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Our weekly roundup of what's inside America's favorite TV magazine:

• On the cover: Marcia Cross. You know, if TV Guide gave one tenth the coverage to other shows that it gives to Desperate Housewives (or Lost, or Grey's Anatomy, or CSI), maybe some shows would get a chance to succeed instead of being canceled so quickly. Imagine if they had put Kidnapped on the cover?
  
• The Without A Trace/Nancy Grace connection. You can probably guess what it is.
  
• Has Bones jumped the shark?
• A preview of Battlestar Galactica's third season. Which, yeah, started last night, but read it anyway.
  
• Speaking of third seasons, Penn & Teller's Bullshit is out on DVD, and the mag interviews the magic duo.
• Surfer Girl gets a call from Dwight Schrute!
• In the print edition: a look inside Amanda Peet's wedding, and a profile of Brooke Shields.

• TV Guide has the scoop on what we can expect on CSI this season.
• Yet more news about Meredith Vieira and The Today Show.
• Matt Roush reviews Brothers and Sisters (he says it's so-so) and PBS' Andy Warhol documentary (he loves it).
• Casting news: An ex-Ed star is joining 24, while Surface's Lake Bell is coming back to Boston Legal.
• By the way, who thought the TV Guide site redesign was a good idea? The main tvguide.com page is fine, but the magazine page doesn't seem to have as many features (or at least they're not easy to find with the new navigation), and certain sections (Today's Highlights, Cheers and Jeers) are in PDF?! Gah.

• It's the annual Fall Preview Issue. Not as good as TV Guide Fall Previews of the past, but still a cool guide.
• Matt Roush loves the new season of The Wire and MI-5, but Damon Wayan's new comedy sketch show The Underground? Not so much.
• A TV Guide exclusive: an interview with Comic Book Guy!
• ESPN is ready for some football.
• An interview with Scrubs star Zach Braff.

• On the cover: the new football season upon us, and that means lots of TV coverage.
• What has Numb3rs star David Krumholtz been up to on summer hiatus?
• The magazine celebrates the 40th Anniversary of Star Trek, with a piece on William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy, and info about the restoration coming to the episodes.
• In the print edition: a preview of the new season of Nip/Tuck; a look at the controversial new season of Survivor: Cook Islands; Bo Derek and Morgan Fairchild are back in a new soap; and a Q and A with Desperate Housewives star Richard Burgi, who reveals what could be a spoiler about the new season.

Yup, yup, you read that right. Gilmore Girls star Lauren Graham is going to guest star on two episodes of the new NBC show Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. And here's the cool twist: she's going to play herself! She's going to be the "host" on an episode of the fictional variety show depicted on the show, and the two episodes will feature Graham dealing with the staff, going through rehearsals, and hosting the "show."

Hmmm...maybe that's why Grahm and Matthew Perry were seen together at a party before the Emmys?

• On the cover: a supergigantic, mega preview of The Emmy Awards, including an interview with host Conan O'Brien.
• Matt Roush calls Vanished "cliche-ridden," but loves Spike Lee's documentary about Hurricane Katrina, When The Levees Broke.
• A guide for parents on how to use the ratings system.
• Richard Dean Anderson talks about Stargate SG-1's 200th episode.
• Ausiello has the scoop on a new cast member joining House.
• In the print edition: a preview of the new season of Prison Break; a Q and A with Shannen Doherty about her new relationship show; and a look at the new Raven sequel on the Disney Channel.

• On the cover: 24's Kiefer Sutherland talks about the new season of the show.
• A parent's guide to the new fall season.
• Matt Roush says the second season of Weeds looks as good as the first.
• An interview with Deadwood's Calamity Jane.
• J.J. Abrams talks about the new Star Trek, The Twilight Zone, The Prisoner, and Lost, of course.
• In the print edition: Stargate SG-1 does The Wizard of Oz; a Q and A with Fantasia about her Lifetime movie; and an interview with Kellie Martin about her Hallmark Channel mystery movie series.

• On the cover: the hot guys of CSI. William Petersen isn't there though. Hmmm, I wonder how he feels about that?
• Matt Roush likes Matthew Perry in The Ron Clark Story, but isn't too thrilled with IFC's film satires.
• A Q and A with comedian and writer Laura Kightlinger.
• Another Q and A, with ex-Police drummer Stewart Copeland, who now does soundtracks (he did The Equalizer). He talks about his documentary about his days with the famous band.
• In the print edition: How I Met Your Mother's Josh Radnor is looking for love in real life too; a guest column from Carnie Wilson (who is going on Celebrity Fit Club for reasons only she can understand); an interview with The 4400's Billy Campbell; and stuff on Lost (of course) and David Hasselhoff.

• Wondering when your favorite shows and new shows start? Laurel Krahn has a handy grid, as usual.
• The gang over at TeeVee have started their own podcasts, and they really like Eureka.
• Over at FireJeffZucker.com, Dave Thomas gives his choices on who should replace Tina Fey on SNL's Weekend Update.
• Over at TV Guide, Michael Ausiello has the scoop on a Gilmore Girls/Veronica Mars crossover.
• EW's PopWatch blog has a pic of a Lost figurine featuring Hurley.

• On the cover: Mariska Hargitay and her new baby. Inside, a photo spread. Why would any star want to have a photo spread of their child? Publicity? I don't get why stars expose their kids like that.
• Matt Roush really dislikes Three Moons Over Milford, calling it "cloying" and "annoying."
• An interview with Feasting on Asphalt's Alton Brown.
• A look at the Stargate/Stargate: Atlantis crossover episode.
• Jump The Shark's Jon Hein has a new blog at TV Guide, and this week he wonders if ABC's Lost schedule strategy will help or hurt the show.
• In the print edition: a Q & A with Psych's James Roday; behind the scenes of America's Got Talent; a guest column from Access Hollywood's Nancy O'Dell, celebrating ten years on the show; and find out where to buy all the stuff you see on Entourage.

• On the cover: a sci-fi "preview," with covers featuring the original Star Trek, Smallville, Battlestar Galactica, and Lost. The Trek preview is about J.J. Abrams big screen movie, but I think it's just another excuse to put the show (and Lost) on the damn cover, and have yet another multi-cover issue.
• Matt Roush reviews the summer shows Work Out, Life on Mars, Inspector Lewis, Who Wants To Be A Superhero, and Walter Cronkite: Witness To History. He likes them all except one. Can you guess which one?
• An interview with Brotherhood's Jason Isaacs.
• In the print edition: a Q & A with Matt Dallas from Kyle XY; a guest column from comic book legend Stan Lee; behind the scenes of the CMA Music Festival; and find out what would have happened if Threshold hadn't been canceled!

• On the cover: Heidi Klum and another season of Project Runway.
• Matt Roush calls Brotherhood "one of the surprises of the summer and Stephen King's Nightmares and Dreamscapes "uneven" but "effective."
• Stanley Tucci reunites with Tony Shalhoub on Monk.
• Did you know Richard Thomas has a new show on The Hallmark Channel?
• All hell has broken loose on the set of Rescue Me.
• Strangers with Candy hits the big screen.
• In the print edition: a complete A to Z guide to The Office; a Q & A with Entourage's Jeremy Piven; a list of TV Guide's "Guilty Pleasures" (including Footballer's Wives and Supernanny); and a look behind the scenes of A&E's reality show Intervention.

• On the cover: Dennis Haysbert of The Unit.
• Behind the scenes of the Grey's Anatomy cast photo shoot.
• An interview with Supergroup's Sebastian Bach.
• Yet another interview: Prison Break's Stacey Keach.
• Matt Roush really likes Psych and Hustle, but finds that the new season of Chappelle's Show leaves a sour aftertaste.
• In the print edition: a tribute to Aaron Spelling; a look at the new season of Rock Star; photos of some of the acts from America's Got Talent; and a Q & A with Rescue Me's Tatum O'Neal.

• On the cover: race car driver Dale Earnhardt, Jr. has a "revved-up attitude."
• An interview with The Dead Zone's Sean Patrick Flannery.
• Michael Ausiello talks with Cheri Oteri and finds out what happened to that show she was going to do with J.J. Abrams.
• Matt Roush isn't too thrilled with the TV version of Blade.
• In the print edition only: a Q and A with House star Lisa Edelstein; a diary from the set of The 4400; everything you wanted to know about So You Think You Can Dance; a guide to all the crazy plots on the soaps this summer; and a guest column from Garrison Keillor.