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

Mike Tyson stars in a new show about pigeon-racing, True Blood gets a start date, the real deal on all the shakeups at Parks & Recreation, Millionaire Matchmaker gets renewed, and some insight into the mind of Creed Bratton.

[Doug Funnie and friends hang out at the Honkerburger, circa 1991. Image via TVTropes.]

• In TV News...
• Mike Tyson has signed on to a new show—on Animal Planet, no less! He will star in Taking on Tyson, which will be all about pigeon-racing. Seriously!
• It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia's Sweet Dee and Mac (aka Kaitlin Olson and Rob McElhenney ) are expecting a baby!
• A return date has been set for HBO's vampire drama,True Blood: Sunday, June 13th.
• Bravo has picked up The Millionaire Matchmaker for a 4th season.
• The Office's Creed Bratton opened up in an interview about his crazy fans, new album, and his love for Katy Perry.
• NBC is adding Bobby Flay to their fall menu with their new show America's Next Great Restaurant.
• The next season of Curb Your Enthusiasm has not been confirmed yet, but Larry David seems to think that all the TV on DVD that came out today.
• If Fox decides to ax 24, rumor has it that NBC will scoop it up with open arms.
• Executive producer of Parks & Recreation opens up about all the gossip going on about the show, including Mark's exit and the addition of Adam Scott and Rob Lowe.

• Around the Web...
• Coty Gonzalez, a guy who reviews t-shirts online, has rounded up the top 100 Lost t-shirts. Who knew there were that many?
• The world's largest lamb may also be the world's happiest lamb.
• Find out where in the world your last name is most common.
• The L Magazine has a nice little writeup about how a writer changed his tune about Aziz Ansari.
• Here's a story about a New Jersey woman who's trying to eat her way to being the fattest woman alive.
• Are you sick of hearing all about SXSWi, too? Anthony de Rosa writes about how you can be there next year.
• Here's a Lost spolier for ya: Richard Alpert can grow facial hair!?
• Because people just can't get over it, here's another deconstruction of the "Telephone" music video by Lady Gaga and Beyonce.
• This week's illustrated tweet at the Tweet Museum comes from Kendra Wikinson.

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

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