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Ricky Gervais may be the funniest storyteller we have. Just don't make the mistake of thinking even half of his stories are true, ...

TV News: Jay Mohr comedy among other TV pick-ups -- CBS is giving a big vote of confidence to frosh laffer "Gary Unmarried," while the Eye's "Worst Week" and NBC's "Medium" also scored additional episodic orders late Friday.

TV News: 15 million digital cable subscribers to have service -- The Ski Channel has announced a Christmas Day launch in front of 15 million digital cable subscribers, with additional video-on-demand distribution deals in place with DirecTV and Verizon's FiOS TV service.

TV News: Eighth season may be show's last -- USA Network has picked up the eighth, and what it calls the final season of "Monk."

TV News: Newsmaker luncheon set for Nov. 20 -- The Hollywood Radio and Television Society will present, " Wall Street's View of the Future of Television," during the Newsmaker luncheon on Nov 20 at Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel.

TV News: Michael Flatley is set to host competition -- NBC's getting into the dance business, picking up the reality competish "Superstar Dancers of the World." Project, from "So You Think You Can Dance" producers Nigel Lythgoe and Simon Fuller, will focus on dance pros from eight different countries competing against each other.

TV Reviews: Forty-five years after the Kennedy assassination, those tragic events in Dallas remain a source of near-unparalleled fascination -- especially if that's an excuse for the Discovery Channel to bring way-cool forensic investigation techniques to bear on the evidence.

One of daytime's most popular shows makes another special nighttime appearance as CBS airs The Price Is Right Salutes the Troops ...

TV Ratings: Network edges out ABC in young adults -- CBS made it three-for-three on Thursdays in the November sweep, again edging out ABC for the night's lead among young adults. NBC, meanwhile, saw more troubling declines for rookie comedy "Kath & Kim," though the net rallied to win at 10 o'clock behind "ER."       

Onstage, Ricky Gervais blends the slimy self-delusion of David Brent, his character on the original version of "The Office," with the aggrieved hostility he perfected in "Extras" on HBO.