AP - The season premiere of "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" on CBS drew nearly 23.5 million people to the screen last week, a bright spot in what has already been a lackluster start to the fall TV season for the big networks.

Reuters - Olympic all-round gymnastics champion Nastia Liukin has landed a guest role on popular TV teen drama "Gossip Girl," describing it as one of her coolest thrills since winning five gold medals at the Beijing summer games.

AP - A hospital spokeswoman says "Desperate Housewives" actor Gayle Harold is in critical condition following a motorcycle accident.

E! Online - If Star Jones is looking for a fight, she better look elsewhere.

E! Online - No matter what you think about Rocco DiSpirito's dancing, you have to agree that it took some pretty big cojones to do what he did last night.

E! Online - Watch out, Hollywood: NeNe Leakes is coming your way!

Reuters - Oscar winner Anna Paquin will play a Holocaust heroine in "The Irena Sendler Story," a Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation for CBS.

AP - He's taken his lumps in the tabloids; now he'll be ducking swings in the boxing ring.

AP - Dan Rather believes the last presidential debate put many Americans to sleep.

Reuters - For the second straight week, CBS won the ratings game among total viewers and in the key adult 18-49 demo, holding competitors at bay by airing four of the five most-watched programs.

Reuters - NBC's new fall series "My Own Worst Enemy" got off to a disappointing start Monday given the network's fervent promotion of the Christian Slater drama.

AP - Rocco DiSpirito won't be cooking up any more moves on "Dancing with the Stars."