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Fall Season In Full Swing.

I'm in the process of watching whatever looks interesting this fall season. There are a few shows that look like they'll tickle my fancy, so I'm making sure to watch them either when they run or afterward on the DVR.

Tonight, the DVR is set to record something during all three hours of primetime. The Class and How I Met Your Mother on CBS and Heroes and Studio 60 on NBC. This is on top of the few hours of previously-recorded shows I already have waiting for me to watch. I'm going to try and catch Studio 60 when it runs tonight. That way I'll be able to watch it in HD. Oh yeah, I bought an HD television this summer. TV has never looked so good. :-)

Speaking of Mother, its first season comes out on DVD November 21. I'll be buying it.

9/11 Remembered In Every Way Possible

Kudos to CNN for utilizing their "Pipeline" service to show LIVE streams of today's memorials and -- my favorite -- a real-time stream of their TV coverage on 9/11/2001.

Take a look if you get a chance.

Poor Paris.

Paris Hilton, after being arrested recently on drunk driving charges, said in an interview this morning, "Everything I do is blown out of proportion and it really hurts my feelings."

Guess what, honey: You're a celebrity now -- whether you deserve it or not. You've got to take the bad with the good. When a celebrity drives while under the influence and gets caught for speeding, the paparazzi and media are going to pay attention. Not your decision.

Now suck it up and be a big girl, 'kay?

She Exists! I'm Not Surprised!

Vanity Fair magazine got the scoop on pictures of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes' new baby Suri. The pictures come after months of speculation over when we'd see pictures. When time "dragged" on with no visual confirmation of the baby girl's existence, the media took great pleasure in asking the question, "Does Suri exist?" Many wondered why, if she is real, it took so long for her pictures to go public.

We at the Media Situation Report 360 -- who are glad to be back from our summer hiatus -- know the answer:

BECAUSE TOM AND KATIE ARE NOT OBLIGATED TO SHOW YOU PICTURES.

I don't understand why the faithful viewers of Entertainment Tonight and Extra have developed this idea that celebrities, because of the very nature of being in the spotlight, have no privacy when public curiosity is piqued.

Of course, my opinion of Entertainment Tonight and Extra remains to be given in this space. It will come when the time is right.

But for now, enjoy the publicity Tom, Katie, and Vanity Fair. For all you who questioned Suri's existence, I'm sure she has a little present for you tucked inside her diaper. :-)