This week managed to be both boring and wonderful at the same time. In fact, 'American Dad' and 'The Cleveland Show' paralleled one another in this sense. Both had very strong lead stories featuring their respective fathers and sons, and both had rather dull back-up installments featuring the daughters.

What is it with Seth MacFarlane and female daughters? The fact that he can't find anything to do with Meg has become a running joke on 'Family Guy,' but he has the same problems with Hayley and Roberta.

Did you notice anything different about Roberta this week? Did she sound a little more like Sarah Chalke than Lecy Goranson (that's a 'Roseanne' joke for those paying attention)? That's because Nia Long, who's been the voice of Roberta thus far was replaced this episode by Reagan Gomez-Preston. I know, it's almost as shocking as when Darrin went from one Dick to another on 'Bewitched.'

(S03E11) My penis is already packed -- Denny Crane

Ah, there you are! We haven't seen each other in over a month and I thought you wouldn't come back. But here we are, together again, for a new episode of Boston Legal which was a pretty big spotlight for James Spader as Alan Shore, guest star Nia Long, and new cast member Gary Anthony Williams as Clarence/Clarice. That, and the never-ending sexual escapades at the Boston offices of Crane, Poole and Schmidt reached a new plateau.

Let's begin in a little town known as New Orleans.

Give credit to the producers of Boston Legal and Ugly Betty: they don't like to see an actor out of work. Even though both shows have ensemble casts just bursting at the seams they seem to believe there is enough room for one or two more people.

Over at Boston Legal Nia Long (Third Watch) has been signed on to do three episodes that will air later this season (or next, no date has been set). On the show she'll play Vanessa Walker, a meticulous associate from the New York office of Crane, Poole & Schmidt who requests the assistance of our dear Alan Shore. Didn't Jeffrey Coho and Claire Simms come from the New York office? I wonder if there will be any history between Walker, Coho and Simms (hey, that sounds like great law firm name).

Meanwhile, Christopher Gorham (Out of Practice) has now been promoted to recurring character on Ugly Betty. Gorham plays Henry, an accountant for Meade Publications who takes a liking to the lovely Betty Suarez. His next appearance will be in this evening's broadcast. Joel actually mentioned this in a previous post but I thought that I'd remind everyone.

Finally, the entire population of the state of Delaware has been added to the cast of Lost as another group of people living on the tropical island. Of course, being a proud citizen of the First State, I expect at least scale for my performance.