Good bye Jay Leno, it was nice while it lasted. 

Though our relationship was merely convenient, it also satisfied a mutual need for laughter and lighthearted entertainment before we called it a night. It had been a while since we’d shared a late-night laugh together because I was too exhausted to wait up 'till 11:35 p.m. for you to come on "The Tonight Show." 

For a worn-out parent like me, prime time was great; my eyelids stayed open long enough to watch your mindless antics, and my not-so-acute-hearing could still catch a poignant joke while trying to forget the frustrations of raising two teens at once.

What did I do before you came along to cover the I-am-only-hanging-on-‘till-Leno 10 p.m. time slot?

I’d settle for my available choices: the local news, a criminal themed  show or...

Fore!!!

Incredulous, betrayed, and disappointed barely describe fans' bewildering emotions elicited after the Tiger Woods' philandering was exposed at its fullest.

But, I'm not going to tee-off on Tiger since that's been done already. Instead, take this into consideration while reading this perspective: I am a mother, wife and daughter of golfers who have been more than touched by his’ influence.

A part of their lives have revolved around the man who set the standard for the chivalrous sport; they have tried to emulate Woods' stoic, quiet, strong approach to the game for their own self improvement.

His wacked womanizing landed squarely in our own backyard, shattering more than just the image construed of him on TV.

You see, this household is a product of a life-long passion for the gentlemanly game of golf...

The harebrained stunt Richard Heene pulled off on TV was the best reality show I’ve seen so far. A good number of non-unionized reality TV script writers would have loved to come up with the flying saucer-with-boy-trapped-in-it plot. Or did they?

Don’t get me wrong here. I, like the rest of the nation, was mortified about little Falcon’s safety, but in the aftermath of the official hoax it left a spotlight shinning directly on the obscure and dark side of reality TV. The tendency these low-quality programs have to attract nuts that would normally be cooped up in half-built homes is getting out of hand.

We don’t have to look too far to find examples of reality TV gone wrong: The Gosselin marriage disintegrated right before our eyes, and now the Heene family will likely be subjected to traumatizing consequences (especially the children)...

OK, you win. 

I’d completely refrained from following the Gosselin affair, but can’t hold off any longer.

Just when the focus had turned to other entertainment news, ‘Katezilla’ -- as she’s affectionately referred to by others in the media -- strikes again, and this time ABC hired the controversial celeb and mother-of-eight to guest-host a popular daytime talk show.

Elisabeth Hasselbeck’s spot on "The View" is vacant while she’s on maternity leave, and the hosting post is scheduled to be filled by a variety of guests including Gosselin, Latoya Jackson and Meghan McCain.

Qualifications aside, how did Mrs. Gosselin end up on the list for this hosting gig?

To me it’s rather simple: ratings. ABC reportedly had the lowest scores this past month.

The chatty morning...