To commemorate the waking nightmare known as the recent Late Night debacle, Entertainment Weekly's Dalton Ross went on "The Early Show" this morning to discuss some of TV history's other most notable failures, like Fox canceling "Family Guy" before DVD sales made it a behemoth, and NBC giving Jay Leno a 10 PM show. With respect to Ross -- even though he had the nerve to make fun of "Troop Beverly Hills" in the above clip -- I'd like to add a few of my own complaints about how TV has done me wrong. My top five failures in TV history are after the jump!

TLC has signed up Kate Gosselin for a new reality series that will feature her "trying new things" without Jon or her brood, TheWrap.com reports. The reality star and her new litter of hair extensions has been reclaimed by the network "because they are worried if they don't do it with Kate, someone else will," according to a shady-sounding unnamed source.

The new show, which is slated to debut in late spring/early summer, will supposedly have an "interactive" factor in which viewers can suggest new challenges revolving around Kate trying various different professions. I'm picturing something kind of like "The Simple Life," only set on a farm for one week, then a restaurant the next, and perhaps a hardware store after that. I'm sure there will be plenty of fame-mongering businesses that would love to have her around. No fashion-related jobs, please, though -- for all our sakes.

The show is unnamed as of yet, but hopefully will be titled something like, "Kate For Hire," or "Working Mother of Eight," or "Jon Doesn't Pay Child Support." I'm going to make a totally wild prediction that the series ends with Kate getting "challenged" to host her own talk show, and then...she gets hired! Pure conjecture, though.

All right, 2009. Before you go and swap out places with the "Baby New Year" version of 2010 (you know the one in the diaper, the banner, and for some reason, a monocle?), let's take a look at what you have to show for yourself, at least in terms of what was on the TV Box. Here are my ten favorite TV shows/seasons/events and/or moments of the last year. On a stick! Just kidding: there's no Jeff Dunham here. Check out what is, after the jump.

These are baby times! This morning in Indianapolis, Kendra Wilkinson gave birth to a baby boy (seen above in his early stages) weighing in at 9 pounds 5 ounces via C-section. Kendra and her husband, Hank Baskett of the Indianapolis Colts, named the new babe Hank Randall Baskett IV. All is well with this nice, new, little unit.

Now we turn to a much bigger family, who are also currently busy welcoming their newest member, but a lot sooner than they anticipated. Last night at around 6:30, Michelle Duggar of TLC's "18 Kids and Counting" gave birth to her 19th child, Josie Brooklyn. Michelle's due date wasn't until next spring, but earlier this week she was taken to the hospital with a gallstone complication, and doctors at the University of Arkansas decided it would be safest if the baby was born, also via C-section. Josie Brooklyn was born several months premature and weighed 1 pound and 16 ounces, which means she'll reside in the neonatal intensive care unit for the foreseeable future. But People.com reports that both mother and baby are in stable condition...so now it's Kourtney Kardashian's turn to have her baby. But maybe she needs a little bit more time to learn about how to care for him, because it appears she's a bit misinformed about a few things.

Last night, Barbara Walters' "10 Most Fascinating People of 2009" special aired on ABC. She is proud of her selections and calls it the most "provocative" group of people she's ever had. Watch the clip above from "The View" to hear her thoughts on her interview with the fifth most fascinating person, and click "continue reading" to see who else rounded out the list (but maybe shouldn't have).

Last night's series finale of "Jon & Kate Plus 8" was depressing in as many different ways as there are Gosselin children whose lives will be negatively affected by the public crumbling of their parents' marriage. That's right, it made me sad in eight different ways. At least!

As the resident Miley Cyrus expert, I'll just take a second to let you know that today is the Southern treasure's 17th birthday. Watch the clip above to see her very first interview with "Access Hollywood" from 2006, and click here to see how she's matured.

Miley celebrated this insignificant milestone with her family and her Twitter-hater boyfriend last Tuesday at the Canal Room, here in New York. The party had an '80s theme, and the cast from the Broadway show "Rock of Ages" performed. The cake was created by Buddy Valastro, who stars on TLC's "Cake Boss" and is responsible for heavenly creations like this. Blah blah blah. Here's the thing: I don't claim to own the '80s, but it bothers me when kids born in the '90s or even the '00s (...whoa) step in on the '80s and pretend like it was great when they weren't around to experience it. Yes, I was only around for the last part of the decade, but you can't throw a party where lace gloves and paint-splattered t-shirts are party favors if you were born in 1992. You just can't.

It totally makes my head spin when pop culture goes full-circle like this. Speidi, what are you doing to my brain?! Apparently, the celebrity couple put an edge on their costume by hiring two extras to act as a TLC camera crew. Does this mean that they had MTV filming them pretending to be filmed? So meta...anyway, I wonder how much we would have to pay Jon and Kate to dress up as Heidi and Spencer. Jon would be easily bought, I'm sure; plus, he and Spencer have the same wardrobe, so it would be a piece of cake. Kate would demand more, for sure, but everyone has a price...

Just when Kate Gosselin was starting to win her media battle, Vanity Fair published this article, which details her whirlwind press tour around New York in August (see her backstage on "The View," above). Her publicist and bodyguard squire her around the city, discouraging her from doing things like going to Nobu a mere few hours after sobbing during an on-camera interview. Granted, Jon Gosselin hasn't been doing himself any favors in the public eye; their TLC publicist complains, "He's gone rogue...I can't control him." After reading about Kate stomping on a small boy's foot in three-inch-heels at FAO Schwarz (and barely stopping to apologize), it's pretty hard to take anyone's side. I am, however, looking forward to hearing about Kate Gosselin wig sales.

A bit of news today from TLC's other mega-breeders (Gallant to Jon and Kate's Goofus), the Duggars. Jim Bob and Michelle got their first grandchild last night. Little Mackynzie Renee weighed in at an even eight pounds, and you can watch footage of her birth above, if you really want to. The birth proceeded without complications, despite mother Anna's advanced age of 20.