When you think of video games, you may not think first of Charlie Sheen. But Spike TV invited him to the 2011 'Video Game Awards' (Sat., 8PM ET on Spike) to present the award for Best Shooter, which was won by 'Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.' So Sheen explained to the audience why he was there.

He started with a graphic explanation of a tense showdown in a typical first person shooter video game. It was inevitable that he was going to joke that this was just another day in his personal life, which he did. His adventure was interrupted by a call from his agent.

We might have to wait another month and a half for a new episode of 'The Vampire Diaries,' but here's a treat to help tide us over until then: 'TVD' creator Kevin Williamson gave Entertainment Weekly new details about the recently announced companion series he's writing.

"It's set on a college campus," he said. "There's a little bit of some paranormal investigation involved, but it's more about the characters. It's more about what Julie and I like to do, which is create a world of people. A young girl goes to college, and it turns out there's a lot more going on."

As for the reports that the still-developing show will be like 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' crossed with 'The X-Files'? False."That's exactly what the show is not," Williamson said. "That was the wrong characterization. I was like, 'What is 'Buffy' meets 'The X-Files'? They're completely at odds tonally. It's neither."

In other TV news ...

• Sam Neill has nabbed the male lead in J.J. Abrams' 'Alcatraz.' The actor will star alongside Sarah Jones in the Fox pilot. [Deadline]

• Tonsillitis is traveling around the 'Glee' set. It's so bad that production on a big musical number for the post-Super Bowl episode was canceled tonight. It'll instead be shot in January, and filming will resume on Monday. [EW]

• Bravo is putting together its own gay housewives series that will compete with Logo's 'The A-List.' The new show is tentatively called 'From the Bottom to the Top,' and is being overseen by Andy Cohen. [NY Daily News]

• TV Land has an Andy Griffith Show marathon all night.
• At 7, ABC has a new America's Funniest Home Videos, followed by The Santa Clause 2.
  
• CBS has a new 60 Minutes at 7, then the season finale of Survivor and the Survivor Live Reunion Show.
• NBC has a new Football Night in America at 7, followed by the Giants/Cowboys game.
• At 8, ABC Family has the movie Snow 2 Brain Freeze.
• HGTV has Holiday Windows 2008 at 8.
• Also at 8: Showtime has a new Brotherhood, then new episodes of Dexter and Californication.
• At 9, Lifetime has the movie Together Again For The First Time.
• Nickelodeon has two Christmas episodes of Home Improvement at 9.
• Spike has the Spike TV Video Game Awards 2008 at 9.
• At 10, BBC America has a new Skins.
• At 10:30, Food Network has a new Throwdown with Bobby Flay.
• At 11:30, Cartoon Network has a new Robot Chicken.
• At 12:15am, Cartoon Network has a new Drinky Crow Show.

Check your local TV listings for more.