There is some seriously good TV on tonight on ABC.

First, there's a new episode of Grey's Anatomy which is the second part of a two-parter that started on Thanksgiving night! And then Barbara Walters has her annual special on the 10 most fascinating people of 2007.

Like every year she gives you a few teasers of who has made the coveted list, but as usual you have to tune in to see who is numero uno!

So who made Bab's fab list? Justin Timberlake for one, I find him hot and endlessly fascinating! Also on the hot and fascinating list is soccer star David Beckham and his wife Posh Spice. Former President Bill Clinton is in Bab's hot seat as are Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson and Grey's Anatomy's Katherine Heigl, who is currently on my "naughty," list.

Who do you think is gonna be this year's most fascinating person? Britney Spears? Angelina Jolie? Oprah Winfrey? It better be someone good!

I know we don't usually cover hard-hitting news on TV Cocktail, but I think we'd be remiss not to discuss the awful tragedy that occurred yesterday at Virginia Tech. 32 people were killed when a gunman, who police now suspect was 23-year-old student Cho Seung-hui, opened fire in a residence hall and classroom building. The gunman then reportedly turned the gun on himself. As of yet, a possible motive for the vicious crime has not bet identified or released.

In the wake of this devastation -- the most deadly school shooting in American history -- TV stations and media outlets scrambled to piece together what really happened. While watching CNN last night, I was struck by how the coverage relied so heavily on the technology of the students on campus. The program showed a several-minute video clip of the shootings that student Jamal Albarghouti took with his cell phone and e-mailed to the station.

Another news outlet discussed the ways social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook were being used in the aftermath of the attack. Cameras zoomed in on the Facebook of one of the slain men. The page had essentially been turned into a tribute to him. Go go iVillage's own social networking to read a blog by one Virginia Tech alum.

Did any part of the coverage surprise you? Offend you? Talk about the tragedy and the way TV covered it below.

Whenever I hear the word patience I think of the Guns And Roses song of the same name. So when I read that Katie Couric hopes people will be patient with her as the anchor for the CBS nightly news, I couldn't help whistling that song in my head.

Katie is nothing if not optimistic about her gig over at CBS. Now seven months into it she's still getting her "sea legs." With the exception of her first week when her ratings looked promising, she's been consistently behind the other two network's programs bringing in only six million viewers.

So what's the problem? Katie thinks she knows:

"The people who used to watch me on the Today show are saying: 'What happened to her? She's not laughing and carrying on the way she used to.' " Couric adds, "At Today, I seemed to be enjoying myself. I seemed to be fun-loving." But she has tried to bring some of that "high-spiritedness" to her new workplace. "I hope the people at CBS are enjoying it, but, of course, the nightly news bunch is a fairly hard nut to crack."

Are you guys watching Katie? Are you watching any network news or is it all about Anderson Cooper over on CNN like it is for me? Talk back below.

And cue Axel Rose...

Simon Cowell tells Anderson Cooper on Sunday's 60 Minutes that he was once offered $100,000 to watch an older couple make love and then give them a critique on their er... techinque.

He says he turned it down but it's a decision he regrets because "it would be a much more interesting story now."

I'm not sure why this couple thought he could give them good feedback on sex, but they probably found Simon's honesty on American Idol refreshing. Bottom line: People are nuts.

Simon Cowell has a very healthy ego. On this Sunday's 60 Minutes he talks about his fame with CNN's Anderson Cooper and tells him that he is five times more valuable to the recording label Sony BMG than Bruce Springsteen. He says: "If [Springsteen] got 100 [million dollars], I should have got 500."

Dude, Simon, don't be talking that way about "The Boss." He's the original American Idol.

Check out a sneak preview of the big 60 Minutes chat here.

Ever wonder what it's like to be Simon Cowell? What are his thoughts on his fame, the criticisms he endures (as well as the ones he doles out) and the sucess of American Idol?

Now you can find out when he's interviewed by Anderson Cooper this Sunday on 60 Minutes. I'm glad it's Anderson interviewing him, he'll ask the tough questions, unlike say Katie Couric. Also I have a crush on Anderson, he's dreamy with that sexy grey hair!

When Renee Zellweger filled out her separation papers from Kenny "I always wear a cowboy hat," Chesney, she checked the box "fraud," when asked her reason for wanting to separate from her husband of four months. This started the rumors that Kenny was gay and maybe wasn't putting out enough because he likes him the boys and Renee was embarrassed.

Well, it's Kenny's turn to clear up all the rumors. He'll be on 60 Minutes Sunday, interviewed by Anderson Cooper who will probably be very empathetic since there's like a million rumors about him being gay as well. Maybe they'll swap gay rumor stories and have a good laugh.

When I think of the superbowl, a number of things come to mind: chips and dip, half-time shows and of course, Katie Couric. Say what? According to CBS, the Evening News anchor will contribute a feature to the four hour super bowl pre-game show. She will also do her news broadcast on Friday night from Miami, home of this year's big game. I just hope she doesn't expose her nipple, I don't need to see that.

To promote his book, If I Did It, O.J. Simpson will appear in a two-night special broadcast on Fox (November 27 and 29). In the interview, O.J. will explain if he killed his wife, Nicole Brown, in 1994, how he would have done it. There's a whole lot of wishy-washy sayings that skirt around outright admission of guilt, but critics are saying the show really is O.J.'s murder confession.

Last week Katie Couric updated David Letterman on her search for a unique nightly sign off for The CBS Evening News with Katie Couric. Over 50 thousand people sent in suggestions including Katie’s favorite “Here, kitty, kitty, kitty.” Another favorite was: “Thanks for watching. I'm Katie Couric, and I'm not just for breakfast anymore."

I’m not going to lie, I’m a little upset she didn’t mention my suggested sign off that I shared with you last month and recently submitted: “I’m Katie Couric. Suck it, America!” Perhaps she didn’t use it on Letterman because she plans on using it for the show, okay that makes me feel better.

No, we don't have that video. Saturday's Dateline at 8pm features a report on the "good" Paris Hilton, the one who tried to help cops with the investigation of a buglary of 'Girls Gone Wild' founder Joe Francis. At least, we think she tried to help. In the audio tapes, she claims not to remember details and claims, "I'm not that smart." Oh, sometimes it's just too easy...Let's just say that we applaud Paris for stepping forward, even though you can hear on the clip that she wasn't exactly a voluntary witness. And we'll just add that no good deed goes unpunished.

Also on the Dateline on Friday night at 9pm, new installments from the hidden-camera investigations of Chris Hansen for his To Catch a Predator series. The clips are creepy, creepy, creepy. In the second installment you get to watch Chris confront the offender, then watch the cops take him down. Then in the third part, you get to see what happens when fame works for Chris Hansen -- the offender actually knows who he is from the beginning and lets himself get caught anyway. If that's not enough evidence to keep close watch of your kids when they go on the Internet, we don't know what else could convince you.

File these under "Ick." We've got previews of two stories airing Wednesday night that you won't want to miss.

The first, airing on NBC's Today Show and then later at 9pm on Dateline, is an interview Matt Lauer did with Debra Beasley LaFave, the Florida school teacher who had an affair with a 14-year-old student. "I crossed the line that never should have been crossed," she says now, of the 2004 incident.

The other is a preview of Dateline NetCrime: To Catch a Predator, which airs at 8pm on NBC, where Chris Hansen sets hidden cameras on sex offenders. Conan found it funny enough to spoof during the opening of the Emmy telecast, but the real deal is nothing to chuckle about. It's Cops meets old-style 60 Minutes gotcha segments.

Imagine landing the job of your dreams. And this job is so sweet that your boss tells you to take five months to get ready for it. So the first day finally arrives and you show up and your boss asks you, “So what thoughts do you have on the Anderson account,” and you’re like “Why don’t you tell me what thoughts you have on the Anderson account.” To which he replies, “You’re fired.” That’s how the real world works.

Then there’s Katie Couric’s world. Katie Couric has asked America to help her come up with a nightly signature “sign off,”
like Ron Burgundy had in Anchorman when he would seductively look at the camera and say, “stay classy, San Diego.” Katie, you had five months to come up with a sign off. Just because you didn’t do your homework, now I have to cover your back? The nuns at my school would never have put up with that kind of lazy work ethic, but I’m going to help you out this one time, Katie. So here’s my suggested sign off that took me all of five seconds to come up with:

“I’m Katie Couric. Suck it, America!”

I’m out here in L.A. gearing up for the premiere of Rosie O’Donnell on The View. So all those people who’ve already seen it don’t ruin the ending for me. I have my fingers crossed for at least one bitch slap to keep me coming back for more.

But Rosie isn’t the only one making her big debut today. Over on the CBS Evening News, Katie Couric is busy Couric-ifying her new digs. The new anchor did some renovations over the summer and I’m not talking about just slapping up some new paint in her office. Apparently when we all tune in tonight we’re going to be treated to some new theme music. Well, it’s about time. Whenever I’m out with my friends the conversation always comes back to the same old thing, the terrible CBS Evening News theme music.

I feel like changing the theme music is the equivalent of changing your hair when you get dumped. It really makes no difference. You’ve still been dumped but now you have weird hair. Movie-score veteran James Horner composed the new theme song. He was the guy who did the music for Titanic. I’m embarrassed to admit that not only did I buy the Titanic CD the day it was released, I bought two. You know, one for the car and one for home, duh, of course. So maybe I’m going to like the new theme song after all.

Another big change will be a new segment called “Free Speech,” which will give viewers an outlet to voice their opinions. Naturally, this idea is a train wreck I will find endlessly entertaining. Without fail, it’s always the people who want to voice their opinions who are the exact people who shouldn’t be voicing anything, anywhere.