Random happenings in TV land today …

- A second season of Sarah Silverman's show, David Alan Grier's attempt to skewer pop culture Dave Chappelle-style and a series featuring Middle Eastern stand-up comics highlight Comedy Central's development slate.

- If you're a "Battlestar Galactica" fan who'll be in Los Angeles on June 6, meet your favorite "BG" stars at the "Battlestar Galactica All Access Event."

- I can honestly say I don't think we have to worry about that creepy new Dutch reality series, in which contestants vie for the rights to a terminally ill patient's kidney, being adapted for U.S. TV. Not soon, anyway.

- More goodness from "The Simpsons Movie": Green Day will perform the theme song for the soundtrack.

- A reunion of "The State"??? The State and "Reno 911!" star Thomas Lennon says it's under consideration.

- Despite what you might be reading in reviews of tonight's premiere of The CW's new teen soap "Hidden Palms," I'm telling you, if you're looking for a guilty pleasure this summer, "Palms" is it.

- With "The Sopranos" only two episodes away from sleeping with the fishes, it would seem this new magazine aimed at those who want to live the mobster lifestyle might be getting to the party a smidgen too late.

- How can you not love Ozzy Osbourne after he reveals that he dropped out of performing on the "American Idol" finale because he didn't want to perform with the lameness that is Sanjaya?

- What was Jack Bauer doing before we met him? A new animated prequel Web series reveals all.

- And Stewie Griffin as Darth Vader? Perfect, as the "Family Guy" crew pays homage to "Star Wars" with a one-hour episode next season that will find the Griffins re-enacting key scenes from the first "SW" flick.

- posted by Kim