Reuters - "60 Minutes" will kick off its 40th anniversary on Sunday with interviews with presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama.

Reuters - TNT's "The Closer" and Showtime's "Weeds" enjoyed big season finales Monday, while HBO's "True Blood" and "Entourage" are off to solid starts.

E! Online - Amy Poehler is about to birth herself a baby and a new TV show, and she's now decided to kick Saturday Night Live to the curb sooner than expected.

Reuters - The perpetual fifth-wheel network is starting to look like a big-league player on Monday nights.

Reuters - Paris Hilton launched a television show to look for a new best friend who was hot, loyal and "paparazzi-ready" -- and she says she found exactly what she was looking for.

AP - O come, all ye Colbert faithful. Stephen Colbert will host his own Christmas special this year, Comedy Central announced Tuesday.

AP - Dan Gheesling schooled everyone on "Big Brother 10."

AP - Sam Briggs is upbeat, eager to please and, despite his best intentions, constantly stumbling into harm's way. No wonder proximity to Sam can be dangerous, especially for those whose approval he's courting hardest.

Reuters - Amy Poehler will be leaving "Saturday Night Live" after the November election. Poehler told Men's Vogue that she will go on maternity leave after the election and won't return to NBC's late-night sketch show after giving birth to her first child.

AP - Second in the broadcast network competition to talk to Sarah Palin: Katie Couric.

AP - Meet Carrie Bradshaw, in her teenage years.

AP - The mother of Britney and Jamie Lynn Spears says Jamie Lynn told her she was pregnant in a note.