Sunday reading

Some of the stories that caught my eyes this past week ...

Politics ...
a How Big a Stretch? For Barack Obama, Winning the White House Would Mean Bridging The Biggest Gap Of All
a The Truman Primary

Movies ...
a THE BIG PICTURE: Cue the sequel, and the safe, boring route
a The Princess Inquiries: Having Helped Voice 'Shrek the Third,' Four Actresses Reminisce Snappily Ever After

TV ...
a HERE'S THE STORY: TV theme music plays a vital role
a Mismatches Made in Sitcom Heaven
a The series finale of 'King of Queens' signals the further dwindling of a long-popular genre
a Host With the Most: The Cult of Bob Barker
a CBS salutes retiring game-show host Bob Barker this week
a Did the Others save 'Lost'?
a 'Idol' sweetheart Kelly Clarkson is ready to rock it
a 'American Idol': It's all about the makeup

The internet ...
a New survey shows it's not the future yet
a Cut-and-Paste Is a Skill, Too

Baseball ...
a Success doesn't rattle Brewers ... yes, it has been quite a month for the Brewers ...
a Brewers firing on all cylinders
a Crew's cooking when Soup's on
a When it's time to shut 'em down, Francisco Cordero is ... lights out
a Fever brewing, but team has much to prove
a Brewtown 90210 is a big hit
a History makes this likely year of the Brewers
a Brewers stack up well next to recent elite
a Youngsters continue talent show
a It's time to take New York by storm
a Not bad for part-time job: Clemens' deal raises eyebrows

Just a good read ...
a 'Reunion' turns out to be just one big fish tale

The new 'Must-See TV?'

A quick note to CBS:

Thank you for putting ‘King of Queens’ back where it belongs on Monday nights! …

‘How I Met Your Mother.’ Charming. Now don’t dump it without letting it build an audience …

‘Two and a Half Men.’ Third season already? Are you serious? …I laughed more tonight than I think I have during the previous two seasons. I have a feeling it will only get better.

‘Out of Practice.’ Good cast and concept, but I’m not buying it yet.

You may have something going here. Please don’t screw it up like NBC.