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Even In Dark Debt Days, Making Fun Of Congress

From the Washington Post, and a good many other places, this video of a comedian rapping on the debt ceiling crisis takes center stage. At least somebody sees some humor in this mess.

"Franklin and Bash" Gets a Renewal

TNT has renewed "Franklin and Bash," the legal drama for another season. See the Hollywood Reporter story here.

Act One: Aperitif

The drink of choice for live theater.

Limiting the Damage To "Damages"

The New York Times, on the legal series Damages' move from cable to satellite TV. Changing from cable, with its wide penetration of U.S. households, to DirecTV, which has a much smaller audience, was a gamble for the show.

CBS Suing Over Legal Drama "The Firm," Set For Next Season On NBC

From the Hollywood Reporter: CBS is suing the writer and developer of the new NBC series The Firm, based on the John Grisham characters, alleging that the series was originally developed for CBS. The writer, Lukas Reiter, and Entertainment One eventually took the project to NBC, CBS claims without its permission. CBS is not suing NBC.

The Firm, being shot in Toronto, is produced by Mr. Reiter and John Grisham; it stars Josh Lucas as Mitch McDeere (10 years later than in the novel), Juliette Lewis, and Callum Keith Rennie.

Charges Of Plagiarism In the Chess Zone

From the New York Times, a story about accusations of who wrote what, and who stole from whom, in the world of computer chess gaming.