This and that about TV (and just enough about Alias to allow me to use a SpyDaddy picture)

Though I loved Seinfeld, I can't really imagine wanting to buy the DVDs (okay, maybe the seasons with Susan and George's Twu Wuv); still it's good news that Seinfeld and his costars have settled their royalty dispute, at least for now. Turns out that Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Michael Richards were not making the big money on all those reruns of the show - it was just Jerry making an alleged billion dollars. Wow, I had no idea about this. Good for the costars and while it makes me think a little less of Seinfeld himself, I know his side is not represented here at all.

I haven't watched General Hospital for many, many years (pesky working life!), but this wrapup of their sweeps month fire storyline makes me wish I TiVo'ed. Camp comedy classic, indeed. I always assume that the non-Passions soaps worry about having a modicum of realism, but I'm obviously being naive. I mean, Marlena's a serial killer now, for goodness sakes.

E!Online says that President Bush is for some reason endorsing a television show about terrorism. My guess would be that it's so we'll all stay scared and want him to stay President, but wouldn't he be better off trying to stop John Ashcroft from invading the privacy of women or actually finding Osama Bin Laden and not just talking about getting tough?

Justifying my use of Jack Bristow as pinup boy: Though some Alias fans are severely peeved about the Vaughn/Lauren marriage, I am enjoying this season so far, especially the new and twisted and wrong Lauren/Sark relationship (I love evil hotness). David Anders, who plays Sark, has a kinda nice official site, run by his brother (how cute!). On the site are some fabulous comics of the cast. I love the Sloane-as-puppet master one best. I still wish SpyMommy would come back though.

Reminder: Tim Minear's show, Wonderfalls, starts on the 12th of March. Watch it, please, so I don't have to wait for the DVDs to see all the episodes in the right order. And really, after that Freddy Sue crap that Joss Whedon spewed at us last week during Angel, we need Tim to save us more than ever.

And finally, set your TiVos. Colin Firth will be hosting SNL on Saturday. That makes the week look much brighter already.