Good for her. Although, she should probably be the one eating Reese's Peanut Butter Cups right now, not me.

I wasn’t even planning to care about the Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG is such a depressing acronym), but then I saw Jennifer Carpenter in this dress.

Love this dress. Love it. Love her hair, too. Love that the shoes are staying out of it. A fan.

He was there too, but they didn't pose together. He looks ... not hot. Is the facial hair necessary for a role?

So now I have to ask: What’s up with her and Michael C. Hall? I have a history of caring too much about this couple and I’ve tried to be good but I’m afraid I’ve been sucked back in.

I believe the “Dexter” couple’s divorce was finalized in December, but I read that they were out on a candlelit date and even kissed — and “the next morning” they were spotted having coffee. That was maybe two weeks ago.

I also saw this blind item via BlindGossip.com:

“Which Golden Globe-winning TV star’s short-lived marriage ended because he couldn’t curb his sex add*ction? The twice-mar­ried hunk was attending 12-step meetings to cure his cravings, but when he relapsed, his actress wife told him to hit the road!”

Everyone thinks that’s MCH. So is he a sex addict? Is that his marriage issue? Both times? Are he and Jennifer trying again anyway? What is the deal? And how can I stop caring? Is there a 12-step program for me?

From this angle, I don't really mind the belt Mila used. This is one of the only designs I can actually picture Miranda Kerr wearing. I cannot see her in Michael's winning design.

Michael Costello is on a roll. He is officially The Golden Boy of “Project Runway: All Stars.” I didn’t get it last week. I get it even less this week. I do like Michael, but I’m at sea when it comes to the judges’ choices.

Miranda is going to wear this? What a waste of a gorgeous body. Not that all designs have to be form-fitting, but you could hide a country under all that fabric. And it's all the same blah color. Sorry, not seeing it.

This week, the top three designs were all “easy” flowing dresses that mostly hid their models’ bodies. (Anya would’ve cleaned house if she were competing this season.)

It came down to BFFs Michael vs. Mondo and, this time, Michael won. Mila was also in the top and, of the three, I preferred her design. Very cherry. Very Mila.

But two of my favorites were in the “safe” zone — loved Kenley’s and Jerell’s designs this week.

Somehow Kara managed to scrape by another week and April was sent home. I’m not a huge Team April fan, but it was touching to see her tears. Kara can talk her way out of anything, but I do think she should’ve left for making her model look pregnant.

On Episode 4, “Good Taste Tastes Good,” the 10 remaining designers were given six hours to create a fabulous look inspired by (why?) a gelato flavor.

It was the fastest challenge in “Project Runway” history and, for the most part, it showed. I think that’s why there were so many draped gowns — it would’ve taken too long to fit anything more ambitious.

A gelato guy wheeled into the runway and each designer had to go up and choose their flavor, not knowing exactly what the color would end up looking like.

• Michael chose Grapefruit (which was lighter than he expected) and he got to pick which designer went next, so obviously he picked his BFF…
• Mondo chose Cantaloupe and, for the designer to go next, he picked Mila
• Mila chose Milk with Sour Cherries
• April chose Blueberry
• Jerell chose Fruits of the Forest
• Kenley chose Passion Fruit
• Austin chose Vanilla Madagascar
• Anthony chose Green Tea
• Rami chose Kiwi
• Kara got stuck with Chocolate with Cayenne Pepper

Here's Mondo's cantaloupe, which I like more than Michael's grapefruit but less than Mila's cherry thing.

I would’ve picked Blueberry, if it was available.

Diane von Furstenberg came out as the guest judge and to warn them that they only had six hours to work. When she came out, Michael Costello gave another great I Just Won Miss America gasp. He gives good reaction. He’s also known for working fast so he was expected to do well in this challenge.

They set up a “mini Mood” right there, with limited fabric options. It really was about the fastest seamstress, not the best designer, and even Austin had to swallow his horror and use a glue gun.

FAVORITE QUOTE

Jerell [on Kara's design]: “When I tell you her model was a rail, and she had her looking like a pregnant cupcake — that’s not the business.”

ON THE RUNWAY

Miranda Kerr was also a guest judge and she said she would wear the winning design to an industry event, whatever that’s going to mean. Do you remember her as one of the models in Daniel Vosovic’s final runway show on Season 2? I remember her. He said something about how she had a great smile.

MONDO — Drapey kimono that’s very recognizable as cantaloupe and also very colorfully Mondo. I’m not into these colors but I respect the design. Love the belt with it. HIGHER SCORES. The judges loved this. Georgina said the colors and fabric shouldn’t go together but somehow it works. Angela wasn’t into the bright orange color and Isaac wished they had seen more of the model’s body. He didn’t find it sexy.

April's losing look. Not her worst of the season. Probably shouldn't have sent her home.

I don't know what Fruit of the Forest is supposed to look like, but I do like this creative design from Jerell. It's very him. Unique. Can't see Miranda in it, though.

ANTHONY — Not too impressed this time. But I am impressed with Anthony’s note that when Diane likes something she looks at the designer and winks that them. She doesn’t wink at Anthony. Oh well. I wouldn’t wink at him for this either. LOWER SCORES. They thought he went too conceptual and it got messy. Diane loved the skirt and the concept. Miranda thought there should’ve been more simplicity in the back.

KENLEY — I do like this and it is very Kenley. Cute and flirty, just like she said. SAFE – I thought this would be in the top three.

RAMI — Not into it, but the draped top is very Rami. Hate these colors. SAFE

MILA —I needed to look at this one several times before deciding I like it but don’t like the belt. Hate the accessories but I do like the rest of it. Could the model not find a bra? HIGHER SCORES. Isaac thinks it says cherry ice cream so well. They love this. I like it, but it’s funny that they love the one Mila design I was only OK with. Diane thought it looked like it was rushed and only done in six hours. Well, duh! Miranda likes that it looked easy to wear. Agreed. Hate the belt with it, though. Just saying.

JERELL — This is good. Very hippie chic. SAFE – I’m shocked. I thought this would be in the top three.

KARA — Not working for me. Unflattering. LOWER SCORES – As Georgina noted, Kara is so passionate when she talks but her designs don’t always reflect that. The dress wasn’t so great. Diane said it wasn’t flattering. They brought up the idea that the model looked like she was pregnant and hiding a baby bump. Isaac questioned whether she was an “all star.”

Kara's pregnancy dress. I would've sent her home for this.

MICHAEL — Something about this reminds me of both Chloe’s Season 2 finale collection and Korto’s Season 5 seatbelt design. Oh and Michael’s own PR Season 8 finale collection. It’s all too one color for me. Too much shapeless fabric. Nice necklace, though. HIGHER SCORES. Everything he does is gold to the judges. Isaac loves the dress. Georgina wasn’t into the color, but that was the color of his ice cream. Diane loved it — it probably helped that he kissed her ass big time. They love the movement and flow, like a goddess. They love his draping. How does Rami feel hearing that?

Love this passion fruit look from Kenley. The first thing I've really loved from her this season. So of course it was "safe"!

APRIL — I don’t like the top at all and the back is bad with a super short skirt. Too bad, since she had the best color. LOWER SCORES. It didn’t look finished, is the general consensus. Isaac really didn’t like the belt. Why are they singling out this belt when most of them were off? Georgina questioned April’s confidence and vision.

AUSTIN — A bit of a yawn for me. Just not a wow. SAFE

The winning design came down to BFFs Mondo vs. Michael. Why not Mila?

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Here are the 9 remaining all-stars, ranked in order of my personal preference:

• Rami Kashou (Season 4) — (I still believe in you, Rami, but I’m going to need you to focus up)
• Mila Hermanovski (Season 7)
• Anthony Williams (Season 7)
• Michael Costello (Season 8)
• Mondo Guerra (Season 8 )
• Jerell Scott (Season 5)
• Kenley Collins (Season 5)
• Austin Scarlett (Season 1)
• Kara Janx (Season 2)

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Rami, why aren't you here?

I just saw this. I hope it’s wrong. But it feels right. It feels preordained.

When “Project Runway: All Stars” started I felt like it was specifically set up for Mondo Guerra to win as some kind of karmic absolution for Season 8. Another poster speculated that it was set up to favor Austin Scarlett.

So it does make sense that they would take the 1/2 spots.

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Here’s something I found on Gawker.com from September:

“According to our source, fan favorite Mondo Guerra walks away with the prize. That makes sense since many are still angered that he lost season eight to Gretchen Jones. Heidi Klum even wore a dress he designed for the show’s finale in a show of solidarity with the designer. Our tipster says the plan was to hand it to him all along, and that angered the other designers, including Mondo, but he took the win nonetheless.
Apparently second place goes to season one dandy Austin Scarlett. Victorian lamp shade designer Michael Costello comes in third, despised hipster denizen and cat thrower Kenley Collins was fourth, and Jerell Scott came in fifth. Rami Kashou, the master draper who was in the finals during his initial season, is supposedly kicked out before the half-way mark. Poor thing.
Again, these spoilers may or may not be accurate, but there they are nonetheless.”

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I hate the unfairness of already planning to give it to Mondo before anyone even showed up, but that’s a believable tip.

The idea of Kenley beating Rami makes me want to throw something. Rami is still my #1, followed by Mila — I loved her Miss Piggy dress, despite it not fitting the badly explained challenge criteria. Kenley? Stop it. Jerell? Meh. Austin? Not feeling it so far this season, but the judges and producers adore him. They love Mondo too — and Michael Costello is made of Teflon. Sometimes I love his stuff, other times I don’t see it, but to PR he can do no wrong.

Where’s Anthony? To me, he’s the most pleasant surprise so far this season. He wasn’t on my all-stars radar before but his work is growing on me.

Do you believe these spoilers? Do you like them? Will giving Mondo a PR win give you a feeling of closure after The Season of the Witch or can nothing be done to cleanse that stain?

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I don't get it. I don't get what they were looking for and I don't get how Michael's garment, left, won over Rami's. I didn't like Rami's look at all, but it seemed to match what they eventually described as the challenge objective.

I think this was one of those challenges that was better in theory than practice.

Despite Joanna Coles insisting that designing for Miss Piggy was one of the best challenges they’ve ever had on “Project Runway” — and Georgina Chapman saying when you design on commission you have to focus on the client —  it never seemed to occur to anyone to explain what the client wanted. The word “flamboyant” seemed to be all that was required.

The 11 designers had to create a cocktail dress for Miss Piggy to wear to promote her movie “The Muppets.” I was thinking along the same lines as Mila — since Miss Piggy had designs made for her by Prada and other major designers, they probably wanted something stylish and classy rather than a costume.

Nope!

I copied this wonderful lineup of Episode 3 photos from the lovely and amazing Blogging Project Runway — http://bloggingprojectrunway.blogspot.com. The wig Mondo gave his model looked like a cheap "Annie" knockoff, or maybe Gilly from "Saturday Night Live."

I still don’t understand why they went to the fashion designers of “Project Runway: All Stars” for a challenge where it looks like what they wanted was something  they could’ve gotten at a party store. No one could love Rami more than I do (except maybe his friends and family) but I gasped and cringed when I saw his polka-dot garment — especially with that necklace on top. I thought for sure he would be in the bottom, with Mila, Anthony and maybe even Gordana’s looks in the top.

Nope!

Once again, Anthony impressed me while by boy Rami disappointed. The judges didn’t see it that way, but I still don’t know what were they looking for. Rami’s over-the-top look and Kenley’s pink giraffe print at least looked similar, but then … Michael won. Why? They said they didn’t want black because it wasn’t fun and flamboyant and just wasn’t right for Miss Piggy, then they picked one of the darker, more “sophisticated” outfits.

At least the judges (including good sport Eric Daman and, thankfully, no Isaac Mizrahi) and I agreed that what Austin made was horrific. Austin should’ve been in the bottom two with … I don’t know who, but not Mila. Miss Piggy would look adorable in that ’60s mod cocktail dress. And maybe Gordana‘s simple pink dress wasn’t right for Miss “Moi” but at least they all thought it was pretty. I can’t imagine any circumstance where anyone would want to wear Austin’s garment. Those wings!

Having said that, it was probably Gordana’s time to go. Austin is one of PR’s major stars and there was no way they were letting him go this early in the game. Mila made an awesome cocktail dress, it just happened to be the opposite of what they wanted (without ever making it clear in advance what they wanted!)

Here are the 10 remaining all-stars, ranked in order of my personal preference after the third episode (big changes from last week!):

• Rami Kashou (Season 4)
• Mila Hermanovski (Season 7)
• Anthony Williams (Season 7)
• Michael Costello (Season 8)
• Mondo Guerra (Season 8 )
• Jerell Scott (Season 5)
• Austin Scarlett (Season 1)
• Kenley Collins (Season 5)
• Kara Janx (Season 2)
• April Johnston (Season 8)

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Anthony's dress was sexy and unique and just "wowed" me.

Well, well, well. I’ll say this — the “Project Runway” All Stars have more power to surprise me than I expected.

On Episode 2, “A Night At the Opera,” both Mondo and Rami were declared “Safe” instead of battling it out on the runway. And my boy Rami got lucky to be declared safe. That was a classic magenta nightmare. Kenley also got lucky to be safe. Kara’s print was insane. Sweet P — I’m done defending Sweet P now.

I do love Austin's dress and the styling was perfect. I can't really argue with this win.

The challenge gave the designers one day to make a couture gown for the opera. But, as Anthony said, they were insulting “couture” by even comparing that to what they were doing. Instead, they were making “really, really pumped-up prom dresses.”

This was Austin’s challenge to lose and he did not lose. However, to me, he should’ve lost to Anthony. I’m shocked that I loved Anthony’s dress as much as I did but it was PERFECT. So sexy but sophisticated. That is the showstopper they were looking for.

I did like Austin’s “modest,” “tasteful” and “fresh” dress, though. But this was his comfort zone and he was expected to win. It’s almost boring to give it to the ballgown frontrunner.

The judges adored Michael’s black dress and put him in the #2 spot after Austin. Usually I am with them on Michael’s stuff, but this time it was just OK for me. For me, it came down to #1 Anthony, #2, Austin.

The bottom two were April and Sweet P and they made the right call to eliminate Sweet P. She deserved to go home for that cute picnic dress, which NO ONE would wear to the opera.

TRASH TALK

One thing I love about this season is how the designers are so open in their criticism about their fellow designers — not to their faces, of course.

Here’s a taste:

Mondo — Out of all the designers, Kara is the weakest. (I’m frustrated with Kara for already freaking out in classic Kara style. She has always been her own worst enemy.)

The judges loved Michael Costello's black dress, which was just OK for me.

Jerell — Sweet P was using the same silhouette as the unconventional challenge, for which she almost went home.

April — Everyone thought she made a mistake to dye her fabric.

Austin — Michael’s design was too celebrity, not enough socialite.

ON THE RUNWAY

Kenley — Too pink and cutesy. Very young prom looking. SAFE, which is surprising.

Gordana — Love the colors and styling. SAFE

Rami — Not into it. Shocked that this is from him. HATE the color. SAFE, which is also surprising.

Mila — Basic asymmetrical black. Like it but not a wow. SAFE

Sweet P — Come on. I want to support you, but… LOWER SCORES. Angela liked the colors, but it was declared a day dress and not fit for opera. Nobody liked the bodice. Isaac said that is the focus of the dress when a woman goes out and if we say anything else we’re lying. Whatever you say, darling.

Mondo — Definitely different, unique and creative. Not sure it belongs at the opera but I appreciate the effort. SAFE

Jerell — I kind of like this, despite how unflattering it is to the body. SAFE

This is for the opera, Sweet P?

Kara — Curtains. She’s wearing your neighbor’s living room curtains. LOWER SCORES. She doesn’t usually do prints. Isaac loved the idea of the print but he said if you’re going to be so simple it has to be perfect. But she did add pockets, which is cool. Where is she in this dress, Georgina wondered.

Anthony— LOVE this. Sexy, sophisticated, white draped gown. HIGHER SCORES. The judges loved the new use of white. Georgina was on the fence about the black glove and shoes.

Austin — Second favorite, after Anthony’s. Surprised to have Anthony’s as my favorite, but it was the best, to me. Love the styling of this model, though. HIGHER SCORES. Isaac loved this dress because it’s modest even though he already said women are basically all about the bodice when they go out. Isaac found it “fresh” and “tasteful.”

April — Very red, but otherwise not that great and she seemed to be seriously distancing herself from it even as it just walked on the runway. LOWER SCORES. Agreed. Guest judges Mark Badgley and James Mischka hate red and black together. They also thought it looked tortured.

Michael — Love the top, otherwise it was good but not great. HIGHER SCORES. Isaac couldn’t believe Michael made this in a day. He took away all his modesty talk and said this is Kim Kardashian goes to the opera. The judges adore this. Angela wants to wear this dress.

Here's the high and low opera line-up.

Here are the 11 remaining all-stars, ranked in order of my personal preference after the second episode:

• Rami Kashou (Season 4)
• Mila Hermanovski (Season 7)
• Mondo Guerra (Season 8 )
• Michael Costello (Season 8)
• Austin Scarlett (Season 1)
• Anthony Williams (Season 7)
• Jerell Scott (Season 5)
• Gordana Gehlhausen (Season 6)
• Kenley Collins (Season 5)
• Kara Janx (Season 2)
• April Johnston (Season 8)

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Both Rami, left, and Mondo are more polished and sophisticated than everyone else. I do think Mondo's design is very Christian Siriano, ironically.

Even though Rami Kashou won the first challenge on “Project Runway: All Stars,” it seems like this season exists mostly to bring back Mondo Guerra and let everyone gush about him.

As much as I like Gordana, this was my least favorite design.

I love Mondo, but have they already decided he’s going to win? I wonder.

Not that I’m any better — I already think Rami SHOULD win. But will he? If “fierce” superstahhhh Christian Siriano hadn’t been there on Season 4, Rami would’ve already won — easily.

I disagree with the very existence of Isaac Mizrahi on “All Stars,” but I really did not appreciate his comment that Rami’s 99 cent look too closely matched his point-of-view dress from the day before. I’m glad that was shot down by everyone else.

I missed Mila.

I already think this is going to come down to Rami vs. Mondo in the end. And Joanna Coles, this season’s Tim Gunn, has already said somebody basically chokes in the end. Will it be Mondo or Rami … or someone else? For some reason, I think it’s Mondo.

I’m most excited to see more from Rami, Mila Hermanovski, Kara Janx, Jerell Scott, Mondo and, weirdly enough, Michael Costello. Love the guy — and his use of the same 99 cent mop fabric was way better than the overrated April Johnston.

I was disappointed in what I saw from Kenley Collins and Austin Scarlett, possibly because I expected so much more from them. I didn’t have a real issue with Sweet P’s 99 cent dress, but that’s me. I feel bad that Elisa Jimenez was eliminated, but I never understood what she was doing there to begin with. Just for drama?

I love you, Elisa, even though I never really saw you as an "All Star." I would've sent Gordana home.

At least Elisa is never boring. I prefer bizarre to boring. On that note, I have to say, I find Anthony Williams’ personality much more engaging than his designs. At this point, Anthony, April, Gordana, Kenley and Austin are on my naughty list.

One other thing I didn’t care for, beyond some of the fashion and the fact that Isaac is here when he has his own judging spot on “The Fashion Show“ — Angela Lindvall as host. It’s like she doesn’t know why she’s there either. Put your back into it, lady.

I really like what Michael Costello did. I keep calling him Michael Costello or Michael C. even though he's the only Michael this season. Force of habit.

Rate the designs here on the official site’s “Rate the Runway” page.

Here are the 12 remaining all-stars, ranked in order of my personal preference after the first episode:

• Rami Kashou (Season 4)
• Mila Hermanovski (Season 7)
• Mondo Guerra (Season 8 )
• Michael Costello (Season 8 )
• Jerell Scott (Season 5)
• Kara Janx (Season 2)
• Kathleen “Sweet P” Vaughn (Season 4)
• April Johnston (Season 8)
• Kenley Collins (Season 5)
• Austin Scarlett (Season 1)
• Anthony Williams (Season 7)
• Gordana Gehlhausen (Season 6)

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Totally Team Edith on "Downtown Abbey." Can't wait for Season 2 to start on Jan. 8.

My beloved AOL TV Squad has moved to HuffPo and I can’t find the easy monthly premiere and finale listings they used to post. Alas. So I went to CinemaBlend and found this nifty list of 2012 mid-season premiere dates. It will have to suffice.

*UPDATE*

As reader Bill noted, “Read your piece about AOL TV moving to Huffington Post. I miss their montly TV schedules too. I found a website  with a monthly schedule that I think is better than CinemaBlend’s. It lists three awards shows coming up this month — People’s Choice Awards, Golden Globe Awards and the SAG Awards. CinemaBlend’s list had none of these. Check it out:

http://www.examiner.com/tv-in-chicago/january-2012-tv-schedule-of-premieres-and-returning-shows

So here it is — work-in-progress and all — as copied wholesale from the lovely and amazing CinemaBlend’s TV Blend:

Monday, January 2:
8:00-9:00 PM – The Bachelor (Season Premiere) – ABC
8:00-8:30 PM – How I Met Your Mother – CBS
8:30-9:00 PM – 2 Broke Girls – CBS
8:00-9:00 PM – Pretty Little Liars – ABC Family
9:00-9:30 PM – Two and a Half Men – CBS
9:00-10:00 PM – The Lying Game – ABC Family
9:30-10:00 PM – Mike & Molly – CBS
10:00-11:00 PM – Hawaii Five-0 – CBS

Tuesday, January 3:
8:00-9:00 PM – NCIS – CBS
8:00-9:30 PM – Last Man Standing – ABC
8:00-10:00 PM – The Biggest Loser (Season Premiere) – NBC
8:00-9:00 PM – Switched at Birth – ABC Family
8:30-9:00 PM – WORK IT (Series Premiere)- ABC
9:00-10:00 PM – NCIS: Los Angeles – CBS
9:00-10:00 PM – Jane By Design
9:00 -10:00 PM – Celebrity Wife Swap – ABC
10:00-11:00 PM – Parenthood – NBC
10:00- 11:00 PM – Unforgettable – CBS

Wednesday, January 4:
8:00-8:30 PM – The Middle – ABC
8:30-9:00 PM – Suburgatory – ABC
9:00-9:30 PM – Modern Family – ABC
9:00-10:00 PM – Mobbed – Fox
9:30-10:00 PM – Happy Endings – ABC
10:00-11:00 PM – Revenge – ABC

Thursday, January 5:
8:00-9:00 PM – The Vampire Diaries – The CW
8:00-9:00 PM  – Winter Wipeout – ABC
9:00-10:00 PM – Grey’s Anatomy – ABC
9:00-10:00 PM – The Secret Circle – The CW
10:00-11:00 PM – Private Practice – ABC
10:00-11:00 PM – Jersey Shore (Season Premiere) – MTV

Friday, January 6:
8:00-9:00 – A Gifted Man – CBS
8:00-9:00 PM – Nikita – The CW
9:00-10:00 PM – Supernatural – The CW
9:00-10:00 PM – CSI: NY – CBS
10:00-11:00 PM – Blue Bloods – CBS
10:00-10:30 PM – Portlandia (Season Premiere) – IFC
10:30-11:00 PM – The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret (Season Premiere) – IFC

Sunday, January 8
8:00-9:00 PM – Once Upon a Time – ABC
9:00-10:00 PM – (check local listings to confirm time) Downton Abbey – PBS
9:00-10:00 PM – Pan Am – ABC
9:00-11:00 PM – THE FIRM (Series Premiere) – NBC
9:00-10:00 PM – The Good Wife – CBS
9:00-10:00 PM – Shameless (Season Premiere) – Showtime
10:00-11:00 PM – CSI: Miami – CBS
10:00-10:30 PM – House of Lies (Series Premiere) – Showtime
10:30-11:00 PM – Californication (Season Premiere) – Showtime

Monday, January 9:
10:00-11:00 PM – Castle – ABC

Tuesday, January 10:
8:00-9:00 PM – 90210 – The CW
10:00-10:30 PM – The Game (Season Premiere) – BET
10:30-11:00 PM – Let’s Stay Together (Season Premiere) – BET

Wednesday, January 11:
8:00-8:30 PM – Whitney – NBC
8:30-9:00 PM – ARE YOU THERE CHELSEA? (Series Premiere) – NBC
8:00-9:00 PM – One Tree Hill (season premiere) – The CW
9:00-10:00 PM – Ghost Hunters (Season Premiere) – Syfy
10:00-11:00 PM – Law & Order: SVU – NBC

Thursday, January 12:
8:00-9:00 PM – Bones – Fox
8:00-8:30 PM – 30 Rock (Season Premiere) – NBC
8:00-8:30 PM – The Big Bang Theory – CBS
8:30-9:00 PM – Parks and Recreation – NBC
8:30-9:00PM – ROB (Series Premiere) – CBS
9:00-9:30 PM – The Office – NBC
9:00-10:00 PM – THE FINDER (Series Premiere) – Fox
9:30-10:00 PM – Up All Night – NBC
10:00-11:00 PM – The Mentalist – CBS
10:00-11:00 PM – The Firm (time period premiere) – NBC

Fridays, January 13:
8:00-9:00 PM  – Kitchen Nightmares – Fox
9:00-10:00 PM – Fringe – Fox

Sunday, January 15:
8:30-9:00 PM – NAPOLEON DYNAMITE (Series Premiere) – Fox
9:30-10:00 PM – NAPOLEON DYNAMITE (Special Time) – Fox

Monday, January 16:
8:00-9:00 PM – Gossip Girl – The CW
8:00-10:00 PM – ALCATRAZ (Series Premiere) – Fox
9:00-10:00 PM – Being Human (Season Premiere) – Syfy
10:00-11:00 PM – LOST GIRL (Series Premiere) – Syfy

Tuesday, January 17:
8:00-9:00 PM – Glee – Fox
9:00-9:30 PM – New Girl – Fox
9:30-10:00 PM – Raising Hope – Fox
10:00-11:00 PM – Justified (Season Premiere) – FX
10:00-11:00 PM – White Collar – USA

Wednesday, January 18:
8:00-10:00 PM – American Idol (Season Premiere, Part One) – Fox
9:00-10:00 PM – Remodeled (series premiere) – The CW
10:00-11:00 PM – Royal Pains – USA
10:00-11:00 PM – CSI – CBS

Thursday, January 19:
10:00-10:30 PM – Archer (Season Premiere) – FX

Sunday, January 22:
6:00 PM-CC ET – FOX SPORTS SPECIAL: NFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME (Live)
10:00 PM ET/ – AMERICAN IDOL (Special Broadcast; Approximate Start Time) 7:00 PT

Monday, January 23:
8:00-9:00 PM – House (Time Period Premiere) – Fox
9:00-10:00 PM – ALCATRAZ (Time Period Premiere) – Fox
9:00-10:00 PM – Hart of Dixie – The CW

Wednesday, January 25:
9:00-10:00 PM – TOUCH (Special Preview) – Fox

Friday, January 27:
10:00-11:00 PM – Spartacus: Vengeance (Season Premiere) – Starz

Tuesday, January 31:
9:00-10:00 PM – Ringer – The CW
10:30-11:00 PM – KEY & PEELE (Series Premiere) – Comedy Central

Thursday, February 2:
11:00-11:30 PM – I JUST WANT MY PANTS BACK (Series Premiere) – MTV

Friday, February 3:
8:00-9:00 PM – Shark Tank – ABC
8:00-9:00 PM – Who Do You Think You Are?
9:00 – 10:00 PM – Grimm

Sunday, February 5:
8:00-10:00 PM – The Voice (Season Premiere) – NBC

Monday, February 6:
10:00-11:00 PM – SMASH (Series Premiere) – NBC

Tuesday, February 7:
9:00-10:00 PM – THE RIVER (Series Premiere)- ABC

Sunday, February 12:
9:00-10:00 PM – The Walking Dead (AMC)
9:00-11:00 PM – The Celebrity Apprentice (Season Premiere) – NBC

Sunday, February 19:
8:00-9:00 PM – The Amazing Race (Season Premiere) – CBS
10:00-10:30 PM – Eastbound & Down (Season Premiere) – HBO
10:30-11:00 PM – LIFE’S TOO Short (Series Premiere) – HBO

Sunday, March 4:
8:00-9:00 PM – Harry’s Law – NBC
10:00-11:00 PM- GCB (Series Premiere)- ABC

Tuesday, March 6:
8:30-9:00 PM – Breaking In (Season Premiere) – Fox

Sundays, beginning March 11:
8:30-9:00 PM – Bob’s Burgers (Season Premiere) – Fox

Thursday, March 15
8:00-9:00 PM – MISSING (Series Premiere) – ABC

Monday, March 19
8:00-10:00 PM – Dancing with the Stars (Season premiere) – ABC
9:00-10:00 PM – TOUCH (Series Premiere) – Fox

Tuesday, March 27
9:00-10:00 PM – Dancing with the Stars the Results Show – ABC

No Return Date Set Yet:
Community – NBC
Psych – USA
Game of Thrones – HBO (April 2012)
Awake – NBC
Mad Men – AMC (March 2012)
Don’t Trust the B*tch In Apartment 23 – ABC

I have no idea if Jennifer Carpenter and Michael C. Hall will be involved in one of the blind vice reveals but ... I kind of want them to be. How awful is that?

I couldn’t stop reading the last batch of Crazy Days and Nights’ blind item reveals, which were delivered one pop at a time like fireworks on the Fourth of July. The next batch will be revealed this Sunday on New Year’s Day.

As Enty posted with today’s blinds:

Four For Friday – Cleaning Out The Desk

“You never know what kind of gems you will turn up as you clean your desk or look at old notes you have written. These are the last blind items of 2011. On Sunday, the reveals start at 915am Pacific Time and continue every fifteen minutes until they are finished.”

It’s like Gossip Christmas!

Here’s the direct link for blind item reveals, if you want to catch up on the old vices and prepare for the new. I hope there are some juicy ones…

For some reason, this just makes me think of the Paramount Pictures logo.

Ben Flajnik. I didn’t pick him. He’s not my fifth first choice. But whatever.

I always, always, always get annoyed with The Bachelor or Bachelorette at least one (thousand) time during the season and focus 90 percent of my attention on the contestants. Ben was a boring contestant on “The Bachelorette” Season 7, but that kind of makes him the perfect Bachelor. ABC loves to cast bland guys who are easily steamrolled by the crazy ladies. Expect a lot of that on “The Bachelor” Season 16, which starts this Monday, Jan. 2. It should be wonderfully tragic — ’cause it always is!

As the sun now stands, I’ll be writing about the show for Wetpaint’s Bachelor site, where we should have an insane amount of news, recaps, gossip, photos, videos and other stuff.

*Spoiler alert*

The future ex Mrs. Flajnik?

If you’ve read the finale spoilers out there, you must know Ben is supposedly engaged to The Girl Everyone Else Hates.

I don’t want to believe it. But if it’s true, I want to believe she’s much more than what the previews are showing. But if that’s true, why wouldn’t ABC want to show the best of Courtney Robertson instead of … the Vienna?

Reality Steve sounds very confident about these spoilers, but he always is. It’s possible the spoilers will change. Or it’s possible Courtney starts out getting on the other ladies’ nerves and then they come to like her. I don’t know. Maybe she’s really more Michelle Money than Vienna Girardi. I don’t know.

Here’s what I do know: I’ll be watching the dramafest no matter what happens. I’ll love something every week. I’ll hate something every week. I’ll complain about something every week. I’ll have a favorite. I’ll have a least favorite. I’ll obsess about the one I hate more than the one I love. I’ll want to shake Ben. I’ll wish someone else had been cast. I’ll forgive it all if there’s a happy ending.

Head to Bachelor HQ here and catch up on all the stuff that’s already out there. Don’t forget to follow Wetpaint’s Bachelor tweets and do the Facebook thing as well. 35,000 of us can’t all be wrong!

Dawn tweeted this pic of herself and her crew. I'm guessing none of these people win tonight. Check out more of her pics @meehand. (And obviously I was wrong about none of these folks winning. Go Sophie!)

*Update* My girl Sophie did it! I didn’t see her beating Coach, but he broke too many promises — after basing his game around “honor and integrity” — and she gave great straight-to-the-point final jury answers. No ass kissing. No tears. Maybe she wasn’t the ideal choice to win, but I can definitely see why she won. *End update*

The “Survivor: South Pacific” finale was supposed to start at 8 p.m. but, as usual, CBS had to push its Sunday night content back for football. This happens every dang week, as fans of “60 Minutes, ” “The Amazing Race” and “The Good Wife” know too well.

Is it weird if I kinda hope Brandon wins the duel?

Anyway, once this puppy gets going I plan to document the Coach vs. Ozzy showdown. Does anyone think the non-veterans even have a chance? Does anyone else mind that idea? It doesn’t seem fair, just like it seemed almost cruel for Boston Rob to steamroll his newbies on “Redemption Island.”

This has not been my favorite season — it’s all been downhill since “Heroes vs. Villains” — but I can live with Coach, Ozzy or Sophie winning, especially Coach or Sophie. Coach has made too many promises and Ozzy + Ego have coasted on a pure physical game, but what else do we have? It’s not ideal — or even fair — but so be it.

*** LIVE BLOG BEGINS *** (refresh for updates)

8:34 p.m.: Recap of the season. Big focus on Ozzy so far. I had forgotten about Coach’s “Christian man” promise to Ozzy to take him to the end with one other person. Recap ends around 8:40.

8:42 p.m.: Brandon arrives at Redemption Island – aka Ozzy’s Pleasure Dome! Brandon feels betrayed, but he forgives Albert. Ozzy realizes Brandon wasn’t blindsided, as he said, he was just foolish to give up his immunity necklace. He was playing a “blind faith” game.

Oh Brandon. Oh well.

8:44 p.m.: Oooh! Coach is PISSED at Albert. He’s tearing into him for lying and bullying and knowing that Brandon was going to go home and pulling that move anyway. Albert is basically dead to Coach. That feels a bit harsh considering Coach has been making deals left and right too.

8:46 p.m.: Duel time! Ozzy will miss Redemption Island. He’s had it sweet over there. The challenge: They have to hang onto a pole for as long as they can. Oh that could take a while. Remember “Palau”? What was that, like an 11 hour challenge or something? But Jeff said they’ve never had such a narrow foothold before.

8:51 p.m.: What are the odds — Ozzy wins. He gets to go back in the game. Will Coach honor his word and take him to the end? Could he be that crazy? Why did he make that promise? In the meantime, Brandon is talking about his heart-to-heart with God.

8:52 p.m.: What, wait? Jeff just told Ozzy he has been an underdog from day one. Really? He’s been a dominating leader from day one.

Ozzy is clearly the challenge king, but what about the rest of his game? His strategy was just to focus on the physical aspect. Is that enough? Boston Rob was Ozzy + Coach in one. To me, Coach has the edge for getting Cochran to turn and helping his whole tribe get to the end.

8:57 p.m.: Albert said it’s definitely strange to have Ozzy back among them. It’s 4 against Ozzy. Everyone knows it. They all want to beat him in the next challenge, but how likely is that? Now it’s Ozzy talking to Coach. Coach said he doesn’t think Ozzy is going anywhere. Oh Lord — Coach said he has the hidden idol and if he wins immunity he’ll give it to Ozzy if he thinks he’s in danger. Ozzy doesn’t buy it. To his credit, he said why would Coach want him in the end? But to Coach’s face he said he thinks it should be the two of them in the end. As if it was pre-ordained once they signed up. Coach tells the camera “it’s my game to lose” because everyone wants to take him to the final 3. Is that true? If so, what does that say about how easy they all think it will be to beat Coach.

9 p.m.: Challenge time! It’ s a card balancing challenge. House of cards. Where are the big, physical challenges of yore?

9:04 p.m.: What are the odds? Ozzy wins the immunity challenge. Ugh. I guess I’m the only one bored by his domination. So will he be the next Boston Rob? Will they vote out Coach? Who does Ozzy want to sit next to in the end? I’d get rid of Coach and Sophie and sit next to Rick and Albert. They are the easiest to beat.

Is it just me or does Rick Nelson kinda look like JT Thomas in 20 years?

9:09 p.m.: Ozzy is stoked. He plans to facilitate the process of the Upolu’s turning on each other. He wants to stay the “good guy” in their eyes. He’s making Boston Rob-esque speeches. Foreshadowing? Coach tells Albert that Rick has the best bet of winning the game, which does NOT seem to be the case from here. Ozzy made a pitch for Sophie to leave. Wait, is there another immunity challenge coming? How are they going to get down to three? Rick compares Coach to an attorney, he skirts around the truth. Coach told Albert that Rick was a threat, but he just told Rick that he would never vote for him. Uh-oh. Albert just talked to Coach and Coach said he can’t wait to vote Ozzy’s ass out of there, which is in direct contrast to his “Christian man” promise. Oh Coach. You are digging your own final Tribal Council speech grave right now.

9:15 p.m.: Time for Tribal Council vote. This is the last time Coach can play his hidden idol and he’s planning to do it. I really hope Sophie wins the next immunity challenge, if only to wipe the condescending smirk of Ozzy’s face. SHE’S pretentious? Right. Even Brandon is shocked by Coach’s “bonding” “family” stuff when it comes to Ozzy. Ozzy is airing all of that to the jury. Sophie said Ozzy has disrespected her from day one. He does have a history of being not-so-nice to women. He thinks Sophie is a spoiled “brat” and has been sitting around? What about Prince Albert? Why her? Everyone has challenged Albert. And Ozzy IS arrogant. Sophie is right on this. She’s hurt and tearing up. Ozzy is a jerk sometimes. No one ever calls him on it and even Jeff is just going with the “thin skin” argument. The jury is eating this up. Except for Dawn. Dawn is nice. WHOA. Jeff tells Sophie her crying is a big reason to get rid of her? Way to editorialize, Jeff. You didn’t do that for Brandon and his 9 million emotional breakdowns.

Still Team Sophie. Deal with it. How come Coach never wears a full shirt? Every other guy manages to do it.

9:22 p.m.: Rick is voted out. The final four are Ben “Coach” Wade, Oscar “Ozzy” Lusth, Albert Destrade and Sophie Clarke. Rick was NOT happy with Coach. Coach stood up to give him a man hug goodbye and Rick told him to SIDDOWN. He wishes he had made a bigger move in the game but he was just blinded by the idea that Coach was true to his word. Rick: “Ozzy’s got my vote.” Crap.

9:30 p.m.: Ozzy can “sense victory.” His plan A is to win. Plan B is also to win. His entire strategy all season has been to win challenges. But that’s not the entirety of “Survivor.” Coach is now mad at Ozzy, feeling betrayed because Ozzy outed his “Christian man” speech. He didn’t want that out there. Now he feels stabbed in the back, which is rich considering Coach told Albert he can’t wait to vote Ozzy’s ass out. But Ozzy just made a SMART move in playing the “I was hurt in the past” sympathy card. That’s right up Coach’s alley. Coach said he wants it to be him vs. Coach in the end and he wants Sophie and Albert to make fire, as in tie in the final vote and have to do a fire-making showdown. No purple rocks?

Ozzy had a huge lead in the challenge, going into making the puzzle. Jeff said it was the hardest puzzle of the season.

YES! Spoiled brat, eh? Ozzy grinned at the idea that she was his biggest competition to win the final challenge but it turns out she was right. As usual.

9:33 p.m. OK, now THIS is the final immunity challenge. It’s a physical challenge obstacle course, just like I like ‘em. They have to bring back five bags and work on a puzzle. Ozzy had a huge lead but lost it to Sophie when it went from physical to mental. My point exactly. Sophie wins final immunity.

GO GIRL! Ozzy looks so pissed. Awesome. Dump Ozzy and keep Coach and Albert. Coach may still win, though.

9:44 p.m.: Ozzy said his mind turned inside-out at the puzzle. He’s just not a mental player. Coach declares Sophie the new “Dragon Slayer” because she slayed Ozzy. So Coach is kissing her ass now and is totally turning his back on Ozzy. But Coach goes to talk to Ozzy and Ozzy said he wants a chance to do a fire challenge against Albert. Right. Coach said it’s going against his word. But Coach has given his word to everyone. Coach doesn’t know what to do because, from the beginning, he said he wanted the “warriors” in the end and Ozzy is certainly a warrior. So it’s not easy for him to write his name down. Coach is damned either way at this point. He’s backed himself into a corner.

Only your old friends clapped for you, Ozzy. If you had attempted a social game with Cochran it would've been your tribe in the finals.

9:52 p.m.: It’s the final vote! I love the shocked and disappointed faces to see Sophie with immunity instead of Ozzy. Ha ha. Ozzy called it “a million dollar puzzle.” Ozzy brings up his fire-making challenge idea again. All Ozzy has is the challenges so it’s no wonder he keeps playing that one card. He has no alliances. He has no strategy. He has his own physical strength and skill — as long as it isn’t mental. “Pride comes before the fall,” Albert says as he votes for Ozzy to leave. Uh-oh. Maybe that applies to Sophie too. She voted for “Ozzy” and said “because I’m the new Dragon Slayer.”) YES! Ozzy is gone. He said he had a good run and some of his former tribe-mates applauded, but not Dawn or Cochran since he never really had a great social game with them. Albert thanked God. God is orchestrating this win.

10:04 p.m.: The final three are Sophie, Coach and Albert. It’s “an Ozzy-free camp.” Coach may be in trouble. They are going to beat the crap out of him in the final jury speeches. Coach is on Cloud 9. He quotes Shakespeare or Mark Twain or whoever doesn’t want to wake from a dream. They wake up to a huge breakfast feast.

10:06 p.m.: Aaaaaand the honeymoon is over. Sophie and Coach think it should be down to the two of them. They plan to talk bout Albert’s “squirrely” side. Sophie wants to keep her emotions together so no one thinks she’s a nut job. She’s going more logically than emotionally. Sophie talks to Albert and they kind of knock Coach too. Albert tells the camera he thinks he played a much better game than the other two. When was this? Which season of “Survivor”? This one? Nope. There was a time when I thought he was a great bet to win, but from Prince Albert to his “squirrely” behavior, I think he’s out of the running. No?

10:09 p.m.: Time for the final vote. The power has shifted to the jury, which now includes Ozzy wearing pigtails.

The final 3 during opening statements to the jury. Sophie kept to logic, like she said, while the other two made flowery pageant speeches.

Albert said he is honored and privileged to be there. He says the game in essence is a “social experiment.” It’s not a game about chess pieces, it’s a game about people. A higher power brought them together. He thanks them for being part of a journey they will never forget. He’s thankful for the opportunity. Total job interview.

Sophie cuts to the chase. It’s outwit, outlast, outplay. She won three immunity challenges. For strategy, she made a five person alliance from the beginning and kept it to the end. Socially, she’s not a used car salesman but she worked on her social game and she was as honest as possible.

Coach says wow he can’t believe he’s up there. Redemption Island was built for someone like Ozzy whereas Coach is a bit of a character. Last time he played the game with arrogance and this time he tried to change and play with compassion. This time he tried to not bend others to his plans he just looked around at the others. When you open up yourself to others you receive back tenfold. (Yeah, you receive anger at broken promises…)

10:16 p.m.: The (bitter) jury speaks!

Ozzy announces that no one wants to vote for any of those guys — as if they ALL wanted to vote for him and his pigtails. He insults them all, tween girl hair and all, and asks about how Coach played the game. Coach admits he played honorably most of the time but not always.

Jim asked Albert why Sophie and Coach shouldn’t win the game. And he told Albert not to start with a compliment. So Albert started by complimenting Jim’s question. Albert said he and Sophie carried Coach to the end. Albert said Sophie did not play as good a social game as he did.

Dawn asked Sophie why she aligned with Coach and Albert. Sophie told Dawn she wished she was a man because they can get two young girls to follow them around. Coach was like a young girl to her because he said his loyalty is worth more than a million dollars. He wanted actual redemption. With Albert, he was into strategy and she liked aligning with someone who could talk strategy. But as time went on, her relationship with Albert soured. Albert is still there because keeping him gave her a better shot at getting to the end than Rick.

Rick said Coach wanted to play with honor. Does he have anything to say to Rick? Coach just said “I apologize.” Rick called Albert on playing the God card with Brandon, which was a bunch of bull. Rick said Sophie lied; she said her name is worth a lot and she only lied when necessary and it hurt her most to lie to him. Rick is bitter!

Brandon said Coach told him he would never write his name down. Coach said he believes Brandon should be there. He said he elevated them all? Albert said he would do anything to win but he would never compromise his relationship with God.

Whitney said Albert is “sleazy” and he buttered people up when he knew they were leaving the game. She said Coach used God as strategy. She called Sophie the most condescending person she ever met. (Has she met Ozzy? Ozzy loves pretty girls but he’s condescending to everyone else, like Cochran and Sophie.)

Edna said the most historic way to manipulate people is through religion. (Nice!) She said they shouldn’t hold any hard feelings against them duping them because they signed up for it and they were successful. Love it.

Keith asked why Coach didn’t play the individual immunity idol at all. Coach said he did think it was a tribe idol. Coach almost used it at the 6/6 tribe meet. He didn’t play it because he didn’t need to play it. Sophie said Albert found the clue with the help of Sophie and others distracting. They were going to keep it for the three of them but they staged a discovery of the idol.

Cochran said more than anyone he was a fan of Coach and Coach tricked him. He played on his ego. Cochran said he loved that. (I knew he would! Good for him.) What Cochran didn’t appreciate is how often Coach talked about honor. Coach said he came into the game wanting to do the right thing but he ended up doing all the wrong things. Coach also called himself “a terrible strategist.” Sophie said he was his strategist. Albert said it was he and Sophie together.

10:33 p.m.: The jury votes. It’s almost time for Jeff to take whatever crazy transportation he can for the LIVE finale.

Cochran votes for Coach. He hopes they aren’t super bitter and vote for Coach too. I knew Cochran was a true gamer and would appreciate Coach’s move. But the other are bitter.

Sophie voted for Dawn, as I figured she would after that Q&A.

Wow, Albert looks so different without hair.

*** LIVE FINALE ***

10:35 p.m.: The finale is live in L.A. … we don’t see Jeff do anything more than walk the votes into the studio. No chopper? No boat?

1st vote: Coach

2nd: Sophie

3rd: Coach

4th: Sophie

5th: Coach Wade

6th: Sophie (tied 3/3 right now)

7th: Sophie

8th: The winner of “Survivor: South Pacific” – Sophie!

*** REUNION ***

Sophie had just graduated college about four days before getting to the island. And now she is the new Dragon Slayer.

Jeff said Sophie played a quiet game. She said she probably had her finger on the pulse of the game the entire time. They created this religious framework and being loyal and trustworthy and she worked around that. She said in real life she does tend to be more of an observer. She’s now Facebook friends with everyone in her small town of Willsboro, N.Y. On the topic of being a spoiled brat, Sophie said she’s going to try to be more like Dawn. Dawn is pretty cool.

I do feel bad for Coach, but he has a lot to be proud of — and he got the redemption he wanted. This is good PR for him.

Jeff asks about all the prayer out there — not just general prayer to God but specifically for winning challenges or for someone to find an idol. Coach said it became a prayerpalooza.

Jeff asks if Coach had brought Rick to the end instead of Sophie, would Coach win? Yes, he would’ve. He would’ve gotten the four votes.

Jeff asks if Ozzy got to the end, would he win? Yes. But Sophie won thanks to that million dollar challenge.

Ozzy calls Sophie one of the smartest players to ever play the game. He was very kind to her. Jeff said he dominated, dominated, dominated and then a puzzle came up — his bread and butter. So what happened? Ozzy said he didn’t focus when he needed to. He beat himself. I think he did OK, it’s just that Sophie’s mind works a different way. He had the physical part down but her skill was in the mechanics of solving complicated puzzles.

Ozzy makes a speech (a long one!) about falling down and getting back up again.

Thankfully Jeff asks Ozzy about Cochran — someone else who didn’t want Ozzy to win. Ozzy only says he maybe regrets not giving Cochran the idol. So he doesn’t regret treating Cochran like crap, condescending to him? That’s all he had to do — treat Cochran like an equal.

Because Jeff worships Ozzy (at Sophie’s expense, even though she won), he finds a gushing Sanjaya girl in the audience and has her ask Ozzy how he does it — how does he climb those trees like they are nothing? How is he just sooooo super dreamy and perfect? Good God.

Here's a blurry shot of the reunion group.

Cochran, I don’t hate you! I think you made a smart move, then blew it when your ego exploded and you had no follow-up plan. Cochran is not getting any loving out there. No dates. He wants women to “come at me.” Ha!

Brandon said not everybody in his family is happy — “especially Russell,” who is in the audience. The rest of Brandon’s family isn’t there. “I don’t think a lot of people are very proud of me.”

Jeff talks to Russell in the audience. Did Brandon restore the Hantz family name? Russell said he is Uncle Russell, but he is also Russell from Survivor. He will sit down and shut up if Brandon wants him to. But Jeff wants Russell to critique Brandon’s game. Russell said Brandon went out there to change the family name, but “I made greatness. I brought the game to a level that is — you can’t even comprehend.” (Ugh.) What did Brandon do wrong? “Everything,” Russell says. Jeff said (joking?) that next season should be Russell vs. Brandon. NO MORE HANTZES. Just bring them onto your new talk show, Jeff, since you love them so much.

By the biggest margin in history, Ozzy won Player of the Season. Cochran was second, but not even close.

Whitney and Keith are now a couple. She was in a relationship when the show started. It made People Magazine headlines and all. “Survivor” is a condensed dating show.

Edna’s husband loves the new Edna and now she’s pregnant.

I feel bad for Brandon that his family has turned against him, but he was so wrong for this show — from Mikayla to the breakdowns to giving away his immunity idol.

Jeff gave Sophie the check for $1 million. They’ve never done that before. So is she not going on TV in the morning?

Next season will be “Survivor: One World,” starting in February. Two tribes will live together on one island.

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Catch up on my “Survivor” stories in this little archive.