- Keep Buying Subway, 'Chuck' Lovers! NBC announced part of its fall line-up yesterday at its early advertisers' meetings -- but deigned to comment on the future life of its bubble shows, like "Chuck" or "Law & Order." The network will pick up new dramas "Mercy," "Day One," "Parenthood" and "Trauma," as well as comedies "100 Questions" and "Community." It will also sustain "Parks & Recreation," "Southland," "Heroes," and more. [Variety]
- 'Top Chef' Snags Bit of Glory. The James Beard Awards were doled out yesterday, and while "Top Chef" head judge Tom Colicchio was nominated for best chef, he didn't win. Still, a fellow "Top Chef" judge -- albeit a guest judge -- did snare the prize: Dan Barber, of New York City's Blue Hill and upstate New York's Blue Hill at Stone Barns, won for his work on farm-to-table, artisanal cooking. Both Barber and his restaurant (the site of a show challenge) were featured in an episode of "Top Chef: Season 5." [Reuters]
- Car Chase Goes Crash on Cage Set. The filming of a car chase scene in Nicholas Cage's latest film went out of control on Monday, crashing into a restaurant in Times Square and minorly injuring two pedestrians. The film, called "The Sorcerer's Apprentice," is based on a sequence in Disney's "Fantasia," and stars Cage with "Nick and Norah"/"Tropic Thunder" star Jay Baruchel. [People]
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