Dancing with the Stars 9 has its first injuries to report. Kathy Ireland needed stitches after a surfing accident, and Tom DeLay has a pre-stress fracture in his foot that is limiting his rehearsal time.

ABC posted videos of the couples in rehearsal. The video titled "Don’t Let Go!" showcases Mark Dacascos nearly launching Lacey Schwimmer during a move.

Stars Ashley Hamilton, Louie Vito and Melissa Joan Hart blogged about their progress so far.

DwtS will pay tribute to Patrick Swayze during the September 23 Results Show.

In DwtS-related news, married pros Alec Mazo & Edyta Sliwinska will take part in GSN’s revival of The Newlywed Game. And the big dance number on Sunday night’s Emmy Awards — featuring Maksim Chmerkovskiy & Karina Smirnoff — will be choreographed by So You Think You Can Dance‘s Tabitha & Napoleon.

SYTYCD promoted Adam Shankman to permanent judge.

Survivor: Samoa premieres tonight on CBS at 8 ET. Reality Blurred has pre-season interviews with all of the contestants, and People hired Survivor: Tocantins runner-up Stephen Fishbach to blog about the new season.

EW posted a gallery to help you remember where you’ve seen the actors of The CW’s Vampire Diaries before. Everyone knows that the actor who plays evil brother Damon was Boone on Lost, but did you know that BFF Bonnie was one of the Fantanas?

The Watcher has a spoiler-filled interview with Supernatural creator Eric Kripke and actor Jim Beaver.

Tim Gunn told People about the gross way Ra’mon dyed his challenge-winning neoprene dress (hint: producers showed him dyeing it in the sink, but that wasn’t the first vessel he used). Yuck!

I’m sad that my favorite contestant got booted from Top Chef Las Vegas last night, while he’s most upset about being separated from his beloved Padma. Gail Simmons blogged about the challenge, and Tom Colicchio wrote a great explanation of the judging criteria.

If you’ve got a few minutes to kill, try this Reality TV Trivia game at MSN. Just be sure to turn down the volume on your speakers if you’re at work.

I’ll be on a road trip next week, so Ox Notes will return on Tuesday, October 6.

The Creative Arts Emmys were awarded over the weekend. A&E’s Intervention won Outstanding Reality Show, while So You Think You Can Dance‘s Tyce Diorio picked up the award for Outstanding Choreography.

The first group of presenters announced for the Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony on Sunday, September 20 includes Gossip Girl stars Blake Lively and Leighton Meester.

If you watched the Gossip Girl season premiere last night, you probably noticed the Target commercials featuring a line of clothing inspired by the show, designed by Anna Sui. As of this morning, many of the items in the line have already sold out.

On the topic of TV-related clothing lines, have you seen the shoes Project Runway winner Christian Siriano designed for Payless? The designer told Us that Kate Gosselin is copying his hairstyle.

Vampire Diaries actress Kayla Ewell told EW that she and her co-stars weren’t flashing motorists when they were arrested in Georgia last month.

In Dancing with the Stars news, TV Guide has an interview with Cheryl Burke, while People interviewed Mark Ballas.

The ACLU is trying to free Survivor winner Richard Hatch from jail.

ABC says that while Defying Gravity isn’t canceled, the network isn’t sure when the final five episodes of the season will air.

Variety’s Brian Lowry writes that even though most tributes to Patrick Swayze will focus on his roles in Dirty Dancing and Ghost, the actor’s real legacy is Road House.

The big TV news of the moment is that Ellen DeGeneres is the new permanent judge on American Idol. I think Paula Abdul’s decision to leave the show can now be officially classified as a bad career move.

In Dancing with the Stars news, pros Maksim Chmerkovskiy & Karina Smirnoff have called off their engagement. Given how producers hyped the couples’ relationship leading up to last season, I wonder if they’ll use the breakup as a plotline this season or just gloss over it. I’m hoping the latter.

DwtS 9 contestant Ashley Hamilton is writing a blog for People, in which he compares DwtS rehearsals to his high school prom: "I sit against the wall and hope that no one will ask me to dance."

Fox is turning the website Texts From Last Night into a TV show. Huh?

Big Brother has been picked up for a 12th season. I’ve yet to meet one of the 8.1 million people who watch the show.

Big Brother‘s Tuesday night ratings far outshone those for the debut of The CW’s revamped Melrose Place, which was only watched by 2.3 million people. That doesn’t bode well for the show given that the other networks haven’t even rolled out their fall shows yet.

The CW should expect better ratings for tonight’s Vampire Diaries series premiere, as well as the return of Supernatural.

CBS announced the teams competing on The Amazing Race 15, which will bring back challenges from past seasons.

Last night’s episode of Top Chef Las Vegas was devastating for the two eliminated chefs. One thinks that appearing on the show could be a career killer, while the other is considering giving up cooking for a living.

Judges Tom Colicchio and Gail Simmons blogged about the French-themed episode, as did several past competitors.

The Fall 2009 season informally kicks off tonight with the premieres of 90210 and Melrose Place on The CW. TV Guide wrote about the cast of Melrose 2.0, which The Watcher describes as "empty calories."

Another new fall show debuting this week is Season 6 of So You Think You Can Dance. FOX is going ahead with the premiere on Wednesday, while the other networks broadcast President Obama’s address to Congress on health insurance reform.

The SYTYCD 6 Top 20 dancers won’t be revealed until October 21.

Due to the President’s speech, ABC is moving Wipeout back to 9 ET, bumping Crash Course for the night.

Brian Lowry writes that Jay Leno’s new primetime show has inadvertently made the comic an enemy of TV screenwriters.

In Dancing with the Stars news, Maksim Chmerkovskiy is having a great time with celebrity partner Debi Mazar, and Louie Vito is blogging about training with Chelsie Hightower for People.

Access Hollywood did a series of interviews with Dancing with the Stars 9 contestant Kelly Osbourne and, based on this one, I’m rooting for her to win.

ET has a photo gallery of the couples in rehearsal and an interview with Donny Osmond.

E! caught up with Derek Hough, who thinks 62-year-old Tom DeLay is this season’s dark horse.

Pure DwtS is following the Season 9 cast on Twitter and posted collections of recent tweets and pics.

After last night’s new episode of Top Chef Las Vegas, Bravo’s website posted blog posts by Tom Colicchio, Gail Simmons and several former contestants.

Variety’s Brian Lowry writes about the notion of "reality stars," about whom one former network exec quipped: "Just like all porn performers are ‘porn stars’."

Speaking of dubious reality "stars," Project Runway‘s Tim Gunn bagged on Jon Gosselin for his ridiculous, oversized Ed Hardy shirts, describing them as emblematic of "the slobification of America."

No plans for Labor Day weekend? Plunk yourself in front of the TV for one of the many marathons available on cable. Thank goodness I don’t get the channel ActionMax, or I’d be glued to their Saturday Jaws marathon.

Dancing with the Stars 9 contestant Michael Irvin’s dance rehearsal schedule will have to accommodate his new duties as an NFL Network analyst.

Other DwtS 9 cast members in the news include Chuck Liddell, Mark Ballas and Tom DeLay. ET posted the official photos of the couples, and Macy Gray could not look more uncomfortable.

Normally, People waits to interview Project Runway contestants until after they’ve been kicked off the show, but Mitchell Hall is off to such a bad start that People’s editors must have thought, Why wait?

Thursday’s and Friday’s respective reruns of Fringe and Glee on FOX will feature live, onscreen Twitter commentary by each show’s cast and crew.

Variety writes about what happens to completed shows when they’re pulled from the air due to tragic circumstances, as with VH1’s Megan Wants a Millionaire. The fate of MTV’s Gone Too Far, which starred DJ AM, remains undecided.

Reality Blurred is posting preseason interviews with all of the Survivor: Samoa castaways.

The same website also has a list of fall reality show premiere dates. TV Guide posted its recommendations for eight new scripted shows to watch this fall.

I’m not usually interested in medical dramas, but I might have to NBC’s Mercy a shot now that Kate Mulgrew has joined the cast. She was Captain Janeway, for crying out loud:

CBS revealed the identities of the twenty cast members of Survivor: Samoa today. The network has started running promos for the new season as well.

Meanwhile, Survivor‘s original champ, Richard Hatch, is still locked up in jail after violating the terms of his house arrest.

Bravo has blog posts from Top Chef Las Vegas judges Tom Colicchio and Gail Simmons about last night’s new episode.

EW recently posted a Where Are They Now? gallery of past Top Chef contestants.

MTV plans to devote more of its airtime to original movies, including gems like My Super Psycho Sweet 16.

The Watcher interviewed Supernatural creator Eric Kripke about the show’s fifth season.

TV Guide interviewed Dancing with the Stars 9 contestant Joanna Krupa, while USA Weekend chatted with Melissa Joan Hart.

The best DwtS 9 preview I’ve seen comes courtesy of the humor site Cracked. The post rechristens the show "Dancing with Some People" and says contestant Michael Irvin is "[c]ontinuing the effort to turn the NFL Hall of Fame into the Embarrassing Dance School for Victims of Multiple Concussions."

The celebrity-pro dancer pairings for Dancing with the Stars 9 were formally announced yesterday. EW rated the couples‘ chances for victory, predicting Donny Osmond & Kym Johnson as the likely winners.

Mya talked with TV Guide about the first few days of rehearsals with her DwtS partner, Dmitry Chaplin.

Pure DwtS reports that the new dances being introduced this season are the Charleston, Bolero, Lambada and Two-Step. Seriously, the Lambada? I thought that was so 1990.

The Futon Critic posted trailers for the new seasons of Supernatural and Smallville.

Variety has an article about a company that helps indie artists get their music on TV shows.

HBO’s adaptation of George R. R. Martin’s "Game of Thrones" is getting a lot of publicity. The Chicago Tribune’s The Watcher blog mentioned the latest casting news (here are photos of the new cast members), as well as some other useful sites for news about the pilot, including the blog Winter Is Coming. Be forewarned that Martin’s personal blog is for fans of the book series and contains plot spoilers.

Lifetime is devoting tonight to Project Runway, starting with a two-hour All-Star Challenge at 8 ET, featuring celebrity guest Nicole Kidman. The 10 ET premiere of Season 6 will be followed by a 30-minute episode of Models of the Runway at 11 ET.

The Futon Critic posted an interview with PR producer Sara Rea, and The Trib’s Watcher interviewed Tim Gunn.

ABC is waiting until Monday to officially announce the Dancing with the Stars 9 contestants’ professional partners, but nearly half of the pairings have already leaked (updated, again):

• Aaron Carter & Karina Smirnoff
• Debi Mazar & Maksim Chmerkovskiy
• Tom DeLay & Cheryl Burke
• Ashley Hamilton & Edyta Sliwinska
• Donny Osmond & Kym Johnson
• Natalie Coughlin & Alec Mazo
• Mya & Dmitry Chaplin
• Mark Dacascos & Lacey Schwimmer
• Kelly Osbourne & Louis van Amstel
• Joanna Krupa & Derek Hough
• Chuck Liddell & Anna Trebunskaya
• Macy Gray & Jonathan Roberts
• Kathy Ireland & Tony Dovolani
• Michael Irvin & Anna Demidova
• Louie Vito & Chelsie Hightower
• Melissa Joan Hart & Mark Ballas

Ashley Hamilton is shaping up to be this season’s funniest contestant. He told TV Guide that he’s working on his "Hamil-tan," and in a video he recorded with Edyta in a Wendy’s parking lot, he joked, "I do love all our castmates; all 147 of them."

Hours after appearing on Today to talk about his stint in prison, Survivor champ Richard Hatch was sent back to jail for failing to get permission to film an interview with Access Hollywood.

Police are searching for Ryan Jenkins, a contestant on VH1’s Megan Wants a Millionaire, in connection with a murder. The network has indefinitely postponed future airings of the show and may not air the already-filmed third season of I Love Money, on which Jenkins was also a contestant.

Jay Leno gave reporters the scoop on his new primetime show. He plans to save classic bits like "Jaywalking" and "Headlines" for the final 15 minutes of each episode.

If you’ve been meaning to catch up on Supernatural but are daunted by the prospect of watching four full seasons of the show, The Trib’s Watcher compiled a list of 15 essential episodes to watch before Season 5 begins.

The new Dancing with the Stars 9 contestants are reacting to yesterday’s big cast reveal. Donny Osmond and DwtS host Tom Bergeron talked to Samantha Harris for The Insider, and Aaron Carter spoke with Entertainment Tonight.

It may be a few days until we know which celebs and pros will be dancing together this season. On Ryan Seacrest’s radio show, Kelly Osbourne said she won’t meet her professional dance partner until Friday.

TV Guide posted a poll after the cast announcement, and Donny Osmond is the early favorite to win DwtS 9.

I was a little surprised that Paula Abdul wasn’t a DwtS contestant this season, but, according to Reality Blurred, talks with ABC didn’t go well and now Abdul won’t appear on Ugly Betty as planned either. Her chances of returning to American Idol look slim after the show announced Shania Twain as the upcoming season’s fourth guest judge.

DwtS pro Cheryl Burke told E! that having guest judges like on So You Think You Can Dance would make DwtS "more exciting," adding that she’d love to see Paula Abdul in that role on DwtS.

Kelly Choi, host of Top Chef Masters — which wraps up Wednesday night at 10 ET on Bravo — told OK! that her favorite healthy snack is carrots and Korean hot sauce.

The Torch Online posted a fall fantasy/sci-fi TV preview.

How exactly does one earn the title "extreme pet trainer"?