
We've already seen
Nicole Richie on Chuck and
Katie Holmes on Eli Stone, and next week, it'll be Mary-Kate Olsen's turn. The actress is popping up on ABC's
Samantha Who? as Natalie, a troubled young woman whose life Samantha decides to turn around.
In the episode, Samantha has an altercation with a police officer that ends with her getting community service, where she meets Natalie, who's apparently an unrepentant thief.

We won't be forgetting about
Samantha Who? or
Kath and Kim anytime soon.
Both comedies are sticking around for the remainder of the season.
ABC has ordered seven more episodes of Samantha Who?

Being in the writing biz myself, I've always marveled at how Carrie Bradshaw pulled off such a fabulous lifestyle including that spacious, beautifully furnished, ideally located apartment on a newspaper columnist's salary. I know later in the television series she confronts some financial realities but for the most part, being a columnist looks especially lucrative on TV!
It's things like that (remember that huge, awesome apartment Rachel and Monica shared on
Friends even though Rachel was a waitress for a while?) that
make this story on the salaries of TV characters so fun.

Sometimes, I think network programmers manage to pair shows together perfectly (can't really argue with
Gossip Girl and
One Tree Hill). Other times, not so much (what do
Knight Rider, random reality shows, and
Lipstick Jungle have in common?). In this age of DVRs, I spend a lot of time thinking about how I'd rearrange the week if I could just create my own custom programming lineup.

All of the new DVD releases hit stores (and
Netflix) on Tuesdays. So each week in
What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday, I sort through the best of the batch and tell you what to add to your queue. In addition to my selections below, you can also check out the dreamboat special that is
Leatherheads and Simon Pegg's comedy
Run, Fat Boy, Run.