In "Avatar: The Last Airbender," a bald adolescent with a lisp strives to save the world from the evil Firelord.

TV News: 'L Word' spin-off, Edie Falco series announced -- Showtime has brought the Edie Falco pilot to series and given Mary-Louise Parker two more seasons to sell dope.

TV News: Lawyers, agents and money -- The suits showed up tonight - Rob Messinger and Vasi Vangelos of First Artists Management and Loeb & Loeb attorney Scott Edel. Everyone's first question: How do you get an agent?

TV News: Pay TV market to grow 38% by 2013 -- A new study has found that 61% of Middle East and North African TV homes currently have a multichannel TV service.

TV Reviews: Even in unscripted TV, casting is everything. So while this "Gong Show" revival is really just David Letterman's "Stupid human tricks" in competition guise, the producers have wisely populated the show with the right humans (and hand puppets), beginning with host Dave Attell and, in the premiere, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog as a surly judge. Paired with the reality spoof "Reality Bites Back" -- another entry where clever execution enlivens a potentially stale premise.

AP - Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:

AP - new york (AP) ? How old is John McCain? So old, the jokes about it are getting old. So at a taping Friday night of NBC's "Late Night with Conan O'Brien," the host asked the Republican presidential candidate for some new material.

The experts who determine the Emmy nominations are referred to as "blue-ribbon panels." I suspect this is because the selection process entails tying a colorful sash over one's eyes before choosing.

Reuters - Katie Couric said on Friday she intends to keep her job as CBS Evening News anchor, contrary to reports she may leave a nightly broadcast that has struggled to win viewers since her much-publicized arrival.

E! Online - The beeyotch is back.