>WEDNESDAY 9:30, 8:30 CENTRAL earned ABC our citation for worst sitcom title of the year. The show, about a struggling television network, was pretty bad too.

FRED THOMPSON started playing the role of the new district attorney on NBC's Law & Order while still a member of the United States Senate. Guess he just couldn't wait to get to the important stuff.

BRIAN DUNKLEMAN AND RYAN SEACREST, cohosts of FOX's American Idol, were living proof that two chuckleheads aren't better than one.