Red Eye

After a brief, worrisome ban—imagined, mostly—from "Red Eye," Fox News' late night suicide inducer, Julia Allison was welcomed back to their set last night. Either her fulsome apology for loudmouthing about the show to the New York Observer made everything okay or Red Eye "host" Greg Gutfeld was worried about negative publicity. Or, you know, they needed to fill the seat with someone carrying boobs.

We hear that Fox News's Red Eye eye-candy neo-con Canadian trouble-girl Rachel Marsden—you remember her from her days of ALLEGED stalking in Canada—was just taken by security guards out of the Fox News studios and out of the News Corp. building. Maybe she was breathing too hard on Shep Smith. (Always barking up the wrong trees, that gal!) Or, uh, maybe she wasn't feeling well and they were taking her to a car. Yeah... that. Anyway, DEVELOPING!

Because the show is so loose, and because we have such a media-watchdog culture--they could get burned like that. Two words: Don. Imus. You don't know what's going to piss people off. And, my God, the shit that we get into--the sex, the bestiality--holy crap! I can't believe that shit is on Fox News!

Will "Red Eye," the Fox News' over-the-counter late-night sleep aid, be a success?

"Absolutely. But because the show is so loose, and because we have such a media-watchdog culture—they could get burned like that. Two words: Don. Imus. You don't know what's going to piss people off. And, my God, the shit that we get into—the sex, the bestiality—holy crap! I can't believe that shit is on Fox News!"

Never let it be said that MSNBC's Keith Olbermann is myopic. The anchor of Countdown just sprung for a 4.2 million dollar condo at 200 E. 69th St, a hulking Trump tower, says the Observer. Whilst padding about in his Missioni housecoat through his five 40th-floor rooms, Olbermann will enjoy 360 degree views. The same can't be said for Fox News's late-night host Greg Gutfeld, who recently bought a coop in a tiny 5-story building on W. 49th Street for an infinitesimal fraction of the price of Olbermann's condo. But what his apartment lacks in size is made up for with convenience—News Corp is located just around the corner on 48th and 6th, close enough to stumble home from after another soul-crushing night of broadcasting to stoners. Take that, Olbermann! —Josh

Keith Drops A Cool 4.2 [Observer]

If you're like us, you woke up at two A.M. last evening (well, this morning) with the inexplicable fear that you had suddenly developed rectal cancer, and the only thing that could soothe your worried self back to sleep was the dulcet stuttering of Fox News's Andrew Levy trying to read from a piece of paper. If you're not like us, though, then you may have missed last night's "Red Eye" on Fox. A shame. Toward the end of the show, the willowy presence of our Emily Gould delivered an impassioned response to arch-nemesis Jimmy Kimmel. We pretty much spend our days resisting the urge to do physical damage to Emily, but even we've got to say this is kind of great. —balk

We're a little bit on edge about today's Supreme Court decision upholding the ban on dilation and extraction—or, as it has become commonly known, partial-birth abortion—but we know that laughter is the only way to heal the hurt. Or at least, partial laughter. To that end, we looked to the Fox News Red Eye host and humanitarian Greg Gutfeld, whose look at the lighter side of abortion has given us so many chuckles over the years. Some of Greg's jokes needed a few tweaks for relevance, but we think you'll find yourself having a few yuks either way! Or not—it's your choice. For now.

We're so fond of our friends over at "Red Eye" that we had Gawker video boy Richard Blakeley put together a quick compilation of some of their greatest hits. Watch and learn how this crew of camera-ready professionals has become the only Fox News program to have as many articles written about it as it does viewers!

On the off chance that you missed it last night—and unless you were on it, you missed it—"Red Eye" "ombudsman" Andrew Levy delivered this stinging retort to our recent mention of the Fox News gabfest's generous guest policy. (Slots on the show are an automatic prize in the Post's Scratch N' Win game; the courts are still sorting out the murky issue of whether or not buying the paper actually signifies some sort of consent to appear on the program.) more »

Good news for folks who want to relax while they're coming down from the meth rush and have exhausted all other opportunities. A judge has denied Tribune's request for a preliminary injunction against "Red Eye with Greg Gutfeld," the 2 a.m. Fox News chat show where anyone can be a guest. (Seriously, just e-mail Gutfeld, he's totally up for it.) Tribune claims that the show's title is too close to the free tabloid the company distributes in Chicago, but a U.S. District judge dismissed the claim, noting that while the newspaper is written for mouth-breathers, the television program is aimed at imbeciles, and the groups are unlikely to confuse the two. However, the issue will still go to trial in August. Memo to Greg: Don't go tossing those "Let's Get Stalky With Rachel Marsden" title cards just yet. Also, my super wants me to tell you that he can't tape on Thursday, but any other night next week is fine. —balk

'Redeye' TV show survives Trib injunction bid [CHICAGO Sun-Times]