Random happenings in TV land today …

- There's a new teaser for next summer's "The Simpsons" movie, featuring Bart and Homey trying to fix the roof at Casa Simpson.

- The actress who plays Karen, Jim's new love interest on "The Office"? Turns out she (Rashida Jones) and the actor who plays Jim (John Krasinski) dated in real life.

- Prince will perform at the 2007 Super Bowl halftime show.

- ABC's developing a new drama about Raymond Chandler's hardboiled detective, Philip Marlowe.

- Late night host Craig Ferguson is going behind the scenes, with a new production deal at CBS. I'm anxious to see what new series he'll come up with, because he's definitely one of the more underrated talents on the tube.

- "My Name Is Earl" star Jason Lee, who played a rock star in "Almost Famous," is returning to the scene of the crime, playing a rock star once again, in the upcoming movie "Krater."

- Is this drama, about an everyday Joe who gets recruited by the National Security Agency to work as a spy, the new "24"?

- This is interesting, and by interesting I mean weird: "Speed Racer" movie producer Joel Silver says the 2008 movie adaptation of the '60s TV cartoon, which will be directed by the Wachowski brothers, of "Matrix" movies fame, may not actually feature any cars. Huh.

- Documentarian Morgan Spurlock has gotten the greenlight for another season of his addictive social experiment series "30 Days" at FX.

- The Los Angeles Times examines why "Jericho" has become such a surprise hit this season, but I think they missed one big reason: The show's more soap opera-y elements.

- And, in light of the recent Michael Richards scandal, doesn't this Pauly Shore fight seem awfully staged?

- posted by Kim