Brief spoilers for last night’s Office coming up after the jump: 

Forget the swimming suspension. Now Phelps’ very expensive bong hit is costing him commercial endorsements. 

Isn’t there a way for Phelps to turn bongwater into lemonade here? Surely there’s a product for whom he’s now a more appropriate spokesman. Something munchy. Doritos, maybe? Or Combos. Dude. I could totally go for some Combos right now.

My review of Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse, which debuts a week from tonight, is in this week’s print edition of TIME. Short version: I’ll be watching, but with reservations. Another short version: I’m impressed, but so far find myself admiring the show more than liking it. I’ve seen three episodes so far, and the two following the pilot …

“‘Extra’ sources hear that a couple of clubs in Las Vegas are aggressively pursuing and trying to contact ‘Bikini Girl’ to host a party at one of the nightclubs — and she could get up to $20K for the gig.”

For some people, it’s never a recession. (h/t tvtattle.)

Before I write about Discovery’s new series, The Detonators, I should disclose that I have a friend who writes for the show. But even if I didn’t, I believe I’d have to take some notice of it, simply because it is perhaps the perfect concept for Discovery in its adrenaline-driven, Old-Spice-manly, Deadliest Catch era.

The series focuses …

In the latest issue of TIME magazine, former TIME managing editor Walter Isaacson (and the guy who hired me) makes the argument that for newspapers to survive, they need to begin charging for their online content.

You can read his article for free here.

Yeah, it’s a cheap shot, but everyone’s going to make it, so critical objectivity …

It’ll be a while before I catch up on last night’s Damages, so I’ll leave this thread for any fans to discuss it. In last week’s (spoiler alert, if you’re behind) Tom and Ellen took a road trip and we discovered the killer of Daniel Purcell’s wife—not, because it turned out he was a volunteer fall guy in an elaborate ruse / …

SPOILER ALERT: Before you read this post, grab the gun stashed in your box of chocolates and watch last night’s Lost. 

…and I did not. But better late than never. This will be the first season 5 episode I haven’t seen in advance. It’s called “The Little Prince.” (A classic children’s book that, embarrassingly, I have never read, so I leave the extrapolation to you.) Jeff Jensen holds forth here. It appears to be Kate-and-Aaron-centric, and while I’m …

Your delicious, delicious brain… no, actually, this isn’t a Alec-Baldwin-for-Hulu brain-eating request. I’m writing a piece for the magazine about the various ways to watch TV other than televisions + cable/satellite/antenna–e.g., on your computer, on iPods or similar devices, via iTunes, Hulu, DVD rental, cellphone, downloads via …