In case you've missed it -- perhaps you were busy hotdogging at the end of your snowboardcross race  --  here are some highlights from the last week at TV Squad:



Winter Olympics

• Day 10 coverage
• Day 9 coverage
• Day 8 coverage
• Day 7 coverage
• Day 6 coverage
• Day 5 coverage
• Day 4 coverage
• Michelle Kwan drops out, turns down NBC's offer...
• ...but signs on with Disney.
• Anna asks readers why they aren't watching the Olympics.
• Does Scott Hamilton's stint on Skating with Celebrities hurt his Olympic credibility?

The TV Squad Live! Sketch Project

• Our nice, gentle introduction to the project...
• ...Screw that; we're doing it because we think we can out-sketch SNL.

Breaking News

• Nick Lachey seeks spousal support.
• Crumbs is put on hiatus.
• NBC tells YouTube to remove Lazy Sunday video.
• Alec Baldwin is in talks to join Tina Fey-produced NBC series.
• Hubba Hubba! Veronica Mars star strips down for Maxim.
• Character actor Andreas Kastulas passes away.
• Kevin Smith wants to appear on Earl with his buddy Jason Lee.
• Jean Byron passes away.
• John Corbett (Nothern Exposure, Lucky) puts out a country album.
• Bill Gates and Oprah Winfrey cause a ruckus at a San Diego high school.
• 24 show-runner signed through sixth season.
• Shocker: ratings for Arrested Development finale were miniscule.
• Anne Heche to be in ABC pilot.
• So will Chazz Palminteri.
• Shannen Doherty hurt in a car accident.
• NBC brings Joey back, extends The Office.
• Life & Syle reports that TomKat is no more.
• The Apprentice will have less American-born contestants.

Discussions

• Listen to our second APB podcast.
• With which sci-fi crew are you be the most compatible?
• What is with the mysterious stain on Martha's carpet?
• Readers discuss what food they'd bring to a Seinfeld dinner party.
• Would you work at Dunder-Mifflin?
• What are college students watching?
• Ryan creates an iMix from the songs on How I Met Your Mother.

The Five

• Great characters on bad shows.
• Bob's early TV memories.

Opinions

• Jonathan's day at the Museum of Television and Radio.
• What the hell did Paris Bennett do to her hair?
• Bob is spooked by the Olsen Twins.
• Anna like's the new CD from Idol's Taylor Hicks.
• Bob hates that 2-second satellite delay on live news remotes.
  

Episode Reviews

• Battlestar Galactica: "The Captain's Hand"
• Smallville: "Cyborg"
• American Idol: The Chair Round
• Lost: "One of Them"
• Arrested Development: The Finale
• Grey's Anatomy: "(As We Know It)"

Earlier this week, we introduced our comedy sketch project to you, giving you a very measured and careful explanation for why we're doing this: we love our readers, we think they're very funny, we want to utilize new wiki technology, etc., etc., etc.

All of this is true. But the real reason we decided to start this project is much simpler than that:

We think Saturday Night Live stinks.

One of things we love about doing a TV blog is that we can utilize technology to do some interesting projects, like our chats and podcasts. We also happen to think that we have some of the funniest readers out there. So what we've decided to do is put both to the test.

We'd like to see what happens if our witty and wonderful readers help us collaborate on an SNL-style comedy sketch. Our plan is to utilize the wiki technology at The TV IV (www.tviv.org) to allow everybody to write and refine the sketch, while giving us some control over the content.

But first we need some ideas.  The TVS staff has been batting around some ideas in private, but we're curious as to what you can come up with as well.  Please leave your sketch ideas in the comments; the ideas should be no more than a couple of sentences, and you really don't have to go into details about characters, settings, etc.  Just the concept is fine, thanks. No topic is off-limits, but try to keep the concept within the limits of network late-night broadcast standards, please.

We'll be discussing the ideas we gather in about a week or so and narrowing them down. If we choose your idea, we will notify you by e-mail and give you a writing credit.

Keep in mind that the script will be placed under a Creative Commons license, with TV Squad and The TV IV being the licensees. We don't intend on selling the script or the idea, and placing these items under this license will help us protect that right. More information about a CC license is here.

Ok, it's time channel your inner comedian and send us your best. Good Luck!

(NOTE: Sorry for the repost -- we meant for this post to run this morning, not last night)