Pop Vultures

So much news! Some of it isn’t exactly hot off the presses, I confess, but it’s all important TV news and, therefore, still Tidbit-worthy.

• THR is reporting that the CW is in talks to produce a contemporary version of Beverly Hills 90210. Yes, you read that correctly. However, before I could bury my head in my hands and weep about the desecration of a pop culture masterpiece, I read that Rob Thomas, of Veronica Mars fame, might be writing it. 90210 and VM? Someone at the CW may love me, after all.

• It looks like Michael Scofield gets to spend another year gazing into the middle distance while narrowly escaping from an incomprehensible worldwide conspiracy. GMMR says that Prison Break will be back for a fourth season.

• I’ve been holding off on reporting this until NBC confirmed it, but I’m tired of waiting. Word is that Friday Night Lights will get a third season through a partnership with DirecTV. As much as I want to trust this Nikki Finke exclusive, I’m scared to get my hopes up, lest they be heartlessly crushed by some studio linebacker. And considering all my knowledge of football was gleaned from watching FNL, the metaphor will have to die there.

• If you’re in the UK, the campiest of all singing competitions starts back up on Saturday. Who needs American Idol when you have I’ll Do Anything? The show chronicles the search for the next Nancy and Oliver to star a West End production of Oliver! Tune in to watch delicate young men have their dreams cruelly crushed each week — but in a tasteful way, I’m sure.