Survivor Micronesia will make its debut on February 7th. The official website hasn't appeared yet, but the cast list is out. Well, at least the names of those who are perceived to be "fan favorites" is certainly of interest to me because I don't know any of the fans. Remember, the upcoming season is a hybrid "all-stars" version pitting fan favorites from previous seasons with super-fans of the show.

What I don't get is their criteria for choosing the fan favorites. Jonny Fairplay? Give me a break!

The entire cast list after the jump ...

As regular TV viewers, we can easily list our favorite shows of all time. And we can name the shows on the air right now that we love and never miss. My list of the latter would include The Office, Heroes, Studio 60, The Late Show With David Letterman, Ugly Betty, and Jericho. And this season, I added another show to the list. One I had never really watched before.

Scrubs.

Yeah, I think I had seen an episode before, but I never really watched the show. I think other shows I liked were on at the same time, I didn't want to get caught up in another medical drama, and I think that episode I saw wasn't one of the better ones and it didn't make me want to tune into the show again. But then a funny thing happened. Last year I started watching the show late at night, after the Friends reruns on a local station, and I completely fell in love with the show. And it's not just that I "like" the show now, it has actually become one of my favorite shows of all-time. I watch the episodes and I think "how the hell did I miss this show all these years? What was I thinking?"

Do you have a show like that?

Last week on American Idol we lost Kevin Corvais. Needless to say, there weren't a lot of shocked people in our chat room. It will probably continue to be lopsided for Chris, Taylor, Mandisa and Katharine, but they are the best. Who else will fail to impress tonight as the contestants sing songs from the past 6 years--the 21st Century, I don't know, but you can join me along with all the other Idol fanatics. Check back here to this very post at 8pm EST and that's when I'll unveil the location for the super secret chat room. We better hear some good stuff tonight.

Update:
Come one, come all;  here is the super secret location for our American Idol Chat! Look for me (TVSRyan) in the chat room. See you inside.

Disclaimer: All or parts of the discussion in this chatroom may be posted in a later column on this site.