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TLC must really like Buddy Valastro. The network has given the 'Cake Boss' and 'Next Great Baker' star yet another show.

According to Deadline, 'Kitchen Boss' will feature Valastro cooking his traditional Italian recipies. The show's already gotten a 40-episode order, and will premiere at 5:30PM on Jan. 25.

A sneak peak will air after the 'Next Great Baker' finale on Jan. 24.

In other TV news ...

• Jorge Garcia has a message for everyone who played the 'Lost' numbers in the Mega Millions lottery last night. "When will you people learn? The numbers are bad!" he wrote on his blog. [Further Dispatches]

• 'Grey's Anatomy' is welcoming yet another 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' alum. Adam Busch, aka Warren, aka the guy who killed Tara, will play a resident assigned to shadow Christina. [E! Online]

• 'Jerseylicious' is getting a third season. The show's Jan. 2 episode gave Style its highest-rated telecast ever. The new season will air later in 2011. [Deadline]

What happened on this week's 'How I Met Your Mother' episode, 'The Perfect Week' -- in 100 words or less.

To distract himself from troubling situations at work, Barney decided to try for the perfect week, seven girls in seven consecutive nights with no rejections. The story was related to us via a fantasy interview with Jim Nantz.

(S05E14) Wouldn't everyone want to analyze their love lives with Jim Nantz?

Even if you haven't been as lucky in the sack as Barney Stinson, having an accomplished play-by-play guy talk about the ups and downs of your romantic escapades lends things a bit of gravitas and class.

However the 'HIMYM' writing team came up with the idea of how a nervous Barney recounts his perfect week in his own head, it was an inspired move, as it gave the episode the right narrative pull and really did put you in the position of a fan, pulling for him and making sure he didn't get jinxed. Did I just say that word?

If there was one guy on the New York Yankees championship team this past season who would be best described as a "character," it's outfielder Nick Swisher. This guy always had a smile on his face like he knew he had landed in a cushy spot and was happy about it. Well, he's done it again. Swisher will be guesting on How I Met Your Mother, playing a really complicated role -- himself.

On the February 1 episode (tentative date), Swisher appears at MacLaren's Bar. The episode is called "The Perfect Week" and Nick shows up at the bar, competing with Barney for the attention of the ladies. Barney, reportedly, is not thrilled that a guy with World Series swagger is on his turf.