of the gang.

…for this season only, of course.

Last week, Cristina has shed her previous mopey self, thank goodness, and was back in her crabby action, especially when she told Lexie flat-out that she didn’t like her. See, I’m all for that upfront truthfulness, rather than faking it and pussyfooting around the other person. But keep in mind that this is a good idea only if you have nothing to lose with the other person, such as Lexie being Cristina’s underling at the hospital.

The hospital shrink had her hands full with Meredith’s hystrionics, Rebecca wanted plastic surgeon Sloan to give her a boob job, and Callie hankered for a quickie with Sloan in a supply closet (SO classy). But he shockingly declined, due to his vow to end his man-whoring ways (how long will THAT last?).

The truth finally came out about Rebecca’s not having a bun in the oven. This proves that the woman is a bit off her rocker and that Alex should stay away from her, as he has his OWN emotional problems in the romance arena.

Then there was the kiss between Hahn and Callie in the elevator. I’m not crazy about that storyline, which, I recently read, will probably continue into next season. It seems to be just an attempt to grab ratings, and, though I’m no sexpert, it’s not the kind of relationship Callie would be interested in.

Tonight, in the two-hour (8 to 10 p.m.) season finale, titled “Gone Baby Gone,” Meredith and Derek finally commit to being a couple, which will leave poor Nurse Rose out in the cold after having done nothing wrong. On the medical side of the show, Mer and Der have one last shot at a successful outcome in their clinical trial, and the other surgeons work together to free a boy from a hardening block of cement. Meanwhile, Izzie helps Alex care for an ailing Rebecca, and Lexie discovers crucial info about George’s intern status.

The episode was written by show creator Shonda Rhimes, so it should be a “Grey’s” at its best. It will air also on Friday (8 to 10 p.m.), and you can catch it on-line at ABC.com.

Savor these last days of the 2007-08 TV season. The ‘08-’09 season has already been majorly screwed up by the writers’ strike, and if the actors go out in a few weeks, it will cripple the TV industry for years to come.

(Photo courtesy of ABC.)

ABC unveiled its 2008-09 primetime schedule this morning, with few (okay, make that no) surprises.

In addition to hits like “Desperate Housewives” and “Grey’s Anatomy,” the network brought back all of last year’s breakthrough—though not breakout—dramas, which had their freshman seasons cut short because of the writers’ strike.

They include: “Dirty Sexy Money,” “Eli Stone,” “Private Practice” and “Pushing Daisies.”

And as expected (or already announced), the network dumped “Women’s Murder Club,” “Men in Trees,” “October Road” and “Miss/Guided.”

ABC also announced one new drama, David E. Kelley’s “Life on Mars,” based on a British series about a modern-day police detective who is transported back to 1973 after a car crash.

The network also picked up a game show from producer Ashton Kutcher called “Opportunity Knocks,” which ABC Entertainment President Steve McPherson called a cross between “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” and “Who Wants to Be A Millionaire.”

As for comedies,”According to Jim” will be back for its EIGHTH season. (Jim Belushi HAS to have naked photos of someone high up, right?) The worst kept secret in TV was announced, too: That “Scrubs” will move to ABC, now that NBC’s dropped it. Both of those sitcoms will be back mid-season.

Speaking of mid-season, other shows scheduled to air in early 2009 include: “Lost,” “The Bachelor,” “The Goode Family” (an animated series) and a untitled beauty pageant reality show produced Tyra Banks and (again!) Ashton Kutcher.

In other news, “Ugly Betty” is indeed moving production from L.A. to NYC.

And David E. Kelley is coming back to write most of what will be the final season of “Boston Legal.” (Thank goodness.)

So who made up the big winners and losers of the upfronts? Let’s see:

Have you ever faced the problem of being at work and obsessing about a coworker’s tongue—being in your mouth? It’s a conundrum that could happen only on “Grey’s Anatomy.” That’s what Meredith was going through, even when she and McDreamy were injecting a virus into a guy’s brain. Must have been tough concentrating about both subjects at the same time, right mer? Her pining over him was quite pathetic until the end, when Der confessed that he was thinking of her during his recent horizontal tango with Nurse Rose. So perhaps there is a another chapter of Deredith on the horizon. (Has anyone else noticed some puffyness in Ellen Pompeo’s cheeks—as if she has the mumps?)

Cristina Yang’s being deeply bothered by something and then verbally sharing those emotions? Hell has indeed frozen over. But Preston Burke’s winning that prestigious medical award and Cristina getting zero mention about it would have ticked even Mother Theresa off. And you always must give Cristina credit for her honesty, telling the Chief that she does not wish Burke well. I bet that snooty Mama Burke wouldn’t disapprove of her son’s selfishness.

The sex survey storyline was quite amusing, although I highly doubt that any employees’-rights organizations would have approved. Talk about an invasion of privacy! Call the ACLU! And doesn’t all that delving into the employees’ sex lives the total opposite of why Izzie can’t tell Karev that Rebecca is lying about being preggers: patients’ privacy rights? (If I were Izzie, I’d tell Karev about the lie anyway, which would save him grief over Rebecca’s deceit and save herself from having him being mad at her.)

What a shame that soldiers Darrin and Todd couldn’t show their true emotions before Darrin died of encephalitis, although I can understand why Darrin’s father, a military-career man, would disapprove of it. In this particular case you could say, “Don’t ask, don’t tell and don’t look.”

I bet that Sloan, who FINALLY realized what a slut he is, has a zillion STDs and has spread them to most of his sexuel conquests. The odds against that possibility? Not good, man-whore!

(Photo courtesy of ABC.)

It was great to have Miranda Bailey back to her inimitable, no-nonsense self last night. Her sass is one reason we love her. It’s another reason we love Cristina, but that girl has turned into a major wimp, what with all her sucking up to Hahn. It’s painful to watch. Had Cristina been following the adage “Be true to thyself” instead of overtly idolizing Hahn, Hahn would have respected her and not treated her like peon in the first place.

What was up with Rebecca? She schlepped to Seattle to tell Karev that she’s got his bun in the oven and it turned out she was lying (courtesy of the pregnancy test)? That’s the oldest trick in the book for trying to “nab” a guy (Either that or he’d run in the other direction.) So Karev was cold as ice at first and then warmed up later. That sort of underhandedness makes me now dislike Rebecca. Go back to your loyal hubby, honey, and leave Alex alone! Even if Rebecca had been telling the truth about her pregnancy, he’d still break her heart in the end.

Have you seen the current “TV Guide” about the sexiest people on TV? Patrick Dempsey is on the cover, and Justin Chambers has a 2-page spread on the inside. Jeez, the guy’s got a ton of tattoos—almost as many as Keifer Sutherland.

So, Addison, babe, you think things at Seattle Grace are just as dysfunctional now as they were when you left? I haven’t tuned into “Private Practice” much, but SG sometimes seems like the model of normalcy compared to her L.A. workplace. But it was nice to have her back on “Grey’s” and also nice to have her return to Tinsel Town.

What a bummer that Philip Robinson died after the experimental treatment on his brain tumor. But thank God McDreamy had the common sense to advise him to make his last words to his wife, Jennifer, kind ones.

How funny was that scene with McDreamy, McSteamy, Mer, Addison and Nurse Rose all in the same elevator? The look on everyone’s face was a classic “Grey’s” moment.

My least fave moment? When Callie, worrying that people thought that she and Hahn might be a romantic item, announced her love of a man’s, uh, manhood. That was, in my mind, too mature for the adolescents in the viewing audience to hear. I can just imagine: 7th, 8th and 9th graders going back to school today and quoting her—loudly!

(Photo courtesy of ABC.)

Well, not quite, but FHM has its annual list of the 100 sexiest women of 2008, and at least 14 15 of them are familiar to our blog’s faithful readers:

90. Summer Glau (Cameron, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles)
83. Jenna Fischer (Pam, The Office)
73. Carrie Underwood (American Idol)
63. Grace Park (The Eights/Sharons, Battlestar Galactica)
49. Katherine Heigl (Dr. Isobel ‘Izzie’ Stevens, Grey’s Anatomy)
41. Kristin Kreuk (Lana Lang, Smallville)
38. Katherine McPhee (American Idol)
37. Evangeline Lilly (Kate, Lost)
24. Kristen Bell (Elle, Heroes)
19. Ali Larter (Niki Sanders & Co., Heroes)
15. Erica Durance (Lois Lane, Smallville)
11. Hayden Panettiere (Claire Bennett, Heroes)
9. Blake Lively (Serena van der Woodsen, Gossip Girl)
8. Tricia Helfer (The Sixes, Battlestar Galactica)
4. Elisha Cuthbert (Kim Bauer, 24)

That’s more than 10 percent of the list accounted for. Hey! Where’s the 100 sexiest men of 2008?? (And isn’t April/May kind of early in the year for this sort of listing?)

Just when I thought of a great name for Meredith and Derek as a couple —  along the lines of Bennifer and TomKat —  they’re broken up. Here it is: Deredith. Great, right? Anyway, I’m glad the two of them have split. Mer’s whining was grating on my nerves and eardrums. And, not being a big fan of hers, I like watching her squirm when she sees Derek kiss Nurse Rose. So now she’s seeing a shrink. Not doing much good, though. (The doc is played by actress Amy Madigan, who, unfortunately and truth be told, hasn’t aged well at all. Remember her as Kevin Costner’s fresh-faced wife in “Field of Dreams”?)

The storyline with Izzie trying to find out what was wrong with Otis (Cheech Marin) other than his sprained ankle was pretty ridiculous. And that she had $120,000 worth of unnecessary tests (even a spinal tap, which, I hear, is one un-freakin’-pleasant procedure!) done on him would have, in today’s world of skyrocketing medical costs, gotten her fired. And that the Chief didn’t verbally kick her butt was not like him. Also out of character was Bailey consenting to the residents’ contest. The woman who used to be called “The Nazi” tolerating that? I miss the old, always-cranky Bailey. She was a hoot.

The only part of the ep that I was truly into was the Robinsons-meet-bears storyline: the guy’s guts hanging out; the hole in his brother Philip’s hand; wife Jennifer considering herself just a “trashy waitress” who got lucky when Philip proposed to her (and only 2 weeks after they met); the horribly injured bro dying; and then Phil suddenly being diagnosed with a brain tumor. Ya never know where life’s gonna take you….

And thank goodness that Sloan shaved off that sleezy mini-beard (or whatever it was called). It made him look like one of those guys who cruise singles bars in a polyester suit.

I know that this entry has largely been a negative rant, but come on…. The nutty personal relationships between the characters were always fun to watch, but the silly medical stuff started last fall, when Izzie tried to save that injured deer that was lying in the back of a truck. (Photo courtesy of ABC.)

P.S.: McDreamy fans must be noticing that Patrick Dempsey is doing voiceovers on all those State Farm Insurance television ads.

Photo courtesy of ABC. 

A long time—way too long—has passed since the Seattle Grace gang checked into our TV sets. In tonight’s installment, “Where the Wild Things Are,” it’s been six weeks since (the producers’ way of acknowleging the strike) Derek and Meredith ended (thank goodness) their dopey, whiney and dysfunctional relationship and Der starting dating nurse Rose (right).

Elsewhere, to keep themselves amused, Mer, Alex, Izzie and Cristina compete in a surgical contest, and Bailey serves as the judge. Meanwhile, interns George and Lexie, now sharing a crummy apartment, attempt to adjust to its squalidness. On the Callie front, she finds in friend in her roommate Cristina’s nemesis, Dr. Erica Hahn (who needs braces on her teeth).

(Photo courtesy of ABC.)

Oh happy day!

I tipped y’all to this possibility last week, and it looks like it’s true: We’re getting an extra hour of “Lost”-erific goodness this season!

This translates to a THREE-hour season finale. (My prayers to the four-toed statue must have worked…)

See if you can follow this:

TV Guide says that the first hour of the finale will air at 10 p.m. on May 15, with the last two hours airing TWO WEEKS later, on May 29. (So no “Lost” on May 22, when the finale was originally supposed to run.)

Why?

Well, the “Lost” producers convinced ABC that the last two hours absolutely HAD to run together. The 22nd air date was then out of the running, because the finales of “Ugly Betty” and “Grey’s Anatomy” were also airing that night.

So the network bumped the rest of the “Lost” season send-off to May 29, from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m.

A bit confusing yes, but well worth a touch of turbulence in my viewing schedule if I get to watch 60 more minutes of “Lost” this season.

And it gets even better: Producer Carlton Cuse confirms that—as promised—the finale will indeed reveal who’s in the freakin’ coffin!!!

The overflow of love for “Lost” benefits “Grey’s” fans, too. The hole that “Lost” created in ABC’s May 22 lineup means that there now will be a super-sized, two-hour “Grey’s” finale that night.

Can’t wait for “Lost” to return next week (on April 24 in—don’t forget!—its new 10 p.m. time slot) in the ramp up to the season ender?

Check out this Entertainment Weekly story by the mag’s awesome “Lost” expert, Doc Jensen.

Remember how last season’s show-changing flash-forward scene between Jack and Kate was nicknamed “the snake in the mailbox?”

Well, this time the blockbuster twist is code-named: “Frozen Donkey Wheel.”

Analyze that one…

(Photo courtesy of ABC)

OK, calm down, deeeeeep breaths, Lost-philes.

It seems that TV Guide’s Michael Ausiello threw everyone in a tizzy when he posted this item about how “Lost” producers have asked ABC for an additional hour of air time before this season ends.

I was pretty skeptical, but then E!Online’s TV Diva, Kristin, chimed in earlier today to corroborate the story.

It seems that the show’s head honchos did indeed chat with ABC execs about the idea, but there’s no definite answer given yet.

Kristin says specifically that “Lost” wants to do a two-hour finale (YAY!). They’ve done that in the past, but the writers’ strike put the kibosh on what’s become a tradition.

Until now. Maybe.
See, here’s the problem, as Mikey A. also astutely observes: ABC is already promising viewers a May 22 blockbuster lineup of finales, with “Ugly Betty,” “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Lost” all currently saying their season sayonaras that night.

So a two-hour “Lost” would mess up that scenario.

Well, promises can be broken, right? Here’s what I propose:

Give “UB” and “GA” their sendoffs on May 22 as originally planned, and air a repeat of the previous week’s “Lost” (complete with pop-up teasers) after those episodes.

Then give “Lost” a two-hour block the following Thursday, on May 29. (You can fill in the 8-9 p.m. hour with one of those clip shows that you’re so fond of.)

It would be terrible to break the finale into two parts: I’m guessing that the reason the producers asked for the additional time is because they’re seeing how much they’ll have to cram into what I’m sure will be a mind-blower. (They haven’t failed us yet!)

It would be equally horrible to say no to the request for another hour: If the creators feel they can handle it, and fans are aching for it, then why not?

So come on, ABC, throw “Lost” fans a bone. Please, please, please, give us some more jungle love!!!

(Photo courtesy of ABC)

More than a month ago, Rickey over at Riding With Rickey tagged yours truly with a meme. Revenge for a meme I’d tagged him with, I suppose.

Anywho, I kept meaning to hold up my end of the bargain, and I finally have. It’s the movie meme, and the idea is that I’m supposed to look up my 15 favorite movies on IMDB, choose quotes from them, list them here and make you figure out what movies they are.

Aha, but this is a TV blog, I hear you thinking! Never fear, I’ve got that all figured out. No worries, I didn’t choose a bunch of Lifetime women-as-victim movies. Rather, I started with actors from our favorite TV shows. Then, I found relatively well-known characters they played in movies, found quotes from them and posted them here.

So not only do you have to figure out what movie the line is from, but you also have to figure out which actor uttered it. To make things a weeeeeee bit easier, I’ll tell you the actors I selected, but they’re not in the same order as the quotes. I’ve alphabetized the actors, by last name:

Adam Baldwin (Chuck)
Alec Baldwin (30 Rock)
Summer Glau (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles)
Katherine Heigl (Grey’s Anatomy)
Cheryl Hines (Curb Your Enthusiasm)
Jim Krasinski (The Office)
Hugh Laurie (House)
Chi McBride (Pushing Daisies)
Mary McDonnell (Battlestar Galactica)
Sandra Oh (Grey’s Anatomy)
Edward James Olmos (Battlestar Galactica)
Donald Sutherland (Dirty Sexy Money)
Kiefer Sutherland (24)
Skeet Ulrich (Jericho)
Ray Wise (Reaper)

NO CHEATING. You may not look the quotes up on IMDB and then get all the answers correct. You must use your brain; you know, the part of your brain that stores all that useless movie trivia. You all have it; if you didn’t, you wouldn’t be reading a television blog now, would you?

After the break, the quote list:

The word is out. The double issue of “TV Guide” arrived in my mailbox yesterday, spilling the beans on what will happen next on shows that had been crippled by the writers’ strike. The next new “Grey’s” debuts April 24, says “TVG,” and sparks will fly.

Creator Shonda Rhimes explains that, in a nod to the strike, the storyline will have jumped ahead six weeks. “Old relationships will become new again, some people you thought would never get together will, and there will be some interesting outside influences,” Rhimes says. Also, spoiled lothario McSteamy will get all bent out of shape when he doesn’t “get his way” with Dr. Hahn, and the end result will surprise us.

Getting back to the (snore…) Meredith and Derek drama, she’s going to get her act together, which is hard to believe, and the couple will come to a mutually satisfying place in their relationship. And speaking of Der’s lovers, Addison (Kate Walsh, whose schedule has been freed up because “Private Practice” won’t be back until the fall) will swoop back into Seattle Grace to, as Rhimes says, “perform surgeries that only she can do.” Say what? She’s now a world-class surgeon?

F.Y.I.: While cruising around the Internet this morning, I came upon a site that showed photos of 38 female celebs without makeup next to phtos of them all glammed up. Katherine “Izzie” Heigl’s before and after pix were particularly striking. On the first photos, her face was bare, her hair was all scraggly and her dark roots were totally poking out of her scalp. Yikes! Comparing that one to the second one was like night and day. Just goes to show you how much “show” there is in show business.”

(Photo courtesy of ABC.)

ABC’s finally announced the worst kept secret in TV:

That “Lost” will move to Thursdays at 10 p.m. after “Grey’s Anatomy” in April, and newbies like “Pushing Daisies” and “Dirty Sexy Money” will come back in the fall.

This was all part of the network’s plan to bring back its biggest shows, now that TVLand is back in business following the writers’ strike.

Return dates and times are below, but here’s the news in a nutshell:

Favorites like “Desperate Housewives” and “Boston Legal” will come back starting in early April for a handful of fresh episodes before the season officially ends in May.

“Pushing Daisies,” “Private Practice” and “Dirty Sexy Money” will return next season.

No mention of flops “Big Shots” and “Cavemen,” or shows with so-so ratings like “Women’s Murder Club.” Mid-season replacements such as “Eli Stone” and “Cashmere Mafia” weren’t on the list either.

But here’s who was:

Aww, nothing says love like “Lost,” right?

In a shameless publicity ploy on this Valentine’s Day, ABC figures fans of “Ugly Betty,” “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Lost” would be thrilled to receive a holiday e-card featuring their favorite characters.

The cards are so cheesy, you can’t help but laugh. Here’s the one I just got from my hubby:

Is that the most ridiculous thing you’ve ever seen?

Go here to choose your own card, and give someone a Valentine’s Day giggle!

(Hey, it’s cheaper than diamonds…)

It’s looking like we’ve got a winner in the war for the Thursday 9 p.m. time slot on ABC.

Well, make that TWO winners.

TV Guide’s Michael Ausiello says “Grey’s Anatomy” will indeed move back into its usual 9 o’clock spot, now occupied by “Lost.”

But “Lost” will follow the hit medical drama at 10 p.m. when the season’s final batch of new episodes begins airing in late April.

As Ausiello notes, this could be great news for “Lost.”

The fourth season opened to strong ratings last month—over 16 million viewers—but it was still down from last year’s premiere.

Wow, the writers’ strike finally ends and one of the first announcements is that we’re getting more “Lost” this season?!?

It must be my super-duper lucky day!

Yup, fantabulous exec producer Carlton Cuse told TV Guide’s Michael Ausiello that—after a long meeting with ABC’s head honchos—the official plan is to produce five more episodes of “Lost” before the end of May.

That amounts to a total of 13 episodes, three fewer than the 16-episode season that was originally envisioned.

Cuse says that stories will have to be streamlined in order to cut those three installments: The writers are back at work today to figure out how to make that happen.

(Too bad this didn’t happen last season: Maybe we wouldn’t have been subjected to the horrible Nikki and Paolo.)

Anyway, Lost-philes, don’t think we’re getting cheated out of those three episodes. We were promised 48 episodes in the final three seasons, and we’re gonna get ‘em. Cuse promises they’ll be folded in somewhere down the road.

(Translation: The final 35 episodes of the series will be split between seasons 5 and 6.)

Last piece of news: Unfortunately, there will be a break between the eight pre-strike episodes and the newly produced shows of the season. The series just can’t ramp up production quick enough to eliminate the gap.

That means we’ll get a four-week break, starting in late March. Then “Lost” will come roaring back with the late April showers for the final five—YIPPEE!

But of course, we couldn’t talk about “Lost” without some intrigue.

So here’s another mystery yet to be solved: Who’s going to win the Thursday 9 p.m. time slot?

“Lost” or “Grey’s Anatomy?”

ABC named nine of its series that will return for sure in the fall:
Brothers & Sisters
Desperate Housewives
Dirty Sexy Money
Grey’s Anatomy
Lost
Private Practice
Pushing Daisies
Samantha Who?
Ugly Betty

Here’s what I want to know: