Duke Law student Andrew Blumberg showed off his "Simpsons" expertise on last night's "Food Network Challenge," and helped cake decorator BethAnn Goldberg earn the $10,000 grand prize.

Andrew, who was introduced on the show as being from Arlington, Texas (no Duke shout out!), was one of four Simpsons Super Fans chosen to compete along with serious cake decorators to craft the ultimate "Simpsons Mystery Cake."

Andrew and BethAnn were assigned a Bart Simpson cake, with instructions to play off the classic Simpsons episode, "Last Tap Dance in Springfield."

Second-year Duke Law student Andrew Blumberg will appear on the "Simpsons Mystery Cakes" episode of "Food Network Challenge" tonight at 8pm.

Blumberg earned a spot as one of the show's four Simpsons Superfans, and was paired with a professional cake designer to create a cake in the likeness of one of the show's main characters: Homer, Marge, Bart, or Lisa Simpson.

Is it the 20th anniversary of "The Simpsons" annual Halloween episode already?

While I've often not found the trio of shorts as funny as a typical episode, they are awfully fun, and this one keeps up the tradition.

It airs tonight at 8.

Playboy is having a lot of fun with their November issue featuring Marge Simpson on the cover.

Done to celebrate "The Simpsons" on its 20th anniversary, the issue is sure to be a collectors edition.

In a press release, Playboy found Hugh Hefner said this:

"Marge Simpson is the quintessential girl next door who stole our hearts 20 years ago and has held them captive ever since.

First we hear that Levi Johnston -- Sarah Palin's daughter baby daddy -- is taking it all off for Playgirl.

Now we hear the next character to go nekked will be Marge Simpson.

It seems the mother of three, who we'll admit keeps herself in pretty good shape, will be featured in a three-page pictorial, complete with an interview for the November issue. (There will still be a 3D Playmate too.)

Not sure how this will go over with feminist Lisa or what the guys at school will say to Bart, but we're pretty sure Homer will be happy.

And we're happy Homer is not going to take it off for Playgirl. Or, far worse, Mr. Burns. Ewww!

Amazing Race 15 (8pm, CBS) - Contestants begin their journey
tonight in Los Angeles, but soon find themselves in Tokyo trying to survive a Japanese game show. Lots of great teams this year, but one stands out for me: two Harlem Globetrotters.

The Simpsons (8pm, Fox) - It's season 21 for our favorite Springfield family, and tonight's debut was co-written by Seth Rogen.
Rogen also lends his voice to the trainer getting Homer ready for his super hero movie role. Look for lots of big name guest stars this season, such as Sarah Silverman and Anne Hathaway.

Cleveland Show (8:30, Fox) - A "Family Guy" spinoff from Seth McFarlane and Mike Henry about a divorced father who returns to his hometown and romances his first love, who now has children of her own. Fox also debuts "Family Man," and "American Dad" tonight.

Desperate Housewives (9pm, ABC) - A "beloved character" is
attacked in tonight's premiere, and much of season 6 will focus on solving the question of whodunnit. There's a mysterious new couple on the block, played by Drea de Matteo ("Sopranos") and Jeffrey Nordling ("24"). The show will also immediately reveal who was at the altar with Mike in last year's finale -- Susan or Katherine?

Dexter (9pm, Showtime)
- Season 4 opens with Dexter in full Family Man mode. He's married now with two stepchildren and a new baby. The only problem is he's still dicing up bad guys in his spare time. Keith Carradine returns as Agent Frank Lundy get Dexter's help in tracking a new serial killer called The Trinity Killer, because he kills in threes. A mind-blowingly creepy John Lithgow plays Trinity.

Californication (10pm, Showtime) - Hank is up to his old nasty tricks this season, and has expanded his tom-catting territory to academia.  

Cold Case (10pm, CBS) - For the seventh season debut, the team is investigating the 1966 murder of a young woman aboard a luxury ocean liner.

Brothers & Sisters (10pm, ABC) - Another season, another medical crisis for an unnamed member of the Walker family. Also, this season, Kitty and Robert try to save their marriage, and Sarah has a fling with "Dancing with the Stars" and "Sex in the City" French hottie Gilles Marini. And Nora and Holly will fight a lot, of course.

There's also some great stuff airing tonight in non-premiere news...

The Hollywood Reporter says The Simpsons are being immortalized on stamps by the U.S. Postal Service later this year.

The 44-cent first-class mail stamps, designed by Simpsons creator and executive producer Matt Groening, will feature Homer, Marge,
Bart, Lisa and Maggie Simpson.

There will be a sneak peek April 9, and the stamps will help celebrate the longest-running primetime comedy's 20th
anniversary this year.

And maybe, just maybe, it will help the shaky P.O. make some money.

TV comedy writer Ken Levine has figured out the real reason NBC is moving Jay Leno to primetime...

As my colleague Jack Hagel reported today, the City Council gave Greg Hatem and Empire Properties until Nov. 1 to file new site plans for The Lafayette, the project proposed for a city-owned piece of property across from the new convention center. Although most council members went out of their way to lavish Hatem and Empire with praise, the council also included in its action a mandate that this be the last extension given.

This issue of the city giving developers extensions is an interesting one. The City Council can play hardball with developers who've agreed to build on property Raleigh owns, but that tactic doesn't have any effect on the capital markets. Nor is it likely to change the landscape for these projects getting funding. Yesterday, City Manager Russell Allen said other developers besides Empire have expressed interest in the land bordered by Salisbury, Lenoir and South streets. Allen's argument to the council was that there's no point in having Empire sit on a project it can't get money for. Allen admitted rebidding the project could just end up delaying the project further, but he thinks it's worth that risk.

In essence, the city (and the City Council) is acting like a bank. Empire's agreement with the city has certain terms, and once those aren't met the city can move in and take it away. Raleigh adopted this approach to developing city-owned property after several previous projects languished or never got built. The problem with the City Council playing hardball is that it's not like these developers don't want to build downtown, they just can't get the money at the moment. That isn't going to change just because council members beat their chest and say they're frustrated and fed up with delays.

It's all very reminiscient of a line from a Simpsons episode titled "Homer Bad Man." In the scene, Homer begins opening all the Krusty Klump Bar wrappers in the Kwik-E-Mart. Apu, the Kwik-E-Mart's owner, responds:

"Hey. Hey! Hey! I have asked you nicely not to mangle my merchandise. You leave me no choice but to...ask you nicely again."