I really hope they bring her back sometime during the season, drat it.

I do too.

Grrr. It'd be one thing if the producers had wanted to pursue a storyline that required the absence of Ellen's supportive influence, or something like that. But network-mandated changes to feature "hot" young actresses rather than the stellar Samantha Ferris? Big mistake.

If not for the potential fallout for the show itself, I'd wish for this decision to result in the CW hiring the next Yancy Butler in duplicate as karmic payback.

I realize as a straight old woman, I'm hardly the target audience, but I don't see anything not-hot about Samantha Ferris. People are dumb.

My impression is that networks and Hollywood studios are run exclusively by men with a fetish for anorexic college-age blondes. Remember when Michael Bay or somesuch made a comment to the press about Kate Beckinsale not being pretty?

That's just stupid.

She's hot enough that I swear I remember a male interviewer asking Kripke if there was any chance we'd get some MILF action on the show.

But, sadly, I also remember that in the first season of X Files, there were rumors that the suits wanted Gillian Anderson replaced with someone hotter.

Okay, the word hot obviously does not mean what I think it means.

Speaking of... BSG rumors say that execs are fulfilling fans' cries for gay representation on the show by putting Cain with Gina in the Razor movie, before Gina was revealed to be a cylon.

Wow, two super-hot lesbians. Who would have thought?

How about portraying some realistic gay couples, rather than either fulfilling the male fantasy of hot girl on girl action, or going with the stereotypcial butch lesbians and frou-frou gay men? Is that the only way our society will accept its gays? For someone who goes on about wanting to cast actors who will show diversity in the onscreen society, Ron sure is cramming gay society into a neat little box.

But Supernatural... seriously, they're getting rid of Ellen for that?! She was one super hot chicka. But even aside from her good looks... how about the fact that she's one PHENOMENAL ACTRESS?! God, I hate these men in production who have the audacity to call themselves feminists and then pull crap like this.

Please tell me that at least with Ellen gone, we'll be free of whiny, annoying Joe, too?

According to MSNBC David Ander's character on Heroes:

Anders will play the most intriguing part, that of the ancient samurai warrior Takezo Kensei, Hiro Nakamura’s (Masi Oka) childhood hero. Hiro spent most of the first season trying to get ahold of Kensei’s sword, which he hoped would help him in his quest to save the world.