-Joe of "Big Brother" had a panic attack last night. I personally had one after having my wisdom teeth pulled out seven years ago.
-Former baseball player Jeff Kent & former "Facts of Life" star Lisa Whelchel are amongst the three new tribes for "Survivor: Philippines". The three returning castaways because of being medically evacuated from the game last time are Kalabaw's Jonathan Penner (first played on "Survivor: Cook Islands" in Fall '06 & got injured on "Survivor: Micronesia" in Spring '08), Michael Skupin ("Survivor: The Australian Outback" in Winter-Spring '01- the program's second season) & Russell Swan ("Survivor: Samoa" in Fall '09).
-Starting this week, "Wipeout" will air new episodes at 8 PM for the remainder of the season (remember, there will be back-to-back original episodes this week).
-Jeff Foxworthy talked about his "Celebrity Jeopardy!" comeback on "The Tonight Show" last night. Also of note on that episode, Maya Rudolph talked about playing a model on "Saturday Night Live's" spoof of "The Price is Right" called "Super Showcase", which borrowed most of the squares from the current "Price" set. She incorrectly said the models don't get to talk on "Price" nowadays.
-Liv Tyler & Jimmy Fallon spoofed "Star Search" in a sketch called "Star Makerz" on "Late Night" last night. Tyra Banks appears on tonight's episode.
-Wayne Brady will be a guest on the second season of Comedy Central's "Key & Peele".
-Michael Strahan has been tabbed as Kelly Ripa's new permanent co-host.
-"Jimmy Kimmel Live!" will move to the 11:35 PM EST timeslot starting January 8th to go against "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" & "Late Show with David Letterman".
-Kanye West is in talks to be an "American Idol" judge.
-"Work of Art" will definitely NOT return on Bravo next season.
-$1.2M+ in cash alone was awarded on "Let's Make a Deal" last season. BTW, the $500 Quickie Deal items being looked for tomorrow are a pink eraser & a California state quarter.
Various sources contributed to this report.