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The star: Simon Cowell The gig: Judge on 'American Idol' Estimated earnings: $75 million The double duty: In addition to dashing the hopes of aspiring U.S. singers, Cowell also has a successful show in Britain called the 'X Factor' and produces and publishes music during his down time.

From "American Idol" judge Simon Cowell to "Two and a Half Men" star Charlie Sheen , ET knows who topped the Forbes.com list of prime time's top earning males.

Charlie Harper engaged has been a pretty big pill to swallow, but the way Two and a Half Men has handled it up to now is to make the engagement open-ended. Like a TV series with no end date.

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We hear the Parents Television Council is counting the reasons why Monday's touted Gossip Girl threesome shouldn't be aired.

We're sure it's some kind of warm and fuzzy rehab program that helps both the dogs and the parolees.

The candy manufacturers had better watch out, because as Halloween is approaching, TV shows have been coming up with their own candies, inspired by some of the more colorful, interesting characters.

Programming highlights on /A\ include: * Jimmy Fallon makes an appearance on GOSSIP GIRL * The Top 18 dancers must put their best feet forward on SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE * Frankie must sell a car within a week or be forced to wear a dog suit outside the lot on THE MIDDLE * Hank has had it with Tily's annoying habit of saying "got it, got it, got ...

Snubbed by TV snobs, and bashed in episodes of ultra-hip "The Family Guy," CBS sitcom "Two and a Half Men" continually captures audiences who like delving into the smutty world of brothers Charlie and Alan Harper.

We've all had nightmare neighbors, but these stars take the cake. We've lived in downstairs apartments, and we've been plagued by inconsiderate upstairs neighbors who always seemed to find a reason to rearrange the furniture at odd hours of the night.

In the words of Jack Donaghy on last week's episode of "30 Rock," "I'm a big ol' liar." To my three or four loyal readers: Don't have a conniption.

Molly Shannon , John C. Reilly , Mary-Louise Parker and Anna Faris are among the celebs who judged at a unique beauty pageant fundraiser in L.A. last Sunday.

OK, I know you can always change the channel. But, unless you want to watch another documentary about the great wildebeest migration in Africa, or the siege of Leningrad during World War II or something else on one of the many other special-interest cable channels, ita TMs almost impossible to avoid sex on television in the evening.

HOW much Two and a Half Men is enough? That is the question television viewers are asking after listings show that Channel 9 is running 10 episodes of the Charlie Sheen sitcom every week.

The confident womanizer has become a common favorite character in many TV shows, especially in the comedy circuit.

Also in October are new episodes of GOSSIP GIRL, FRINGE, TWO AND A HALF MEN, THE BIG BANG THEORY, PRIVATE PRACTICE, THE MIDDLE, HANK and LAW & ORDER.

As first reported by Entertainment Weekly, Helfer will play a pal of Charlie's fianc Chelsea .

ABU DHABI // Having already worked with some of Hollywood's leading men, the actress Melanie Lynskey paid tribute to two more at the UAE premiere of her latest film last night.

If you didn't know it before, Alan Harper is an idiot. Tonight's episode epitomized just how far Alan will go to get some action and how clueless he is when it comes to the consequences of those actions.

Dancing with the Stars 8 p.m., ABC Tom DeLay, felled not by the judges or the voters, but by his own two feet.