Daily Link Roundup: TV News and the Best of the Rest on the Web

Conan O'Brien might be touring in Canada, Leno's ratings are dropping, Rock Band is releasing Cartman's version of "Poker Face," Real Housewives are expanding to Beverly Hills, and Mad Men are being made into Barbie dolls.

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• In TV News...
• Conan O'Brien hasn't confirmed a comedy tour just yet, but Movieline has announced a slew of Canadian tour dates being sold on Ticketmaster.
• Barbie will release a line of Mad Men dolls. Just in case your girl dolls would like to be talked down to by a male doll!
• Bravo is expanding its Real Housewives franchise by adding a slew of wealthy ladies from Beverly Hills.
• Letterman beat Leno in this week's monday-night ratings.
• Felicity's Keri Russell is in talks to play opposite Will Arnett in a Fox comedy pilot called "Wilde Kingdom."
• Charlie Sheen will return to the set of Two and a Half Men next Tuesday.
• Apparently, Seth MacFarlane wanted to replace Cleveland's character on Family Guy with—or all people—Mr. T.
• The second season of Spartacus will be delayed, as Andy Whitfield,has just been diagnosed with cancer.
• Here's a mashup of Battlestar Galactica and The Beastie Boys' "Sabotage."
• Glee will be back on our television sets in five weeks—the premiere date has been set for April 13th.
• Rock Band will release Eric Cartman's rendition of Lady Gaga's "Poker Face."

• Around the Web...
• John Hodgman and Patton Oswalt battled it out on a science fiction trivia challenge.
• The best of Google's themed logos.
• The New York Times talks to Trey Parker and Matt Stone to find out what we can expect for South Park's 200th show.
• Here are some outtakes from Jimmy Kimmel's "Handsome Men Club" sketch.
• Evan Rachel Wood has dropped out of Spiderman, the broadway production. Guess they're looking for a new Mary Jane...
• Apparently, Conan's many twitter accounts are fake.
• Zach Galifianakis is being honored as ShoWest's 2010 comedian of the year.
• Here's a list of Madonna's most memorable TV moments.
• Paula Deen's sons are launching a food magazine for men called Deen Bros Good Cooking.
• TV Squad thinks that Lost is like a loveless marriage.

Send an email to Whitney Jefferson, the author of this post, at whitney@gawker.com.

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