Watching TV can be so damn time consuming, and especially where it concerns network television, it's often not worth it.

"The Bachelor" is getting sued for racial discrimination - Lawyers are filing a class action lawsuit against the producers of the ABC reality show, pointing out that over 10 years of "The Bachelor" and "The Bachelorette" being on the air, there has not been a single person of color as the star.

Fairly Legal/In Plain Sight (USA, Friday) - Season premieres.

I don't know how many of you have been following Nicollette Sheridan's wrongful termination suit against "Desperate Housewives" creator Marc Cherry, but allow me to recap it for those of you who haven't: it is insane.

"Desperate Housewives" is America's leading show at taking sexy concepts and getting important details wrong, from lesbian kissing between old ladies to the Dana Delany lesbian dream sequence about Julie Benz's ex-stripper character.

The four stars of "Desperate Housewives" -- Teri Hatcher, Felicity Huffman, Marcia Cross, and Eva Longoria -- are close to finalizing a deal that will pay them each more than $300,000 an episode to continue the ABC dramedy for an eighth season, with a network option for a ninth season that would raise their pay even higher.

TV Guide has released a list of what the top television stars earn, and while the recession and lower revenues have forced networks to pay some stars less, looking nice and pretending to be someone else on camera still beats the hell out of that master's degree you got in social work just to make $40,000 a year.

There are a couple things that have been in the news this week that I feel obligated to write updates about.

Yesterday, we heard all about Nicollette Sheridan's massive $20M lawsuit against ABC and "Desperate Housewives" creator Marc Cherry.