TV Guide has posted the first of their Dancing with the Stars Preview articles: an interview with Jane Seymour. And ESPN.com has an article about Floyd Mayweather Jr. It’s worth reading, if only for the interesting background information on his dance partner, Karina Smirnoff — including the fact that Mario Lopez’s pet name for her is "The Ukrainian Hammer."

DwtS vet George Hamilton is returning to Broadway on Friday, to play the role of Billy Flynn in Chicago. He’s also looking to get hitched: "Being alone is not as much fun as one might imagine."

Bravo’s bringing even more dancing to television with a competition show called Step It Up, from the makers of Project Runway. Interested dancers can find application information here. Open casting calls start on September 22 in Los Angeles, with other open calls planned for Chicago, New York, and Atlanta.

When the Creative Arts Emmy Awards Presentation is broadcast on E! on Saturday, Kathy Griffin’s acceptance speech will be censored. E! caved in to religious groups who were offended after Griffin took the podium and said, "Can you believe this shit? I guess hell froze over.… a lot of people come up here and thank Jesus for this award. I want you to know that no one had less to do with this award than Jesus. So, all I can say is, ‘Suck it, Jesus.’ This award is my god now."

Now if E! was really interested in catering to religious conservatives, they’d consider censoring shows like The Girls Next Door, Sunset Tan, The Simple Life, Dr. 90210…

Speaking of offensive things, Survivor villain Jonny Fairplay is going to be a father. His girlfriend, America’s Next Top Model’s Michelle Deighton, says of her pregnancy, "Oops."

Finally, here are two sites to help get you ready for fall: Variety’s Season Pass has early reviews of many of this season’s new shows, and Zap2It’s Fall Preview 2007 has everything you need to know about shows new and old.

The Creative Arts Emmy winners were announced over the weekend, and there was a three-way tie in the Choreography category — making DwtS vet Louis van Amstel the only nominee in that category who didn’t get a trophy.

Dancing with the Stars host Samantha Harris has been blogging about her pregnancy for Fitness magazine, and she’s thoughtfully written about all of the companies who’ve been giving her free stuff. Perhaps when she’s done with her custom Plush maternity jeans, she can loan them to Jeri Ryan, who’s pregnant with her own Borg-human hybrid.

In other DwtS news, Season 3 contestant Sara Evans’ husband has gone nuts, filing a monstrous 118-page document requesting records of Evans’ phone conversations with fellow DwtS contestants and dancers. The doc demands that Evans admit to having affairs with 11 men, including Tony Dovolani and Richard Marx. Sara — even if it’s true — never admit to having an affair with Richard Marx!

Season 5’s contestants are training hard at the moment, but Mel B still finds time to dine out, Mark Cuban to blog, and Helio Castroneves to give an interview about his DwtS experience so far.

Sign On San Diego has an article about So You Think You Can Dance judge Mary Murphy’s studio.

And Britney Spears made her less-than-triumphant return to the stage last night at the MTV Video Music Awards, imbuing her performance with all the energy of a slug on Valium and sporting some gross and obvious hair extensions. Comedian Sarah Silverman followed Spears’ performance, saying of Brit: "Wow. She is amazing. She is 25 years old and she’s already accomplished everything she’s going to accomplish in her life."

Looks like I’ll be watching the Emmys this year; Brian and Stewie of Family Guy are giving an onstage performance.

Readers at Dance-Forums posted links to interviews with Danny, Lacey, and Neil of So You Think You Can Dance 3, as well as videos of Jane Seymour & Tony Dovolani and Wayne Newton & Cheryl Burke training for Dancing with the Stars 5. Cheryl’s hair is slightly longer than in previous seasons, and it looks cute.

Who Wants to be a Superhero 2 ended yesterday, and the winner wasn’t who I expected it to be.

Reality Blurred compiled a list of reviews of Tim Gunn’s Guide to Style, and the consensus is that it’s nicer version of What Not to Wear. I think I’ll stick with Stacy and Clinton.

Tonight, ABC’s 20/20 returns with an expose of the episode of NBC’s To Catch a Predator that ended in suicide. Turns out the police weren’t the ones in charge when NBC’s cameras followed William Conradt Jr. to his house, prompting him to shoot himself.

Speaking of pedophiles, all the pervs out there can settle down about those naked pictures of High School Musical’s Vanessa Hudgens circulating on the Internet — she’s already 18.

The designers competing in Project Runway 4 will be revealed during tonight’s premiere of Tim Gunn’s Guide to Style at 10 ET on Bravo. Last night’s special preview that followed Top Chef was actually the second episode of the new series — and based on that episode, Veronica Webb is the real star of the show.

Alleged comedian Sherri Shepherd is officially the newest panelist on The View, giving me a new reason not to watch the show (as if Elisabeth Hasselbeck wasn’t enough).

The most watched network by 18-34 year olds last week was Univision, illustrating what a lackluster summer this has been for the major networks.

A contestant on Survivor South Africa became the first Survivor contestant anywhere to start a fire using only natural materials.

The Food Network has given Mario Batali the ax. We’ll miss you and your orange clogs, Mario.

And Anthony Bourdain posted on his blog about last night’s episode of Top Chef, offering qualified praise to both Howie and Hung. He also plugged his appearance on next week’s episode: "There will be a SlaughterFest of Horror, an Orgy of Bloodletting, Partial Nudity, Flammable Liquids, Unspeakable Misuse of Power Tools and Small Woodland Creatures, and the Plaintive Wailing of the Doomed. It will make Altamont look like Lilith Fair."

Tim Gunn’s Guide to Style premieres tonight on Bravo after the new episode of Top Chef, before moving to its permanent home, Thursdays at 10 p.m. ET. The show’s co-host, Veronica Webb, says of the pair of cargo shorts in Gunn’s closet: "That is scandalicious, but it’s like Superman keeps a little bit of Kryptonite in a box just to remember."

My mom will be happy to learn that HGTV is bringing Design Star back for a third season.

CMT is working on a makeover show for women who aren’t interested in aging gracefully called I Want to Look Like a High School Cheerleader. Maybe they’ll follow it up with a fantasy show for the women’s husbands, called I’d Prefer If You Looked Like a Japanese Schoolgirl.

After failed negotiations with iTunes, NBC is taking its shows to Amazon’s Unbox.

The CW is previewing their new comedy, Aliens in America, for the Brookings Institution (a political think tank) and the Islamic Center for Southern California. The comedy, which centers on a Muslim exchange student living with a white, American family, is getting positive reactions from Islamic groups happy to see a Muslim TV character who isn’t a terrorist. Along with The Real World’s Parisa, that makes two, but it’s a start.

And HBO has bought the rights to a documentary filmed entirely in the online world of Second Life, raising the question: is a documentary filmed in virtual reality really real?

Saturday was a big day for reality TV weddings. Dancing with the Stars’ Edyta Sliwinska & Alec Mazo were married in San Francisco, and the winner of the first season of The Apprentice, Bill Rancic, married E! News anchor Giuliana DePandi on the island of Capri.

Rather than allow reporters to ask Big Brother 8 contestants questions about Amber’s anti-Semitic remarks and Dick’s threats of violence against women after the contestants are voted off of the show, CBS has suspended all cast interviews until after the Big Brother 8 finale.

FOX is hoping to capitalize on the success of their own show, COPS, and NBC’s To Catch a Predator with a new reality show, Smile! You’re Under Arrest. The premise is that people with outstanding warrants are promised prizes, but when they show up to collect, the cops are waiting for them.

Before you let the show’s format raise certain ethical questions –like, why, if the TV producers have been able to find people with outstanding warrants, haven’t the police already nabbed the perps off camera? — FOX wants to put your concerns to rest. The criminals aren’t duped — they actually receive the prizes they were promised — and none of them are violent offenders. Further more, all of the participants signed releases to appear on camera, prompting the question: Why the hell would you want everyone to know that you’re a criminal?!

In other police-related news, I only have to wait three more months until The Wire — The Complete 4th Season is released on DVD. The set hits shelves on December 4, with a list price of $59.99.

And finally, a report from the fashion police: At Sean "Diddy" Combs’ annual White Party this weekend, wife of Billy Joel and original host of Top Chef Katie Lee Joel was turned away at the door when she tried to get in wearing cream instead of the requisite white. Tsk, tsk, Katie. I’m sure Padma would’ve followed the rules.