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OMG TV: Costa Rica or bust

9:00 - The Office (NBC)

According to New York magazine, Toby won’t be back after his fence hopping adventures last week.  And that is a damn shame.  Fare thee well, fair HR rep of the night.

9:30 - 30 Rock (NBC)

Tina Fey is #1 at the box office, and we’re rewarded by the reappearance of the Floydster!  In honor of the man last seen traipsing off to the Cleve at the end of last season, here’s your Jason Sudeikis random fact of the day:

[Sudeikis] also plays the role of extreme right-wing talk show host Richard Bastion on the fictional radio station WKTT, in Grand Theft Auto IV.

Wow!

10:00 - Lost (ABC)

Lost lost lost?  Lost!  Lost lost, lost lost lost lost.

Late Night

John Goodman tries to eat Bear Grylls on Letterman, Robin Williams tries to make Terrence Howard smile on Leno, Sigourney Weaver’s on Conan, Helen Hunt continues her nonstop press junket onto Ferguson, Diddy’s on Kimmel, Howard Dean’s on Stewart, and Colbert has some author.

Your Morning News 2.7.08

Hill Bill

Oh God, oh God, Josh went to New York for the rest of the week and now I’m left in charge. I’ve never done a news summary before! Where do you even find news? I’ve always imagined Josh reading a ticker tape of AP stories coming through the wire every morning.

The big election news on the Democratic side in the aftermath of Tuesday is the rumor that Hillary Clinton has had to lend her campaign $5 million, and several top staffers are going without pay. This is likely a result of trying to keep up with Obama, whose record-breaking fundraising brought in over a million dollars a day in January, projected to continue in February. Meanwhile, there are nearly as many delegate counts as there are delegates, but when it comes down to it, it’s neck and neck - and Howard Dean is getting ready to intervene. Yikes.

A fifth undersea cable providing internet service to the middle east was cut, prompting conspiracy theories abound. While experts promise the cables are beyond the reach of evil-doing parties, we’re busy readying the print version of our blog here for distribution in Iran (Mahmoud could use a few fashion tips).

Attorney General Michael Mukasey wants to block the early release of nearly 20,000 prisoners incarcerated for crack cocaine. Meanwhile, the prisoners just want more crack cocaine.

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