Cake Boss, probably--at least we know somebody's watching it. Heroes, not so much. It's the season finale for both shows tonight, and one might not return for another.

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The Office used to be the funniest and sharpest Thursday-night show in NBC's arsenal; now, it's getting its comedic arse kicked every week by surrounding sitcoms Community, Parks & Recreation and 30 Rock. Has the suddenly-kinda-dark Office become the modern corporate mirror of ... Mad Men?

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It's not likely you tuned into Fox News last night to watch Daily Show host Jon Stewart on The O'Reilly Factor--who wants to see a cable "news" host interviewed by another cable "news" host? Sit down, Chris Matthews ...

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HBO polygamy drama (sorry, Draa-ma!) Big Love has been picked up for fifth season, expected to begin airing early 2011. Reached for comment, the state of Utah sighed, "Oh, fuckin' great ..."

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In this week's True TV column, I plugged tomorrow night's third-season premiere of Comedy Central's divinely demented The Sarah Silverman Program--but totally forgot about her lead-in, the second-season premiere of Important Things With Demetri Martin. As usual, it took a music video to jar my memory.

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It's the most anticipated pairing of Utah comedians since Gary Herbert and Cherlyn Eager--ladies and germs, it's no-last-names-required comics Marcus and Deena Marie as Brangelina!

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With Dexter, Californication and Weeds between seasons, Showtime is currently coasting on slighter fare like Tracy Ullman's State of the Union (passable), Secret Diary of a Call Girl (surprisingly lively in its third season) and La La Land (Ali G-lite filler). Where's the meat?

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Tweeted today by former Veronica Mars/current When In Rome star Kristen Bell: "VM fans-please see When in Rome this wknd! if the box office #s are high we have a better chance of being able 2 make a veronicamars movie!"

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My new favorite quote about the cast of MTV's Jersey Shore, regarding the Guidi (collective of Guidos and Guidettes) and their negotiations for a second season of the insanely popular reality show: "Finding obnoxious, pushy, trash-talking idiots who want to be on TV is as easy as falling off a log" (MTV "insider" to the Chicago Sun-Times)

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Conan O'Brien got his money, Jay Leno got the Tonight Show back, NBC got media-raped, every other late-night talker got free monologues, viewers got better shows from these clowns than they have in years--too bad the Late Night Wars end tonight (for now, anyway).

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