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• Interesting article about how the casts of canceled shows — the example here being Ugly Betty — suddenly wind up in high demand if they're available in time for pilot season.

• Now, even the demolition of a stadium has to be a sponsorship opportunity.

• Please file under "Could Be Great, Or Not So Much": Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the creators of TV's South Park, are working with the composer of dirty puppet musical Avenue Q on a new theatrical project.

The Oscars, paywalls, and a reality departure, after the jump.

 

• Enjoy a little scoop on what the Oscar telecast is likely to look like this year. Other than, you know, long.

Time features some thoughts from James Poniewozik about what it means when The New York Times puts up a paywall.

• To most of you, this will mean nothing. But if you like a great paso doble performed to the song "The Final Countdown," you will know what earth-shaking news it is that Samantha Harris is leaving her job as co-host of Dancing With The Stars.