O.J.'s Book to Get 'Oprah' Treatment

Sadly, it turns out there are only about 2.7 million serious students of local television newscasting in this country. Though every one of them turned out to watch the debut of "Anchorwoman," starring Lauren Jones as "herself," that wasn't enough to compete with the 4.6 million serious students of "According to Jim" reruns, the 8.7 million serious students of "The Power of 10," the 6.5 million serious students of "Most Outrageous Moments" repeats and the 2.1 million serious students of "America's Next Top Model" reruns who flocked to the same time slot.

But what really sank poor Lauren Jones was the realization by Fox suits that young viewers, particularly young male ones, are so averse to watching news they won't even watch a newscast anchored by a woman who looks like a cheaper Anna Nicole.

Fox says remaining episodes of "Anchorwoman" will be streamed on its Web site.

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Just when you thought it was safe to come out from hiding:

Disney Channel has scheduled a dance-along telecast of "High School Musical 2" early next month.

Zac Efron and those other people will host a special telecast of the TV flick and teach viewers some of their dance moves. Already your family members may be on the Disney Channel Web site, downloading instructions to prepare for the Sept. 8 telecast.

"Our viewers made dance moves from the first movie iconic, and we're pleased to once again provide them with an opportunity to learn the new dance moves from HSM2," Disney Channel Worldwide senior VP Scott Garner said ominously in yesterday's announcement.