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DIED. Robert Sterling, 88, hunky actor in low-profile 1940s MGM movies who shot to national fame as a ghost, below, with co-stars Anne Jeffreys, his off- and onscreen wife, and Leo G. Carroll, on the hugely popular 1950s TV sitcom Topper; in Brentwood, Calif. Sterling played George Kerby, who, with wife Marion, dies in a skiing accident, then returns to his former home where the spectral couple end up coaching new occupant Cosmo Topper--a cranky banker and the only person who can see the Kerbys--on how to enjoy life...
LOVESPRING INTERNATIONAL LIFETIME, MONDAYS, 11 P.M. E.T. Work and love are two classic subjects for sitcoms, so it only makes sense to combine them. This improv comedy is set at an "élite Beverly Hills dating service"--actually located in Tarzana, Calif.--that is staffed by a neurotic crew of "relationship consultants." Cast with versatile veterans of improv shows like Reno 911!, Lovespring also features a daffy string of customers both demanding (a woman offers $10,000 to have her dog deflowered) and satisfied ("He learned some things in prison that really make me happy"). The concept has been tried...
...BITES MAN COMEDY CENTRAL, WEDNESDAYS, 10:30 P.M. E.T. In this comedy about an inept Spokane, Wash., news crew, the cast members also "report" on real events whose participants don't know they're speaking to actors. This may be the most highly hyphenated sitcom ever--scripted-improv-reality-mockumentary--but it's highly entertaining. Focusing on the bitter rivalry between an intern turned producer (Andrea Savage, above left) and her former boss-lover (Matt Walsh, above, second from left), it may even be funnier than your local newscast...
...writers, right? NBC has picked up Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, a drama by AARON SORKIN (of West Wing fame) about backstage goings-on at a late-night sketch-comedy show, and looks likely to pick up Saturday Night Live star TINA FEY'S as-yet-unnamed sitcom about backstage goings-on at a late-night sketch-comedy show. Now all we need is a show about backstage goings-on when two shows about late-night sketch-comedy shows make...
...entry of each new class brings a handful of Washington "color" stories about which newly elected officials are rooming together. This year's featured the Salazar brothers (Rep. John and Sen. Ken, both D, Colo.) - who share a two-bedroom, one-bath "luxury apartment" - along with an obligatory sitcom pitch: "The Salazars." Two brothers grow up on a ranch, come to Washington and encounter all kinds of goofiness, like an army of reporters in their kitchen asking hygiene questions...