My friend and colleague Dusty Saunders is leaving his fulltime job of covering TV. You can find his farewell column here.

Since I've noted some underwhelming "tributes" by GSN, it's only fair to acknowledge a real tribute to Reilly, after the jump …

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After a long weekend of anticipation, starting with Nikki Finke's reports, the network has announced a change in top entertainment management. Putting on interesting shows, in the end, was not as valuable as improving the ratings. Full release after the jump …

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The Ohio-born actor has said he's through with acting, according to this report.

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NBC began burning off the remaining episodes last night. Pretty painful spectacle. I'll expand on that thought later.

The ABC News report, after the jump …

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For some reason, I keep thinking "Don't raise the bridge. Lower the river." …

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The season's final "American Idol" podcast with me and Malcolm X Abram is here:

http://www.ohiomm.com/podcasts/american_idol/20070523.mp3

And my review of "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" is here:

http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/17269837.htm

I've been watching the pre-finale show on Fox (Teri Hatcher's on the red carpet right now) and both Simon Cowell and Randy Jackson have pretty much declared Jordin the winner. …

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From CBS:

Emmy Award winner Bob Barker's final original daytime episode of THE PRICE IS RIGHT will be broadcast Friday, June 15 (11:00 AM-12:00 Noon, ET; 10:00-11:00 AM, PT) on the CBS Television Network. The episode will then be rebroadcast the same evening (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT), leading directly into the airing of "The 34th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Awards (9:00-11:00 PM, live ET/ delayed PT), from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood.

Episodes of the THE PRICE IS RIGHT hosted by Barker will rerun throughout the summer until the season premiere in the fall.