The Forgotten

• ABC may be miffed at Adam Lambert, but Fox has booked him to perform on the season finale of So You Think You Can Dance — E! Online
• Weezer cancels their tour due to Rivers Cuomo's bus accident — HitFix
• Elisha Cuthbert is joining ABC's The Forgotten — The Futon Critic
• In business news, Apple takes on music service Lala.com — GeekSugar
• The Associated Press lists its top 10 TV shows of the decade — New York Times
• The series finale of Monk broke records for the most viewers ever for a cable drama — TV.com
• New Smashing Pumpkins, "A Song For a Son" — Spinner
• The classic tale of The Nutcracker is being turned into a live-action adventure film — Cinematical
• The upcoming TV comedy Rex Is Not Your Lawyer gets Jerry O'Connell — Inside TV
• The top 10 comedies of 2009 — Moviefone
• Billboard names Daniel Powter's "Bad Day" the One Hit Wonder of the decade — Rock & Roll Daily

A few weeks ago I gave you guys a roundup of the fate of Fall's newest shows, but there's been some shake-ups in the industry this week. The first is sad news for Eastwick fans: the show has been canceled and will be gone after its first 13 episodes are aired. Lindsay Price just can't catch a break, can she?

Elsewhere on ABC, Christian Slater's The Forgotten is still ticking with five more episodes added to the season, but Let's Dance — the newest celebrity dance competition hosted by Kathy Griffin — is dead in the water. Apparently the show runners couldn't round up enough celeb talent, which is good news for those of you who are sick of all the dance shows.

Finally, the CW's newest addition to the prime-time lineup, Life Unexpected, has gotten a release date. The drama starring WB vets Shiri Appleby and Kerr Smith will premiere on Jan. 18, taking Gossip Girl's time slot while GG goes on a hiatus.

Whew! That's a lot to process all at once, but how are you feeling about these latest updates?

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• James Van Der Beek will make an appearance on The Forgotten — The Ausiello Files
• Woody Allen's next movie will be called You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger — Vulture
• Jay-Z will perform at the World Series this week — Pitchfork
• Bravo has a new Top Chef spinoff in the works that's focused entirely on desserts — YumSugar
• Keira Knightley will portray Eliza Doolittle in Joe Wright's My Fair Lady remake — Cinematical
• Check out these two new leaked promos for 24 — The Wrap
• Michael Hurwitz confirms that he's directing the Arrested Development movie — MTV Movies Blog
• 5 things you should know about the Battlestar Galactica spinoff Caprica — Pop Candy
• Kristin Chenoweth is going to reprise her guest-starring role on Glee — PopWatch
• Kenny Ortega drops out of directing the Footloose remake — Coming Soon

So My Own Worst Enemy didn't work out so well for Christian Slater, but that hasn't deterred the actor from taking another stab at TV. Slater is now in negotiations to star in ABC's Fall drama series The Forgotten.

The drama, from producer Jerry Bruckheimer, focuses on a group of amateur investigators who try to track down people who go missing. Slater would play the group's leader, a former cop whose young daughter was kidnapped.

ABC picked up the series at May's Upfronts, but the network later decided to find new actors for two roles — including the lead, which initially went to British actor Rupert Penry-Jones. The role of the group's female leader, originally played by Reiko Aylesworth, is also being recast.

After the jump, you can see a trailer for The Forgotten with its original cast. Do you think Slater would be a good fit — and would he get you to watch? To see the clip, just read more