The season really gets underway this week so a lot of old favorites like The Simpsons, Heroes, and Boston Legal (along with some that shouldn’t be like The Batchelor) are back so you do know what to expect with them. Here are some noteworthy and mainly new picks for the week: The War: A Ken Burns Film (Sunday - Wednesday, 8:00 p. m., WNET 13; Sunday - Wednesday, 10:00 p. m., WLIW 21) All you......

So, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are dating. Or "dating." They are "something." Surely, this is an upgrade for Katie, whose former fiance was Chris "Rollerball" Klein and whose alleged recent NYC street smooching partner was Josh "Bedhead" Hartnett, but how much an upgrade, we're not so sure. And who knew that former stars of The WB could travel in such lofty circles? For Cruise, it's almost like he's veering into yucky old man territory:......

Various stars were at City Hall, stumping for a city tax break on film and TV production. Well, maybe the stars were more B-list, as they were Joey Pantoliano and Ice-T. But Gothamist will let Ice-T speak for all of us:"It's kind of really wack to be in Toronto shooting a New York movie. It's not cool at all."Totally not cool at all. And it's a great day for the American dream when one day......

Brooklyn resident, angry old man, and famed writer, Norman Mailer, makes his television debut on The WB's Gilmore Girls tonight, in an episode titled, "Norman Mailer, I'm Pregnant!" Gothamist has always wanted to put the name "Norman Mailer" in the same sentence as Gilmore Girls. We were hoping that Norman would tell Lorelei that she needs to chill out a little bit or to point out that Rory is actually a pretty bad friend, but......

The rising rents in the Astor Place area have caused the owners of Astor Place Haircuts to reduce the size of their famously cheap salon. Astor Place Haircuts will now just be located in the basement, the ground level's 1,000 square foot space will be a Cold Stone Creamery. The Vezza family who has owned Astor Place Hair since 1940 as well as two other salons will still have 9,000 square feet in the basement,......

It's just like Dynasty all over again! Gothamist has to hand it to Fox and The WB for bringing some of the nutty soap antics we are ashamed to love back to prime time. The WB's One Tree Hill featured a catfight amongst some of the generically attractive starlets. And, last night, on The O.C., Julie and Hailey fell into the Cohen's pool while fighting. Damn. Gothamist hasn't seen this kind of high drama since......

The WB show, High School Reunion, needs an high school "Class of '94" for its next installment. You just need to fill out the application here, which asks things like: If you were a member of the Breakfast Club (from the movie), which would you be? (The Brain, The Athlete, The Princess, The Criminal, The Basketcase); or who did you have a crush on, who crushed on you, who was your best friend, who......

Adam Buckman of the Post has seen the Buffy finale and say it's awesome. But Gothamist did not realize there was talk of a Buffy the Vampire Slayer cartoon - Joss Whedon wanted it to be on par with "Animaniacs or Batman: The Animated Series." [ Read more in The Hollywood Reporter interview with Joss.] But, to recap the Dawson's Creek series finale: - Dawson is a TV writer who has created a show -......