I'm 100 percent in favor of fixed end-dates and love Fringe, so this is right up my alley. J.J. Abrams is considering a solid end date for the Fox show, and I'm telling him this right now: DO IT. Of Fringe, Abrams said, "I do think that at a certain point it would be a really smart thing to start to say, 'Okay, let's figure out what the actual [end] date is so we know how far to push things.'" I think you just answered your own question, J.J. [SciFi Wire]

... The Obamas do not watch Jersey Shore. Lame. The President also takes a Stalin-esque approach to what his daughters, ages 8 and 11, can watch. They can't watch TV during the week, and are limited to Nickelodeon and Disney Channel. Those two are going to explode in an orgy of drugs, unprotected sex, and booze when they go to college. I was allowed to watch whatever I wanted as a kid, and look how I turned—... Oh, I get it now. [People]

... ABC's Dancing With the Stars will slow its roll on sizzle next season, trimming its number of "stars" to 11 or 12, says ABC president Stephen McPherson. Considering we've never heard of four or five of the competitors each season, I don't know if we'll even notice the difference. [OK Magazine]

... Listen, I like Zachary Levi. We've chatted multiple times and he's a really nice guy. But dude, do you actually go out in public looking like that? Oh, and he broke up with his girlfriend or something, according to Facebook. Whatever. Just look at that picture. [US Magazine]

... Listen, I never really liked Ben McKenzie, but gosh darnit, I'm coming around to him quickly. He told NBC to kiss his ass and said he's glad the Jay Leno experiment, which basically forced the network to cancel his show Southland, failed in primetime (Southland was later rescued by TNT). At this point, does NBC have any supporters left? [MTV]

... We already knew this, but it's worth stating again. Lost, as we know it, will end with Season 6. There are no plans to write more stories around the characters, the plot will be resolved without dangling cliffhangers, and producers will bury it as soon as it concludes. So just let it go, guys. Try learning to crochet, I hear it's meditative. [NY Daily News]