DVR Alert: "American Idol" winner Scotty McCreery and runner-up Lauren Alaina will perform on the "Today Show" Summer Concert Series tomorrow morning on NBC.

The "Today Show" airs at 7 a.m. on NBC-17, and runs until 11 a.m. (pretty sure the Concert Series stuff will end by 10 a.m. but I suppose it's possible some of it could carry over into the Kathie Lee & Hoda hour).

Scotty has had a busy week already. He appeared with Mickey Mouse at Disney World on Monday, then visited with Regis & Kelly and MTV on Tuesday.

Many of us continue watching "The Office" out of some misplaced sense of obligation.

Limping through its seventh season, the gang at Dunder-Mifflin has grown stale, leaving you to wonder what the heck is Will Ferrell doing sleepwalking through his string of appearances as the supposed new boss of the Scranton branch.

But when it came time to say farewell to Michael Scott in Steve Carell's final episode Thursday night, the show managed to pluck the proper bittersweet notes in sending him off in an unexpectedly low-key goodbye.

In case you missed it Thursday night, here's the 12-minute extended promo of NBC's great new hope: the singing competition show 'The Voice' (debuts April 26 at 9pm). The promo starts off with a hot rendition of Gnarls Barkley's 'Crazy' by the show's coaches Cee Lo Green, Christina Aguilera, Blake Shelton, and Adam Levine. And if the audition they show in this clip is any indication, I think this is going to be huge. Does that make me craaaaazay?

As a logical extension of its old "It's New to You!" marketing campaign, NBC trots out the fifth and final season of Friday Night Lights tonight (8 p.m.), months after the critically acclaimed, unjustly ignored drama had its farewell run on DirecTV.

Tonight's opening episode is all about saying farewell to a few principal characters from past seasons and introducing the next perceived savior for East Dillon football.

The DVD set of the fifth and final season of 'Friday Night Lights' hits stores today, a full ten days before the season airs on NBC.

Season 5 of the critically acclaimed but ratings-challenged drama already aired on DirecTV this winter. It's currently on the NBC schedule for a Friday, April 15 (8pm) debut.

But if you just can't wait those last ten days, head out to the store now and settle in for a marathon of all 13 episodes, back-to-back. If you call in sick for work tomorrow, you can get it done. I know you can do it. Because I believe in you. Clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose.
 

This may not be news to some of you, but I'm just now seeing the notice about 'The Cape' being canceled by NBC. Can't say I'm surprised. I couldn't even make it through one episode. The pilot had decent ratings, but those dropped more and more each week.

The network isn't even airing the tenth and final episode, but it will be available online later this month.

NBC is bringing back 'The Event' on Monday to air in the 'Cape' timeslot.

The FCC approved the deal between Comcast and NBC today, and the Justice Department almost immediately followed suit. The whole thing could be finalized by the end of January.

What does that mean? Read more here at The New York Times. 

We've seen him on "The Daily Show" and "30 Rock, " so we all know Brian Williams is pretty funny. But this latest video is just hilarious. Williams' description of the aroma of the "Kathie Lee & Hoda" studio as a "combination of alcohol and sweat and a little Love's Baby Soft" is priceless. Watch Williams banter with Kathie Lee & Hoda as they try to promote better health and fitness.

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The Bearded One is back.

After an extraordinary amount of hype, Conan O'Brien returned to late last night, debuting his new 11 p.m. talk show on TBS.

No surprise here, but "Conan" is a lot like O'Brien's old shows ("Late Night with Conan O'Brien" and "The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien") -- and that's not a bad thing. I loved those old shows, and there's really no reason I can think of for him to drastically change a formula that his loyal Team Coco adores.

In his first episode (titled "Baa Baa Blackmail" -- each episode will be named), O'Brien made a lot of self-deprecating jokes about his infamous dismissal from NBC and about being on basic cable (also not a surprise). His sidekick Andy Richter was back, and really funny (on the couch where he belongs instead of behind a podium). The Basic Cable Band sounded good, and guests Seth Rogan, Lea Michelle, and Jack White -- all good. O'Brien even played a number with White, and you could tell he was having a blast.

In short, the first five minutes of "Conan" -- a short film recounting the upheaval at NBC and his path to TBS -- were funnier than five years of "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno."

Watch that clip below.

Surprising no one, NBC has officially ended the J.J. Abrams spy dramedy "Undercovers."

The episode airing next Wednesday night will be the last to air in that timeslot. No word yet if NBC will air the other episodes they have remaining.

Adrienne reviewed the premiere and thought that while the lead characters (Boris Kodjoe and Gugu Mbatha-Raw) were beautiful to look at, the show needed more intrigue.

And despite the Abrams credentials, "Undercovers" failed to connect with a large fan base.