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Apparently, Jennifer Aniston has been hanging out with Chelsea Handler a lot. She's so impressed with Chelsea Lately and the format of her show, that she's found a reason to come back to the small screen. Aniston mentioned it to Oprah Winfrey, who took the idea and ran with it.

See, Oprah is launching The Oprah Winfrey Network in 2010. Now, suddenly, she could have a very high-profile project to help promote the new channel: a weekly talk show fronted by both Winfrey and Aniston. I've always found Aniston to be very friendly, funny and personable, so this could work out very well.

It's an interesting pairing, Oprah and Jen. I'm curious to see if the new venture will be formatted like a traditional late-night talk show, or more like the daytime staple Winfrey has mastered. I have a feeling Oprah will want to differentiate the two a bit more. Perhaps with Aniston's influence, there'll be a much more playful and comedic atmosphere. What do you think? Nothing's been signed yet, but would you watch Oprah and Jen helm a talk show?

During NBC's announcement about their midseason changes, they noted that the game show Deal or No Deal will settle into a weekly Monday at 8 slot starting March 6. This is after another one-week strip of shows is aired right after the Winter Olympics ends.

Like I've mentioned before, the show works better as a "special event" show, aired in one-week strips maybe two or three times a year. I think people will tire of it quickly as a weekly show, mainly because there really is no strategy involved. But NBC hasn't exactly been burning up the charts ratings-wise, so I guess they're trying to do anything they can to get ratings.

So, what do you think? Where should we set the over/under on the number of weeks Howie Mandel stays on the air? My guess is 12.