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Ever since we heard that Maura Tierney wouldn't be able to star on Parenthood because of her cancer treatments (hope you're doing okay, Maura!), we've been wondering who they could possibly get to replace her. She's pretty great, so they would need to find someone pretty great to fill that hole.

First the rumor was Helen Hunt, and we were pretty eh about that.

Don't ever count Jay Leno out. After he was rather unceremoniously dumped from his job as host of The Tonight Show and replaced by Conan O'Brien, we all just thought he'd go back to collecting cars, shining his chin, or doing whatever it is he does when he's not on television. Instead his new primetime show on NBC debuted last night to huge numbers.

We were a little perplexed when NBC pushed back Parenthood, one of it's most promising new series to the mid-season, until we heard the reason. Maura Tierney, who we loved on ER and Newsradio, was undergoing surgery for breast cancer, and the show was waiting for her. It's sad today to find out that she won't be continuing on the show due to her treatments.

NBC is taking on the groundbreaking UK drama series Prime Suspect.

We love stealing from the British don’t we?! (Can you say, "The Office"?)

Lynda La Plante created the original drama series, which aired from 1991-2006, and was positively received because it featured a woman as head of a murder squad.  Critics also praised the drama for its realistic portrayal of a police unit.

What's that noise? We believe it's the sound of men across America openly weeping.

Jaime Pressly, 32, star of the NBC show My Name is Earl, is officially off the market. Her fiance, entertainment lawyer Simran Singh, popped the question earlier this month.

Let's hope the second time's a charm for Jaime. She was previously engaged to DJ Eric Calvo, the father of their daughter, Dezi, from 2006 to 2008, before breaking things off.

Congratulations to the happy couple! 

Maura Tierney, 44, will undergo surgery for a breast tumor.

The actress who made her name on NBC’s ER as Abby Lockheart spoke out in a press release from NBC Universal announcing that Tierney was ill and that her treatment would delay the production of her new series, Parenthood, previously scheduled to premiere Sept. 23, but now pushed to mid-season.

You know things have gotten bad when you're being put in the same catagory as Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt.

Stephen Baldwin has quit NBC's I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! despite the fact that he was considered a front-runner.

They're dropping like flies in the Costa Rican jungle. Baldwin is the fourth cast member to leave the show early.

But where's he going to go now that his house is being auctioned off?

T.R. Knight, who plays Dr. George O’Malley on NBC’s drama Grey’s Anatomy, is leaving the show for good.

No Really.

We mean it this time.

Reveille Productions are clearly trying to create the "It's a Small World" ride equivalent of comedy television show line-ups.

The production company, which is behind the US adaptations of Colombia's Ugly Betty for ABC and Britain's The Office for NBC, has just picked up Iceland's number one comedy show, entitled The Nightshift, and will be adapting it for American television.

The Hills star Heidi Montag has reportedly been rushed to a hospital in Costa Rica, where's she's taping th NBC show I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! with her husband, Spencer Pratt.